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 March Cable Release newsletter


This week at the Silver Spring Camera Club

Here is what is happening this week

No events this week


Art of the Silver Spring Camera Club Exhibition

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


Winners of the February’s Competition

February’s competition was Industrial for projected and print images. Janet Little Jeffers was our judge. 

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

You can see details of the images here

ADVANCED PROJECTED

1st Place: Frank Gallagher ~ Trumpets
2nd Place: Kent Mason ~ Waiting for Use
3rd Place: Beth Koller~ Time To Refuel
HM: Maude Svensson ~Gin machine
HM: Ilona Linnoila ~ A Trolley at Tampella Factory
HM: Renee Schaffer ~ Rusted Smoke Stack

ADVANCED PRINT

1st Place: Elizabeth Koller – Valves and Catch Basin
2nd Place: Lisa Auerbach ~ Chesapeake Seafood
3rd Place: Larry Gold ~ Kaier Brewery
HM: Thomas Allen ~ Industrial Rooftops
HM: Elizabeth Koller ~ Amusement Park Ride

NOVICE PRINT

1st Place: Marc Auerbach ~ Pittsburgh Steel


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.

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.


Please help make preparation for Competition Night easier!

NEW BEGINNERS COMPETITION CATEGORY!


Field Trips

March 26, 2023 DC Botanical Garden and Smithsonian Kite Festival


May 27 and 28, 2023 Altoona PA

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