AV News 178 - November 2009
Other popular AV production specific software that is used includes
Pictures2EXE for the PC and on the Apple MAC - Fotomagico.
Our Club has amongst many End of Year competitions and Trophies one
specifically for Audio Visuals. There is also an increasingly popular annual
interclub AV competition run by the Victorian Association of Photographic
Societies (VAPS). There are only 2 national AV competitions which are
organised by the Australian Photographic Society and now only one AV
International in Adelaide (South Australia).
The Melbourne Camera Clubrooms are a popular and well equipped
venue for the judging and exhibition of VAPS and the Australian
Photographic Society (APS) AV competitions.
Over the past 12 months we have had a variety of AV shows and activities
that have attracted audiences outside our own membership. The most
successful was in November 2008 when the APS showed the International
Diaporama Gala Tour comprising 20 internationally accepted AVs to
celebrate the 50th year of modern Audio Visuals. Several of the RPS AV
producers were represented in the Gala.
Two other Audio Visual events this year attracted good audiences. They
were the judging for the APS AV Autumn National and APS Convention
National competitions. These judging days were held in the Melbourne
Camera Clubrooms and have proved very popular. A whole day of AVs (31
and 35 entries respectively) were shown covering categories 'Documentary',
'Theme', 'Music, Poetry or Song'.
Our AV Group is small at present but thriving and we are enjoying the
opportunity this gives to share what we are about. Perhaps on another
occasion & article I could share some of the AV issues that we have solved
and identify those that continue to trouble us but which an outsider's view
might offer an alternative answer.
For more information contact the AV Group Coordinator John Spring at
The Melbourne Camera Club, Post Office Box 1180, South Melbourne, 3205
Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
Website: http://www.melbournephoto.org.au/audio-visual-group/
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