The plan is to catch the 8.05 am ferry from Circular Quay – Wharf 5. Members who find this time unsuitable can of course make alternative arrangements.

Members will undoubtedly make their own way around the island and choose their own shooting locations. It is the intention to meet for morning tea between 10.00 and 10.30am at the Muster Station Café which is located near the island ferry wharf. Depending on the time frame some may choose to come back to the Café for lunch.


Note that the island has two levels – Lower Island and Plateau. Each level apparently takes about

¾ of an hour to inspect, which presumably would not include our numerous photo stops. Perhaps one level before morning tea and the other level after.

First ferry from Circular Quay is at 6.25 am, then 7.25 and thereafter at approx. ½  hour intervals.

Ferries return from Cockatoo Island at regular intervals during the day. Ferry timetables can be found on the island website.

Website  -  www.cockatooisland.gov.au  - for maps, information, ferries, etc. In particular go to  -  Visitor Guide and Map of Cockatoo Island.

Contacts – on the day :    Jillian            0429 367 237
                                              Stewart      0401 014 255     
 
 
FCC Interclub 2010 Closing Date for entries: Friday 27th August 2010
Exhibition Date: Monday 4th October (Labour Day public holiday)
Host Club: North Sydney Leagues Club Camera Club
Venue: North Sydney Leagues Club
12 Abbott Street, Cammeray NSW

Further information and the Entry form will be made available shortly.
 
 
Australia’s largest water photography competition goes international 10.06.10 The 2010 savewater! awards® will open its photographic category internationally for the first time, giving budding photographers and conservation enthusiasts around the world a chance to enter the prestigious competition.

With water conservation imagery as the key focus, the savewater! awards® photographic competition provides a unique platform for photographers to creatively demonstrate the importance of water and its impact on our future.

Entries for the savewater!® awards photographic competition are now open and close at 5.00pm (AEST) on Monday 9th August 2010. Click here for more information and to enter the photographic competition.
 
 
Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium
2010 Photo Competition $2,850 in Prizes Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium at North Ryde is encouraging amateur photographers with a deep interest in history and nature to enter its 2010 photography competition.

This inaugural competition invites budding photographers and lovers of something ‘a little different’ to capture what a cemetery means to them.  It can be a very beautiful place - full of tranquillity and charm.

Theme: “Morning Light - The Dawning of History

For details and entry form visit their web site here and click "Photographic Competition
 
 
Here is a link to the Redbubble.com website that has lots of groups that you can browse to get some great photographic ideas. Click Here

You might remember Barbara Bryan at our last meeting gave us some great suggestions - here is a website that she recommended we all visit to get some new ideas
 
 
Arts Freedom Australia Protest Rally

The call has gone out to join Ken Duncan and some of Australia's leading photographers on Sunday August 29, 2010 at Campbells Cove, Sydney Harbour from 10am-12pm to demand fair access for photographers to all Australian icons. So bring your camera and tripod and demand an end to the growing number of unjust rules and regulations facing photographers today.

For more information please visit the website at: www.artsfreedomaustralia.com or the FCC website.
 
 
Exhibition of photographs

All entries will be displayed from Wednesday 23 June to Tuesday 20 July at Hornsby Library, 28-44 George Street, Hornsby. Winners will be announced at a presentation night at 7pm on Thursday 24 June at Hornsby Library.
 
 
The Rocks Photography Tours Professional Photographer Teaching You Digital Photography on a 3 hour Tour through The Rocks, Sydneys Historic Birthplace.Web details

And Yes: Any type of Digital Camera is Suitable

The morning tour begins at 8:30 am (nice light) in front of the The Rocks Discovery Museum, in Kendall Lane and ends at 11:30am

The night tour (this can change depending on daylight savings time and other factors - I'll be in touch with you regarding this...) We meet in front of the The Rocks Discovery Museum, in Kendall Lane.

The course is designed for all levels of photography regardless on the type of digital camera. It is about learning how to spot the shot, watching the light, placing close attention to detail and composing the image
 
 
Macquarie Visions Festival Sydney: A Vivid Light Event 27 May 2010 – 20 June 2010 6:00 PM – 12:00 AM (Doors Open 6:00 PM)
A  free public event celebrating in immersive light displays, the 200th anniversary and story of two visionary leaders, Governor Lachlan Macquarie and his wife Elizabeth.

Taking approximately one hour, the walk starts with a dazzling light spectacle at St Mary's Cathedral and moves onto installations at Hyde Park Barracks Museum, The Mint, Parliament House, The State Library of New South Wales, The Royal Botanic Garden's Palace Garden Gate and Sydney Conservatorium of Music, with special features including the spectacular Downer Macquarie Arch and the stunning illumination of the Opera House sails fulfilling the amazing Vivid Light experience.

For more information on Macquarie Visions, please visit www.macquarievisions.com.au

Macquarie Visions is part of Vivid Sydney which takes place from 27 May - 21 June, to view the rest of the Vivid events, click here.
 
 
As Long as there’s Music… is an exhibition of 40 photographs of musicians, taken over the last six years at festivals and venues, big and small, around NSW. Photographs of the famous and revered rub shoulders with lesser known, but equally skilled and dedicated musicians.

GALLERY: Meyer Gallery ARTIST: Tony Egan, Photographer 269 Bourke Street DATES: 9 – 27 June, 2010 Darlinghurst NSW OPENING: Wed June 9 6-8pm CONTACT: Gallery 9380 8014

WEBSITE: www.meyergallery.com.au Pop-Up 0416 209 391 This is a free exhibition and all welcome. All work is for sale – please contact the Gallery.