Coachella Valley
Desert Camera Club
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NOTICES
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NEW!! NOVEMBER 17 SPEAKER MEETING RECORDING
A recording of our November 17 speaker meeting with Shiv Verma ("Time Lapse Photgraphy") is now available for members in the past meetings viewer. To view it, |
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Nov 2, 2022 PHOTOCHAT: "PSA PHOTO FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE" BY DARCY QUIMBY:
A video recording of Darcy's Nov 2 PhotoChat is available for club members. To view it, open the PhotoChat Viewer in your member home page.
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OCTOBER COMPETITION RECORDING, CATALOG, AND PHOTOCHAT:
A video recording of our October 20 competition judged by Roy Killen is available for club members. To view it, open the meetings viewer in your member home page. Gary Vandemark's Oct 6 PhotoChat: "Topaz Labs AI Software Suite" is also available in your PhotoChat viewer.
The Oct 20 competition awards catalog, as well as previous ones, are available to the public on our Gallery Page |
MEETINGS SCHEDULE-REMAINDER OF 2022 AND A LITTLE OF 2023
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May Speaker Meeting |
Thurs, May 19, 6:00PM |
Speaker: Arik Gorban Topic: "Bad Weather Photography" Location: Portola Community Center |
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June PhotoChat |
Wed, June 1, 6:00PM |
Host: Craig Toms Topic: "Using Adobe Portfolio to Create Your Own Website" Location: Video Conference |
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June Peer Review (formerly called CRITSIG) |
Wed June 8, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference |
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June Competition Meeting |
Thurs, June 16, 6:00PM |
Judge: Nan Carder Location: Portola Community Center Submit images before 6/14 |
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Summer WOW Competition |
July-August |
Location: On Line Entry |
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Sept Speaker Meeting |
Thurs, Sept 15, 6:00PM |
Speaker: Lewis Katz Topic: "Perspective and Perception" |
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October PhotoChat |
Wed, Oct 5, 6:00PM |
Host: Gary Vandemark Topic: "Topaz AI Software Suite Sharpen, Denoise, Gigapixel & Photo AI" Location: Video Conference |
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October Peer Review (formerly called CRITSIG) |
Wed, Oct 12, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference image upload close: Oct 10 midnight |
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October Competition Meeting |
Thurs, Oct 20, 6:00PM |
Judge: Roy Killen Location: Portola Community Center image upload close: Oct 10 midnight |
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November PhotoChat |
Wed, Nov 2, 6:00PM |
Host: Darcy Quimby Topic: "2022 PSA Festival Recap" Location: Video Conference |
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November Speaker Meeting |
Thurs, Nov 17, 6:00PM |
Speaker: Shiv Verma Topic: "Time Lapse Photography" Location" Portola Community Center |
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December Peer Review |
Wed, Dec 7, 6:00PM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: Video Conference |
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December Competiton Meeting |
Thurs, Dec 15, 6:00PM |
Judge: Lewis Katz Location: Portola Community Center |
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January 2023 PhotoChat |
Wed, Jan 3, 6:00PM |
Host: TBD Topic: TBD 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 Photography" Location: Portola Community Center |
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.