Coachella Valley
Desert Camera Club
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NEWS AND NOTICES
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NEW VIDEO! BIG MORONGO PRESERVE PHOTO MEETUP
Check out the latest from Darcy Quimby, a video montage of our recent morning at Big Morongo Preserve, the best place around for fall color! View it here.
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NEW! DEC 4 PHOTOCHAT: "MY SOLAR ECLIPSE TRIP " BY MITCH MILLER:
A video recording of Mitch's Dec 4 PhotoChat is available for club members. To view it, open the PhotoChat Viewer in your member home page.
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NEW!! NOVEMBER SPEAKER MEETING RECORDING
A recording of our November speaker meeting with Mason Mullally ("Richer Ways to Tell a Story") is now available for members in the past meetings viewer. To view it login and select the Past Meetings Viewer,
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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.
The October competition awards catalog, as well as previous ones, are available to the public on our Gallery Page |
2024 CALENDAR (July-December)
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July-August |
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| 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" |
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September |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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November
PhotoChat
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Wed, Nov 6, 6:00PM |
Host: Lillian Roberts Photo Travelogue: "My Visit to Mongolia" Location: Video conference |
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PhotoChat |
Wed, Nov. 13, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Topic: "Let's Shoot Star Trails!" Location: Video Conference Contact: Jeanne Scott, js2007@gmail.com |
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Photo Meetup |
Tues, Nov 19, 5:30PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Star Trails Meetup Location: Local, details on signup Contact: Jeanne Scott, js2007@gmail.com |
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Speaker Meeting |
Thurs, Nov 21 6:00PM |
Speaker: Mason Mullally Topic: "Richer Ways To Tell A Story" Location: Video Conference |
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December: PhotoChat
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Wed, Dec 4, 6:00PM |
Host: Mitch Miller Topic: "My Solar Eclipse Trip" Location: Video conference |
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Photo Meetup |
Thurs, Dec 5, 7:45AM |
Host: Craig Toms Fall Color & Preserve Walkabout Meet at: Big Morongo Preserve parking lot, 7:45am
Contact: Craig Toms <ctoms@dc.rr.com |
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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 |
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Peer Review |
Wed, Dec 11, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference Image Uploads: Dec 1-10 |
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NEW! Holidaze Potluck!
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Fri, Dec. 13, 5:30PM |
Host: Jan Lyall Location: Jan's Home, check your email for details Contact: Darcy Quimby djkd6820@outlook.com |
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Competition Meeting |
Thurs, Dec 19, 6:00PM |
Judge: Hutch Hutchinson Location: Video Conferenct Image uploads: Dec 1-16 |
2025 CALENDAR (January - ?)
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January |
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| PhotoChat |
Wed, Jan 8, 6:00PM
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Host: Darcy Quimby Topic: Handicamerable Location: Video Conference |
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NEW! Photo Meetup CANCELED |
Fri-Sat, January 11-12 |
Host: Greg Lilly Lake Havasu Balloon Festival Location: Lake Havasu Contact: Greg Lilly lillyf371@gmail.com |
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February |
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NEW! Photo Safari |
Fri-Sat, Feb 7 & 8 |
Old Route 66: A 2 day excursion, led by Sandi Wheaton, with 1 night stay in Needles - lotsa fun! 12 people maximum. Contact: Craig Toms: ctoms@dc.rr.com
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Peer Review |
Wed, Feb 12, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference Image Uploads: Feb 1-10 |
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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.