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NOTICES

2019 End of Year Awards were given at the Feb 8 Gala Banquet. See all the awards and winning images:

 

 

Our CVDCC Club did very well in the S4C February Competition. Here's how our members fared:

 

 

DECEMBER 2019 CATALOG is available on the Gallery page!

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Next Date/Time Topic
February Competition Meeting Thurs, Feb 20, 6:00 PM

Judge: Stuart Lynn

Location:Best Western Plus Palm Desert

March Speaker Meeting Thurs, Mar 19, 6:00 PM

Speaker: Michael Gordon

Subject: TBD

Location:Best Western Plus Palm Desert

April CRITSIG

Meeting

Wed, Apr 8, 9:00 AM

Location: Portola Community Center

April Competition Meeting Thurs, Apr 16, 6:00 PM

Judge: TBD

Location: Best Western Plus Palm Desert

 

May Speaker

Meeting

Thurs, May 21, 6:00 PM

Speaker: Carl Morrison

Subject: TBD

Location:Best Western Plus Palm Desert

June CRITSIG

Wed, June 10 9:00 AM

Location: Portola Community Center

June

Competition Meeting

Thurs, June 18 6:00 PM

Judge: TBD

Location: Best Western Plus Palm Desert

OUR REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING, beginning December 2019, will be held on the 3rd Thursday of every month (except during our summer break in July and August) at 6:00 PM at the Best Western Palm Desert. Please note that the CRITSIG meetings are still held at the Portola Community Center. Please check this website often as meeting sites may change. 

 

NEXT CLUB COMPETITION: Thursday, February 20th. Competition will open for entries from February 1 through Sunday midnight, February 16th. CRITSIG image uploading will open February 1 and close February 10 at midnight. The CRITSIG meeting will be held Wednesday, February 12th.

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, 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!

 

 

2018 EOY AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT BANQUET: Click here to download PDF of last year's presentation!

 

COACHELLA INTERNATIONAL 2019 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.

 

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

NEXT S4C COMPETITION will be in February 2020. Open for entries now and closing date for entries is Saturday, Feb. 8th. 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.

 

NEWS

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