
What we’re about
Welcome to CCR Meetup!
We are happy you have joined our MeetUp Group to enjoy the many activities and educational opportunities we offer. CCR Meetup is sponsored by the Camera Club of Richmond (Virginia).
The Camera Club of Richmond was founded in 1932 to promote the art of photography in central Virginia. Our vision is to promote excellence in photography; inspiring our members to reveal the world around us, preserve memories and create works of art. The Camera Club of Richmond’s mission is to empower our members to learn and grow their photographic craft through education, activities, exhibits, critiques, mentoring, and competitions.
Our membership has a wide range of experience and skill levels in film, digital, mirrorless, and cell phone cameras. In addition, members have the opportunity to display their work in various galleries throughout the Richmond area, have their work evaluated several times a year at our scheduled Evaluation Meetings, and participate in an End of Year Competition and Awards Presentation.
CCR welcomes photographers of all experience levels to share their passion for photography. Please be our guest at one of our monthly meetings:
2nd Tuesday of each month (January – November)
6:00 PM – Doors and Zoom Open (Goodies in the Kitchen!)
Networking (Fellowship Hall & Zoom)
7:00 PM – General Meeting & Program (Fellowship Hall & Zoom)
We are meeting in person at:
Unity of Bon Air
923 Buford Road; Richmond VA 23235
as well as live-streaming via Zoom. The Zoom links will be shared in the MeetUp Events or you may contact CameraClubofRichmond@gmail.com for login information.
You may attend 2 CCR Monthly Meetings as our guest. In fairness to our Members, on your 3rd visit, you will be asked to join CCR and pay the annual Membership Dues of $40.
For more information, please visit our website: CameraClubofRichmond.com. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We look forward to meeting you!
Marianne Barnhardt
CCR Education Director (Educate.CCRVA@gmail.com)
Susan Jatho Reed
CCR Membership Director (Membership.CCRVA@gmail.com)
Karen Taylor Davis
CCR Communications Director (CameraClubofRichmond@gmail.com)
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•OnlineIntentional Composition Through Photography with Ray Schneider (VIRTUAL ONLY!)
OnlineWe are excited to welcome Ray Schneider with his presentation
Intentional Composition Through Photography,
Photographers and painters alike know that creating more interesting pictures requires perceiving your subject more deeply, capturing its essence, what makes it unique. And if your connection to the scene is heartfelt, even better, because creating great pictures is more than a technical pursuit. Then there is the viewer. How does the viewer perceive the image? Why? How can you affect their perception? So many books are filled with compositional rules, techniques, dos, and don’ts, but how to make sense of it all?
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During this presentation Ray will help you put it all together. Through a discussion of 5 main strategies, he will explain the difference between seeing and perceiving, and share ideas he has come to depend on, many of which come from the world of art and composition, Gestalt, evolutionary, and photographic psychology, for creating more interesting and memorable works.
Agenda for Tuesday, January 13, 2026
6:30 - Zoom Opens for Networking
7:00 - CCR Announcements
Followed by Ray’s Presentation
This meeting will be VIRTUAL ONLY!
Zoom Link:
If you are not a member of the Camera Club of Richmond, please comment below or email Membership.CCRVA@gmail.com and request the Zoom Link and Passcode.
About Our Presenter…
Ray Schneider is a freelance photographer whose images span numerous genres including portrait, street, landscape, animals, and events. An avid traveler, his images come from over 30 countries. He has published a book entitled What the Photographer Sees, available on Amazon and has also recently received a Portfolio Merit Award from Black and White Magazine. Ray teaches photography workshops, exhibits his work, shoots community events, and is a speaker at camera clubs across the country. Prior to becoming a professional photographer, Ray travelled the country as a Chemical Engineer and operations management consultant.
For Ray, seeing like a photographer is to perceive well. It’s creating images that are more than pretty pictures - hopefully - and that trigger the viewer’s inner voice, that suggest a story, that evolve in the consciousness as they’re viewed, that invite a sense of curiosity, that cause one to pause and maybe take a closer look.
You can view Ray’s images at www.rayschneiderphotography.com.12 attendees
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