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NOTE: DECEMBER/JANUARY IS MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME!!!

 

Log into your member home page and pay your dues for 2019. You have to pay to play.

 

ANNUAL BANQUET SET FOR SATURDAY, FEB 9, 6:15 PM

 

Members can now sign up for meal selection and payment for the Annual Banquet, which will be held at the Oasis Country Club in Palm Desert. Price is $35 per person and spouses/partners/guests/friends are welcome. Sign up by logging into your member page above.

 

DECEMBER AWARDS CATALOG AVAILABLE!!

 

Judging is complete for December competition and the awards catalog is available for viewing.

 

Click here to download and view, or go to our Gallery page

 

NOTE: CHANGES FOR ALL 2019 MEETING DATES!

 

To offer a quieter environment for our meetings, we are changing ALL 2019 meeting dates to the 3rd Thursday of each month, rather than the 4th Tuesday!! They will be held as before at the Portola Community Center. The CRITSIG meetings for competition months will be held the Wednesday before. We are also changing competition months to Feb, Apr, and Jun, with speaker meetings in Jan, Mar, and May.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Next Date/Time Topic
Regular Meeting Thur, Jan 17, 6:00PM

Speaker: Sandi Wheaton

Title: TBD

Location: Portola Community Center

CRITSIG Meeting Wed, Feb 13, 9:00AM

Location: Portola Community Center

Competition Meeting Thurs, Feb 21, 6:00PM

Competition

Judge: TBD

Location: Portola Community Center

Regular Meeting Thurs, Mar 21, 6:00PM

Speaker: Rick Strobaugh

Subject: Landscape Photography

Location: Portola Community Center

CRITSIG Meeting Wed, Apr 10, 9:00AM

Location: Portola Community Center

Competition Meeting Thurs, Apr 18, 6:00PM

Competition

Judge: TBD

Location: Portola Community Center

 

Meeting Topics, Descriptions & Locations

 

OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, starting Jan, 2019, will be on the 3rd Thursday of every month (except in July and August) at 6:00 PM at the PORTOLA COMMUNITY CENTER

 

CRITSIG (Critiquing Special Interest Group) is a group session where members submit images for others in the group to suggest improvements.  CRITSIG meets at the Portola Community Center in competition months from 9:00 AM until Noon on the Wednesday before the competition judging. 

NEW IMAGE SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLUB COMPETITIONS EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1!

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!

 

RESULTS OF DECEMBER, 2018 JUDGING COMPLETE AND POSTED! Click here to download, save, and view the catalog of winning entries!

 

COACHELLA INTERNATIONAL 2018 EXHIBITION CATALOGS have been posted!  Also view catalogs from previous Coachella exhibitions.

 

S4C INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2018 CATALOGS have been posted!  Also view catalogs from previous S4C exhibitions.

 

NEXT COMPETITION: Thursday, February 21st. Closing date for entries Sunday midnight, February 18th. 

CLUB PHOTOCHATS is a new addition to club offerings. Click here.

 

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

VIEW OUR 2017 AWARDS BANQUET PRESENTATION!! Click here.

 

NEXT S4C COMPETITION will be in January. Date to be announced. Click here for details of S4C and S4C competitions.

 

CHECK THE MEETINGS PAGE FOR DETAILS OF UPCOMING MEETINGS.

 

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

 

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