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The OCTOBER Catalog with the results from the Oct 17th competition is now available for viewing in the Gallery.

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Next Date/Time Topic
December CRITSIG Meeting Wed, Dec 11, 9:00AM

Location: Portola Community Center

December Competition Meeting

Thurs, Dec 19, 6:00PM

Judge: Nan Carder

Location: Best Western Palm Desert

January Speaker  Meeting Thurs, Jan 16, 6:00PM

Speaker: Graham Jones

Subject: "Constable and Turner-Pictorialism, the Evolution of Photography"

Location: Best Western Palm Desert

February CRITSIG Meeting We, Feb 12, 9:00AM

 Location: Portola Community Center

February Competition Meeting Thurs, Feb 20, 6:00PM

Judge: TBD

Location:Best Western 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, December 19th. Competition will open for entries from December 1 through Sunday midnight, December 15th. CRITSIG image uploading will open December 1 and close December 9 at midnight. The CRITSIG meeting will be held Wednesday, December 11th.

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 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 December 2019. Open for entries Nov 16. Closing date for entries is Saturday, Dec 7th. 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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