Teaneck Camera Club 2025 – 2026 Calendar
Some meetings are held at the Richard Rodda Community Center, 250 Colonial Court, Teaneck, NJ 07666.
Some meetings are on Zoom. Club members are emailed a link to Zoom meetings.
All meetings occur on Tuesday nights at 8 PM, except where noted.
All Programs and Competitions start at 8pm and are on Zoom unless noted otherwise.
2025-2026 PDF Printable Schedule
Mar 15 – Photo Trip – Sunday – The Historic Village of Allaire’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival
4263 Atlantic Avenue, Wall Township, NJ
A living history museum, come and celebrate Allaire’s history with special house tours, craft demonstrations (Carpentry, Tinsmith, Blacksmith, Hearth-Cooking, Fibre Arts), storytelling, and more! With winter behind and signs of spring, the village comes to life this day to kick off the 2026 season. Our unique craft guilds will be demonstrating their 19th century skills! Costumed period interpreters in13 historic homes, craft shops, a chapel, a store, a bakery, exhibit halls, and other buildings.
We recommend you buy your ticket ahead of time online. Here is a link to tickets:
St. Patrick’s Day at Allaire Village Tickets, Sunday, Mar 15 from 11 am to 4 pm | Eventbrite
About Allaire:
The Historic Village at Allaire – Premier living history museum in New Jersey
Meet at the Rodda Center at 9:15 to leave by 9:30. Please consider being a driver.
Mar 17 – Program – “Landscape Photography: Things That Lead the Eye” by Nick Palmieri
Leading lines are the arrangement of elements in an image that allow the viewer to easily traverse through the image to the main subject. This program discusses how to use lines, light, compositional elements, and other items in the scene to create pleasing and powerful images. The elements of composition are discussed in detail.
Mar 24 – Open House – Video Learning – Photo Editing – In the Rodda Center
Mar 29 – Photo Trip – Sunday Afternoon Shoot – Big Rusty – BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham
Meet at 12pm at the Rodda Center.
Join us for a two‑stop photography adventure right here in New Jersey, starting in the afternoon. We’ll start with Big Rusty, artist Thomas Dambo’s towering recycled‑materials troll sculpture—full of texture, scale, and whimsy. Big Rusty sits in front of an abandoned building. It’s a fantastic chance to play with perspective and framing of a subject who never complains about posing.
1404 NJ-38, Hainesport, NJ 08036
Burlington County Troll Trek – Google My Maps (Select Big Rusty from the list and see 10 photos)
From there, we’ll head to the breathtaking BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, a masterpiece of intricate carvings, symmetry, and serene architectural detail. The craftsmanship alone offers endless opportunities for close‑ups, patterns, and grand‑scale compositions. We plan to only photograph the outside of the temple and the surrounding grounds. Photography is not allowed inside.
Important Dress Code for BAPS:
To respect the temple’s guidelines, please ensure your clothing follows these requirements: No sleeveless or low‑cut tops. No shorts, skirts, or dresses above knee length. No clothing that reveals the shoulders, chest, back, or knees. No clothing with offensive language or imagery.
112 N Main Street, Robbinsville, NJ
BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham
DRIVERS WANTED!
Mar 31 – Executive Board Meeting – In the Rodda Ctr.
Apr 7 – Studio Night – Still Life – Table Top – In the Rodda Center
We will have small setups with backgrounds and lights.
Bring your camera and tripod.
If you have a lightbox, please bring it. Or just bring the lights.
Please bring items to add to the set-ups! Look around your house for some interesting props. In the past we have used wine and liquor bottles, old books, interesting containers, baskets and boxes, musical instruments, fruit and flowers.
If you bring flowers look for bouquets with a couple of large flowers in good condition, and a vase or container to put them in.
Apr 12 – Photo Trip – Sunday – George W. Childs Park, PA
Join us for a nature‑rich photography outing as we explore Childs Park and it’s 3 waterfalls in the Delaware Water Gap region. This area is a paradise for anyone who loves capturing the movement and mood of water—perfect for creating those slow‑shutter, silky‑smooth, dreamy waterfall images that bring a landscape to life.
Whether you’re refining your long‑exposure technique, building a stronger nature portfolio, or simply enjoying a peaceful day shooting in the woods, this trip promises a blend of creativity, texture, and natural drama.
