• The Focus meetings, held on the 2nd Monday of the month, is open for general discussion and presentation of photographic topics. BCG invites guest speakers to these focus meetings to provide interesting and topical information for our members.

    Focus meetings are open to all and cover any and all facets of photography including camera basics and creativity.

  • Our most popular meetings, the Digital Group is held on the 3rd Monday of the month and is a forum for all things digital. From cameras to production techniques and technology, there's something for all digital enthusiasts.

  • Held on the 4th Monday of the month, monthly competitions nights are where our member' images are critiqued by a PSQ accredited Judge and assessed for Merits or Honours.

    Competition nights are a valuable insight into what makes a good image, and what can make a good image great.

    For information on image specification for entering BCG competitions click here.

  • From January 2012, new members will receive a membership badge as part of the joining fee. Membership fees will remain the same.

    • Full membership - $10 joining fee + $50 membership
    • Concession membership - $10 joining fee + $25 membership
    • Family membership - $20 joining fee + $75 membership
    • Renewing memberships are $50 (full) and $25 for affilliate

     You can download our membership form here to bring it to a meeting. Membership is half price from July to December.

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Digital Night June

AV Showcase

In preparation for the Annual Competition, Ray will be showing examples of award winning AVs to illustrate the art.

Masking For Digital Photography

Andy Cross will show us some more tricks with photoshop and how to select and modify using masking layers.

Regular Segments

Before and After

Send your nominations to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  with a brief write up of what steps you went through.

Bin or Win

So you've been on another fantastic BCG outing event and now have 583 images to sift through. How do you make that choice? Why did you choose that image over all the others?

Send your best shot, along with the two or three others you rejected to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Image Show

You can also post your selection to the BCG Forum in the Digital Night section.

The email address for image submissions is: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Details for image dimensions are here.

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Digital Night May

Infra-Red

IR photography was previously only achieveable using special film. Now, thanks to special modifications, IR can be captured on digital cameras. Understanding how it works and how to make it produce images is quite difficult. Fortunately Dave Edney can explain these technicalities and show you the new look of images now possible with and IR camera.

Image Refinement

take better photosBCG presents Dean Holland with another instructive installment to help you take better photos.

Dean is a professional trainer and runs Take Better Photos (takebetterphotos.com.au) where he has taught many hundreds of people how to improve their photography, both at the moment the shutter clicks and later during the processing stages.

Regular Segments

Before and After

Send your nominations to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  with a brief write up of what steps you went through.

Bin or Win

So you've been on another fantastic BCG outing event and now have 583 images to sift through. How do you make that choice? Why did you choose that image over all the others?

Send your best shot, along with the two or three others you rejected to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Image Show

You can also post your selection to the BCG Forum in the Digital Night section.

The email address for image submissions is: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Details for image dimensions are here.

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PSQ 2013 Convention

Come to Mackay from October 5 to 7 for PSQ Convention 2013

This year Mackay Camera Group is proud to be hosting PSQ's Annual Convention being held at the stunning Ocean Internation Hotel on Illawong Beach. Mackay has a lot to offer the keen photographer, from the glitz and glamour of Mackay Marina, the golden sands of our numerous beaches, to our beautiful heritage listed buildings in the city centre, we've got every aspect covered.

Registration booking form can be found here, REGISTRATION FORM PSQ CONVENTION MACKAY 2013 MCG.pdf  and Accommodation booking form can be found here PSQ - Accommodation Booking Form.pdf and other accommodation can be found here  http://www.mackayregion.com/accommodation/ and here http://bit.ly/xGLbts

For further information click here: www.psqgotroppomackay.com.

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Working Bee

Our equipment takes a lot of wear and tear being set up and put away every week and we don't get a chance to fix it on any night.

We're organising a working bee to fix some of our things so we don't have to replace them. If you're available from 2pm on Sunday 26 May, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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June Outing - Updated!

Shorncliffe Pier - TravellerQLD photo courtessy wikipediaDate: Sunday 2 June - 6am

Location: Shorncliffe Pier and surrounds

Set subject objective: Scapes (for July comp)

Meeting Point: Shorncliffe Pier, Lower Moora Park, 65A Park Parade, Shorncliffe. To get to the car park you drive from Park Parade (which runs along the top of the cliffs) down the small road that leads to Lower Moora Park (less than a minute's drive down hill). There's plenty of car parking and the road is a little steep but very safe.  Both the car park and the road down to the shore are on the map. **Note: on the map link above the pier is named as "Sandgate" Pier. It is incorrectly labelled on this map. The location of the pier is correct but the pier is called "Shorncliffe" Pier.

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2012 Annual Competition Results

January 14 saw the 2012 Annual Dinner and Awards night held at the Kedron Park Hotel. It was a great night, full of fun, trivia and prizes.

The Annual Awards are the pinacle of the BCG competition calendar. Congratulations to all the winners and place getters.

Thanks to the dinner organising committee for putting together a wonderful night.

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Show your Club Colours

Show your club colours in a BCG polo shirt. We have a range of sizes and they will be on sale at club nights. Prices are a very reasonable $25 each and $47 for two. Many thanks to Brian Cronin whose company, BAC Corporate Collections, did us a good deal on the production.

Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your shirt size if you would like to purchase one at the next meeting.

Competition Subjects

Open and Set Subject entries are welcome at Monthly Competitions

January No Competition
February Macro / Close-up
March Sport
April Textures
May On The Street
June Wide Angle
July Shallow Depth of Field
August Scapes
September Lines
October Minimalism
November 2013 Annual Competition
December No Competition

Competition Notices

  • Entries for the May competition are closed. Entries for the 25 June Competition, "Wide Angle" are due by 10 June.

  • The 2012 Annual Competition results are here

Member Access

Register on the website and you will also receive the BCG Newsletter

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