Category: Workshops

Upcoming Portraiture Workshops

Jenny Hartman

Over the next few months, the club will present a number of workshops on portrait photography and post processing. Further details will be provided closer to the dates.

Introduction to Studio Lighting by Peter Harrison

Part A: Wednesday 18 October 2023 7.15 pm til 9.30 pm
Part B: Thursday 26 October 2023 7.15 pm til 9.30 pm
Held at Mount Waverley Community Centre.
Limited to 25 participants.

The basics of studio lighting including types equipment used, how light works, and demonstration of several lighting setups for portraiture that could be used at home with purchase of minimal equipment. This will be very practical and highly interactive. Bring your camera.

It is strongly recommended that members, particularly those with limited experience with studio lighting, attend these two sessions as a foundation for the “Studio Lighting by Andrea Esposito” session.

Studio Lighting by Andrea Esposito (with experienced model)

Saturday 11 November 2023 9.30 am – 12.30 pm
Monday 13 November 2023 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm
Member co-payment $40.00
Held at Melbourne Camera Club studio, South Melbourne.

Andrea will demonstrate three lighting set ups; headshots, half and full body. He will assist each participant will have their own dedicated time to direct, pose and shoot the model for each of the lighting set-ups.
Limited to 10 participants per session.

Creating Composites by Sharon and Rob Prenton-Jones (with live model)

Sunday 7 January 2024 Full Day
Member co-payment $50.00

Sharon and Rob will demonstrate the end to end process of creating fine art composites. This will include a live model shoot with lighting, capturing background images, and through bringing it all together through processing with ACR and Photoshop. Following the presentation, additional video training material will be provided to participants.

Further information will follow on each of the above workshops. In the meantime, mark the dates in your diary!

Special presentation from Mieke Boynton focusing on Bright and surrounds

Vicki Moritz

In advance of our club weekend away to Bright we have a special presentation from Mieke Boynton focusing on Bright and surrounds.

Mieke is well know to the club and is an internationally acclaimed landscape and aerial photographer. Mieke and her partner Matt Palmer own and run the Alpine Light Gallery in the beautiful alpine township of Bright in Victoria, where you can visit and view a large selection of their fine art landscape prints.

The presentation will be on Wednesday 19th April 2023 at 7:30pm over Zoom.

Macro/Close-up workshop with Aaron Harivel – April 2023

Vicki Moritz

Our April workshop will be a presentation from Olympus specialist Aaron Harivel on macro and close-up photography.

When: Tuesday 18th April 2023 at 7:30pm
Where: Mount Waverley Community Centre Main Hall
Format:

  • Short presentation followed by hands on
  • Bring your camera, subjects for macro photography, tripod and lighting if you wish
  • Aaron will also bring some camera equipment, lighting and subject matter

Photographing in the City with Matt Irwin – March 2023

Rebecca Kashyap

On Tuesday 21st March 2023, renowned Street and Commercial Photographer Matt Irwin will take us on a walk through some interesting photographic places in the city.

Date: Tuesday 21st March 2023
Time: 6.30pm
Location: Under the big screen, Federation Square

What to bring:
Matt suggested a variety of lenses can be used to shoot street photography including zoom or fixed/prime (50mm or 35mm) lenses. As we are shooting in the night, a lens with a fast aperture of f1.8 or f2.8 are preferred. Matt prefers to shoot with 50mm or 85mm, sometimes even a zoom. However, he said the key is challenge yourself with whatever lens you have available. If anyone wants to use their own tilt-shift lens, please let me know so I can inform Matt. A tripod is not recommended as we will be walking.

Parking:
Parking is available at Federation Square Car Park after 4pm for $13.00. Street parking maybe available. Please check parking signs for hours. Public transport is another alternative.

RSVP: via email to Rebecca Kashyap by Saturday 18th March 2023

Portraiture during twilight workshop

Ian Coombs

I hope you are all well, and ready to participate in another great workshop, which is to be run by Andrew Esposito, who in 2018 won the prestigious AIPP title Victorian Professional Wedding Photographer of Year and is a respected Judge for photographic competitions within AIPP National and State awards.

This workshop will be on the beach, using continuous light to light up the model, getting a portraiture during twilight.

Date: Tuesday 21st February 2023
Location: Lagoon Pier, Port Melbourne
Time: 7.15pm

What to bring:

  • Tripod
  • Wide Angle lens (for a creative shot)
  • Other lenses you have, telephotos not recommended
  • If you have your own set of continuous lights, can you also bring them

If you will be attending, can you please to the email sent to the members list. Hope to see you there.