Bring your tripod, ND filters, and your sense of adventure.
Meet at the Rodda Center at 8:45 am to leave at 9.
George W. Childs Park Trail – Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (U.S. National Park Service)
Apr 14 – Program
Apr 21 – Competition – Pictorial Digital Images– Judge David Warren
Submit 3 images for digitally projected pictorial competition via PhotoContestPro.
The subject matter is open and allows for creative post-processing. You must be registered with PhotoContest Pro to enter images.
If you are entering a competition for the first time, please follow all the instructions on this page: Digital Image Competitions. You should start this process a week before the images are due.
See general rules for competition: Rules of Competition.
Images must be uploaded by midnight Saturday, Apr 18.
David’s Bio:
I picked up my first camera at age 4, intrigued by the magic of capturing moments in time and the patterns found in clouds that hovered over my childhood home in North Jersey. My parents gave me that first camera and unknowingly – by also subscribing to Life and Look, The New York Times and two local papers – they provided me with a daily dose of the world’s greatest news photographers images to learn from.
Living so close to NYC, I was also influenced by the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, Irving Penn and Richard Avedon that I discovered on visits to galleries in Manhattan. The city became a playground for me to begin understanding light, and my need to be photographic.
Six weeks after graduating from Seton Hall University with a split Physics/Accounting degree, I started my career as a Staff Photographer in 1977 at the Passaic-Herald News. I later worked for the Philadelphia Journal, Associated Press, United Press International, and then moved to the Staff at The Philadelphia Inquirer for 33 years.My professional career 38 years of Photojournalism covered shooting breaking news and feature assignments, professional sports teams of New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia.It took me from shooting and processing black & white film on a single frame 35mm Canon SLR to being the Inquirer’s first photographer to go fully digital. I also shot and fully produced over 300 videos for the Inquirer.
Major Exhibitions:
1976 Perspectives Seton Hall University, 1992 Perspectives in Retrospect Rowan University, 2003- Perspectives in Retrospect Revisited, 2012 rotating exhibit at Three Bean Haddonfield, 2004 Art in PhotoJournalism (group show), Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2016 DMW-Photo.com (a work in progress).
First Place honors from:
Picture of the Year International, National Press Photographers Association, New Jersey Press Photographers Association, (including Photographer of the Year, clip contest).
Apr 28 – Studio Night – Models – In the Rodda Center
We will have models to pose for us.
Studio set ups will be provided. We will have 2 floor to ceiling backdrops and a smaller backdrop for head shots. All will have studio lights.
Don’t forget to bring your camera! If you have a camera with a hot shoe bring it to connect to the studio lights.
1) Each participant must sign in.
2) If you are not familiar with the manual settings on your camera, please bring your owner’s manual. No tripods please.
3) Feel free to bring your flash and modifiers (such as Fong or Stofen) to use while waiting for the studio lighting.
4) When you are using the studio lights, please take three or four images and pass it on to the next person.
5) Your images may be used only non-commercially by you.
May 5 – Program
May 12 – Open House – Photo Editing – In the Rodda Center
May 19 – Program
May 26 – Year End Pictorial and Nature Digital Competitions – Judges Susan Candelario, Phil Echo, Chris Mauro.
The Year End Competition is held to determine which are the best of the images submitted in monthly competitions within the past club year. (September 2025 to May 2026)
A three judge panel will choose a Best of Year image from each category (Pictorial & Nature) and class (Beginner, Advanced and Salon).
Club members who qualify may submit up to 4 images regardless of score in each category.
To qualify you must have entered a total of 8 NEW entries in each of the Pictorial and Nature categories you wish to enter. Images must be from the September to May competitions of the current club year (2025-2026).
Contact the Scorekeeper (Joe Giordano, joegrdano@aol.com) if you are unsure if you qualify.
Images must be uploaded via PhotoContestPro by midnight Saturday, May 23.
Images submitted must be exactly the same as when entered in the past year’s monthly competitions. They cannot be altered or changed in any way.
Awards will be distributed at the Year End Party.
June 2 – No Meeting
June 9 – Year End Awards & Dinner – In the Rodda Center
June 16 – Executive Board Meeting – In the Rodda Center