Melbourne Photographic Society

Members’ night – What we did on our Holidays
2023-09-14 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
This is our first night back, and allows our members new and old to have a chat, show their images from the holidays, and for Alan to break out the chocolate biscuits again.

Melbourne Arts Festival
2023-09-16 - 2023-09-17 | Melbourne Festival, Melbourne, United Kingdom
We’ll once again be exhibiting at this year’s Melbourne Arts Festival – come and say hi!

Life and Times of a Freelance Sports Photographer
2023-09-21
Steve Bond
How does a Freelancer go about making a living at sport photography in 2023? Down to the real nitty gritty stuff, plus a few pretty bird snaps…

Flash Basics
2023-09-28 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Steve Fairbrother
This isn’t a techy talk about expensive kit you’ll never own, it’s more a talk about how with budget gear and some experimentation you can achieve great results. In the first half Steve will talk us through kit and show us his own work. The second half will be a demonstration of how to light a still life scene, with the resulting images visible through the projector as they are taken.

The wider world of photography part 1: The story of portrait, fashion, industrial, war & social documentary photography.
2023-10-05 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Discover a fascinating world of photography beyond the camera club as we explore the history, style and impact of portrait, fashion, industrial, war, press and social documentary photography. See the work of photo greats like Avedon, Bailey, Beaton, Bloomfield, Capa, Contreras, McCullin, McCurry, Karsh, Leibowitz, McCullin, Salgado and Winston Link. An evening of informative, inspiring, powerful and world-changing imagery.

A guide to simple Astrophotography
2023-10-12 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Paul L Money
With just a camera, basic range of lenses, tripods and exposure timer it is possible to capture many aspects of the night sky from constellations to the motion of the planets, the aurora borealis, meteors and much more. In the hall but via Zoom.

Phone Competition
2023-10-19 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Back again this year, this is your opportunity to enter your images shot on a digital camera or tablet into our competition. Up to four images in a Jpeg format. Full details on the website

Aerial Photography
2023-10-26 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Keith Mitchell
This talk is about my journey to allow me to take images from places I cannot physically get to or from a different perspective. The talk will include what you need to start flying and taking pictures or videos, planning a flight and the Apps I use.

Travelling Through Japan - A Land of Contrasts
2023-11-02 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Speaker – Chris Brown
Japan was, for us, a bucket list trip. It did not disappoint. Cities, gardens, art, Sumo, green tea, geisha, temples and shrines, travelling through Japan on the famous bullet train was a fantastic experience.

Aviation Photography
2023-11-09 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Lee Chapman
A general guide on how to photograph aircraft, covering tips and advice on photographing aeroplanes in a range of scenarios including in museums, air shows, historic re-enactments and airports. The talk will feature several of Lee’s favourite images and will reveal the techniques and methods used to achieve the shots alongside a brief overview of the aircraft featured.

Architecture Through the Viewfinder
2023-11-16 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Martine Hamilton-Knight
Architecture Through the Viewfinder – three decades of commercial architectural shooting.
With over three decades in commercial architectural photography, Nottingham based, Martine Hamilton-Knight D.Litt. Hon, FHEA speaks about her life in the industry and new book – Photography for Architects for Routledge published in summer 2023. The evening is ‘how to’ for those interested in shooting architecture, plus a chronological section on Martine’s time in the industry together with the technological and economical factors affecting business and output throughout that period.

Wonderful things
2023-11-23 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Jane Middleton-Smith
The photographic business at 45,Midland Road, Derby can trace its origins back to the dawn of commercial photography in 1852. The talk will cover not only the history of the company, but will also outline the background to the Heritage Project now in its eighth year.

Those magnificent flying machines
2023-11-30 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Tony Davison
The talk is basically some fun relating to the flying machines within the natural world. So covers Birds, Moths, Butterflies & Dragonflies explaining their amazing features and flying abilities along with some science such as migration.

Competition – Tom Tivey
2023-12-07 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Wildlife and Landscape

Christmas Fuddle
2023-12-13
King’s Newton bowling club pavilion 7.30pm – who’ll win the Marigold gloves this year?

AWAY – Competition at Ashby CC
2024-09-01 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London)
We picked the images three weeks earlier, and now its off to Ashby to see the judging of our images and selection. It’s in Smisby Village Hall.

