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!
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Harrisburg Camera Club MeetingMay 8th at 7:15: SHOW and SHAREImages Taken This Year onThis Seasons Camera Club FieldtripsWe did it back in November and now the spring session. For those…
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011-2012 Print of the Year Competition held on
April 17th, 2012. Mike Feldser participated as judge for the Competition. Twenty-five images
were submitted in the Color…
We have one excellent, well versed judge for this next to last regular competition and I’m working on getting a second. The www.harrisburgcameraclub.com site is ready for your uploads.
This will be your next to last opportunity to have an images eligible for the digital image of the year competition in April.
Chris Heisey has been a newspaper photographer for over 20 years for the “Catholic Witness” publication, Chris is also one the nations top Civil War photographers with nationally published calendars, his own book and collaborative books by writers using his images. Chris has also branched out into wildlife photography. Mr. Heisey has judged for us before and he is a tough, but far judge. We will provide details about our second judge when available. You can expect the judges to become more critical in the last three months.
Don’t forget your images need to be uploaded to the www.harrisburgcameraclub.com site by Midnight February 3rd. There will be no exceptions! Also double check that you have loaded your images in correctly. The best way is to leave the site completely and reenter the site to check your uploaded images.
Kick off your Super Bowl Sunday off with the Arts by attending the Doshi Gallery’s first exhibit in the State Museum on 3rd Street in Harrisburg. The exhibition is free open to the public that day and can be seen on the second floor of the museum in the exhibition hall behind the statue of William Penn. The exhibition will feature 33 juried pieces of art ranging from three dimensional installations to sketches and paintings and eight photographs featuring Donna Curanzy-Seltzer, John Corcoran, Nicole Herbert, Judith Sen, Alison Shildt, Don Uvick and Jeff Wiles. The opening reception kicks off at 2:00 and will run until 4:00. So don’t sit around.
“Art Kaleidoscope” at the Midtown Scholar Bookstoreat 1302 North 3rd Street in Harrisburg next to the Broad Street Market
This will be the initial presentation of work by multiple artist in the Harrisburg area. Photographers, painters, sculptures, writers and musicians will be given only five minutes to present their work, hence the title “Art Kaleidoscope”. The intent is to make this a monthly program. The program will open at 6:00 P.M. and run until 9:00. The actual presentations are scheduled to start at 6:30. The event is billed as a chance for artists to meet and discuss their works in a relaxed social setting. There is a coffee shop within the book store for refreshments.
One of our yearly photography judges, Mike Donovan, will be presenting a 40 image program on Doors, Gates and Windows from Europe to music and HCC member Andrew Hoff will be presenting a 40 image program set to music on Abstract Photographs.
Most programs will be digitally projected. We are hoping that the weather holds off till after 10:00. This should be an interesting on of a kind presentation.
The Harrisburg Camera Club is trying something new.Do to the response last season of the number of prints and the limited time to critique them, we have moved the print critiques to Saturdays for 2011.We have one of the smaller conference rooms for our print critiques starting at 10 in the morning until 1:00 in the afternoon.This should give us enough time to critique and discuss all the prints. This will be the second of three print critique meetings.
The guest photographer for the meeting will be Mark Pynes, the Director of Photography for the Patriot News.As Director of Photography, Mark leads a staff of nine photographers, edits local and AP wire photos, and also coordinates photo coverage for PennLive.com and a quarterly magazine, In Central Pennsylvania.Mr. Pynes graduated from the University of Oregon and spent time working for AP and local papers before accepting a position with the Sacramento Beeand then the Sacramento Union newspapers.After 20 years of working in the Sacramento area he went to another paper in Solano County, just above San Francisco as a photo editor; a position he held for seven years.He has been working for the Patriot-News since 1998.
This is the first time Mark has spoken to the Harrisburg Camera Club.Please bring your best work so we can make an impact on him and show him the quality images that the club makes. You must be a paid member to have your prints critiqued: the rules are still the same. Complete rules and Andrew Hoff’s contact info, for any questions you may have, are available in the member’s section.
We will hold our third and last print critique on Saturday February 26th at 10:00 in the morning.
Basic SLR Photography: Have you ever wondered how to freeze motion in an action photo, or show the movement of water over a waterfall? Would you like to take creative family photos rather than snapshots? If so, then this class is for you. We’ll begin with the basics such as camera handling, exposure, and move on to principles of composition, lighting, and the use of basic filters. Film or digital cameras welcomed, but must be able to manually manipulate aperture and shutter speed. Wednesday evenings 7:00-9:00, March 30-April 27. Costs $100.00. Instructor, Jane Fetner.
