Coachella Valley
Desert Camera Club
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NOTICES
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NEW!! JANUARY 19 SPEAKER MEETING RECORDING
A recording of our January speaker meeting with John Martin ("A Case for Black and White Travel Photgraphy") is now available for members in the Past Meetings viewer. To view it, |
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NEW!!, JAN 4, 2023 PHOTOCHAT: "HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COMPETITIONS-2023 EDITION" BY JEANNE SCOTT:
A "MUST SEE" video recording of Jeanne's January 4 PhotoChat is available for club members. To view it, open the PhotoChat Viewer in your member home page.
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DECEMBER 20 COMPETITION RECORDING AND GALLERY CATALOG:
A video recording of our December 15 competition judged by Lewis Katz is available for club members. To view it, open the meetings viewer in your member home page.
The Dec 15 competition awards catalog, as well as previous ones, are available to the public on our Gallery Page |
MEETINGS SCHEDULE-2023
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January 2023 PhotoChat |
Wed, Jan 4, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Topic: "How To Be Successful in Competitions" Location: Video Conference |
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January 2023 Speaker Meeting |
Thurs, Jan 19, 6:00PM |
Speaker: John Martin Topic: "A Case for Black & White Travel Photography" Location: Portola Community Center |
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January Field Trip-Lake Havasu (AZ) Balloon Festival |
Fri-Sat, Jan 20-21 |
Two Day Photo Outing-Members only: Contact Craig Toms or Greg Lilly |
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February PhotoChat |
Wed, Feb 1, 6:00PM |
Host: TBD Topic: "TBD" Location: Video Conference |
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February Peer Review |
Wed, Feb 8 |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference Image uploads: Feb 1-6 |
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February Competition Meeting |
Thurs, Feb 16, 6:00PM |
Judge: TBD Location: Portola Community Center Image uploads: Feb 1-12 |
| End of Year (2022) Banquet | Fri, Feb 17, 4:00PM |
Host: Charles Stricker and Gary Vandemark Location: Oasis Country Club, Palm Desert |
| March PhotoChat | Wed, Mar 1, 6:00PM |
Host: Jan Lyall Topic: "Tokyo Street Photography" Location: Video Conference |
| March Speaker Meeting | Thurs, Mar 16, 6:00PM |
Speaker: Jon Norris Topic: "Seven Years in the Desert-A Photographic Journey" Location: Portola Community Center |
| April PhotoChat | Wed, Apr 5, 6:00PM |
Host: TBD Topic: "TBD" Location: Video Conference |
| April Peer Review | Wed, Apr 12, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference Image uploads: Apr 1-10 |
| April Competition Meeting | Thurs, Apr 20 6:00PM |
Judge: TBD Location: Portola Community Center Image uploads: Apr 1-16 |
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 either a virtual meeting via Zoom (video conference) or in-person meeting at the Portola Community Center. Please note that the Peer Review meetings (formerly called CRITSIG) and PhotoChats are also virtual meeting via Zoom. Please check this website often as meeting sites may change pending ongoing health conditions and CA regulations.
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 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. Due
to COVID, all 2020 and 2021 meetings were held via video conference and future meetings may be held in person or via Zoom (see schedule above).
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. Click here for S4C article on how to downsize images to meet new requirement!
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.