Lancaster Camera Club

March 2025 Meeting - Competition
2025-03-03 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
We are planning to have a print competition for the March meeting. The theme is “Your Best Shot”. Images must have been photographed on or after January 1, 2024. You may bring up to two each of color and monochrome images. Please refer to the Competition page for the full list of rules.

February 2025 Meeting
2025-02-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Member John Schmidt will be sharing about his photo trip to Alaska last year.

Members are invited to bring up to 5 photos on a USB drive that they took since January, 2024 to be shared with the group for friendly critique.

We will also be electing officers and collecting dues for 2025.

January 2025 Meeting - Cancelled
2025-01-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
The January meeting has been cancelled due to inclement weather.

December 2024 Meeting
2024-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Getting ready to get good pictures!

This month we will view a video that focuses on how to prepare for a field photo shoot. Good planning and preparation increases your chances for getting good photos! It will be interesting to share some of our own experiences with this aspect of photography… as we discuss our reactions to the video!

Once again this month, you are invited to share up to five recent images with the group. Save them on a USB drive and bring ‘em along!

November 2024 Meeting
2024-11-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Don Kautz will be relating his recent experience switching from Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop to Capture One/Affinity. He will explain him motivation for making the switch and his experiences during the transition. He will also be following up on Howard Clark’s talk last month, demonstrating how he has implemented Howard’s recommendations.

You may also bring up to five images on a USB drive to show to the club for friendly critique.

October 2024 Meeting
2024-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 | Pennsylvania
Howard Clark will speak on how to organize your photo library.

September 2024 Meeting
2024-09-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
We meet on the second Monday of September because the first Monday is Labor Day.

Jim Goudie will be sharing with us his photo editing workflow. Do you use your photos straight out of the camera? Or do you brush them up in one of the photo editors like Lightroom or Capture One? Jim will be demonstrating his typical process. Be prepared to discuss your own post processing techniques.

August 2024 Meeting
2024-08-05 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Howard Clark has agreed to conduct a critique of images made during the July 1 photo shoot at the Amish Farm and House. Only about 60 images can be discussed in the time we have at our meeting. So, if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please follow this procedure:

Choose up to five JPEG images from that event that you would like to have critiqued.

In priority order, name them: 1Smith, 2Smith, …5Smith using your own last name instead of “Smith”

Send these five images to HClarkNEMA@gmail.com by Midnight on Thursday, July 25. Sooner is much better.

It should be very interesting to see the variety of subjects that were identified and how different people produced different images of the same subject.

If you were not able to attend on July 1, but have some images that you would like to have critiqued, follow the same process. If time allows, Howard will consider your images, as well. Otherwise, they can be saved to share at the September meeting.

July 2024 Meeting
2024-07-01 18:45 - 20:30 | Amish Farm and House, 2395 Covered Bridge Dr, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602, United States
For our July meeting we will meet at the Amish Farm and House for a photo walk. We plan to share and discuss our photos from this event at our next meeting.

June 2024 Meeting
2024-06-03 19:00 - 21:00 | Pennsylvania
One of our member, Howard Clark, will be giving a presentation entitled, “Getting from Good to Great”.

You can view some of Howard’s photography on his website: hclarkphotos.smugmug.com

May 2024 - Competition
2024-05-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Pennsylvania
For our May meeting we will be having a competition. Only members may participate in a competition, but everyone is welcome to come and observe. The theme is “Something Different”, images of different or unusual objects. You may bring up to two color and two monochrome images. The photos should be matted on a plain white or black mat.

Please refer to the competition rules on this site at this link: Competitions

Note that we will not be dividing members into two classes. Everyone will participate together.

April 2024 Meeting
2024-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
At the April meeting, we will be viewing “Found or Ambient Light” by National Geographic Photographer, Joel Sartore.

Also, bring up to five photos that you have taken last year to show to the group for friendly critique.

March 2024 Meeting
2024-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Bring up to five photos to share with the club. The only requirement is that they must be taken between January 1, 2024 and March 4, 2024. Come prepared to share your photos and to give your observations about the others.

February 2024 Meeting
2024-02-05 19:00 - 20:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Bring a USB drive with up to five photos that you want to show to the group. The theme is “weather”.

Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather, whatever the weather,
Whether we like it or not.

Also bring at least one idea for a club meeting that you would like to do. It could be a presentation by someone or an activity. If you suggest a photowalk, please include a specific place.

January 2024 Meeting
2024-01-08 07:00 - 20:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
We will be electing officers and making plans for 2024.

Please consider whether you would be willing to join the board for 2024. You do not necessarily need to be an officer, you just need to attend the board meetings to give your ideas and guidance for club activities throughout the year

But, speaking of officers, we do have some openings to fill this year. The President and Vice-President seats are open. If you, or someone you know, would like to take a lead role, please step forward! The President’s job is to schedule and chair the board meetings and to MC the club meetings (or delegate that task).

Dave Kramer will be stepping down as the club treasurer. Don Kautz is willing to pick up that role, but if someone else is interested, you can also throw your hat into the ring. Likewise, Jim Goudie is willing to continue as secretary.

If you cannot attend this meeting in person, you can send your thoughts and nominations to board@lancastercameraclub.org

Finally, you may bring up to five photos that you took recently (you define what “recently” means). Bring them on a USB drive and we will share them on the screen. during the meeting.

We are looking forward to a nice kick off for the new year!

December 2023 Meeting
2023-12-04 19:00 - 21:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
The December meeting has been cancelled. See you next year!

November 2023 Meeting
2023-11-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Tonight will be a show and tell night. Bring up to five images that you have taken recently. Be prepared to say something about each image. Why did you take the photo? Were there any challenges in making the photo? How was it processed?

Bring your photos as jpg’s on a USB drive at a resolution suitable for display on a large screen.

October 2023 Meeting
2023-10-02 19:00 - 20:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
The meeting topic is “I Can’t Speak for You”, hosted by Jim Goudie.

Here is Jim’s description:

I can’t speak for you, so I hope you can join us on Monday evening! This month’s camera club meeting will be a chance to talk about something we enjoy: photography. When I meet someone new, discovering a common interest paves the way for an enjoyable conversation.

Monday evening we are taking some time to discuss the joys, challenges, frustrations—whatever we want to bring up— about photography. And fear not, we won’t be going around the circle forcing everyone to say something! It will be informal with no pressure. I’m willing to bet that we will enjoy our time together… and very possibly go away inspired to “take some pictures.”

I hope to see you there!

September 2023 Meeting
2023-09-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Mellinger Mennonite Church, 1916 Lincoln Hwy. E., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 17602
Lynn Garwood will be presenting the topic “Designing a Photograph”.
