I am very pleased to announce that the WCC Online Mentoring Group (OMG) will commence on Friday 31 January 2014.

The OMG is intended to provide all members, but particularly inexperienced photographers, assistance with post processing and photographic technique.

You can submit up to two images (in jpeg format) per month to the OMG gallery by emailing omg@waverleycameraclub.org with the following information:

• Photographers Name
• Image Title
• Description including:
  • why you took the       shoot
  • did the image meet       your expectations
  • the camera settings       used (if known)

Feedback during each month will be provided by our club’s very best photographers so get involved and your photography will benefit.

To view the gallery go to https://www.waverleycameraclub.org/mentoring-group/

A special thankyou to Cuc Chong and Dave Sumner for all their effort to get this initiative of the ground.

On the 8th October, the AV group will be hosting a very special guest , Heather Prince who is a multi award winning AV Maker from Geelong. In the world of AV, which is relatively new in the world of photography, a multi award winning guest is a rare beast indeed yet WCC has managed to track one down for your enjoyment. I know Heather quite well and I can assure you that you are in for a great night, Heather is one of the most warm and friendly people you will ever meet and she is coming all the way from Geelong to pass on her knowledge for the benefit of WCC members. So don’t miss out on this special treat and come along to Wadham House on the 8th, details of meetings and location are HERE

Thanks

Dave Sumner
WCC Secretary

The audio visual group will meet on Tue 12th Mar upstairs at Wadham House, Mt Waverley at 7.30pm. Also come along and ask questions about your AV’s and Mr Bob Thomas, winner of the VAPS best AV in 2012 will answer them for you. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet the 2012 VAPS AV Winner. The night will be split into two sessions as follows:

Using Layers – ‘Learn how to Set Show Options’, ‘Add Layers to Your Show’ and ‘Layer Sizing and Positioning’.

Meet Bob Thomas – Bob Thomas, the winner of the coveted VAPS Best AV 2012 prize and he will be answering all your questions.

If you are not sure what Audio Visual is then why not come along and see what we do? If you’ve ever had the desire to put music or words to a slideshow of your holiday images to show to your relatives or create stunning presentations of your photographic work to show everyone else. Or maybe you are interested in taking part in the many AV competitions held around Australia, whatever the reason, the AV Group is for you.

Please see the flyer below for more information

We are pleased to announce that on the fourth Wednesday of the month we will be running a mentoring group where club members bring along their images for discussion, review and possible enhancement.

While it is intended for members that have recently completed our beginners course, it is open to all members with B grade images they want to discuss.

The first meeting will be held upstairs at Wadham House on Wednesday 27 February 2013.

Next Tuesday 22 January 2013 will be the first Audio/Visual group meeting for 2013 with the purpose of reviewing AV’s that members want to enter to be chosen for entry at the VAPS Interclub.

From February the AV group will be back at its regular night of the second Tuesday of the month and the Flash/Portrait group with be on its regular night of the third Tuesday of the month.

 Hi All,

The AV Group are having a casual get together next Tuesday 11 December 2012 ( Wadham House 7.30 pm) to discuss the groups proposed activities for next year. If you have ever considered joining the group or wondered if it was for you, why don't you come along and see?

AV's are a fast growing specialist skill within the photographic community with VAPS sanctioned competitions now a regular event.

You will find attached to this email a brochure setting out the proposed 2013 learning schedule for your perusal.

In addition to learning the practical skills required to produce an AV,  members of the group also show AV's they have prepared and provide each other with valuable feedback and encouragement.

If you think you might be interested in joining the AV Group next year please join us next Tuesday. If you would like some more information email Paul Spence

We will again be running the Flash & Portrait Group Meetings in 2012 and anyone and everyone of our members can turn up to see if you really want to improve your flash and portrait images

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.

After a fun and largely successful year teaching Photoshop to our members, Warren is happy to say that the classes will continue in 2012. However there will be a change to the format, it will be tailored toward beginners only. The classes will be held once a month on the fourth Wednesday, with the first meeting on 25 January, 2012.

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.