Hi Everyone,
May signals the beginning of the end for our 2025/2026 South Jersey Camera Club season. We may be coming to a close, but we are not slowing down at all. Along with our usual activities, we will be opening submissions for our Workshop and Field Trip Photography contest and voting for our annual Behind the Lens presentation.
Coming up this Month and Beyond
(Zoom link for all online meetings is at the bottom of the page)
Field Trip and Workshop Photography Contests
There are two separate contests open to all club members, one for photographs made on a club field trip, or inspired by something you learned at one of our workshops. Winners will be announced at our Spring Fling event on June 6.
Learn more and enter here
Behind The Lens
Our popular end-of-season Behind The Lens presentation is scheduled for June 11. A little background for our newer members: each June, we invite several members to talk briefly about exceptional photos that were entered into this year’s Challenges. Our fellow club members tell us what went into the making of their photos; from inspiration to capture to post processing. These mini-presentations are often eye-opening and always inspiring. But we don’t choose the photographers and images that are presented, YOU DO. You can vote at the link below. Remember to revisit your votes after the May Challenge.
Learn more and vote here
Field Trip
Saturday May 2nd - Chanticleer Gardens, 10am
Address: 786 Church Road, Wayne, PA 19087
For carpool and other shared travel arrangements, visit our Skool Group.
Learn more and register here
Workshop
Street Photography in 2 parts
Saturday, May 9, 10am - Classroom session at Medford Leas
Wednesday, May 13, 10:15am - Street Photography photo walk
Presented by Vera Hershenberg
This workshop is designed to help photographers build confidence and develop their unique storytelling skills in urban environments. We will cover essential topics such as choosing the right equipment and adjusting camera settings to capture candid moments effectively. The session will explore different ways to approach subjects—focusing on techniques that allow you to take compelling images without revealing faces, preserving privacy and comfort. Emphasis will be placed on capturing fleeting moments in time that tell a story and evoke emotion. This workshop is especially suited for those who feel uneasy photographing strangers, offering practical strategies to photograph organically and ethically in public spaces while creating powerful, faceless narratives. Note, you can register for either one or both sessions
Get the details and register here
Presentation
Thursday, May 14th at 2:20 and 7pm - Seascapes by Glyn Dewis via Zoom
IMPORTANT: Glyn lives in England so we will be doing the live presentation at 2:30pm and then play the recording at 7pm for those who cannot make the afternoon meeting.
In this presentation, Glyn will take you through every stage of creating a stunning seascape image, from the initial planning and preparation right through to producing a final print. He'll cover how he approaches shooting with both his mirrorless camera and his iPhone, giving you a real insight into how different tools can be used to capture the same scene.
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Mobile Photography User Group - MPUG
After spearheading this group for a number of years, Jeff Feeny is stepping back, but this group isn’t going away. It will be back again in September. We all thank Jeff for showing us the potential of creating artistic photography with a smartphone.
Challenge Meeting
Tuesday, May 19th – 7:00pm is in person at Medford Leas
Topic: Tension judged by Rich Lewis
Visualize suspense, imbalance or conflict through the arrangement of physical objects or the expression of human emotion.
Get the details
Print Your Photographs User Group
We’ve decided to hold these meetings every other month so will be taking May off. We are excited about the response so far to this group and will take the extra time to plan some interesting and informative meetings.
Get the Details Here