Welcome to the Stony Brook Camera Club
For over 50 years SBCC's mission statement has been “To promote enjoyment and proficiency in all aspects of photography through education, fellowship, exchange of knowledge and experience; and a broad appreciation of nature and environment.”
SBCC includes and welcomes members of all abilities. Whether a casual smartphone shooter or an advanced photographer, everyone grows in knowledge and experience through SBCC’s many programs and workshops.
The Stony Brook Camera Club meets in-person and/or virtually on Thursdays at 7:30pm from September to June. In-person social hour begins at 6:30pm and zoom social hour is 7:00pm. See our calendar for the schedule of events. Our meetings feature competitions, speakers, image studies and discussions of general interest. We also sponsor a number of image-taking activities all year.
Anyone is welcome to attend and experience what we are about, although participation in competitions and our many activities requires membership (see the Membership menu item in the Main Menu above).
We hope you enjoy this site and your time with us all.
The Slideshow to the right features Ribbon Winning Images from our 2024-2025 Competitions.
Interested in seeing what Stony Brook Camera Club is all about? You are welcome to join as a Guest Member for 30 days.
Just fill out this Form and you will be added to the attendee list for the next 30 days.
Upcoming Meetings
December 5th - Zoom - Competition - Black & White, Digital Nature, People & Portraits - START TIME: 7:15pm
December 12th - Zoom - "Photography & Principles of Art and Design" presented by Richard Bernabe
December 19th - Zoom/Church - "The Wonders of the Galapagos" presented by Ellen Kawadler
During this presentation, Ellen will take you on a photo expedition to some of the Galapagos Islands where one can discover a rare and abundant wilderness where animals have no instinctive fear of humans. Each island boasts its own unique environment, and biodiversity where the animals have evolved by natural selection. She will share her knowledge about the endemic wildlife that inhabit each island and some of the unusual behaviors that they display.
December 26th - Holiday Break
December 27th - Friday at 11:59 PM - January Competition Deadline - Digital Open
January 6th - Monday at 11:59 PM - January Competition Deadline - Color and Black & White Prints
Women vs Men Photo Challenge is back!!!
Sign up using the appropriate link below to participate in the SBCC Women vs Men Photo Challenge.
Registration opens 11/14/24 at 10 PM and will continue until either all 23 slots for each gender are filled or 1/10/25
In January, each woman’s name will randomly be paired with a male club member, and the two of you will be randomly assigned a category. You may interpret the category as you wish, and you can use images taken at any date.
Images must be submitted by May 30, 2025 at midnight (submission instructions will be sent out before then).
The Challenge will be held on June 5, 2025 both at the Church and on Zoom. Each woman’s image will be shown side-by-side with their male counterpart, where 2 judges (one female, one male) will evaluate and pronounce the winner. The overall Women vs Men winner will be tabulated and announced at the end of the evening.
Upcoming Workshops
Photoshop Layers Demystified with Hali Sowle
Saturday, Jan 18, 2025 from 9 am - noon $15 per member
Registration opens on 12/26/24 5 pm 14 slots available
Does Photoshop scare you? Does the thought of layers leave you in a cold sweat but do you want to move beyond Lightroom or more basic photo editing tools? This workshop is designed to explain the basics of Photoshop. We will focus on layers, what they are, how they work, and how they can be used to transform your image. We will also discuss some basic tools and how to access them. Join me on a small journey into the wonderful world of Photoshop and see how it can transform your images.
6th Annual Multi-Club Competition Categories
1. Birds in the Human Environment
2. Clouds
3. Environmental Portrait
4. Night Photography – People and Places
5. Perspective
6. Selective Focus
7. The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of Defeat
8. Trees
Complete definitions are here>>> /d/ff3f0c75-b134-4e39-86dd-2d819bd1e3e9
Each club member may choose to submit digital photographic images in any or all of the eight categories listed above. Members may submit up to 2 images for each category. Categories have been chosen both to ensure members do not need any special skills to compete, and to provide a group of categories that provide a means to express some individualism.
SBCC members can join the SBCC Meetup group for free. We schedule photo walks and field trips via Meetup.
This is the LINK to Meetup. How to schedule a Meetup - click HERE
SBCC Reflections is back! In case you aren't familiar with the newsletter, you can check out past issues
HERE.
Donna Parker and Tom Amsterburg are now the editors of Reflections and they would like to solicit articles from members for the newsletter, such as travelogues, how-to articles, review of favorite editing software, "how I made this image", and so forth. They want to hear from YOU, our members, so please reach out to them with your images and article ideas. Below are the links to their email addresses.
Tom's
EMAIL
Donna’s
EMAIL
Need suggestions for places to go out and shoot?
Check out our information on Photo Shoot Locations at /d/b56444bf-9b6e-4ac3-a22d-b3e2f5f766be or Click on the “Resources & Links” tab and then Click on “Photo Shoot Locations”.
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Rob DeRobertis Retrospective and Chat File
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Through Your Eyes Invitation - Highlighting Some of Our Members
Check out more videos HERE
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SBCC COVID-19 Policy
1. Face masks are optional.
2. SBCC is pleased to offer a hybrid format for those meetings that will be held in-person this season.
Any members not comfortable attending will always have the option of joining remotely via Zoom or a similar streaming format.
- We will keep current with trends and regulations and may change our policy as needed.
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