January 28th 2026 Contest – a Non-Contest Contest

by Tom Goldberg


The Theme for January 2026 is “Home Page Slide Show” – EVERY MEMBER SHOULD SUBMIT!!!
Enter your photos now for a rare opportunity to see your images in rotation on our web site for an extended showing.

Back in 2021 we ran a contest that used the entries to make the slide show that is running on our home page now. As we haven’t changed it for 5 years (yikes!), it’s long past time to freshen up ou home page!

Look back through your best photos and pick your favorite one, two, or three that will crop well into our horizontal format of 1200px x 500px. Get your image(s) to that size and just use our regular contest entry page and submit them into the Rotating category.

This is not really a contest because every paid-up member is guaranteed to get at least one image into the slide show rotation as long as they enter a properly cropped image. Submissions must be 1200 x 500 pixels (see the bottom of this post if you need help). If we really like your stuff, we may put 2 or even all 3 in, strictly at the discretion of our Judges (tbd). Images will be added to the home page slide show with the creator’s name in the same way as they appear now.

  • You must be a paid up member to enter
  • You may enter 1, 2 or 3 images per member
  • Images must be in jpeg and must be 1200px wide x 500px tall
  • Use the special contest entry form link below to upload your images
  • Deadline is 6pm on Januray 27th

Submit your entries by logging in on this website to access the menu item “Contest” and then the “Year-End Contest” page or click the button below to enter (note: if it says you must log in but you are already, we are very sorry: please try a different browser, a different computer, or clear your browser cache):

Click Here to Enter Your Photos Into this Contest!


If you are having problems uploading your images, please send an email to
webmaster@evergreencameraclub.org and we’ll take care of it.

By entering this contest (as with all our contests), you agree to allow ECC to use your photo in promoting the club.

If you don’t know how to crop your image properly click to check out our HOME PAGE IMAGE GUIDE

Home Page Image Submissions

by Tom Goldberg

Images for our home page slide show have to fit the format and have to be high quality photos that we’ll all want to look at for at least a year! So gather up your best photos and see which ones will look good as very wide landscapes and then submit them for our Home Page Image Contest.

  • Images must be cropped to a 12×5 aspect ratio
  • Images should be sized to 1200 pixels wide by 500 pixels tall
  • Images must be in focus and well composed
  • Up to three images per person per contest

If you use Photoshop, Lightroom or Apple Photos here are instructions for adjusting images to our requirements. If you use another program, these steps are likely very close to what you can do in those apps.

If you don’t know how to crop an image to an aspect ratio:

In Photoshop, select the crop tool, and type the aspect ratio 12h 5v (or 1200h 500v) into the tool’s settings:

Cropping in Photoshop

Then use the crop tool to draw its rectangle around the part of the image you want to keep.

In Lightroom, choose the crop tool and set the aspect ratio to 12×5 using the settings with a custom aspect:

Cropping in Lightroom

Then use the crop tool to draw its rectangle around the part of the image you want to keep.

In Photos, choose the crop tool and set the aspect ratio to 12×5 using the settings with a custom aspect:

Cropping in Apple Photos

If you don’t know how to export the correct number of pixels:

In Photoshop, select the Image Size item in the image menu and enter 1200 Width – Height will automatically go to 500 if your aspect is correct:

Sizing in Photoshop

Then select File > Export to save your image as a jpg. Alternately you can use the File > Export > Save For Web tool to set the number of pixels and save the file as a jpg all at the same time.

In Lightroom, use the File > Export menu item to access the export dialog where you can save at the same time as setting the pixels:

Sizing in Lightroom

In Photos, it doesn’t give you the option to set the number of pixels, so just select File > Export and export as jpg. We can most likely correct for size issues as needed.

If you have more questions, please email webmaster@evergreencameraclub.org.

ECC DUES INCREASE – membership will be $40/yr starting January 1 2026

by Tom Goldberg
ECC DUES INCREASE – membership will be $40/yr starting January 1 2026

Dues are going up at the beginning of next year because we need to make this increase to cover our costs. Renew your membership now to get in on our current rate of $30 before the end of the year to extend your membership for one year beyond your date of expiration (no matter when that is).

