This month's meeting focuses on projected image critiques.  The judge will be Tal Lewis.

Image critiques will include the usual categories, plus a new Theme category.  This months theme is macro/close up.  Club members can submit up to 3 images.  The 3 images can be entered in any category(s).  Submissions must be entered via email prior to Tuesday, Septmeber 20th (send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).  Naming conventions for image files are found here.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.

Our club's annual picnic takes place on August 20th at the Woodside Village Mobile Home Park Club House.  It's located just off Highway 49 at Luther Rd.  There is a swimming pool available (bring your suits).  There is also a pool table and horseshoes pit.  This is also an opportunity for club members to offer up photography items for sale that they no longer wish to haul around in their camera bag.

This event is open to club members, their family and friends.  The club will provide a cooked turkey.  However, this is a potluck event.  Please bring your own sodas, beer, or wine.  In addition, club members should sign up to bring an appitizer, or other food item, i.e. salad, dessest, side dish, or main dish.

Please RSVP to Judy Hooper at 530 888-8308 or send her an email with what you plan to bring at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

See you there!

July's meeting should not be missed.  A lot is going on.  The results of our Annual Projected Competition will be announced.

This meeting is also an opportunity for club members to enter photos for the Peoples Choice Print Awards.  Up to 3 prints can be entered. To be eligable, the print must have been previously entered in one of this years two print critique sessions.  Prints will be laid out by category and members attending the meeting will cast a ballot for their favorite 3 prints in each category.  Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each of 5 categories.

Also at July's meeting there will be slide show presentations.  Members can create a slideshow up to 5 minutes in length.  Slideshow presentations should be brought to the meeting on a thumb drive or a CD.  Slideshows must be playable on a Windows PC.  H.264 or MPEG-2 are encoding formats that work well; both are usually generated as an mpg file type.  Other formats are possible (like wmv, MPEG-4) as long as the resulting slideshow can be played on a Windows PC.  KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR PROJECTOR HAS A MAXIMUM RESOLUTION OF 1920x1080.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.

June's club meeting will include a photo critique session of printed photos. Members can bring up to three prints to the meeting.  They should be 8x10 inches or larger in size.  It is highly recommended that they be matted; framed prints are also also acceptable.  Prints can be submitted in any of 5 categories: Open, Travel, Nature, Landscape, and Photo Journalism.  The Nature category is only for Wild Nature (domestic nature shots can be submitted in the Open category).  The judging will be done by Dean Taylor.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.

At the request of Sue Barthelow, a link to this photography camp for women photographers has been added to our website. Summary info as follows:

A unique, new photography camp for women photographers (November camp is for intermediates & beyond).  20 different hands-on classes are offered with top teachers, including Julieanne Kost (Adobe Digital Imaging Evangelist), Pei Ketron (Instagram sensation with almost 1M followers), and Michelle Turner (award winning portrait/wedding photographer) - Intimate size of 42 attendees learn, live, and eat together in a charming, summer camp-style setting with relaxing evening activities - A portion of proceeds goes to Ripple Effect Images (http://rippleeffectimages.org), a non-profit started by National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths which helps women and girls globally through photography For more information, please see: www.fireflyinstitute.com www.fireflyinstitute.com/camp/

May's club meeting will include a photo critique session. The judge for projected images will be Jeff Burkholder.  Jeff is a commercial photographer based in Sacramento.  Also at this meeting, Club member Tony Hallas will give a presentation on Photoshop and masking.

With the clubs new projector and laptop, photo sumissions can now be up to 1920x1080 pixels.  Smaller images are also acceptable, but all images should be in jpg format.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.

Jerry Berry will give a presentation on his approach to photography at our April meeting.  This meeting will also be a "Theme Night".  The theme is "What Is It?" and each member can submit one digital image which will be viewed and discussed by all attending members.  Should be fun! 

With the clubs new projector and laptop, photo sumissions can now be up to 1920x1080 pixels.  Smaller images are also acceptable, but all images should be in jpg format.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.

For the March meeting, Josh Miller will be our guest speaker.  He will give a presentation of his wildlife photography, and critique our photos.

With the clubs new projector and laptop, photo sumissions can now be up to 1920x1080 pixels.  Smaller images are also acceptable, but all images should be in jpg format.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.

February's meeting will focus on projected image critiques.  The judge for this session will be Ed Valusek.  Jim White will also give a presentation on wildlife flash photography.

With the clubs new projector and laptop, photo sumissions can now be up to 1920x1080 pixels.  Smaller images are also acceptable, but all images should be in jpg format.

For the March meeting, Josh Miller will be our guest speaker.  He will give a presentation of his wildlife photography, and critique our photos.

Guests are always welcome to attend our monthly meetings. There is no obligation to join the club. If you wish to find out more about our club, and/or how to become a member, please click the 'Read More' buttom below.