The course will run for 9 consecutive Monday nights (even on Public Holidays) and will be held at Wadham House in Mt. Waverley from 7:30 – 9:30pm. Topics covered will include: Camera Controls, Basic Camera Operation, Composition, Lighting, The mode dial, Exposure, Metering and Exposure Compensation. Classes will be limited to 6 students to allow for maximum interaction between pupils and teachers.

You will need to bring your camera with you every week which must be an SLR rather than a compact point and shoot camera. (If you’re unsure whether your camera is an SLR or not email me the make and model and I’ll let you know)

There will be 4 terms this year and they will run as follows:
Term 1: Monday 30th January – 26th March
Term 2: Monday 23rd April – 18th June
Term 3: Monday 16th July – 10th September
Term 4: Monday 8th October – 3rd December

As well as the 9 Monday night lessons each term will also include 2 night shoots on a different night.

The cost is $225 and includes membership to Waverley Camera Club for 2012. As a member of Waverley Camera Club you are also entitled to go to all club events including workshops and outings.

To register, or if you have any questions, please email me: beginnersclass@waverleycameraclub.org and state which term you want to do. Places for 2011 filled fast so to avoid disappointment act early as places are allocated on a first in best dressed system.

The first night will be Tuesday January 24, 2012 which will be a basic introduction to using a flash and what you can expect to learn over the following months.

The technical detail starts on the second meeting in February.

Term 1: Monday 30 January to Monday 26 March
Term 2: Monday 23 April – Monday 18 June
Term 3: Monday 16 July – Monday 10 September
Term 4: Monday 8 October – Monday 3 December

Each term should also include two Sunday outings and possibly also a night shoot.

Please contact beginnersclass@waverleycameraclub.org to register your interest.

For this class a Beginner as obviously someone who has never used Photoshop or if you have tried using it and are:

• Overwhelmed by all the tools and functions
• You are not sure when to use one tool over another
• Can’t make proper masks
• Struggle with layers or don’t know what adjustment layers are
• Struggle with topics such as file size, RAW editing

Each month’s lesson will build on what was taught the previous month so hopefully by the end of the year you will have a good grasp of the fundamentals. This has been found to be a better approach than randomly doing topics based on issues people are having at the time.

For this to work:

• Each participant will need their own laptop with Photoshop installed. This is quite important as
  students this year that shared or did not have a laptop found it hard to keep up.

It is hoped that by the end of the year participants will:

• feel comfortable using Photoshop
• be able to look at an image and know what techniques to use to make them better
• know how to better evaluate an image
• improve the quality of their EDI and more importantly start producing better prints

Please contact Ian Hansen if you would like to participate.

The Audio Visual group will meet on Tuesday night at 7.30pm upstairs in Wadham House. I am reliably informed that the theme of the night will be the start of the building of the ‘Autumn’ AV as well as showcasing any new AV’s that might have been cret=ated in the last month.

See you all there

Apologies to those who were told Wednesday night, it’s definately the 4th Tuesday of every month.

See you there

We viewed and critiqued Mary’s Swan Lake, Alan’s Trees (without the lake), a wonderful tour in Tasmania by Stewart plus Peter’s Anzac Day Parade.
Rodelle’s first AV was thoroughly enjoyed and although it ‘broke the rules’ it was agreed it worked because of the nature of the theme and the audience it was intended for. Well Done Rodelle!! (sorry, we can’t post it on the website due to privacy issues).

Our homework (1) is to produce an AV with the theme of Autumn, to be presented at the August class.
Peter is already one step ahead. And after viewing his Autumn AV hopefully it has inspired us all to complete our own productions!

Last month three people volunteered to find suitable music in preparation for the AV of Andy and Rosie’s Indian photographs. The intention was to use this as a group project
One person brought the case but no disc, the second did bring the music but it was considered to be ‘too Indian like’ and the third person was absent.
So Homework (2) is , again, to find some suitable music for next month. (Roger plans to start on this production. See below)

Next month Peter is away but Roger has kindly ‘volunteered’ to take the evening – I’m almost wishing I could be there as it will be a great evening with Roger.
You will not be disappointed.

Jill Myers

If you are a novice and want to learn how to get more out of your camera and you have Monday nights free read on.

The course will run for 9 consecutive Monday nights (even on Public Holidays) and will be held at Wadham House in Mt. Waverley from 7:30 – 9:30pm. Topics covered will include: Camera Controls, Basic Camera Operation, Composition, Lighting, Digital Workflow and Editing, The mode dial, Exposure, Metering and Exposure Compensation.

Classes will be limited to 6-8 students to allow for maximum interaction between pupils and teachers. You will need to bring your camera with you every week and ideally it should be an SLR rather than a compact point and shoot camera.

The two terms will run as follows:

Term 2 commences Monday 25th July
Term 3 commences Monday 10th October

As well as the 9 Monday night lessons each term will also include 2 outings (on a Sunday) and possibly a night shoot.

The cost is $225 and needs to be paid by the first lesson. The price includes membership to Waverley Camera Club for 2011 but if you have already joined this year your membership fees will be deducted from the $225.

To register please email president@waverleycameraclub.org and state which term you want to do.

Cheers,
Pete Davies
Pres – WCC

If you are a novice and want to learn how to get more out of your camera and you have Monday nights free read on.

The course will run for 9 consecutive Monday nights (even on Public Holidays) and will be held at Wadham House in Mt. Waverley from 7:30 – 9:30pm. Topics covered will include: Camera Controls, Basic Camera Operation, Composition, Lighting, Digital Workflow and Editing, The mode dial, Exposure, Metering and Exposure Compensation.

Classes will be limited to 6-8 students to allow for maximum interaction between pupils and teachers. You will need to bring your camera with you every week and ideally it should be an SLR rather than a compact point and shoot camera.

The three terms will run as follows:

• Term 1 commences Monday 2nd May
• Term 2 commences Monday 25th July
• Term 3 commences Monday 10th October

As well as the 9 Monday night lessons each term will also include 2 outings (on a Sunday) and possibly a night shoot.

The cost is $225 and needs to be paid by the first lesson. The price includes membership to Waverley Camera Club for 2011 but if you have already joined this year your membership fees will be deducted from the $225.

To register please email president@waverleycameraclu.org and state which term you want to do.

Please also include a second preference.

Pete Davies
President – Waverley Camera Club

However, we shall try to put that to rights.

Starting with – some new AV’s were uploaded to the gallery.

Take a look…..

Roger’s Royal Navy A/V

Roger’s Orchid A/V

Please check the calendar for the latest updates here