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.

March 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 March 2025 is “Travel” – 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.

2025 National Photography Show

by Tom Goldberg
2025 National Photography Show

2025 National Photography Show & Sale | May 23-June 1 | Registration is Open

The Louisville Art Association is proud to announce the 2025 National Photography Show and Sale! With the return of our platinum-level sponsors Mike’s Camera and Duraplaq, we will be awarding over $6000 in cash and prizes.

This show takes place in Louisville, Colorado – a beautiful historic city on Colorado’ s Front Range. The venue is the Louisville Center for the Arts, an old Victorian, turn-of-the-century, red brick schoolhouse. This building has been used as a gallery for art shows for decades.

This historic venue offers participating artists the opportunity to display artwork in an elegant gallery setting. Downtown Louisville offers an array of art galleries, related shops, businesses, restaurants and cafes, and the show dates overlap with various Memorial Day events sponsored by the city.

For info go to https://louisvilleartassociation.org/2025-nps-show/

Free PSA March 19th Webinar – Infrared Photography

by Tom Goldberg
Free PSA March 19th Webinar – Infrared Photography

PHOTOGRAPHIC 2025
SOCIETY OF AMERICA

WORLDWIDE Webinar
INTRODUCTION TO INFRARED
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19TH
6 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME
With Mark Comon

Go beyond seeing the world in Black and White. Join us
for an informative study on the beauty of Infrared Photography. Learn the difference between converting a digital camera or editing an existing image to tap into the red spectrum. Learn why infrared maybe perfect for your
travel, landscape and portrait images.

NOTE: This is a live webinar that is scheduled to go live on March 19th at 6:00 pm eastern time which is stated below in the announcement and in the subject line.

You will not be able to login until that date and time. We allow time for everyone to register prior to the live webinar. You may have to download photos in your email system to view the advertisement below.

PSA is pleased to announce this webinar is open to the public! This is a special webinar sponsored by PSA for members, camera clubs, club members and friends! Simply share this email and everyone can register on the registration link!

Webinar Registration Link

MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY DENVER: MARCH 1 – 31, 2025

by Tom Goldberg
MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY DENVER: MARCH 1 – 31, 2025
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MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY DENVER IS A BIENNIAL FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY THROUGH PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS ACROSS THE REGION.

Every other year in March, Month of Photography Denver invites you to explore the art of photography through dozens of exhibitions, talks, tours, and events at participating spaces throughout the city and beyond. Founded in 2004 by Denver-based artist Mark Sink, the festival has become an important platform for photography in the Rocky Mountain region, with works by hundreds of local, national, and international artists on display. The next festival will take place March 1-31, 2025. Click here for more info.

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