Waverley Camera Club

On Sunday 3rd April at 2pm, around eight WCC members met under the gigantic face of the 99 year old Luna Park, later joined by 4 more members.

By David Burton

By David Burton

By David Burton

With an overcast sky, we knew there would be no chance of a good sunset while the park’s vibrant colours were challenging to capture without direct sunlight (but the flipside was, no blown out highlights) Nevertheless, the St Kilda area was abuzz with families due in part to the popular Sunday St Kilda Esplanade Market.

By Peter Myers

By Peter Myers

By Peter Myers

Luna Park is returning gradually to its former glory after a few faded decades and has been a Melbourne landmark since it opened in 1912, now with the world’s oldest, continually operated rollercoaster, the Scenic Railway.

By David Burton

By David Burton

By David Burton

Within the park we were presented with two general subjects of photography – the vibrant architecture or the candid expressions of the people on the moving rides.

By David Burton

By David Burton

By David Burton

Later in the day some of the members wandered down to the St Kilda Pier for a few evening shots.

David

Hi all, here is some more information on Saturday’s club outing. Judging from the facts below, it’s a ‘must see’ event. The event opens at 4:30pm with the Rodeo starting around 6:30pm.

Location:
1450 Ballarto Rd, Clyde.

Date:
29 Jan 2011, Open from 4.30pm to 1am

Admission:
Family $60
Adult $25
5 – 16 years old $15
Under 5 – Free

The Facts:
- It’s the biggest Victorian rodeo of the year with 10-15,000 people.
- Full line up of rodeo events as well as live music, amusement rides and dirt bike riding.
- Any excuse to wear a cowboy outfit!
- Rodeos are great fun and rarely so close to Melbourne

Map:

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For something different Andy Armitage and myself have proposed a restaurant dinner of Sri Lankan cuisine at Curry and Chips (I don’t think they actually sell chips) It  is very authentic (I have eaten there a few times before) and is located in Mt Waverley at 250 Blackburn Rd (Syndal)

The restaurant owners are willing to open exclusively for us on a Tuesday night however we do need a minimum number in attendance, so please feel free to optionally bring any family, friends or partners.

The menu can be customised to our liking, along with some ‘show-cooking’ at the table and should come to between $10 to $20 per person (drinks extra)

If we can get the numbers it promises to be a good night (and we will try to incorporate a slide show or photo viewing into the night as well) We will be sending another email in the next week to confirm final numbers attending, for hopefully, a tuesday night.

RSVP with us ASAP if you will be coming along.

On Wednesday night members of the Portrait & Flash Group were able to put previously learned portrait and flash theory into practise with some dedicated subjects. Thanks to Teddy Tan, we were graced with three models: Cassie, Jodie and Monica who were all very comfortable at the other side of the camera lens.

Anyone who has ever been in front of a camera at a portrait workshop will know it’s definitely not as easy as it looks, but these women were in their element and made it look so easy (even with limited directing.)

With the Knox Interclub being held on the same night, we were a few members down from past nights but  with a few newbies coming along, there was a cosey ratio of models to photographers.

A special thanks to Cassie, Jodie, Monica and Ted for making the night a success.

The WCC Portrait & Flash Group is held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm. New members are welcome!

Wadham House resembled a packed media conference at Tuesday night’s sound-triggered flash workshop. After everyone had set up their camera gear, the night started off with a bang.

With Stephen Edmonds on props, Pete Davies at the light switch and some generous supplies from some forward-thinking members, many party-poppers were detonated at various angles and millisecond delay settings; no single one popped the same: some fizzled, a few backfired onto Stephen’s fingers, some hit Dave Sumner in the head – entertainment on its own! Using the club’s sound triggered flash system (built by Craig Terry), in a dark room with about 15 open camera shutters, those attending got the opportunity to photograph some unique action,especially towards the end of the night when positioning and timing of the flash had been perfected.

Some more members brought a few [increasingly rare] tungsten lightbulbs to smash up with a metal wrench (these glass bulbs proved surprisingly difficult to shatter!) Keeping to the pyrotechnic flavour of the night, the workshop finale involved an exploding apple that had to be seen to be believed.

A fun night of photography and many a laugh was shared between club members for another highly successful WCC workshop.