Introduction to PhotoShop: Ready to take the next step with your digital images? Jump into the “digital darkroom” by learning how to enhance your photos. We’ll discuss cropping; working with layers; removing scratches, blemishes; levels; color balance, brightness, contrast; adding a border; removing red-eye; plus much more. This class is designed for the beginner, but you should have some experience with your basic computer functions such as, saving files, browsing for images, etc. Saturday 10:30-1:30, February 26. Costs $65.00. Instructor, Dinene Wolf.
Basic SLR Photography: This class is so popular, we decided to offer it twice. Have you ever wondered how to freeze motion in an action photo, or show the movement of water over a waterfall? Would you like to take creative family photos rather than snapshots? If so, then this class is for you. We’ll begin with the basics such as camera handling, exposure, and move on to principles of composition, lighting, and the use of basic filters. Film or digital cameras welcomed, but must be able to manually manipulate aperture and shutter speed. Wednesday evenings 7:00-9:00, May 4-June 1. Costs $100.00. Instructor, Jane Fetner.
Due to the popularity of these classes, no refunds will be given 2 weeks prior to class starting dates. All students receive a 10% discount on selected items and services. Please direct any questions to Jane Fetner at 717-761-9383 or info@carlislecamera.com.
We wanted to say a big “Thank you!” to Nations Photo Lab for the gift cards handed out to the club members during this past Tuesday’s meeting.
If you missed this past meeting you also missed an informative meeting presented by Bryson Leidich. Bryson who has judged images at a national level as well as our own digital competitions has developed a presentation on improving your entries for competitions which was well received by our members and visitors alike.
We hope to see everyone on December 14th to hear the critiques and scores for our for next digital competition. Don’t forget, the deadline for members to submit their photos is December 9th at midnight. If you are not a member you are welcome to come and visit to see what we are all about.
We arrived at the dam about 8:00am after an 1 ½ hr drive, met by a sea of glass. Long glass if you get my drift. Not the best count for the day for Eagles, but if 20 or so in one place could be considered a good day, it was. Lots of Black Vultures, Sea Gulls and a few Great Blue Herons. Eagles and Vultures become more active about 9:00 when the sun has dried their wings from the cool nights. A mature Eagle landed about 30ft off the ground in a tree next to the lot and hung around for a few images. Others were landing in trees behind the lot and provided a chance to get a shot or two. Temperatures in the 30’s and the wind kicking up about 9:00 we decided to head home at 11:00. Eagles are migrating so new ones will come and go through out December. Warm clothes, extra batteries, something warm to drink and a willing Eagle to photograph. A good time was had by all.
l/r Maria FerenBaugh, Tom Mulder, Cliff Tooker & Diane Adams (not pictured Sara Weisman & Larry Ferenbaugh) Photo by Larry Ferebaugh
Project Basho is happy to be hosting Larry Fink, the legendary photographer and this year’s guest juror of ONWARD ’11 for an intimate artist talk at our studio this Friday.
Fink will present a selection from his enormous body of work and speak about his impassioned approach to photography. His characteristic brand of empathetic reportage has cast a discerning light on the struggles, joys, and excesses of American life. His subjects have ranged from the lavish parties of Manhattan socialites to the intimate fraternity within the world of boxing.
for Entry into Club Competitions & Juried Exhibitions
Our guest speaker for the November 30th Education night is well known Harrisburg photographer and frequent judge of HCC images Bryson Leidich. Bryson has also judged images at a national level and has developed at presentation on improving your entries into competitions. Part of this presentation is designed to help photographers edit their work to have a stronger body of work. The other and more substantial half will deal with simple ways of apply photoshop techniques to improve your images. There are many simple and easy ways to improve your images through the various different photoshop programs and Bryson will explain them to the club. Bryson has presented this program to various other camera clubs.
The program will be at the Camp Hill Giant Foods Community Room. The meeting will start at 7:30 pm and end no later than 9:00 pm.
HCC Exhibition at the Charley Krone Gallery in the New Cumberland Library
Nov 5th – Dec 30th
No it wasn’t that kind of hanging. Several members of the Harrisburg Camera Club met at the New Cumberland Library to hang photographs for our latest exhibition of club member’s works. Below are some photos of some of our members at work. My apologies to Karen Commings and Don Uvick for not having usable photos with them. I was trying to avoid using a flash and therefore blurred some of the pictures. Those pictured are George Rhyne, Brad Booth, Mary Yeany and Steve Bootay.
We encourage the club members, whether or not you have photos at this event. to stop by and see the works displayed. Please don’t forget to tell your family and friends to stop by as well. The photos can be found on the second floor of the Library. And the library is located at 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland PA.