Member’s night – What we did on our holidays.
2024-09-12 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
This is our first night back, and allows our members new and old to have a chat, show images they have been working on over the summer break, and break out the chocolate biscuits again.

MELBOURNE FESTIVAL – ART & ARCHITECTURE TRAIL
2024-09-14 09:00 - 2024-09-15 17:00
Come and say hello on at our annual Arts Festival exhibition.
We’ll be at 49 Church Street, please see the festival guide for the trail number.
The festival is very popular with thousands visiting over the weekend.

Paul Hassell ‘An insight to my photography'
2024-09-19 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Which started 13 years ago where I joined a camera club and basically got hooked in the concept! I’ll take you through my mindset, a journey of genres I engaged with and a few amusing stories of the conversations I had with people. I will also show some before and after images and the final edited ones. PRINT TALK.

Tony Padley - Japan
2024-09-26 19:30 - 22:30 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Tony give a short on Japan talk last year as a fill in due to a technique issues during a remote speaker talk, this years Tony’s back with the extended directors cut version.

Phone Competition
2024-10-03 19:30 - 22:00

Members’ Project on the night in Clubroom
2024-10-10 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Members group project on the theme of ‘An evening at Melbourne Photographic Society’. The idea behind the evening is to carry out a number of projects on the night around the theme. The plan is for members to shoot images on the night that we can all put together to form a finished project that chronicles a night in the hall.

Members’ night
2024-10-17 19:30 - 22:00
An opportunity for members to give short presentations on a range of subjects, including images they working on, new techniques and photo projects. This is normally a varied and interesting night.

Dave and Angie Tucker ‘Pics Wot I Like’!
2024-10-24 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
A varied selection of our images – ranging from FIAP gold medal awarded images all the way to pictures that we do not to enter into competitions-but, as we say, they are all simply ‘Wot I Like’. DIGITAL ( PRINTS IN BREAK)

Paul O Flanagan ‘Well, I kind of like it!’
2024-10-31 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
This talk describes a journey from competition photography to abstract work. In doing this I will move from ‘normal’ photography, use of textures, ICM…before moving onto abstract photography with details of ’how it is done’.

Ashley Franklin ‘The Wider world of Photography’ Part 2.
2024-11-07 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
An exploration of the history, style and impact of aerial, advertising, landscape, sport, and science and nature photography, plus an insight into the controversial world of photo art. Includes the work of Ansel Adams, Eamon McCabe, Marc Aspland, Yann Arthus Bertrand, Elliot Erwitt, Stephen Dalton, Michael Kenna, Frans Lanting, Lennart Nilsson and Andreas Gursky. An evening of iconic, inspiring and thought-provoking photography.

Martin Vaughan ‘Further Wildlife Adventures Around Ashby’
2024-11-14 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
This talk is about the local projects that I undertook to try and get distinctive images which would go towards an FRPS panel. They were all taken 5-6 miles of my home in Ashby and I describe and illustrate the problems I faced and how I managed to overcome them on most occasions! How I use a tripod up a tree, what to do when a Swan charges, how does a Buzzard know I’m in a hide – these and other stories will be revealed! DIGITAL (PRINTS IN BREAK).

Critique Night
2024-11-21 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
A chance to review images. Do you have an image that your not sure about, one that could maybe do with a small edit that could make it great. This evening give members an opportunity to get some positive feedback on their work. A chance to present images that you want feedback on, discuss how to make average images, good, good images excellent and great images, world beaters

Birding Argentina – Tony Davison
2024-11-28 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Birding Argentina will take you to the high lakes of the Andes and the market town of Purmamarca, with its colourful market stalls, to Porto Tumbo & Peninsular Valdez with Orcas and 300,000 Magallenic Penguins.

From Doroditos and Earthcreepers, Reedhaunters and Thornbirds, Spinetails and Tyrannulets. Many colourful birds most people have never heard of.

That’s Birding Argentina!

Tom Tivey Competition
2024-12-05 19:30 - 22:00 | Thomas Cook Hall, 84 High St, Melbourne, Derby DE73 8GJ
Wildlife and Landscape photography.
