Bastille Day French Festival

July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 Helen Warnod

Once again our intrepid WCC photographers braved the unpredictable Melbourne weather to attend an outing. This month we attended the Bastille Day French Festival in the Atrium of Federation Square in the city on Saturday 13th July 2019.

Despite predictions of dire weather conditions, good fortune was on our side. Federation Square possessed the only patch of blue sky in Melbourne, during the morning and early afternoon.

We met up in a café in the Atrium which allowed us to plan independent activities and browse the many and varied French flavoured market stalls. Over the morning we regrouped for particular events like the ‘l’escrime’ (fencing) demonstrations and the French Can Can! (ooooh la la!)

We enjoyed our lunch purchased the food stalls of our choice and sat together in Deakin Edge theatre, chatting and listening to French live band ‘Vive la Différence’.

View our photographs of this exciting event in our outings gallery.

Hope to see you at our next outing in August!

July 2019 Workshop – Food Photography

July 11, 2019July 8, 2019 Vicki Moritz

Tuesday 16th July 2019 – 7:30pm
Main Hall, Mount Waverley Community Centre

Creative inspiration and execution with Ricardo Da Cunha

July 7, 2019 Paul Spence

July 2019 ‘Animals’ results

July 2, 2019June 21, 2019 Stephen Edmonds

Judge: Heather Prince

Creative EDI

Bob Thomas – Flowers for a Lady

Set subject EDI

Intermediate: Hans Huysmans – Look what I have caught

Advanced: Trace O’Rourke – Portrait of a Japanese Macaque

Open EDI

Intermediate: Tim Keane – Matched Pair

Advanced: Anne Ramus – Estuary Stormlight

Open Print

Intermediate: Phillip Harris – Passing at Dusk

Advanced: Richard Pilcher – Spotted Hyena

Bastille Day Outing – July 2019

July 1, 2019February 15, 2026 Helen Warnod

Bastille Day Outing
Saturday 12th July – 10am to noon
Federation Square, Melbourne

4-Club Interclub 2019 results

June 25, 2019September 22, 2019 Stephen Edmonds

Congratulations to all members whose images were selected to be part of our entry into the annual “4-Club” competition with Camberwell, Maroondah, and Eastern Suburbs.

Special congratulations to Tim Keane and Samantha Pearsall whose images both received the full 15 points:

All of our entries can be seen in the 4 Club 2019 galleries.

VAPS Interclub 2019 results

June 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Stephen Edmonds

At the recent VAPS Interclub we placed fourth for our EDI entries, with congratulations to the following members for their AV entries:

Bob Thomas – “Happy Wife – Happy Life” – Third Place in the Open AV
Fred Seeber and Ian Hanson – “God and Golf” – Merit Award in the 3.21 AV

Our entries (with their individual scores) can be viewed in the VAPS Interclub 2019 galleries.

Wintry walk in St Kilda

June 20, 2019December 15, 2019 Helen Warnod

As our intrepid WCC photographers arrived for our monthly outing, St Kilda decided to produce a deluge! Thankfully our meetup point was at a café! We huddled up under the awning, so we made the most of it and sat sipping hot coffees and chatting. On cue, the clouds cleared for our planned departure time of 3:00pm!

We numbered twelve and were pleased to welcome along newer members Glen and Amanda on the day.

The light was marvelous and fluffy clouds produced photo-worthy scenes and opportunities for landscape and street photography. We strolled along the waterside photographing various points of interest from Luna Park to the St. Kilda Marina Seaside Light then along the bay trail past Catani Bridge towards St. Kilda pier.

We installed ourselves on the St. Kilda Pier near the marina in time to capture the sunset at 5:07pm and a few city light on the bay before wandering back to our cars. A great day!