Latest VAPS Newsbrief

Australia Day - Jan 26

This year's Hanging Rock races on Australia Day (Jan 26) have been relocated to Kyneton due to damage to the track. The general consensus of members was that we should instead have an informal BBQ at Osborne House starting at around 6.00 pm. BYO food and drinks. We will have a BBQ on site. [more]

Web Site Update

In case you did not notice we have done a bit of an update to the web page. I think it makes it easier to navigate looks a bit fresher encourages new members to contact us and join. There might be a few bugs, there always is with this sort of thing. Let me know if you see something you [more]

Christmas Breakup - 04/12/11

Overcast, but without rain, members met at the Bert Boardman reserve in Steiglitz for this year's Christmas get-together. In the end about twenty members and families had an enjoyable day. A few pics from the day below. Also check out the club's facebook group page for more ... [more]

2011 Three Way Long Distance Interclub

The 2011 Three-Way Long Distance Interclub was a successful event for CBCC winning the competition with an aggregate of 813pts. followed by Kaiapoi Photographic Club N.Z.  on 767pts. and Gem Camera Club from Perth W.A. with 735pts.  Individual Awards were as follows: Kaiapoa P.C. Judge's [more]

Geelong Interclub Results

The annual CBCC/Geelong Interclub was held at the Geelong CC rooms on Wednesday 19th October, with Geelong winning both the Print and Projected Image sections. Geelong have now held the perpetual trophy, given for the combined aggregate across both sections, continuously since 2004. The final [more]

Colac Wins Inaugural 3 Way Competition

After many years of inter-club competition between Colac CC and Corio Bay CC, we welcomed the fledgling Bellarine Camera Club to this year's event to make it a three way affair. Congratulations to Colac who scooped the pool, winning all four sections as well taking out best image in each [more]

Inbox

1. Invitation to AC-FOTO German mega circuit - a 6 salon circuit with 5 sections ( = 30 individual juries). Entry form or web direct upload. All sections for digital/slide entries. 2. Announcement of a new book by Matthew Bamberg;  New Image Frontiers - Defining the Future of  [more]

Images of the Year 2011

Peter Marin recently judged the 2011 Corio Bay Camera Club Image of the Year competition. Peter is a local photographer based in Geelong Victoria and specialises in wedding and portrait photography. Examples of Peter's work can be seen at Peter Marin Photography This year’s winners [more]

"Geelong - Then and Now" Exhibition

As part of the National Trust Heritage Festival 2011, Corio Bay Camera Club is currently holding an exhibition called “Geelong – Then and Now”. The exhibition features old photographs of the Geelong and Bellarine Peninsula region, rephotographed as they are today, allowing viewers to compare [more]

Free Music Archive

In light of the audio visual night we had on the 10th of Feb,  I thought that I might share with you all an excellent resource for free and royalty free music to add to your excellent slide shows. The site is called Free Music Archive, where all tracks are free to download and a lot of tracks [more]