Founded in 1933, The Harrisburg Camera Club welcomes all photographers from the newest beginner to the most experienced.
Our members have had photographs published in local and regional publications as well as regional and national magazines. Members have also taken top awards in local, regional and national photographic contests. All bring with them their knowledge of, and unique approach to, photography. Our members are always ready to share their knowledge.
Membership Benefits
• Fellowship and fun in learning to take better pictures.
• Constructive evaluations of every member’s prints and images by experienced photographers/artists.
• Recognition for quality and merit achievement in photography.
• Field Trips and Education
• Discount on purchases at local camera shops and picture framing shops
Come join us and see what all the buzz is about!
Click on the image below to download our membership brochure.
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54th ANNUAL
BERKS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE
JUNE 7, 8 & 9, 2013
AT ACADEMIC FORUM BUILDING, KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY, KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Featuring:
MICHAEL MOATS, Friday Featured Speaker
ADAM JONES Saturday Evening Featured Speaker sponsored by
In East Stroudsburg PARain or Shine on Saturday April 20TH Leaving from the Camp Hill Arby’s at 7:00 A.M.
The Harrisburg Camera Club will be travelling to International Boiler Works Abandoned…
Harrisburg Camera Club Photo Fieldtrip
SPECIAL - SMALL GROUP TEACHING
Saturday March 23rd
starting at
Negley Park in Lemoyne for Sunrise (6:30 A.M.)
then to
Fort Hunter Park at 8:15 A.M.
The Harrisburg Camera Club will be travelling to Chanticleer Gardenson Saturday May 4th. Photography would be of a landscape and floral nature. Chanticleer’s many gardens include Bells’ creek and woodlands, an Oriental garden, ruin and gravel garden, an orchard and pond garden, among others. The admission fee for the Gardens is $10.00. Tripods are allowed and you will need to sign a photography waiver. The wavier is available on their website: chanticleergarden.org. Photographers are asked to follow these etiquette guidelines:
1. Set up tripods on lawns or terraces, not in the garden beds, and allow for movement around you.
2. Follow the requests of gardeners and other Chanticleer staff
3. Respect the wishes of other guests
4. Leave the garden as you found it
The drive is about 97 miles and will take about 90 minutes according to Google maps. We will be car pooling from our usual location at the Arby’s side of the Camp Hill Giant Grocery Store, at 8:30 AM in the morning. Those members leaving from the Carlisle area; Randal Lathrop has designated the parking lot of the Carlisle Shopping Center (850 E. High St., Rt. 641) across from the Pizza Hut as the departure location. The Carlisle group will be leaving at 8:15. To contact Randal call 713-3185. Those leaving from the East Shore, we can carpool from Harrisburg Mall. Please park at the Toy’s R Us lot across from the Dauphin County Prison. I will need to know if we are picking anybody up in advance otherwise we will not stop in! We expect to be at the Gardens when they open at 10:00. We will take 581 to the PA Turnpike East. We will stop on the way down for a short bathroom break and coffee. We will be photographing until lunch, say 12 Noon. After lunch we will be making images until around 5:00 when we will return to Camp Hill. Expect a return around 7:00.
What you should bring: the usual; water, extra batteries, extra digital cards, comfortable shoes, a tripod, a macro lens for close-ups, possibly a flash for darkening backgrounds and/ or reflectors to throw additional light in dark places and money for lunch and dinner and to pay your driver for gas and tolls if you are carpooling. This event is a go rain or shine. It will only be cancelled in the event of an all day heavy rain.
BERKS PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY PHOTOGRAPHIC CONFERENCE
JUNE 7, 8 & 9, 2013
AT ACADEMIC FORUM BUILDING, KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY, KUTZTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
Featuring:
MICHAEL MOATS, Friday Featured Speaker
ADAM JONESSaturday Evening Featured Speaker sponsored by
LOU JONES, Sunday Morning Featured Speaker
Plus programs by Marty Malgieri and Phil Magistro
SAME PLACE: KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY– NEW BUILDING
ALL PROGRAMS IN THE ACADEMIC FORUM BUILDING
DOOR PRIZES DONATED BY: Wacom & Photodex
You can also download the registration form from our website: www.berkscamera.org Should you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Tumolo at cheryl@berkscamera.org
In East Stroudsburg PARain or Shine on Saturday April 20TH Leaving from the Camp Hill Arby’s at 7:00 A.M.
The Harrisburg Camera Club will be travelling to International Boiler Works Abandoned Industrial Site on Saturday April 20th. Photography would be of an architectural nature. We would be photographing mostly interiors and details. There are also items to photograph around the grounds of the buildings which sit next to the railroad tracks. The company and the main building, as well as smaller buildings, were abandoned in 1992. Since that time it has become a victim of decay, weather, graffiti artist, paint ball and general teenage angst. Expect broken glass, broken windows, holes in the roof, rust, some machinery and general debris. The site is about a mile and a half north of the ESU. The drive is about 145 miles and will take about two hours and ten minutes according to Google maps.
