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Unfortunately this clashes with our portrait and flash photography group, but if you are not going along to that, please come along to the judging night to represent the club, and possibly learn a thing or two from the judge’s comments.

The judging of the Pakenham National is this Saturday. We are still waiting to hear if observers are permitted or not. If they are, details will be posted in the next day or so. Let Pete know if you are interested.

Finally, this Sunday is the first of August which means it is also time for our monthly Sunday outing. As the exhibition for the VIGEX 2010 Salon also opens on that day we have decided to head down to Geelong for the exhibition (at the Geelong Art Gallery, Little Malop Street, Geelong). We will meet at the gallery at 11am, have lunch somewhere around 1pm, then a photo shoot somewhere after lunch.

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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.

This was awesome fun last time and those that were there will know what sort of things to bring.

For those who weren’t: bring your camera and a tripod. Last time around we were setting off party poppers, smashing light globes and bursting balloons.

If you can think of anything else which happens at high speed and will set off a sound triggered flash please bring them along.

Meet there at 10am. It’s not mentioned on the website but we have been told that there is an entrance fee of $5. It may just be a gold coin donation, so be prepared.

There’s also a restaurant there which may be open for lunch – if you are interested in having lunch at the restaurant please let Pete know ASAP.

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Official Opening Night Saturday 19th June 2010 -7.30pm at St. Paul’s Anglican Grammar School, 150 Bowen Street, Warragul.

Saturday, 19th June 2010 – 10:00am – 10:00pm
Sunday, 20th June 2010 – 10:00am – 4:00pm

The plan is to go to Mount Worth State Park beforehand.

Meet at the picnic ground carpark at 10am.
Wander around for a couple of hours.
Lunch in Warragul somewhere tbc
Meet at the exhibition at 1pm.

Approximately an hour and a half drive to Mount Worth from Mount Waverley:

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A highlight of the night was Leif Anderson’s demonstration of his polarised light box, where plastic objects were lit and photographed through polarised filters with colourful effect.

This Tuesday the 18th
STILL LIFE with kitchen objects
Bring your camera, tripod etc.. and something(s) from your kitchen to photograph.

Tuesday the 25th
Beginners night with John Hadfield.
John has very kindly agreed to step in and take my place.
He has planned a very informative and entertaining evening
SO MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR CAMERA AND TRIPOD etc…

Wednesday the 26th
Flash/Portrait Group.
Bring your gear.

Monday the 31st
Camberwell camera club monochrome interclub.
Address to follow.
Please come along if you can, after our fantastic showing at the last 4 Club a few weeks ago hopes are high for another good result.

Tuesday the 1st of June
Comp night at the Community Centre
This months comp is SLOW SHUTTER SPEED and our judge is Julie Bird, a well known member at Knox Photographic Society.

Sunday the 6th of June
Arcades and Alleyways 2.
This trip hasn’t got an exact route yet, I went into the city yesterday to scout around and will post the route shortly.
There’s a good chance that the walk will start at Jeff’s Shed after we have visited the PMA expo.

Saturday/Sunday the 6th/7th of June
PMA exhibition at Jeff’s Shed
Register online for free entry

See you there,
Pete

Despite an overcast day and some challenging shooting conditions inside the large dark hangar, there were many photo opportunities for those with an off-camera flash – jet turbines, piston engines, a fighter jet and more; while outside were several large commercial aircraft on display; 25 in total.

Putting claustrophobia in her stride, Dale got some exclusive cockpit time at the controls of some historic wartime flying machines while Stephen, John, Natalie and myself tinkered about and discussed the workings of a jet engine on display.

An enjoyable and interesting day was had by all.

The monthly Sunday outing is almost upon us yet again, this time it’s to the Australian National Aviation Museum at Moorabbin Airport.

We will meet for lunch in the bistro of the Sandbelt Hotel at noon. The Sandbelt is on the corner of South and Bignell Roads, Moorabbin. From there we will proceed to the Air Museum and I imagine we will get there around 1:30.

The museum is on the corner of First and Second Streets, Moorabbin Airport (Mel: 87G4) and costs $7.50 for adults to get in.

See you there,
Pete

P.S. details on what else is on in May to follow very shortly.

Tonight
Tonight at the Community Centre our Landscape comp will be judged by a former member Chris Dowd. Please come along a little early and help by moving a couple of chairs.

Monday the 12th
Berwick Viewfinders are hosting the 4 CLUB inter-club competition.

Tuesday the 13th
AV special interest group upstairs at Wadham House. Starts at 7:30pm.

Sunday the 18th
It’s not the first sunday of the month, but because we missed out due to Easter there will be a trip to Toorongo Falls near Noojee.

Tuesday the 20th
Workshop night downstairs at Wadham House. Door open from 7pm starts at 7:45pm. The topic of the workshop will be MACRO. BRING YOUR CAMERAS AND TRIPODS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU OWN A MACRO LENS OR NOT. There will be a brief discussion about Macro photography and then we’ll do some ourselves. BRING SOMETHING TO PHOTOGRAPH. It doesn’t have to be something small, it could be a large object which you want to shoot a part of in some detail.

Thursday the 22nd
Possible night shoot at Sandown Greyhound Races.

Tuesday the 27th
Beginners group upstairs at Wadham House. Starts at 7:30pm. BRING YOUR CAMERAS AND TRIPODS

Wednesday the 28th
Flash/Portrait special interest group upstairs at Wadham House. Starts at 7:30pm. BRING YOUR CAMERAS AND FLASH GEAR.

Sunday the 2nd of May
Moorabbin Air Museum