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. In person meetings are held at the Anglican Church of the Redeemer, 195 Main St, Franklin, MA. 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 photography 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 Winning Images from our 2025-2026 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
May 14, 2026 - Special Interest Group's Showcase via zoom
Come see what the Nature, Travel and Night photography SIGs did this year!
May 21, 2026 - Drones with Derek Cameron in person and on zoom
Derek will talk about the practical side of aerial work: how to train your eye from a new vantage point, how to teach yourself the craft, and how to turn a self-taught skill into a business that opens doors.
BIO: Derek Cameron is a Massachusetts-based drone pilot, photographer, and video producer who has spent the last six years building an aerial practice from the ground up. He runs 3805 Productions, a small media company where he produces, shoots, and edits his own work across photography and video. The portfolio runs from sports and construction to site documentation, where aerial footage changes what a client can actually see. A past highlight was his harness racing work at Plainridge Park Casino, which taught him that horses do not care about your shot list. He's a proud graduate of YouTube University. Everything he knows about flying, shooting, and cutting a video together came from tutorials, trial and error, and taking on jobs before he felt ready. Six years in, he's still enrolled.
By day, he's the Associate Director for Employer Relations at Curry College's Career & Experiential Learning office, where he connects students with internships and real-world work. The connection between the two jobs isn't subtle: Derek believes people learn by doing, and both roles are about putting that idea into practice.
Learn more about Derek and see his work at 3805 Productions
May 28, 2026 - Image Makers on zoom
Our very 1own photographers, Janet Casey, Alan Litchfield, and Josh Simons, will be sharing their wonderful work with us.
June 4, 2026 - Women vs Men Challenge in person and on zoom
June 11, 2026 - End of Year Banquet and Business Meeting in person and on zoom
All food will be provided by the club. The menu will include mini sandwich platters, pizza, chips, drinks, and desserts. Come socialize with your fellow members for one last time before breaking for the summer. Weather permitting, we will eat outdoors so please bring a lawn chair. If the weather is not favorable, we will be indoors.
Dinner at 6 pm will be followed by our last club meeting of the year, which will begin at 7:30 pm and include a business meeting and awards. The meeting portion of the evening will be on Zoom as well. We will open Zoom at 7:00 for those who would like to socialize before the meeting begins.
Your registration will give us a firm head count of people that will attend so that we can order the right amount of food. It will also help to replenish our Scholarship Fund, with 100% of the monies collected to be given to the fund for next year’s recipients.
Please register no later than Tuesday, June 9 at 11:59 pm.
Workshops
Coming this fall 2026
Women vs Men Challenge Pairings 2025-26
Multi-Club Competition 2027
You can start shooting for the 2027 Multi-Club competition now! Image dates are 4/1/26-3/31/27. Members may choose to submit two digital photographic images taken between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027 in any or all of the eight categories. Categories are:
Around the Table
Cars
Color in Nature
Geometry
Long Exposure
Silhouette
Through the Looking Glass
All the information regarding this competition between Boston, Gateway and Stony Brook Camera Clubs can be found HERE
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
Our award-winning newsletter, Reflections, has been in existence since September 2003. You can check out past issues HERE.
Tom Amsterburg is now the editor of Reflections. He is always looking for contributions from our membership. If you would like to submit a travelogue, how-to article, review of favorite editing software, "how I made this image", or anything else you think would be of interest to our members, please reach out to him with your images and any article ideas. Below is the link to his email address.
Tom'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”.
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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