Coachella Valley
Desert Camera Club
Welcome to the CVDCC Website!
NOTICES
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IMPORTANT NOTICE-Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, all future meetings for speakers, CRITSIG, and competitions during the remainder of 2020 will be held via videoconference ONLY. Do not come to the usual meeting room!!! Instructions will be sent
to members for videoconferencing connection.
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AUGUST 6: RECENT VIDEOS POSTED (for members only)
August 5 PHOTOCHAT: Jeanne Scott's "Milky Way Photography-An Introduction". This is an update of a previous PhotoChat. Log into your members portal and select "open workshop viewer, then select the video.
May 21 SPEAKER MEETING: Separate videos are available for Carl Morrison's "America by Amtrak" and Gail/Diane/Jeanne's presentation about their African Safari Experiences. To view, log into your members portal, select "open meetings viewer", then the video you wish to view.
June 3 PHOTOCHAT: Gary Vandemark's "Managing Light and Color". Log into your members portal and select "open workshop viewer", then select the video.
June 10 CRITSIG meeting. A full recording of the image reviews. Log into your members portal and select "open meetings viewer" and select the video.
June 18 Competition meeting: A full recording of the competition judged by J.R. Schnelzer. Log into your members portal and select "open meetings viewer" and select the video.
PLEASE NOTE: In the "meetings menu" there is an option to watch the video or send a link to your email address to view later. For faster response, use the email option and watch it in your own browser. Otherwise you might have to wait to download the entire video before watching it.
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NOTE: June, 2020--S4C International Circuit is now open for entries...
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UPCOMING MEETINGS
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July-August |
No Regular Meetings |
Enter Summer "WOW Challenge". Also see PhotoChats page for schedule |
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September Speaker Meeting |
Thurs, Sept 17, 6:00PM |
Speaker: Stuart Lynn Subject: "Coachella 2020 Exhibition" Location: video conference only |
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October CRITSIG |
Wed, Oct 7, 9:00AM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: video conference only |
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October Competition Meeting |
Thurs, Oct 15 6:00PM |
Judge: TBD Location: video conference only |
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November Speaker Meeting |
Thur, Nov 19, 6:00PM |
Speaker: TBD Location: video conference only |
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December CRITSIG |
Wed, Dec 9, 9:00AM |
Host: Jeanne Scott Location: video conference only |
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December Competition Meeting |
Thur, Dec 17, 6:00PM |
Judge: TBD Location: video conference only |
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.
By edict of your Board in April, the age of competition images has been modified for 2020 only at this time. In the Reality divisions (Nature, Photo Travel, PJ General, and PJ Human Interest) images must now have been captured not more than 24 months (prior restriction was 18 months) prior to the date of competition. Images in Monochrome and Pictorial divisions still have no restrictions so these images could have been obtained any time.
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!
2019 EOY AWARDS ANNOUNCED AT BANQUET: Click here to download PDF of last year's presentation!
COACHELLA INTERNATIONAL 2020 EXHIBITION CATALOGS have been posted! Also view catalogs from previous Coachella exhibitions.
S4C INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 2019 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 October 2020. Open for entries in October 2020, dates and time to be reported in the future. 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
- Read the true story about the famous Iwo Jim flag-raising photo!
- Visualize the effects of different camera settings. A great simulator!