Welcome – About Us

The Shutterbug’s Camera Group meets on the third Thursday of each month, from February to November at 10.00 am in the Senior’s Centre hall. Each month we have a themed project, to which members can bring along their prints for comment and display. Our meetings are in the form of casual discussion sessions during which members can ask questions about any aspect of photography they wish to raise or maybe there is a particular function on their camera that they are not too sure about. We also hold photographic outings to various locations around Canberra and district.

If you enjoy taking pictures, the group is a great way to share your work and meet others with a similar interest. The Shutterbug’s Camera Group provides a warm and friendly atmosphere where experienced and inexperienced members can share their interest in photography. Beginners and advanced photographers are all welcomed to our meetings.

Please note that owing to COVID our meetings have been on hold for sometime but have since resumed starting with our April 2022 meeting. Our web page will be updated as we progress once again.

Members’ Photo Gallery

  Our Favourites

Next Meeting – 19 May 2022

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 19 May 2022 starting at 10.00am. Bring along any questions you may have about photography in general or perhaps there is some function on your camera that you are not too sure about. One of our Shutterbugs members will be only too pleased to help. Perhaps there is an exhibition or photography book you have read that maybe of interest to members of the group.  As well there will be our monthly theme project where we will view members prints, discuss and mount for display. We will also be deciding on a suitable date for our field trip to Lanyon Homestead.

Our May project theme is Fauna.                      

“WILDERNESS WITHOUT WILDLIFE IS JUST SCENERY – LOIS CRISLER.”

“THE GREATNESS OF A NATION CAN BE JUDGED BY THE WAY ITS ANIMALS ARE TREATED – MAHATMA GANDHI.”

Members can submit up to six prints minimum size 7″ x 5″ for comment and display.

Our meeting will wrap up with a cuppa and a chat.

April 2022 Project

  Close Up

Monthly Project Calendar

Members can submit up to six prints of any size but preferably 7 x 5 inches minimum. We don’t have formal definitions for our monthly projects, leaving it up to members to interpret it any way they wish. Our group does not hold competitions. Members can exhibit their prints on the hall’s walls for viewing by all club members. Special mounting frames are provided. Prints can also be submitted for inclusion on our web page member’s gallery slide shows.

2022 Monthly Themes

  • April – Close Up/Macro
  • May – Fauna
  • June – Lanyon Homestead
  • July – Fire/Steam/Smoke
  • August – Spring Flora
  • September – Arches
  • October – Glass/Bottles
  • November – Fences

July 2021 Project

  Architecture

Recent Events

April 2021 Meeting

The theme for our monthly project for April was CLOUDS – “Behind Every Cloud is Another Cloud”.

Members submitted their prints for viewing and discussion. The prints were then mounted in our special frames and placed on the hall wall for fellow club members to view.

Norm mentioned an excellent book he come across “The Art of Everyday Photography – Move Toward Manual & Make Creative Photos” by Susan Tuttle.

Steve drew to our attention a free Nikon editing software package called NX Studio. More information is available on the internet for anyone who may be interested.

Justin showed us some photos he had taken of old rusty cars at Flynn’s Wrecking Yard in Cooma and suggested that it maybe a good place for a future group outing.

Steve presented a slide show he had put together of the recent RAAF 100th birthday fly past. Some great shots and well done Steve.

We trialed our new meeting format as  a self help group with a round table discussion on a number of photographic topics with several interesting questions being raised.

We also took a look at our updated page on the clubs web page with Norm requesting photos from members to add to the various photo galleries on our page.

The morning ended with a cuppa and discussions amongst members on all things photographic.

June 2021 Project

  At Home

February 2021 Meeting

The theme for our monthly project for February was “Looking Up Looking Down – A Bird’s Eye View or a Worm’s Eye View”. Members submitted their prints for viewing and discussion. The prints were then mounted in our special frames and placed on the hall wall for fellow club members to view.

Norm presented his regular monthly items of photographic quotes and trivia (see below). Mention was made of the current photographic exhibition at the National Museum – “A Portrait of Australia – Stories Through the Lens of Australian Geographic”. Entry is free and the exhibition finishes on 8 March.

We took a look at a video showing some unusual and stunning shots of water which is part of our project theme for march – “Water/Rocks”.

Steve gave us one of his excellent presentations, this time on a basic introduction to filters. This lead to a number of questions and further discussions. A pdf copy of his slides can be found below in the links section.

The morning ended with a cuppa and discussions amongst members on all things photographic.

Our trivia item for the month:  The most viewed photograph of all time belongs to “Bliss”. The default wallpaper for Microsoft’s XP. The photo was capture by Charles Rear in 1996. Microsoft bought the image from a stock site called Corbic and Charles didn’t make much money from it.

       

May 2021 Project:

Autumn Colours