We will be car pooling from our usual location at the Arby’s side of the Camp Hill Giant Grocery Store, at 7:00 AM in the morning. Those members leaving from the Carlisle area; Randal Lathrop has designated the parking lot of the Carlisle Shopping Center (850 E. High St., Rt. 641) across from the Pizza Hut as the departure location. The Carlisle group will be leaving at 6:45. To contact Randal call 713-3185. Those leaving from the East Shore, we can meet up with you at the Holiday Inn in Grantville at about 7:30. Just let Andy know in advance, otherwise we won’t stop. We expect to be at the site around 9:30. We will travel up I-81 to I-78 to Allentown and then head north on Route 33 North merging into Rt. 209 North to East Stroudsburg. We will stop on the way up for a short bathroom break and coffee. We will be photographing until lunch, say 12 Noon. After lunch we will be making images until around 5:00 when we will return to Camp Hill. Expect a stop on the way back for dinner.
What you should bring: the usual; water, extra batteries, extra digital cards, comfortable shoes, a tripod, a macro lens for close-ups, possibly a flash or reflectors to throw additional light in dark places and money for lunch and dinner and to pay your driver if you are carpooling. This event is rain or shine.
Harrisburg Camera Club Photo Fieldtrip SPECIAL – SMALL GROUP TEACHING Saturday March 23rd starting at Negley Park in Lemoyne for Sunrise (6:30 A.M.) then to Fort Hunter Park at 8:15 A.M.
This workshop will start off bright and early at 6:30 with photographers gathering at Negley Park in Lemoyne for a 7:10 sunrise.
The leading photographers in the HCC will be giving hands-on lessons and mentoring to other members of the club related to their brand of camera. What we will do is have members that use Nikons work with lead Nikon photographers and Canon photographers work with lead Canon photographers. Starting at 6:30 we will gather at Negley park for sunrise which is at 7:10. Negley Park offers a view, high above the river, the bridges and the city of Harrisburg. This is a prime location to photograph the sun rising over the city. For those using GPS the address you should use is 224 Cumberland Road, Lemoyne. We will be meeting at the picnic pavilion along Cumberland Rd. at the eastern end of the park. Look for where the cars are parked along the road.
After sunrise we will leave Negley Park at around 8:00 and head for Fort Hunter.
If you don’t want to get up early, you can meet us at Fort Hunter between 8:15 and 8:30. We will be photographing at Fort Hunter along the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County. Fort Hunter is at 5300 North Front St. about 2 miles north I-81 and 1/2 mile north of the Rockville Bridge. There is plenty of parking. Fort Hunter has a variety of subjects to photograph. From the architecture of the mansion and the barn to flowers, bridges and the river you will find plenty to shoot. This is why the location was chosen. We will not be photographing in the mansion. That does not open to the public until the first weekend in April.
The goal is to have a more personal hands-on teaching session for those members that are unfamiliar or want help. With this kind of set-up you will be working with someone familiar with your brand of camera. Not only will they be help you with the technical issues and the handling of your camera, but also with the visual aspects of photography. This is not restricted to only Nikon or Canon brands or to DSLR photographers; if you another brand or have a point & shoot we can help you.
We will not be car pooling from Camp Hill or Carlisle since both locations are easy to find and very close. This is a half -day event. We plan to finish around 12:00.
This is a really important fieldtrip for those members that need help. If you come please wear comfortable shoe, warm attire, bring extra batteries, a memory card, a tripod if you have one, water or snacks and most importantly your INSTRUCTION MANUAL.
The Digital Image Competition results are finally online. After much finagling and formatting, I am happy to announce that the results for the Digital Image Competitions (along with judges comments) are now posted online. The results are accessible from the “Photo Galleries” drop down menu in the Member’s Section. Please take time to stop by and review the comments for your image submissions from this year’s Digital Image Competitions. The judges comments are their to help you decide what additional finishing touches are needed before resubmitting one image for the Digital Image of the Year competition. This is your opportunity to go back through your images and spruce them up, removing any unwanted blemishes or distractions, boosting the colors, converting to B/W, fixing blown highlights, or lost details in the shadows. One important note: No ADDITIONS to existing images are allowed. The deadline to submit images for Digital Image of the Year is April 3rd at midnight. If you have questions about your images, what modifications are allowed, etc., please contact Randal Lathrop (vicepresident@harrisburgcameraclub.org).
