Welcome to Charlottesville Camera Club

Iconic photographer Ansel Adams once said, "You don't take a photograph. You make it." And a large part of successfully making a photo is knowing what to include and not include within the four sides of your frame, and how to do so pleasingly and even artfully.

This presentation will illustrate some of the most important design elements to keep in mind when composing a photo, as well as the many enhancements you can make with software to bring out the best your captured photo has to offer.

This presentation has been designed to help with the most common design "shortcomings" that appear regularly in our photo reviews, competitions, and photos submitted for our juried exibitions. But it will also be enlightening to those who just takes photos for the enjoyment of friends, family, and themselves.

Hope to see you there, on Zoom!

Here’s your opportunity to get friendly feedback on your photos from your fellow club members. Do you just want to learn more about the basics of taking a good photo? Are you having some difficulty getting the “look” you want with lighting and composition? Want to do better in our competitions and juried exhibits? Whatever your level of experience or ability, you’ll find these casual and supportive meetings helpful—and just plain fun!

You’ll get the most from these meetings by posting your own photos. But of course you’re welcome to just show up and observe the photos posted by others.

If you’d like to show us your photos, upload up to two JPEGs (sized to about 2000 pixels on the longest side) to the current photo review entry on the PhotoContest Pro website (www.photocontestpro.com). The deadline is always midnight before the meeting. (If you need help with uploading, check out the information available on the CCC website under Competition Info, or contact Gerry Bishop via email.)

Meet and Greet 6:45 PM EDT

Here’s your opportunity to get friendly feedback on your photos from your fellow club members. Do you just want to learn more about the basics of taking a good photo? Are you having some difficulty getting the “look” you want with lighting and composition? Want to do better in our competitions and juried exhibits? Whatever your level of experience or ability, you’ll find these casual and supportive meetings helpful—and just plain fun! You’ll get the most from these meetings by posting your own photos.

But of course you’re welcome to just show up and observe the photos posted by others.

If you’d like to show us your photos, upload up to two JPEGs (sized to about 2000 pixels on the longest side) to the current photo review entry on the PhotoContest Pro website (www.photocontestpro.com). The deadline is always midnight before the meeting. (If you need help with uploading, check out the information available on the CCC website under Competition Info, or contact Gerry Bishop via email.)

Some of you may have seen Huibo Hou's beautiful and highly informative presentation during the Nic Stover black and white photography event last summer. Huibo is based in San Diego, California, and her specialty is landscape photography, especially in black and white. which she uses to "express how I observe, interpret, and connect with nature." You can visit her website at https://www.huibohou.com/ to see her highly creative approach to this form of art.

Huibo will present a talk via Zoom called "Personal Expressive Black and White Landscape Photography," which delves into the development of her personal vision, drawing from her own evolution in B&W landscape photography. She will also explore various compositional and tonal control techniques, including her innovative photo editing process.

These special talks are made possible by your camera club dues, so thank you for being a member!