Teaneck Camera Club 2023 – 2024 Calendar

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Some of the club’s meetings are in the Rodda Center and some are on Zoom.
All Digital Competitions will be on Zoom.
Programs may be in the Rodda Center or on Zoom.
Zoom events will be noted as such on the Calendar.

All events occur on Tuesday nights at 8 PM, except where noted.

Meetings are held at the Richard Rodda Community Center, 250 Colonial Court, Teaneck, NJ 07666

Directions

See Printable Calendar above for complete schedule.


March 19 – Competition – Special Assignment – “The Great Outdoors” – Zoom
Visa Gift Card prizes! 1st Place – $75.00, 2nd Place – $50.00, 3rd Place – $25.00.
Details: There will be just one class. (Not separate classes for Beginner, Advanced, Salon.)
The scores will not be included in the monthly scores from our regular competitions.
Images must be new entries, you cannot use an entry from a previous competition, but you can use images from this special competition in future monthly competitions.
Acceptable subjects: Any photo taken of the outdoors. It can be a landscape or a cityscape. It can have buildings or not. It can include people or no people.
Submit 4 images for digitally projected competition via PhotoContestPro.
Images must be uploaded by midnight Saturday, Mar 16.

March 23: Field Trip – Saturday – Letchworth Village, Rockland County, NY
2 Ridge Rd, Thiells, NY (Parking is at the corner of Ridge Rd & Letchworth Village Rd in a parking lot shared with a church)
This is a former residential facility for the mentally and physically disabled and now stands abandoned. The area is huge and fascinating. Originally there were 130 buildings. Many are still standing, but they have since fallen into a state of disrepair.
It is completely legal to enter the grounds and the city maintains it as a safe favorite place for walkers and dogs.
Entering the buildings is not allowed and trespassers could be arrested. Police do occasionally patrol the grounds.
Parking is available and there is no cost to enter.
Inside Abandoned Letchworth Village Untapped New York (untappedcities.com)
The Real History of Letchworth Village in the Hudson Valley (hvmag.com)
Meet at the Rodda Ctr at 8:45 am to leave at 9.

March 26 – Program “Alice Austen, Victorian Photographer” by Sara Signorelli – Zoom
Alice Austen (1866 – 1952) is best known for her street photography and her depiction of life in the Victorian era. She was one of America’s earliest and most prolific female photographers, and over the course of her life she captured about 8,000 images. Austen often transported up to 50 pounds of photographic equipment on her bicycle to capture her world, most notably New York’s immigrant populations and the inner lives and activities of Victorians.
Sara Signorelli worked at the Alice Austen House Museum from 2005-2015 as the Director of Museum Services.   Since then she has become New York State Department of Education certified in Professional Photography, Visual Art and Special Education.  She is an award winning photographer in her own right.  To find out more about Ms. Signorelli, check out @sarasignphoto on social media and subscribe to her Youtube channel.

April 2 – Studio Night – 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.

April 9 – Open House – Coffee & Cake Social – In the Rodda Center
Visitors welcome. Feel free to stop by and learn about the club. Some members will have laptops and will be offering advice on Photo Editing. Do you have some images you would like to share? Questions about photography or the best camera settings to use? Just like to chat about photography? Join us at 8 pm on the second floor in the Rodda Center.

April 13 – Field Trip – Saturday – Howell Living History Farm, NJ and Washington’s Crossing Park, PA
(These 2 sites are about a 10 minute drive from each other.)
Howell Farm is a historical park that preserves and presents the agriculture and lifestyle of earlier times.  As a living history farm, it continues to operate on a full, working scale by raising crops and livestock.
70 Woodens Lane, Lambertville, NJ
Howell Living History Farm
Washington’s Crossing Park & Historical Village is on the Delaware River.
Washington Crossing Historic Park offers more than 500 acres of American history.
Washington’s Crossing Park
1112 River Road, Washington Crossing, PA 18977
Meet at the Rodda Ctr 8:45 to leave at 9

April 16 – Hosting the NJFCC Pictorial CompetitionZoom
Judges Susan Candelario, Nick Palmieri, Ellen Bedrosian
See some of the best Pictorial images from New Jersey photographers.
The New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs (NJFCC) is an association of NJ camera clubs embracing a membership of more than eight hundred amateur photographers in New Jersey. njfcc.org
The NJFCC holds competitions throughout the year for camera club members. New Jersey camera clubs take turns hosting these competitions. Teaneck will be hosting this one.
Judging is done by a 3 person panel.
We submit images from our Competitions. If you competed in the Pictorial Competitions this year and have images that meet the NJFCC requirements, you will have an image in this competition.

April 23 – Studio Night – ModelsIn 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 DSLR 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) Everyone participating must turn in a disc or flash drive with photos as “payment” to our models within four weeks. Please do not resize your photos like you do for competition. (Flash drives will be returned to you.)
6) Your images may be used only non-commercially by you.

April 28 – Field Trip – Sunday – Wade Salvage
382 Jackson Rd, Atco, NJ 08004
At Wade’s Salvage, decommissioned aircraft mingle among vintage buses, cars, and abandoned household items.
We will be reserving an afternoon time slot to visit Wade’s. Departure time to be determined.
Wade Salvage
NJ Best Wade Salvage

April 30 – Executive Board Meeting

May 5 – Field Trip – Sunday – Nam Knights Motorcycle Club Car & Bike Show
350 Michele Place, Carlstadt, NJ
Starts at 11 am.
Event Details: NKMC Parent Chapter Annual Car & Bike Show (namknights.org)

May 7 – Pictorial Competition – Zoom
Judge Mary Fettes
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. See instructions for the competition: Rules of Competition and Digital Competition Rules.
Images must be uploaded by midnight Saturday, May 4.

May 14 – Open

May 19 – Field Trip – Sunday – Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Staten Island.
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301
Snug Harbor consists of 28 buildings, fourteen distinctive botanical gardens, a two-acre urban farm, wetlands and park land.
Snug Harbor
Meet at the Rodda Ctr 8:45 am to leave at 9.

May 21 – Program

May 28 – Year End Pictorial & Nature CompetitionZoom
Details to be announced.

June 2 – Field Trip – Sunday – Bronx Zoo, NYC
2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10460
Lions and tigers and bears.
Saving Wildlife and Wild Places – Bronx Zoo
Meet at the Rodda Ctr 8:45 am to leave at 9.

June 4 – Year End Dinner

June 11 – Executive Board Meeting

June 22 – Field Trip – Saturday – Stonecrop Gardens – 81 Stonecrop Ln, Cold Spring, NY 10516
The gardens cover an area of approximately 15 acres and comprise a diverse collection of gardens and plants including woodland and water gardens, raised alpine stone beds, cliff rock gardens, and an enclosed English-style flower garden. Additional features include a Conservatory, display Alpine House, and a Pit House.
Stonecrop Gardens