About us
The Silver Spring Camera Club comprises a diverse group of individuals passionately dedicated to the pursuit of photographic excellence. We believe the best method of understanding the art of photography is through education and the sharing of ideas.
For over 65 years SSCC has maintained a high standard of integrity and quality. Our reputation as the friendliest club in the metropolitan area is the basis of our success. We welcome new members of all ages and skill levels who share our interest in photography.
Visit our home on the web, you will find information on membership, club activities, including competitions, and upcoming events.
We welcome visitors and new members to our meetings, which take place the first four Thursdays of every month, September through May.
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Speaker: Ray Schneider — Create Compelling Pictures of People
·OnlineOnlineRay 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
This is an ONLINE EVENT!!
We will meet using Zoom. A link will be sent to all that RSVP yes.***
About the Silver Spring Camera Club:
We meet the first three Thursdays of every month, September – May, and one day on a weekend for a field trip to an interesting photogenic location in the area.
More information about the Silver Spring Camera Club can be found on our website (http://www.ssccphotography.org/) regarding speakers, competitions, field trips, our monthly "A Closer Focus" forums, and a link to our award winning newsletter the "Cable Release".
Visitors to the Club are always welcome to attend meetings, and we hope to see you soon!
Membership is a very reasonable $50 for individual members, $80 for family and only $35 for students. Please see the link to our membership application, below, for available discounts.
Why become a member of the Silver Spring Camera Club?
We are a diverse group of photographers who love field trips, competitions, opportunities to see the world captured by other people's viewpoints, and sharing our knowledge, experience and love of photography.Membership in the club gives you the opportunity to enter your photos in our monthly competitions, to receive our award-winning monthly newsletter the Cable Release, join our field trips without paying the $10 non-member fee, and more!
Here's a link to our printable Membership Application. Here's a link to our printable Membership Form.
https://www.ssccphotography.org/online-membership-form/Visit us on the web: http://www.ssccphotography.org/
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Photo Forum – Sharing photography ideas, images, questions, and inspirations
·OnlineOnline"Photo Forum" is our monthly opportunity to share ideas, images, questions, and inspirations on a wide variety of photographic topics.
This is an ONLINE EVENT!!
We will meet using Zoom. A link will be sent to all that RSVP yes.## Open Forum Presentations and Discussions:
“Dramatic Improvements to Your Photographs Through Masking” – Pete Morton
Unlock the full potential of your images with the Photo Forum’s Beginner to Advanced Masking presentation. From mastering subject selection to expert-level luminance and color range controls in Lightroom and Photoshop, you’ll learn the precise techniques needed to make your photos stand out. Some of the techniques will be shown with the photographs submitted for Image Sharing. This 30-minute presentation will be fun and very useful!
“On the Amazon in Peru” – Sherm Edwards
Vicariously follow Sherm as he travels the world’s largest river and its tributaries on a six-day boat trip through the heart of darkness ….We are soliciting presenters. Contact Dennis (dennisfreeman4510 at msn.com ) if you’d like to present something!
Image Critiques:
>>> Some lucky members will have their images showcased in Pete’s “Dramatic Improvements to Your Photographs Through Masking” presentation! So, make sure to submit! <<<Send up to 2 images you would like to share and get feedback on.
You have a choice of receiving image critiques, editing suggestions, or just sharing. Indicate which you would like in your email.This month’s theme will be “OPEN.”
Send up to 2 jpg images. Your jpg images can be up to 1 MB size each. Include your name in the filename. (please use our digital Competition specs for size: ssccphotography.org/competitions/digital-entry-specifications/ ) .
Send your images to Dennis Freeman before 5:00 p.m., WEDNESDAY, March 18. (dennisfreeman4510 at msn.com).We are looking for volunteers to present for this and future months. Contact Dennis ( dennisfreeman4510 at msn.com ) with your idea.
This is expected to be a great evening of sharing and learning. What topics would you like to explore? Topics can be wide ranging, such as photo book reviews, an aspect of your own photography that you’d like to share, reviews or discussion of shows, photo gear, software, etc.
Please join us for a fun and educational evening!This is an ONLINE EVENT!! We will meet using Zoom. A link will be sent to all that RSVP yes.
About the Silver Spring Camera Club
We meet the first three Thursdays of every month, September – May, and one day each month on a weekend for a field trip to an interesting photogenic location in the area.
More information about the Silver Spring Camera Club can be found on our website (http://www.ssccphotography.org/) regarding speakers, competition, education, open forum topics and even where we're going to meet on our field trip.
Don’t forget to read our PSA award winning newsletter the Cable Release for even more detailed information about all our activities and other items of photographic interest.
We hope to see you at a meeting soon.
Visitors to the Club are always welcome to attend meetings.
Membership is a very reasonable $50 for individual members, $80 for family and only $35 for students. Please see the link to our membership application, below, for available discounts.
Why become a member of the Silver Spring Camera Club? We are a diverse group of photographers who love field trips, competitions, opportunities to see the world captured by other people's viewpoints, and sharing our knowledge, experience and love of photography.
Membership in the club gives you the opportunity to enter your photos in our monthly competitions, to receive our award-winning monthly newsletter the Cable Release, join our field trips without paying the $10 non-member fee, and more!
Here's a link to our printable Membership Application. https://www.ssccphotography.org/online-membership-form/
Visit us on the web: http://www.ssccphotography.org/
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