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.
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.
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.
Recently Geoff Shaw (one of our members) presented a workshop and ran a hands on session about macro and close-up photography.
Geoff set up multiple workstations with various lighting scenarios. It was a fabulous opportunity to get help with camera and flash settings including focus stacking, to discuss the pros and cons of gear. Geoff’s enthusiasm for the genre of macro photography is contagious and we am sure that many of us will be inspired to further experiment. There was lots of discussion between members with more experienced members helping others.
More photos from our members can be found in our Macro skills session gallery.
As we embark upon 2025, there is a diverse range of interesting and exciting workshops ahead, some facilitated by our own members and some by external presenters, from Victoria, interstate and overseas.
Thank you to those who have submitted ideas and those who have volunteered to share their skills and ideas with others.
The first workshop is on Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 7.30 pm in the main hall. The topic is Macro Photography and the presenter is Geoff Shaw.
Macro Photography: Principles and Techniques
Please bring your camera in order to check various settings.
Looking forward to the year ahead and hope to see lots of you at this first workshop.
Our workshop this month on Tuesday 16th July 2024 at 7:30pm will be with Rebecca Stein, come along and learn how to construct a photobook.
Our workshop this month on Tuesday 18th June 2024 at 7:30pm will be with Len Metcalf. His presentations are always good, do join us by zoom.
Our workshop on Tuesday 21st May 2024 at 7:30pm will be in person at the Mount Waverley Community Centre with Glynn Lavender.
Last month seventeen members participated in a hands-on portraiture workshop at Southbank, learning to use the club’s Nanlites. Andreas Esposito, from Astir Images, showed us how to use the lights to create various effects with the city lights as a backdrop. Members worked together practiced posing the models and using various lighting colours, positions and intensities to create a range of great images.
More images from our members can be viewed in our smugmug gallery.
Unfortunately Roy Killen who was going to give an online workshop on Nature photography for us tomorrow night is not well.
I will now be giving a workshop planned for June in his place. It will be on Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) and will be held in the main hall of the Mount Waverley Community Centre, 7.30 start. And a reminder this is our set subject for the August competition
Please bring your camera, a zoom lens with a good range, something colourful to photography in an abstract sort of way and be prepared to
play! Tripods optional.