2012 Program

2012 – Year Long Project

Pick a theme/subject/genre as a photographic project for the year and prepare a set of images to present at the last meeting of 2012 (29 Nov).

Feb 2012
* Thu 9 Practical Night – Bring your camera 7.30 pm
* Thu 16 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Mon 20 Portrait Group – 6.00 pm
* Thu 23 Competition – Open

Mar 2012
* Thu 1 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 1 Committee Meeting 7.30 pm
* Mon 5 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 8 Rod Ball – The Canning Stock Route
* Thu 15 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Sat 17 Ballarat YMCA Interclub (CBCC host).
* Mon 19 Portrait Group – 6.00 pm
* Tue 20 Pre-Selection for V.A.P.S. Interclub.
* Thu 22 BBQ at Osborne House & Competition – Open
* Thu 29 Practical Night – Getting off “P”

Apr 2012
* Mon 2 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 5 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 12 Monochrome
* Mon 16 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 19 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 26 Competition – Open and “On the Street”

May 2012
* Thu 3 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Mon 7 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 10 AGM and Landscape Coastline Competition
* Thu 17 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* 19-21 VAPS Muster – Ballarat
* Mon 21 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 24 Competition – Open
* Thu 31 Practical Night/Workshop (TBA)

June 2012
* Sat 2 Club Dinner – Shell Club
* Mon 4 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 7 Entries close for Image of the Year Competition
* Thu 7 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 14 Guest Speaker (TBA)
* Mon 18 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 21 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 28 Competition – Open (All Monochrome)

July 2012
* Mon 2 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 5 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 5 Committee Meeting 7.30 pm
* Sat 7 Image of the Year Presentation
* Tue 10 Preselection for Bellarine/Colac Interclub
* Thu 12 Guest Speaker: Karen Mayo: “The Eternal Moment”
* Mon 16 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 19 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 26 Competition-Open

August 2012
* Thu 2 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Mon 6 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 9 Ellenor de Boer – China/Thailand
* Sat 11 Bellarine/Colac Interclub (Colac Host)
* Tue 14 Preselection for 3-way DPI competitions
* Tue 14 Preselection for Geelong Interclub
* Thu 16 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Mon 20 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 23 Competition-Open and Shadows
* Thu 30 Practical Night/Workshop (TBA)

September 2012
* Mon 3 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 6 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 6 Committee Meeting 7.30 pm
* Thu 13 Barry Feldman – Trials and Tribulations of a Wedding Photographer
* Mon 17 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 20 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 27 Competition – Open

October 2012
* Mon 1 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 4 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 4 Syllabus Planning Meeting-Shell Club
* Thu 11 Geelong Interclub (CBCC Host)
* Mon 15 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 18 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 25 Competition-Open and “Minimalism”

November 2012
* Thu 1 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* Thu 1 Committee Meeting-7.30 pm
* Mon 5 AV Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 8 3- Way DPI competitions
* Thu 15 Click n Chat Group 10 am
* 16-18 Weekend away-TBA
* Mon 19 Portrait Group – 7.15 pm
* Thu 22 Set Subject Competition- “Still Life” (Member Judging)
* Thu 29 Member Annual Project Presentations

December 2012
* Sun 2 Christmas Breakup Venue TBA

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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 ... [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]