We get quality speakers every month who expect an honorarium for their time and effort, and these speakers provide unique insights all year long. We still always encourage guests and students at no charge, but if you find value in our monthly meetings, you really should pony up and contribute to the cause. Thirty dollars was a hell of deal and fourty is still an excellent value for the speakers you get to hear at our monthly meetings. Additionally membership lets you join us on field trips as well as fun and educational club events throughout the year. Membership also lets you participate in our montly contests where you can hear experienced judges critique your photos to help you improve your photographic chops.

Renew your membership now to enjoy our current low rate until the end of 2025.

2025 Holiday Party and Year End Competition

by Tom Goldberg

Evergreen Camera Club YEAR END PARTY!

MEMBERS (and their Guests) In Person Dinner Party and Photo Contest

Time: Wednesday, December 10h from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Tuscany Tavern
    32214 Ellingwood Trail
    Evergreen, CO

Dinner: (RSVP By December 4th)
Penne alla Mediterranean
    Penne noodles, artichokes, spinach, mushrooms, kalamata olives, sun dried tomatoes, feta cheese
Chicken Picatta
    lemon caper sauce with spaghetti
Variety of Holiday Desserts

Drinks:
Non-alcoholic beverages provided
Cash Bar

Cost: $40/person. Limit 34 Attendees – first come first served, so RSVP early!

Reservations are closed as of December 4th – if you missed us, please come to next year’s party

To Pay, click on the Pay Now Button Below.
Reservations must be made by December 4th.
Your Payment is your RSVP:

 If you don’t want to use a PayPal account
Use the “Pay with Credit Card” button

If this is not working for you please send an email to payment@evergreencameraclub.org with your RSVP and bring a check to the event.

Photo Contest

Deadline: Enter Photos by December 9th
Judge: Cheryl Opperman

Enter two photos (maximum) per person as a beginner or advanced photographer.

Choose any of the four subject categories as a beginner or advanced entry:

  • People
  • Landscape/Scenery
  • Animals/Wildlife
  • Miscellaneous

Submit your entries by logging in on this website to access the menu item “Contest” and then the “Year-End Contest” page or click the button below to enter (note: if it says you must log in but you are already, we are very sorry: please try a different browser, a different computer, or clear your browser cache):

Entries are now closed

Prizes
Awarded in each category, Best Image of the Year and Best Image of the Year Runner-Up, Beginner (if there are enough entries) and Advanced.

New members, students and guests welcome
Must be a member to participate in contest

Contest results were as follows:

2025 Holiday Photography Contest Results
Held on Wednesday, December 10
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Judge: Cheryl Opperman
https://cherylopperman.com/

The Themes for December 2025 year-end contest were Landscapes, Wildlife, People, and Miscellaneous. Beginner entries and People with Miscellaneous were combined into one category due to the number of submissions.

(note all images are copyrighted by their creators – please contact us if you want to use these for any purpose)
Click on any image for a larger slide show

Advanced: Landscape

Winner: Landscape Category,
Advanced
David Schuessler

Runner Up: Landscape Category,
Advanced
Tom Goldberg

 

Advanced: Wildlife

Winner: Wildlife Category,
Advanced
Dick Oltman
SECOND PLACE OVERALL

Runner Up: Wildlife Category,
Advanced
Ron Belak

 

Advanced: People / Miscellaneous

Winner: People/Misc Category,
Advanced
Ellen Nelson
BEST IN SHOW

Runner Up: People/Misc Category,
Advanced
Ellen Nelson

 

Beginner: Combined

Winner:
Beginner
Kristi Gonzales

Runner Up:
Beginner
Kristi Gonzales

 

October 22 T&T: Photographic Society of America with Bill Vogel — PLUS Monthly Contest

by Tom Goldberg


PSA is a worldwide organization for anyone interested in photography.
Founded in 1934, for casual shutterbugs to serious amateurs and professionals.

ECC is a PSA CLUB
Bill will discuss how the PSA can help you grow as a photographer with STUDY GROUPS and many other benefits to the individual including the annual photo meetup. There are also several educational programs available such as Macro, Still Life, Architectural, Night, Portrait, and more.

PSA has several divisions for photo competitions: Nature, Travel, Photojournalism, 3D and more. We as a club are entered in the Nature Division and we are considered a SMALL CLUB as we have 50 or less members. Last year we competed against 20 clubs and came in the middle of the pack at the end of the season. Bill will outline this year’s competition dates and submission guidelines.

