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NEWS AND NOTICES

 

NOV 6, 2024 PHOTOCHAT: "MY TRIP TO MONGOLIA" BY LILLIAN ROBERTS:

 

A video recording of  Lillian's  Nov 6 PhotoChat is available for club members. To view it, open the PhotoChat Viewer in your member home page. 

 

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NEW: OCTOBER 24 COMPETITION  RECORDING AND AWARDS CATALOG:

 

A video recording of our October 24 competition judged by Paul Speaker is available for club members. To view it, open the past meetings viewer in your member home page.

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The October competition awards catalog, as well as previous ones, are available to the public on our Gallery Page

2024 CALENDAR (July-December)

Event Date/Time Details
 July-August
   
Summer WOW Competition July-August

Judges: Julianne Koza, Nadine Conger, Mitch Miller

PhotoChat Wed, Aug 7 6:00PM

Host: Gary Vandemark

Location: Video Conference Only

Topic: "Restoring Old Photos"

September

 

 

PSA Photo Festival Sept 16-21

Location: Tucson, Arizona

Speaker Meeting Thurs, Sept 19, 6PM

Speaker: Skip LaRue

Topic: "Creating World Class Composites"

Location: Video Conference

NEW! Photo Meetup Sat, Sept 28, 12:30PM

Host: Greg Lilly

Morongo All Indian POW WOW Photo Op

Location: Morongo Casino

 Contact: Greg Lilly  lillyf371@gmail.com

October

PhotoChat

Wed, Oct 2, 6:00PM

Host: Darcy Quimby

PSA Tucson Photo Festival Recap 

Location: Video conference 

NEW! Photo Meetup Sun, Oct 6, 9AM 

Host: Greg Lilly

MotoCross Racing in Anza

Location: Cahuilla Creek MotoCross Track

Contact: Greg Lilly  lillyf371@gmail.com

Peer Review Wed, Oct 9, 6PM

Host: Gary Vandemark (Lightroom)

Location: Video Conference

Image uploads: Oct 1-8

Competition Meeting

Thurs, Oct 24, 6PM

(rescheduled from 10/17)

Judge: Paul Speaker

Location: Video Conference

Image uploads: Oct 1-20

NEW! Photo Meetup Sat, Oct 26, 1PM

Host: Bob Rufer

Pioneertown Photo OP (details to come!)

Location: Pioneertown/Pappy & Harriets

Contact: Bob Rufer  lafricanco@yahoo.com

November

PhotoChat

 

Wed, Nov 6, 6:00PM

Host: Lillian Roberts

Photo Travelogue: "My Visit to Mongolia"

Location: Video conference 

PhotoChat

Wed, Nov. 13, 6:00PM

Host: Jeanne Scott

Topic: "Let's Shoot Star Trails!"

Location: Video Conference  

Contact: Jeanne Scott, js2007@gmail.com

NEW! Photo Meetup

Tues, Nov 19, 5:30PM

Host: Jeanne Scott

Star Trails Meetup

Location: Local, details on signup

Contact: Jeanne Scott, js2007@gmail.com

Speaker Meeting

Thurs, Nov 21 6:00PM

Speaker: Mason Mullally

Topic: "Richer Ways To Tell A Story"

Location: Video Conference

Photo Meetup

Late November TBD

Host: Craig Toms

Fall Color & Preserve Walkabout

Location: Big Morongo Preserve

Contact: Craig Toms   <ctoms@dc.rr.com

December:

PhotoChat

 

Wed, Dec 4, 6:00PM 

Host: Mitch Miller

Topic: "My Solar Eclipse Trip"

Location: Video conference

Photo Meetup

Mon, Dec 9, Noon - 4:30PM

Hosts: Mitch Miller & Craig Toms

Joshua Tree Trek: Wonderland of Rocks

Location: JTNP @ Wonderland Ranch

Contact: Craig Toms   ctoms@dc.rr.com

Peer Review

Wed, Dec 11, 6:00PM

Host: Jeanne Scott

Location: Video Conference

Image Uploads: Dec 1-10

 

NEW! Holidaze Potluck!

 

 

Fri, Dec. 13, 5:30PM

Host: Jan Lyall

Location: Jan's Home, info to follow

Contact: Darcy Quimby  djkd6820@outlook.com

Competition Meeting

Thurs, Dec 19, 6:00PM

Judge: Hutch Hutchinson

Location: Video Conferenct

Image uploads: Dec 1-16

   

2025 CALENDAR (January - ?)

Event Date/Time Details
 January
   
PhotoChat

 

 

Wed, Jan 8, 6:00PM

 

 

Host: Darcy Quimby

Topic: Handicamerable

Location: Video Conference 

NEW! Photo Meetup

Fri-Sat, January 11-12

Host: Greg Lilly

Lake Havasu Balloon Festival

Location: Lake Havasu 

Contact: Greg Lilly  lillyf371@gmail.com

 February

 

 

Peer Review

Wed, Feb 12, 6:00PM

Host: Jeanne Scott

Location: Video Conference

 Image Uploads: Feb 1-10

Competition Meeting

Thurs, Feb 20, 6:00PM

Judge: 

Location: Video Conference

Image uploads: Feb 1- 17 

ABOUT OUR MEETINGS AND EVENTS

 

OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS are held on the 3rd Thursday of every month (except during our summer break in July and August) at 6:00 PM as a virtual meeting via Zoom (video conference). Peer Review meetings (formerly called CRITSIG) and PhotoChats are also virtual meetings via Zoom. Many other events are being added to the calendar that are in-person events. Please check this website often as meeting dates and locations may change. 

 

By agreement of your Board in May 2021, the age of competition images has been modified for the unforseeable future. In the Reality divisions (Nature, Photo Travel, PJ General, and PJ Human Interest) there is now no time limit (prior restriction was 18 then 36 months) of the date of competition. Images in Monochrome and Pictorial divisions also still have NO TIME RESTRICTIONS so these images could have been taken at any previous time.

 

Peer Review meetings are a group session where members submit images for others in the group to suggest constructive improvements.  Peer Review now meets as a virtual meeting via Zoom in competition months at 6:00PM on the Wednesday (8 days) before the competition judging.

 

IMAGE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLUB COMPETITIONS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2018.

Images must be not more that 1400 pixels in width and 1280 pixels in height.

 

IMPORTANT NOTE: Change in definition of Nature now no longer permits flower images, hybrid or not, except in specific circumstances. Click here.

 

 

 Click here for details of S4C and S4C competitions.

  

CHECK THE OUTINGS AND EVENTS PAGE FOR UPCOMING CLUB OUTINGS AND PHOTO SHOOTS.