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 Christ the King Presbyterian Church (formerly called 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 May

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Events

This week at the Silver Spring Camera Club

Thursday, May 7 at 7:30 PM on Zoom – Speaker Night
Thursday, May 7 at midnight-Entries due for the Monochrome Projected Digital Image Competition

This month at the Silver Spring Camera Club

May 7 – Speaker Night (7:30 p.m. on Zoom)
May 14 – Competition: Monochrome (7:30 p.m. at Christ the King Presbyterian Church)
May 21 – Photo Forum (7:30 p.m. on Zoom)
May 28 – Board Meeting
June 11 – End of Year Meeting (6:30 p.m. at Christ the King Presbyterian Church; see details here )

Winners of the April Competition

April’s competition topic was “Images from SSCC Field Trips” for projected and print images. Ron Peiffer was our judge.

Projected Image Competition

Advanced Projected

First Place: Backlit, Wendy Kates
Second Place: Heading Up, Wendy Kates
Third Place: View of Freedom, Maude Svensson
Honorable Mention: Boots Made for Rockin, Beth Koller

Wendy Kates ~ Backlit

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I took this image in the Japanese Garden at Hillwood. It was mid-morning, and the woods were backlit by lovely morning sunlight, which highlighted the autumn colors. I used intentional camera movement to create an impressionistic look, while still attempting to retain detail in the leaves.

Novice and Intermediate Projected

First Place: Pretty in Pink, Gerry Woods
Second Place: Kenilworth Second Life, Michele Destin-van Rijn
Third Place: Nobody Comes, Nobody Goes, Maurice Belanger
Honorable Mention: Kenilworth Lotus Bud with Dragonfly, Diane Sanders
Honorable Mention: Man’s Best Friend 3, Gerry Woods

Maurice Belanger ~ Nobody comes, nobody goes

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This image was taken in Yellow Dog Village, an abandoned limestone mining town northeast of Pittsburgh. Members of the club spent an afternoon photographing the houses that were in various stages of decay. I was amused by this happy bear sitting on the abandoned staircase, waiting for someone to come along and play with it. The title text is from a line in “Waiting for Godot.”

Print Image Competition

Combined Print

First Place: Green Sink and Toilet, Ilona Linnoila
Second Place: LaLa at Noon, Tom Allen
Third Place: Sly Eye of Glen Echo, Beth Koller

Ilona Linnoila ~ Green Sink and Toilet

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The picture was taken on a field trip to the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, WVa in the summer of 2023. Old cells had lots of prisoners’ art, which was often quite vulgar. They also contained patches of very bright colors that caught my eye. (Sony 7r IV with Sony FE 70-200mm F4 G OSS lens. 0.4 sec, f/9.0, ISO 800.)