Join Bill and the Evergreen Camera Club in person in the auditorium at the Evergreen Fire and Rescue Station (1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen) on Wednesday, October 22nd for 6:30 pm social time, brief announcements at 7:00 pm with Bill’s presentation and contest to follow.

New members, students and guests are welcome.

Join us at the fire station:
Wednesday, October 22nd at 7:00 pm (6:30 social time)
Evergreen Fire and Rescue
1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen, CO

UPDATE:

Our club will be participating in the Nature division competition this year.
The Interclub Competitions are held three (3) times each year with closing dates in November, February, and April – we are now accepting entries until Nov. 10 2025 for this round. Each club may enter 6 images by different makers in each round.

If you would like to submit for this round, please email your image to events@evergreencameraclub.org and be sure to conform to the rules and entry criteria.

Check out PSA’s rules and entry criteria by CLICKING HERE to download the document.

OCTOBER PHOTO CONTEST

The Theme for October 2025 is “Landscape Photography” – Upload one or two photos per member for this contest …plus the Fun Category (upload any photos you want to share just for fun). Our contests are open to MEMBERS ONLY.

Contest results were as follows:
(note all images are copyrighted by their creators – please contact us if you want to use these for any purpose)
Click on any image for a larger slide show

Theme: Landscape

Winner: Landscape Category,
Advanced
Tom Goldberg

Runner Up: Landscape Category,
Advanced
Ingrid Lockhart

To enter your images, log in and go to the Contest Entry webpage (you must be logged in to upload). Check Contest Guidelines for further details on submissions.

Images must be entered by 6 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting (4th Tuesday of the month).

Images will be judged in person on the Firehouse Projector.

September 24 T&T: Managing your photo library with Lightoom with Tom Goldberg — PLUS Monthly Contest

by Tom Goldberg

Lightroom is an amazing tool for editing and organizing your photos. It’s Library capabilities provide many ways to organize your photos, but how best to use them to organize your photos? Tom will discuss how those features work and how he uses Lightroom to import and organize his library. This will be half hour presentation with some time for questions after, followed by our monthly photo contest.

SEPTEMBER PHOTO CONTEST

The Theme for September 2025 is “Black and White Photography” – Upload one or two photos per member for this contest …plus the Fun Category (upload any photos you want to share just for fun). Our contests are open to MEMBERS ONLY.

Contest results were as follows:
(note all images are copyrighted by their creators – please contact us if you want to use these for any purpose)
Click on any image for a larger slide show

Theme: Black and White

Winner: Black&White Category,
Advanced
Michael Ryno

 

Runner Up: Black&White Category,
Advanced
Dick Oltman

To enter your images, log in and go to the Contest Entry webpage (you must be logged in to upload). Check Contest Guidelines for further details on submissions.

Images must be entered by 6 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting (4th Tuesday of the month).

Images will be judged via Zoom.

Join us by Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HSvUi86mSO6PunyAlnl1Rg

August 19th is World Photography Day!

by Tom Goldberg
August 19th is World Photography Day!

World Photography Day – https://www.worldphotographyday.com/
A Celebration of Photography, August 19th, 2025
Part of World Photography Week – August 12th – 26th

Share your best photos on social media using hashtag #WorldPhotographyDay. Then look for posts using that tag – “Like”, comment and share other’s photos that resonate with you the most!

World Photography Week is HAPPENING NOW! Be sure to use hashtag #WorldPhotographyWeek!

View Today’s Photos – Online & In-Person Events, Giveaways and Competitions and Announcements all at the link above

Join the celebration, and have your photos featured!

June 11th 2025 General Meeting: Seasons of Our Mountains 2026 Calendar Voting

by Tom Goldberg

Seasons of our Mountains Calendar 2026 Contest Voting (Zoom only)

Have a say to narrow all the photo entries down to the 25 finalists for the iconic Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice 2025 calendar! Only Evergreen Camera Club members and all 2021-2025 calendar finalists* can join us in the anonymous vote to select this year’s 25 finalists! Now is an ideal time to renew or join our club. See all of the images submitted by our community and make your opinion count. THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO SEE ALL THE PHOTOS SUBMITTED!
* Mount Evans HHC&H Employees are also invited to vote

We have set the voting date to June 11th – Images will be displayed on Zoom only for best image quality (the fire station projector is not up to the task). Only club members who have signed in via zoom can vote: voting will be done using Google Forms as described below.

