Teaneck Camera Club 2024 – 2025 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 are on Zoom unless noted otherwise.
Dec 3 – Program -“TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY, VERSATILITY IN STORYTELLING” by Peter Lee
Do you love to travel and also love photography? Then this is the class for
you. We’ll be going over the basics of scouting, planning ahead, what gear
to bring and what to be looking for when you’re there. You’ll be learning
how to think outside the box and really enhance your creativity on your
trips both near and far!
About Peter Lee: Peter had over a decade of experience working with Canon’s printers and
imaging products before he joined the camera product educator team in
2013. As a Canon technical representative, he is a passionate teacher and
enjoys helping everyone from full time professionals to beginners. His
favorite genres of photography include architecture, aerospace, food,
landscape, portraiture, macro, sports and travel.
Dec 10 – Competition – Special Assignment – Subject: “Textures” – Judge Nick Palmieri
In the context of photography, texture refers to the visual quality of an object’s surface—transforming a two-dimensional photo by giving it a three-dimensional visual feel. Texture brings life and depth to images that would otherwise be flat and uninspiring. Photographs with texture are usually very detailed and sharp.
Texture in Photography
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.
Submit 4 images via PhotoContestPro. Images must be uploaded by midnight Saturday, Dec 7.
Dec 15 – Field Trip – Sunday – Sugar Loaf Village, Barns & Farms
1371 Kings Hwy, Chester, NY 10918
Sugar Loaf Village, NY is a hamlet of artists and artisans. The pre-Revolutionary village is home to 50+ shops and studios, quaint houses, restaurants, a craft brewery, and a photography gallery.
Photographer Nick Zungoli’s ‘Exposure Gallery’ displays Nick’s photographs from the Hudson Valley and beyond.
Surrounding Sugar Loaf are many farms and barns.
Meet at the Rodda Center at 8:45 am to leave at 9.
Sugar Loaf
Nick Zungoli – Exposure Gallery
Dec 17 – Holiday Party – In the Rodda Center – Starts at 7 pm.
Tricky Tray, Raffles, and Food.
Details to come.
Dec 24 – No Meeting – Christmas Eve
Jan 7 – Competition – Nature Digital Images – Judge James Evans
Submit 4 nature images via PhotoContestPro. You must be registered with PhotoContest Pro before you can enter images.
Color and Black & White images accepted.
Nature images can be landscapes/waterscapes, animals (mammals, reptiles, birds and insects), and plants/flowers. Flowers may be wildflowers or cultivated flowers. Cultivated flowers must appear to be in a natural setting. All images must look as natural as possible.
What is not accepted is any evidence of “Hand of Man”, meaning anything manmade.
There can be no structures, roads, or fences. No domestic or farm animals can be used.
No obvious digital manipulation is allowed.
Nature images may be cropped. Photographs of banded birds are allowed.
See Digital Image Competitions for additional Nature instructions.
Images that are disqualified by the judge may be resubmitted in Pictorial competition as a new image.
Images must be uploaded by midnight, Saturday, January 4.
Jan 14 – Program
Jan 21 – Competition – Pictorial – Judge Steven Fischkoff
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, Jan 18.
Jan 28 – Executive Board Meeting
Feb 4 – Open House – Video Learning Series – In the Rodda Center
Feb 11 – NJFCC Winter Pictorial Competition – Judges Susan Candalario, Chris Mauro, David Mills
See some of the best photographs from New Jersey photographers.
The New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs (NJFCC) is an association of 29 local 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. Teaneck Camera Club submits images from our monthly competitions to the NJFCC competitions. New Jersey camera clubs take turns hosting these competitions. Teaneck will be hosting this competition.
Feb 18 – Program
Feb 25 – Competition – Pictorial – Judge David Mills
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, Feb 22.
Mar 4 – Open House – Video Learning Series – In the Rodda Center
Mar 11 – Program
Mar 18 – Competition – Special Assignment – Subject: “Minimalist Photography”
Description to come
Mar 25 – Executive Board Meeting
Apr 1 – Table Top Studio Night
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 8 – You Be The Judge
Submit up to 3 images anonymously for critique by fellow club members.
Additional instructions to come.
Apr 15 – Program
Apr 22 – Studio Night – Models
Apr 29 – Competition – Pictorial
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, April 26.
May 6 – Open House – Video Learning Series – In the Rodda Center
May 13 – Executive Board Meeting
May 20 – Member Photo Showcase
May 27 – Year End Pictorial and Nature Digital Competitions
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 2024 to May 2025)
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 (2024-2025).
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 24.
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 3 – No Meeting
June 10 – Year End Party and Award Presentations
June 17 – Executive Board Meeting