Our Focus
The Creative
As photographers we are interested in light, colour, shape and movement. We study these in the world around us to tell a story or create a mood. We want to share this with others.
The Technical
When capturing what we see around us we, obviously, use cameras and enhance what we capture sometimes in the darkroom but more often on computer. We want to learn the best ways to do this to express the intent of the images we captured in the first place.
The Social
We enjoy being around people with a common interest and the desire to share what we know or find out from them how to better understand what makes great images and how to capture and subsequently share them.
About Beechworth Camera
The Beechworth Camera Club, or Shutterbugs was created by Quercus in Beechworth in 2022 to provide a vehicle for residents of the town, and beyond to share their knowledge and love of photography. It meets at the Oregon Hall just up the hill in Ford Street in Beechworth. Usually on the third Saturday of the month at at 11:00am unless other arrangements have been made.
Masterclass
As we described above we come together for three things, The Creative, The Technical and The Social. We can't do all this on our own. We need to draw on the experiences and skills of others. We need to share what we already know. The Masterclass is the mechanism to enable this to happen. We will invite "experts" to share what, how and why they do the things they do. This page will introduce the experience and knowledge people will share and when and how this will take place. If you can suggest people who would be able to share their knowledge and experience the Committee would love to hear.
Build a Blog
Rick Box
21 October 2023
A great way to share your photos is on-line. Rick will describe how to build a blog using the free application Wix, and how to use it.
Affinity for Affinity
Rick Box
20 May 2023
Rick will introduce the photo processing app Affinity Photo to the group
The Photo Masters
Steve Routledge
16 September 2023
It is always inspiring to visit the work of the great photographers throughout history. It helps us improve our own work.
Birds of Beechworth
Michael Bink
19 August 2023
Michael has offered to share his knowledge and amazing skill in photographing birds around Beechworth later in the year.
Large Format Cameras
Steve Routledge
17 June 2023
Steve is a very experienced photographer who is a film fan. He and Rob Preston use 4x5 large format cameras. Will be great to see how these masterful machines work.
Celebration
Feedback
After we take our photos it is natural that we want to share them. During the year we can do this by uploading to the Camera Club Facebook or Website and talk over, at subsequent meetings, what we like about each other's photos. We can also give each other useful and valuable feedback about what we can do to improve.
Submit your best photos for the month by clicking the Share button above, Login, Choose a Category and Submit or, upload to Facebook.
A Book
It would be good if we could publish individual books of the work we do over the year. The might be photos we take with the group over the year or... anything. The process of producing a book is interesting, and fun
An Exhibition
At the year we can display our best images for the year. Each photographer can select a set number of photos keeping in mind that the collection should tell a story and represent our style.
Catch the Move
A sporting event provides many opportunities to catch the action on the run. Will we choose a sport and stop it. This could include team sports such as footy or netball or action such as mountain biking or kayaking. What lens, ISO. speed and aperture do we select? The choice is yours!
"Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still."
- Dorothea Lange