Welcome to Charlottesville Camera Club

Here’s your opportunity to get friendly feedback on your images from your peers. Want some suggestions on how you might improve an image before entering it in a competition? Having some difficulty getting the “look” you want with lighting, composition, or editing? Want to understand more about why a judge may have scored an image as he or she did? Then you’ll find this casual and supportive meeting helpful. And, if you choose to join in evaluating the work of others and contributing your thoughts, you will likely strengthen your own picture-taking skills. Members of all skill levels are welcome, and of course you’re welcome to just attend the meeting and observe.

If you’d like feedback on your images, bring up to three TIFFs or JPEGs ( sized to 1080 pixels on the longest side) to the meeting on a thumb drive.

The Exhibition Committee will meet at Northside Library on Monday, June 11, 2018 at 6:30pm. Any Charlottesville Camera Club member interested in exhibiting or joining the Exhibition Committee is welcome to attend.

The judge for our competition in June will be Ken Conger. Ken is a professional wildlife photographer who travels worldwide to augment his portfolio. Ken lives in the Williamsburg area and is a former Virginia State Game Warden and a former ranger at Denali National Park. He frequently gives programs for camera clubs and community organizations, teaches classes on wildlife photography, and presents his work at arts and crafts festivals. Extensive galleries of Ken's work can be viewed at www.kencongerphotography.com.

Ken also will present a program titled “Four Continents of Critters”, based on his photography in 2017 in Ecuador, Kenya, Rwanda, India, Alaska as well as some western US national parks. In 2017 Ken concentrated on capturing some unique images and one special species on his “Bucket List”. Ken compliments his photos with stories, animal facts, audio and short videos. The program provides a view of a wildlife photographer’s world and the challenges taken to capture stunning wildlife images.

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Here’s your opportunity to get friendly feedback on your images from your peers. Want some suggestions on how you might improve an image before entering it in a competition? Having some difficulty getting the “look” you want with lighting, composition, or editing? Want to understand more about why a judge may have scored an image as he or she did? Then you’ll find this casual and supportive meeting helpful. And, if you choose to join in evaluating the work of others and contributing your thoughts, you will likely strengthen your own picture-taking skills. Members of all skill levels are welcome, and of course you’re welcome to just attend the meeting and observe.

If you’d like feedback on your images, bring up to three TIFFs or JPEGs ( sized to 1080 pixels on the longest side) to the meeting on a thumb drive.