Glossary
APS – Australian Photographic Society – www.a-p-s.org.au
The Australian Photographic Society is Australia’s own national photographic organisation. The aim of the Society is to promote, improve, share and enjoy photography in Australia offering many extensive services, all specifically designed to improve photography and photographic skills. Membership is open to all – international exhibitors, beginners, amateurs and professionals.A number of CBCC members participate in the APS.
FIAP – Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique – www.fiap.net/index-en.html
The FIAP is an international federation which affiliates as operational members, the national associations of photography. FIAP counts more than 85 national associations in the five continents and represents the benefits of nearly one million individual photographers. The Australian Photographic Society (see APS above) is Australia’s Member body of FlAP.
Flickr is one of a range of photo sharing websites. A number of CBCC members have a personal photostream on Flickr. Members of Corio Bay Camera Club who have a Flickr account can also can post images to the CBCC Flickr Group.
VAPS – Victorian Association of Photographic Societies – www.vaps.com.au
VAPS is an affilliation of Victorian camera clubs (including Corio Bay CC) and an incorporated body. It is a “not for profit” organisation, put together principally to manage the promotion of photography for Victorian camera clubs, to give Victorian amateur photographers, through their respective clubs, a collective voice and provide the management facility to stage and participate in large and small-scale events that would normally be beyond the administrative and financial capabilities of any one small group.
VIGEX – Victoria Geelong Exhibition – www.vigex.org.au
VIGEX is a word derived from Victoria Geelong Exhibition and is the only current international photographic exhibition conducted in Victoria. It is a biennial exhibition, first in 1980. That and every subsequent salon has been exhibited at the Geelong Art Gallery. VIGEX has always been a not for profit organisation and is run solely by unpaid volunteers, including several members of CBCC.
News Ticker
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 ...
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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]
