Welcome to the Silver Spring Camera Club. Visitors and new members are invited to our public meetings, which take place the first three Thursdays of every month, September through May. We also welcome you to our field trips. Signups are through Meetup.

Meetings are either in-person, or virtual on Zoom.

The first meeting of the month is our speaker night, held virtually.

In person meetings will take place on the second Thursday of each month, and will generally be our competition. In person meetings are held at Northwood Presbyterian Church, 1200 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD.

On the third Thursday of each month we hold a virtual meeting. This will generally be our Photo Forum which includes discussion, member presentations, and photo sharing.

The April Cable Release newsletter

This week at the Silver Spring Camera Club

Here is what is happening this week

Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 PM on Zoom: Photo Forum

Art of the Silver Spring Camera Club Exhibition

Visit the Silver Spring Camera Club’s exhibit from now till April 13

Winners of the March Competition

March’s competition was Open for projected and print images. Michael Brown was our judge.

Four categories were judged: Advanced Projected (i.e., digital images), Novice Projected, Advanced Print, Novice Print

ADVANCED PROJECTED

1st Place: Maude Svensson ~ Sunset at the Cotton Storage
2nd Place: Kent Mason ~ Old Ways
3rd Place: Beth Koller~ Iguana on the March
HM: Frank Gallagher ~Memento Mori
HM: Kate Woodward ~ Puerto Rico Geometry
HM: Wendy Kates ~ Layers, Lines, and Curves

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NOVICE PROJECTED

1st Place: Tom McLaughlin ~ Peruvian Wool
2nd Place: Jim Riley ~ Vintage Car Interior
3rd Place: Tom McLaughlin ~ Quechua Shaman
HM: Michele Dastin van Rijn ~ Motherly Love
HM: Michele Dastin van Rijn ~ Untangling Family

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ADVANCED PRINT

1st Place: Lisa Auerbach – Stairway MLK Library
2nd Place: David Blass ~ Black Mission Figs
3rd Place: Sherm Edwards~ Georgetown Glow
HM: Beth Koller ~ Mr. Cool

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NOVICE PRINT

1st Place: Will Rabinovich: Waimea Canyon
2nd Place: Marc Auerbach: Assateague Morning Surf

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MPA Photo Competition Winners from SSCC

Winners of the 2023 Photo Contest were announced October 22, 2023. Club members submitting under the SSCC banner did very well, with one First Place, seven Honorable Mentions, and one Runner-up across the four MPA categories.

David Blass: Porcupine in the Flowers, First Place, Wildlife
David Blass: Cougar, Reflected. Honorable Mention, Wildlife
David Blass: Green Stripes. Honorable Mention, Wildlife
David Blass: The Fox’s Tail. Runner-up, Wildlife
Lisa Auerbach: Montgomery County Fair. Honorable Mention, Maryland After Dark
Sherm Edwards: Capybara and Smooth-billed Ani, Pantanal, Brazil. Honorable Mention, Wildlife
Sherm Edwards: Architexture, Porto. Honorable Mention, Architecture
Thomas Allen: Boomerang Kardashian Building, London. Honorable Mention, Architecture
Wendy Kates: Adams Morgan Impressions. Honorable Mention, Architecture.

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Club member David Terao also was awarded two Honorable Mentions for images submitted as a member of the North Bethesda club. Congratulations to all! See all of the contest winners here.

New and Renewed Memberships

The new club year will start in September. If you wish to participate in the September competition, your membership must be current.

You can find the membership form here.

Other Information

2023-2024 special competition topics:

In addition to the usual, open, nature and monochrome categories, there will be three other competition topics next year:

Macro/Close-up. The term “Macro/Close-up Photography” encompasses images made from close-up range, in which the subject of the photograph is very small or is a very small detail of a larger object.
Intentional Camera Movement. The term “Intentional Camera Movement Photography,” or ICM, encompasses images in which the photographer has intentionally moved the camera while depressing the shutter, such that some aspect of the image indicates that movement.
Industrial. The term “Industrial Photography” encompasses images that contain machinery, buildings, processes, equipment, and/or remnants thereof, that are or were involved in the manufacture of products.

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