Welcome to the Ballarat Camera Club website!
The Ballarat Camera Club Inc. aims to provide opportunities for members to learn about and improve their photography, regardless of their level of competence.
Since its establishment in 1938, members of the Ballarat Camera Club Inc. have encouraged and inspired each other in their photographic pursuits and personal growth.
Depending on the needs of members, committee and key club members organise a variety of activities which facilitate the learning of the many aspects of photography.
Through participating in monthly digital club meetings, judging nights, workshops and outings, members can learn new skills and understandings, such as; how to operate their camera, understand light, process images on the computer. Members have the opportunity to seek feedback on their work and view the work of fellow photographers during these activities.
The Ballarat Camera Club is affiliated with the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies Inc. (VAPS), which allows members to be involved in the wider photographic community in Victoria, including conferences and interclub competitions.
The “Ballarat National Photographic Exhibition” has been proudly run by the Ballarat Camera Club Inc. since 1968. This exhibition is held in high regards within photographic circles across Australia and is hung in the prestigious ‘Art Gallery of Ballarat’. Unfortunately, this is currently in recess.
We invite you to browse our website and the galleries within. We hope it inspires you and look forward to welcoming you at one of our activities in the near future!
Please contact one of our friendly committee members should you wish to join us on one of our activities.
News
The latest Newsletter is located under the Information Newsletters 2022 tab.
Flare June 2022
No informal imaging Evening will be held until at least September due to Covid.
June Outing Sanatorium Lake Mount Macedon
Monthly Outing Sunday June 19, 9.50 am for 10 am
departure meet at Kirks Entrance for travel to
Mt Macedon.
Sanatorium Lake is a rainforest area situated at the top of Mt
Macedon. Historically, Sanatorium Lake was purpose-built to
provide a water source to a hospital specialising in the
treatment of tuberculosis, which was never built.
The walk is about a 2.5km easy loop walk and passes through
several vegetation types, including tall eucalypt forests and a
wet fern gully. The area is well-known to exhibit a great variety
of fungi types, particularly at this time of the year.
The photography of the fungi will be our main interest on this
trip but, of course, there will be great views and landscape
options, particularly around the Sanatorium Lake.
We will meet at the carpark at the entrance to the Kirks picnic
ground, before the gate. We will car pool and cars can be left
there safely. The aim is to leave promptly at 10 am on Sunday
19th June.
The trip will take just over an hour of travel and we will meet
at Gisborne to convoy to the Mt Macedon Trading Post at the
bottom of Mt Macedon for coffee and/or nibbles and then
drive to the picnic area at the entrance to the walk.
Bring along a thermos and lunch for a picnic lunch.
If anyone doesn’t wish to do the full 2.5 km walk, just do what
you feel comfortable with. There are many opportunities for
stopping and admiring the large trees and the small and
colourful fungi.
Many species of fungi are toxic if eaten although they are safe
to touch but ensure that you wash your hands prior to
consuming any food. For more information about fungi see:
https://www.visitmacedonranges.com/blog/mount-macedon-
wild-mushrooms/
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July Competition Night: Wednesday 13th July at 7.30 pm
Judge: Tony Long
Subjects:
Open An image that has strong pictorial appeal, ie Good composition, and lighting.
Set Subject: "Suspended in Motion” An image that freezes the Movement of an object/subject but at the same time needs to portray that it is still in motion. Motion blur should be absent. (Technical)
August Competition Night: Wednesday 10th August 7.30 pm
Judge:
Subjects:
Open An image that has strong pictorial appeal, ie Good composition, and lighting.
Set Subject: Monochrome” Any photograph containing shades of one colour. If toning is carried out, it must be over the entire image - partial toning and/or the addition of another colour is not acceptable. (Artistic/Creative)
"Creative" Entries can be computer enhanced 2 or 3-dimensional, collage or montage. The maker must photographically produce Image/s within entries. This is the only section into which mixed media may be entered.
