The second of our Sunday outings for the year will be on Sunday the 3rd of Feb, this time round we are visiting the wonderful Blue Lotus Water Gardens.

This is a unique outing on the WCC calendar because it has become an almost annual event. We try to mix up the outings every year and not double up on where we went the year prior but the lotus farm offers so much to photograph that it’s hard to leave it out of the syllabus. Those who have been before will know what I mean. Those who haven’t ventured up there before should think seriously about treating themselves.

The details:

Where:	Blue Lotus Water Gardens 2628 Warburton Hwy Yarra Junction 3797 Vic (Melways Ref 288 H8)
When:	Sunday 3rd of February, 10:30am
Bring:	Camera gear, partner (your choice which gets the front seat of the car) and picnic lunch
Cost:	$15 Adult, $12 senior, kids under 16 free

It looks like they have increased seating and a larger cafe this year. Also new this year is a night flowering enclosure.

For those interested there is a second Sunday shooting opportunity on Feb 10. It’s the Lunar New Year Festival in Springvale. Lots of colour and movement and a good chance to practice some street photography.

See you there,
Pete

The Waverley Camera Club Annual BBQ will be held at Brickmakers Park on Tuesday 15th Jan 2013 at 6PM.

There is only one shelter and two tables so it would pay for you to bring any portable tables, chairs, picnic balnkets etc.. I have no idea how popular this place is so it's best to be prepared. The BBQ is electric and will be suitable for a total fire ban day. Please bring utensils and cleaning gear.

Please remember to bring your prints for the FEB 2013 Competition on this night.

If you are not going to the BBQ you can drop your prints to Pete (President) by calling 0403 803 299

Brickmakers Park can be found directly behind Oak Ford car sales which is at the intersection of Ferntree Gulley Road and Dandenong Road (Princess Highway). It seems the best way in and to find parking is along Stamford Road which is accessed from ferntree Gulley Road.

If you are travelling along Dandenong Road, turn east into Ferntree Gulley Road and take the first left after Oak Ford Car Sales into Stamford Road and the park is about 2- 300 mtrs on the left.

If you are travelling west along FTG Road there is a right turn filter lane just before the traffic lights at Dandenong Road.

You Can also access from Huntingdale Road by turning into Estelle Street immedately after Oakligh Golf Course, go to the end and turn left into Stamford Road and the park is about 400mtrs on your right.

 

Welcome everyone to the first Sunday Outing report of 2013 where 7 members attended two exhibitions in the CBD at the National Gallery of Art and the Ian Potter Centre. Having had a few issues with email, we finally managed to get a message out to all members and Pete Davies and I met at the Atrium at Fed Square and sat and waited to see if anyone else turned up. One by one people arrived and the 7 of us, after a short chat about the Xmas festivities went into the IPC to purchase our tickets for the two exhibitions. Discovering that the first guided tour was for the Thomas Demand exhibition, we took a steady stroll to the NGV and duly queued waiting for the guide. Going around the exhibition we were amazed by the sheer effort that Demand had put into his work, recreating everything he photographed. I won't go into detail because the artist had demanded that people look at the exhibition before reading up on the work and i don't want to spoil it for anyone else who is planning a visit. I would recommend this exhibition to anyone but the free tour is worth the effort.

The guide spoke to us for an hour and at 12 noon at the end of the tour, we all headed to the Southbank for lunch and a chat. Having had lunch we took a slow walk to the IPC and waited for the tour which turned out to be the same guide. Jeff Wall is a much younger photographer and his work was presented partly using light boxes but her also used large format printing as opposed to Demand who has printed onto a clear poly surface. Wall's work was quite different to the offerings of Demand and it quickly became apparent that people were not as impressed with his images with some of the group wandering off from the tour as the guide tried to explain away his work. Some of his images were quite self explanatory, others you neede to have an artistic mind to interpret to which personally I struggled to see.

After the tour some people headed on their way whilst a couple of us took the opportunity to walk Melbourne's laneways which turned out to be a bit of an eye opener in places as there is quite a lot of building work going on. With regards to hosier Lnae, that area is now so much of a tourist attraction that it has been spoiled and not really worth a visit any more.

Thanks to all of the members that attended and hopefully we will see a few more to the next Sunday Outing.

Regards

Dave

 

Happy new year to you all, I hope the silly season has been restive and festive for you all.

The WCC year kicks off this Sunday with a trip to the NGV and the Ian Potter centre. There is a pair of photographic exhibitions being held at both venues: Thomas Demand @ NGV & Jeff Wall @ Ian Potter. One ticket (max price $15) will cover both exhibitions.

We will meet at the entrance to the Ian Potter Centre (Fed Square) at 10am. Wander about for a bit and then grab a coffee somewhere before congregating again at the entrance to the NGV (St Kilda Road) at 12:45pm.

See you soon,
Pete