Welcome to Charlottesville Camera Club

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.)

Arik Gorban will be presenting a workshop on the art of night photography. Arik is a photographer and photography instructor who focuses on the creative aspects of the photographic art form. His experience covers the complete photographic process, including analog photography, darkroom work, and extensive digital imaging. Arik frequently conducts photo critique sessions for groups and individuals and judges photo contests, including PSA Year-End competitions and juried exhibitions. He presents photography programs in the USA and internationally, conducts workshops and PSA webinars, exhibits his fine-art photography, and publishes articles.

Like zombies, many common mistakes--made either while shooting or editing or both--refuse to die, popping up over and over again during our photo reviews and competitions.

Of course, if you're not making some mistakes, you're probably stuck in a rut and aren't growing as a photographer. But some goofs don't happen from trying new things. Rather, they keep appearing because you may not be noticing them or know how to avoid or fix them. So, in this session, we'll go over a number of the most common goofs and talk about solutions that even beginners can quickly master.