    Contest entry deadline is midnight on June 7th, so enter your best local photos – CLICK HERE to upload your entries, you still have time to enter your best local photos!

Links to the Zoom and Voting form will be emailed to ECC members and past winners prior to the meeting.

THIS EVENT IS MEMBERS-ONLY (and past winners).

2026 CALENDAR FINALISTS VOTE
Wednesday, June 11
on Zoom only
Setup and Troubleshooting time at 6:30 pm, voting at 7:00 pm

The Calendar Voting and Judging Process

Voting to select 25 finalists from the calendar entries will be judged by the membership of the ECC club and past winners, out of whomever participates either in-person or on the Zoom call for our June meeting.

Each image will get a score from 1 to 5, averaged from all votes cast to determine the 25 finalists. The finalists will then be voted on by the general public using the voting website tool used for last year’s competition (that link will be posted when the finalists have been uploaded).

As the calendar competition is open to everyone, and many ECC members and past winners have and are expected to enter, certainly those individuals will be voting on their own images along with everyone else. The artist names will not be disclosed so at most, voters will recognize only a few of the images out of however many we get (we expect 100-200). Thus we feel there will be minimal bias in this process.

Our intent is that this will yield an impartially-judged set of 12 images plus a cover image to comprise our final calendar, however, if we end up with some kind of imbalance, there is an editorial committee comprised of Mount Evans and ECC volunteers who may make minor adjustments to ensure a good end product (i.e. if 4 images of elk were to get the best scores, we may only include one or two). The remaining 12 images will be recognized as runners-up in the calendar.

Each year we enlist the aid of a guest photographer as a Judge to pick the Best of Show, 2nd, and 3rd place winners from the winning 13 images selected at this event. This year our Judge will be TBD.

If you have any questions about this process, please send and email to webmaster@evergreencameraclub.org.

Voting Instructions: Important!!!

Display of submitted images and voting will begin at 7:00PM on Wednesday June 12th. Setup and testing will be from 6:30 to 7:00, be sure to get on-line in time to work out any kinks you may have with the links or the process.

There will be 4 different groups of images, divided by season. We will run through each group quickly so you can preview them and then go back more slowly with each photo title for the voting step.

Voting will be done using Google Forms – a “forms.gle” link (type-in) or QR code (scan) will be provided to get your browser to the voting sheet.

In order to Vote by Zoom – you should Zoom using whatever device you have with the best display so you can see the entries clearly. You can use a separate device (such as your smartphone) to go to the Google Forms link so you can have a separate screen to make your voting selections. Alternately, you can use a browser and Zoom on the same device if you can manage the two windows.

Links to the Zoom and Voting form will be emailed to ECC members and past winners prior to the meeting.

If you have problems uploading or questions about the contest, please email webmaster@evergreencameraclub.org

JOIN ECC at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CAMERA SHOW

by Tom Goldberg
JOIN ECC at the ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGIONAL CAMERA SHOW

Sponsored by the COLORADO CAMERA COLLECTORS CLUB
BUY – SELL – TRADE ~~ NEW & USED PHOTO / OPTICAL EQUIPMENT & COLLECTIBLES
SUNDAY, May 4, 2025 – 9:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Jefferson County Fair Grounds
15200 West 6th Avenue

We will have a table for ECC to sell some donated gear and some of our own personal stuff. Current ECC Members are welcome to join us and bring any gear they want to sell (must be present to sell).

April 23rd 2025 Photo Contest

by Tom Goldberg


ECC is starting a new series of contests! We will be judging them on the 4th Wednesday of each month.
This contest is open to MEMBERS ONLY.

The Theme for April 2025 is “Street Photography” – Upload one or two photos per member for this contest
…plus the Fun Category (upload any photos you want to share just for fun)

To enter your images, log in and go to the Contest Entry webpage (you must be logged in to upload).

Images must be entered by 6 p.m. the Tuesday before the meeting (4th Tuesday of the month).

Images will be projected on the Fire Department’s Sony projector at 1920 wide by 1200 pixels tall – whatever size you submit will be adjusted to fit on that screen.

Check Contest Guidelines for further details on submissions.

Evergreen Camera Club