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 from 1000 to 2000 pixels on the longest side) to the meeting on a thumb drive.

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 at least 1080 pixels on the longest side) to the meeting on a thumb drive.

Judging and presenting in May will be Jon Golden. Jon is a UVA graduate and a resident of Charlottesville. But his professional assignments have taken him to more than 40 countries and he will be presenting work from his travels. For a look at some of his images visit the galleries at his website http://www.jongoldenstudio.com/about/#

Following up on our first basics workshop in January, we'll be introducing beginning photographers to the fundamentals of photo composition. All more experienced photographers are welcome to come for a "refresher" or to contribute their knowledge to the learning experience.

We'll look at 13 guidelines ("rules") for composition and how they aid in the design of a good photo. We'll also point out where it pays to break them.

See previous entry above for details