Tomorrow night is a workshop bought to you by club members on the subject of Creative Nature photography.
Tuesday 14th April 2025 at 7:30pm, online via Zoom.
Do come along and also note other opportunities for assisting with club functions such as helping with meetings, outings etc. Your input is what makes Waverley a vibrant club.
At the Queen Victoria Market each year there is a night market for a short period of time, and this year it is called The Hawker 88 Night Market, the food will be Asian hawker street food with live entertainment which commences at 5pm till 10pm.
The types of images you are likely to capture are the hawker stands, people cooking, food, decor, performances, and the diners.
| Venue: | Queen Victoria Market |
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| Date: | Wednesday 9th April 2025 |
| Time: | Meet at 5.30pm |
| Meeting spot: | TBC |
Any questions, please contact Dee Walsh via email.
The first Creative Group meeting for this year is Tuesday 8th April 2025 at 7.30 pm via zoom. All members are welcome and no prior experience is necessary. Please send me any creative images you would like to share with the group or seek feedback on.
In the first meeting we will explore what Creative Photography is (hint: there are no limits) and seek inspiration from our own club members’ images.
In addition we will also explore many fantastic examples of creative images from internationally renowned local artists featured in our last promotion. Naturally we will cover the main tools and techniques used by creative photographers in and out of the camera.
This year the set subject of our annual creative competition with Geelong Camera Club is Animals, please start thinking about ideas for your own image and any suggestions you have to share with othergroup members.
Special Announcement: At the first meeting I will announce details of the new Creative Photography Image of the Year Award.
If you have any queries about the group, suggestions and ideas please send me an email.
Judge: Mark Bloothoofd
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Fiona Jones – Windscreens in Winter
Advanced: Jen Fawkes – Frozen waterfall
Open EDI
Intermediate: Ross Eddington – On the Edge
Advanced: Alan Bennett – A breath of fresh air
Open Print
Intermediate: Lyndel Holt – Majestic Trio
Advanced: Vicki Moritz – Alexandra sheds
Set subject definition:
An image where water is the dominant feature.
It’s time to get the Portfolio group back and running. I hope you are all both energised and inspired by the work created by our members last year, and that some of you will join in this year.
Just to set the scene:
Our first meeting will be on Tuesday 18th March, from 7.30 in the main room at Mount Waverley Community Centre (where we have all of our usual meetings).
For those of you that created a portfolio in 2024, please bring this along to share and discuss. Think about what you learnt, what worked, what was difficult, and what you might have done differently. We will also spend a little time discussing ideas you might have for 2025.
Everyone is welcome to join in.
Daryl Lynch (one of our members) recently ran an interesting and informative zoom workshop, teaching us about different styles of fireworks photography; the details of preparation and things which need to be considered as well as settings to use.
He followed this with a hands-on session observing and photographing the Moomba fireworks from a vantage point he had decided upon based on launch sites, wind and crowds. It was a great learning experience and time with other members. We captured some amazing images on that night and also on the following nights.
More images from our members can be found in our outing gallery.
Judge: Andrea Esposito
Set subject EDI
Intermediate: Fiona Jones – Are you effing serious
Advanced: Marie Shaw – Me myself and I
Open EDI
Intermediate: Fiona Jones – Melbourne Noir
Advanced: Dianne Doughty – AND THEN THERE WERE TWO
Open Print
Intermediate: Colleen Singleton – Fern Forest
Advanced: Jim O’Donnell – Ghosts
Set subject definition:
A portrait of the photographer in which they have posed themselves within the picture. The shutter release must be under their control i.e. remote, electric etc. (APJA) Creative processing is allowable.
Last weekend saw the successful and vibrantly colourful State Dahlia Show at the Mount Waverley Community Centre. Four of our members put together 24 beautiful photographs at very short notice, which were exhibited in the Trak Gallery. They really looked wonderful and along with Dahlia arrangements, 2 artists demonstrating drawing and painting and a fascinating stamp collection the gallery looked stunning.
Last weekend the two part “Pep Ventosa Style Photography” workshop, run by club member Jenny Adams, showed us how to create painterly style images reminiscent of Spanish photographer Pep Ventosa.
During the first session, at Springvale Botanic Cemetery, we learned key points of identifying suitable subjects and taking up to 30 images from different but equidistant angles. Participants enjoyed taking images of trees, rotundas, memorials and other structures.
The second session was on zoom; Jenny walked us through techniques to blend the groups of images in Photoshop to create a painterly style images. We had time for some questions and discussion. It was inspiring to learn technique that allows the transformation of a series of simple images to one quite lovely and artistic one.
A link to the presentation notes can be found under Workshops and presentations on our resources site.
Images from the outing and the results from various members are in our workshop gallery.
We have drafted the following outings for the Birding SIG in 2025:
| Date | Location |
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| Friday 7 March 2025 | Healesville Sanctuary |
| Saturday 5 April 2025 | Stringybark Creek Nature Walk |
| Friday 27 June 27 2025 | Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Friday 22 to Sunday 24 August 2025 | Bendigo weekend away |
| Saturday 13 September 2025 | Western Treatment Plant |
| Friday 10 October 2025 | Wicks Reserve |
| Friday 14 November 2025 | Cranbourne Botanic Gardens |
Our first outing is to Healesville Sancturary in less than 2 weeks, details will be sent out next weekend.