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We are an Australian Camera Club located on the border of Victoria and New South Wales on the banks of the mighty Murray River, and comprising members from both sides of the border. We are an incorporated body in Victoria and come under the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies Inc(VAPS). We meet on the second Monday of the month at the Boomerang Hotel Complex in Lavington. The Club activities include competitions, workshops and outings. Welcome to our corner of the world.

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It is with sadness that we hear of the passing of one of our Life members, Lola Kerr who was Treasurer for 11 years and was awarded Life Membership in 1987.
The Club passes on its sympathy to her family and friends.

The January Meeting - 'Set Subject - Architecture'

A great roll up of members after the Christmas break. Our Audio/Visual section presentations are continuing to be well received, The latest instalments last night were from Sean King and Jan Paatsch. After these we had the Competition results presentation, although low in numbers because of the set subject. Members are reminded that next month images are for Open Subject.
Congratulation to the winners and place getters for the competition!


Use the button above or click on the Competition Images Tab to view all the place winning images.
The Competition winners were:

• Colour Print Advance: John Organ
• Colour Print: Jean-Maree Christensen
• Monochrome Print: John Organ
• EDI Advance: David Willis
• EDI: Maree Mills

Lake Hume - Landscapes & Shapes - 17th November 2014

Recently a group from Camera Club attended a workshop and BBQ dinner out at Lake Hume. The weather was fine and there was a promise of an excellent sunset. First order of business was to start everyone using AV where you control the aperture and also lifting your ISO. What this achieves is that you control two sides of the triangle to get good shots - speed, aperture & ISO. For most Landscapes we want a deep depth of field so Aperture was set between F8 through to F16 and ISO was fixed at ISO 400 for a start. As the light faded the speeds started to drop so this is why you need to use a (very sturdy) tripod and a remote control.
For those with very modern camera a bodies you can lift the ISO to up around the 1600 mark without generating a great deal of digital noise. We also practiced using Variable ND filters held over the lens to extend the time taken for the shot. Apart from one mishap where an 82mm ND filter was smashed (lens was OK) and a bit of bark was shredded off the photographer but she was OK after being patched up.
I hope everyone managed to get some good shots as I chimped a few as we looked at some of the results that night. Hopefully some will even be entered in this month's Open competition.
Photos coming to the Outings Page soon!
Cheers, David G Woolcock

Jill's New Zealand Blog Page Final Instalment

Jill Hancock is back from New Zealand and her last instalment along with all the others is in her page and makes interesting and informative reading with stunning photographs.

Go to her page by clicking on the Jill's Blogs link in the left panel.

New Home for WACC - The Boomerang Hotel Complex in Lavington

Our new home will be at the Boomerang Hotel Complex Function Room in Lavington (near the 5 ways).

The members voted at the October meeting to choose this venue for the foreseeable future, and also agreed to change the meeting night from the second Thursday of the month to the second Monday of the month.

This will allow members to have a meal in the Bistro before the meeting, also drinks will be available before and after the meeting.

Chiltern Wildflower Outing

It was superb weather and what better way to spend a day than in the bush amongst the wildflowers taking photos and enjoying the day with fellow members.
14 of us showed up and travelled into the bush, and then went in different directions at the Honeyeater car park to capture that shot!
We assembled back at the car park around lunch time to have a cuppa and discussion together before departing for home.

Albury Show

This year was a another successful Photography Competition at the show with participants from both the Club & Non Club Members entering. Numbers were up on last year which is great to see & to those that won, congratulations and those that didn't next year could be your year.

A very big thank you to the following members: Jan, Brian, David, Jean, Denise, John, Sharon, Pam, Eric, Marg, Coleen, Debbie, Vicky, Wendy, Rob, and Phil for all your help with the setup, manning and dismantling, because without your help the club couldn't do the show.
Debbie
Photo: Melinda Marengo viewing the photos on Sunday, prior to the exhibition being dismantled.