We are pleased to announce that NatureScapes has joined with the Harrisburg Camera Club to sponsor the breakfast bar at our upcoming April 13th Light & Creativity Workshop. They are a perfect fit for this workshop considering our two presenters are some of the best in outdoor photography. If you have not yet signed up for our workshop then now is the time. In addition to having your breakfast and lunch provided you will have a chance to win one of many door prizes. In fact we have over $3000 in door prizes, that include photographic software from Nik Software, Topaz Labs & TotallyRad, a Retrospective 7 ThinkTank shoulder bag, a lens from Lensbaby plus gift certificates from Carlisle Camera & John Wright Photography & Printing and so many more. Registration is available on line or download our brochure and pay by check.
This Saturday March 2nd Leaving at 8:00 A.M. and returning around 5:00 from the Camp Hill Giant grocery store - Arby’s side parking lot
This will be a shorter trip than usualto Washington D.C. We have no plans to stay long in D.C. With only two venues, the National Art Gallery and the U.S. Botanical Gardens we will head back earlier than normal. The weather forecast is for temps in the mid-40′s with more clouds than sun. We will start at the National Gallery of Art to see:
Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop
In the first major exhibition devoted to the history of manipulated photographs before the digital age, some 200 works will demonstrate that today’s digitally altered photographs are part of a tradition that extends back to the beginning of photography. Featuring visually captivating photographs, the exhibition will trace photographic manipulation from the 1840s through the 1980s and show that photography is—and always has been—a medium of fabricated truths and artful lies.
We will eat lunch at the cafeteria at the National Art Gallery
After that we will head up to the U S Botanical Gardens in the Mall about a third of a mile away. They currently have an exhibition of flower photography. Photography is allowed at the Botanical Gardens, but tripods are not allowed. With generally cloudy weather photography of the flowers will be better than if it was sunny.
We will be leaving from the Camp Hill Giant grocery store from the Arby’s side parking lot, on the East side of the store, at 8:00 in the morning. Members leaving from the Carlisle area; the parking lot of the Carlisle Shopping Center (850 E. High St., Rt. 641) across from the Pizza Hut as the designated departure location. The Carlisle group will be leaving at 7:30. The Carlisle members will need to organize themselves via e-mail and designate a trip leader. Otherwise you can meet us in Camp Hill or in Dillsburg. Call Andy on his cell if you are meeting up witht the carpool in Dillsburg (592-9304). We will stop in either Thurmont or Frederick to take a bathroom break and grab some refreshment. We will eat lunch at the National Art Museum’s cafeteria. We are looking to leave D.C. around 3:00 with a return to Camp Hill around 5:00. If you plan to go or need more information, please contact Trip Leader Andrew Hoff at president@harrisburgcameraclub.org or by phone at 592-9304 from 4pm to 9pm.
PRINT COMPETITION AND CRITQUETUESDAY FEBRUARY 5 7:30pm
The next Harrisburg Camera Club meeting will be the last of our two Color and Monochrome Print competitions. It is time to get your images printed and matted.
The prints will be judged separately between Color Images and Monochrome (Black & White). There will be 1st, 2nd and 3rd place images in each category. There will be one judge. All images will be scored on a scale of 5-25, 25 is the maximum score. Only one image per member per category.
One question that has come up frequently is “What images can I enter?” Similar to digital competition there is no genre or style that is prohibited.
There is one major restriction on the images you can enter and it is: The print may not have been entered in a HCC Print Scoring Competition.
To clarify: You may not enter a print that has been entered in a previous Print of the Year competition or in last November’s print competition. You may enter a print of an image that you have shown in the digital image competition. Your image will need the following information on the back in the top right corner:
Maker and Title.
Below are additional rules, criteria and guidelines that are in the print competition:
Number of entries: One color print and one B&W (Monochromatic) print per paid member.
1. For images printed on photo paper
a. The image must be single matted or you may double-matted the image if you like.
b. The Minimum IMAGE size is 8”x10”.
c. The Maximum MAT size is 40”x32”.
d. There are no restrictions on mat colors or window style
2. Images must be mounted to a backer board (mat board, foam core, etc.).
3. For images printed on canvas or metal
a. Minimum size is 8”x10”.
b. Maximum size is 40”x32”.
4.NO FRAMED PHOTOS or GLASS ALLOWED
5. Multiple window images (diptychs or triptychs) will not be accepted.
6. How will the images be scored?
a. The scoring is the same as with digital image competitions except item V has been added to the scoring. We will be using a single judge. Images will be laid out on the tables for review and judging. The light box will only be used for the critique.
i. Technical – 1-4 points awarded for technical skill
ii. Composition – 1-4 points awarded for image composition
iii. Artistic – 1-4 points awarded for image artistry
iv. Image Transcendence – 1-8 points awarded for image transcendence, the wow
factor and image communication
v.Presentation – 1-5 points awarded for image presentation
b. Maximum of 25 points awarded
Achievement awards will be handed out for the top three images.
