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Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month For Members and Guests
Meetings begin at 7:30pm in Adjoining Rooms 237 and 239
Training, when scheduled, will begin at 6:15pm in Room 239
Use either the Elevator or the Staircase by the Elevator to access the second floor.
Second Tuesdays - Contest Results Videos Live at 7:30 PM
Fourth Tuesdays - Program Meetings Live at 7:30 PM
Training when Scheduled is Held Before Each Meeting at 6:15PM
New and Prospective Members are invited to a Dallas Camera Club Orientation with Keni Evans and Lola Laird.
Meet in the back of the room at 6:15 before the Second Tuesday Meeting to hear about the rich history of the club
and learn how to best leverage the resources of the club to improve your photography.
The objective of the Dallas Camera Club is the mutual entertainment and education of its members in all forms of amateur photographic art. The DCC hosts contests and events including monthly competitions, field trips, training classes for all skill levels, workshops, programs of general interest, an Annual Awards Banquet and an annual competition with the Fort Worth Camera Club. The DCC emphasizes club competition as a learning process. Importance is placed on helping the beginner, or new member, feel at ease, ask questions, learn and participate.
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May 2025 Newsletter OPEN
Potpourri Night
"a miscellaneous collection"
May 13, 2025
Submit shows by Sunday, May 11, 2025 to
housemanagers@dallascameraclub.org
Each year at the first meeting in May, members are encouraged to present their work in themed A-V shows on DCC Potpourri Night. These popular shows allow members to present their images in a story-telling format with sound and effects.
Dallas Camera Club 90th Anniversary Photography Exhibition
“Inspiring Photographers for 90 Years 1934-2024”
Bath House Cultural Center
Congratulations on a Great Show
Thanks to Scherry Johnson, Esteemed Coordinator
Thanks to Jerry Martin for Creating a Slideshow and Video
Slideshow of 90th Anniversary Exhibition at Bath House Cultural Center SHOW
Video of 90th Anniversary Exhibition at Bath House Cultural Center VIDEO
Programs
Details of Past Programs and a List of Future Programs HERE
May 27, 2025
Houston Brown
Drone Photography & Video Advantages
Audience take away
What I hope to bring to light for the audience is the advantages that a drone can bring to the art of both photography and video. There are really only 2 main key points here which are quite significant to traditional ground-based photography.
They are:
- Perspective
- Convenience, mostly in the area of saving time.
I have been shooting photography for over 15 years and video for eight years. My photography career started off quite accidentally and I pretty much fell into it by way of needing images for a website I created for my boating hobby back in the light 90s from there. From there, I was trying to find out what kind of photography I wanted to do so of course, dabbled in portraiture, wedding, and even newborn photography, but quickly found out that was not for me. I did really enjoy shooting models in the studio as that allowed me a little more artistic latitude in that I could, play with the light, but even that was not enough so I ventured more into combining photography and compositing which I really enjoyed as I very much like crating art from various photographs with an end vision of the composite representing something that would either be difficult or impossible to achieve otherwise.
I now shoot mainly video for clients in the Ranch Real Estate business. I travel mainly around Texas shooting ranches for various clients and occasionally traveling out of state and country. I have shot tracts of land as small as a few acres that is nothing but dirt to unbelievable ranches with mansions, beautiful equestrian centers, cattle ranches, vineyards, and hunting ranches with exotic game.
With Technology constantly changing we can be difficult to keep up with, but every once in a while, a technology comes along that can help us if not improve, but at least diversify the tools that help us with our craft. I believe that the drones that are available today due just that. I hope that you will come out, and hear what I have to say about drone photography, and video and that it may inspire you to push the limits of your craft just a little bit further.
Field Trip Videos
See all Field Trip Videos here. Dallas Camera Club - Videos
Upcoming Field Trips
SPECIAL FIELD TRIP: RESCHEDULED
WHAT: MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY OF CACTUS AND SUCCULENTS
WHEN: SATURDAY MAY 3rd 10 AM to NOON
WHERE: IRWIN LIGHTSONE’S HOME, 9048 ROYAL CROWN, DALLAS, TX
LUNCH: Hat Creek Burger Company | Walnut Hill 8185 Walnut Hill Ln #1400
Irwin Lightstone is a renowned and respected authority on cactus and succulents as well as an expert photographer. Irwin’s stacked macro images are breathtaking. He has offered to host members of the Dallas Camera Club at his home and make some of his extensive collection available to be photographed. Bring your closeup equipment, tripods, and questions for a fun morning of shooting. If you have, what we used to call a TV tray (a small portable table), bring that as well. You can use it to elevate the potted specimens so that you won’t have to be bending over so much. After lunch, Irwin says you can return if you haven’t had enough. I think that you will be surprised and impressed at the number and variety of plants Irwin has in his collection. It should be a good time for all!
SPECIAL FIELD TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT
WHAT: A DOCENT LEAD TOUR OF THE AVEDON EXHIBIT
WHERE: THE AMON CARTER MUEUM OF AMERICAN ART, FORT WORTH
WHEN: TUESDAY, MAY 20TH
Join us for an afternoon tour of a new exhibition of Richard Avedon’s photography from his acclaimed project, “In The American West” at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Ft. Worth. We will meet for lunch around 11:30 am at a nearby restaurant (Lucile's | A Fort Worth Restaurant Classic) and then reassemble at the museum to begin our docent lead tour at 1:30 pm. Please let me know if you plan to attend, thanks. lpetterborg@gmail.com
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX 1985 — The Richard Avedon Foundation
MAY 2025 FIELD TRIP
WHAT: FIESTA CHARRA (Fiesta Charra | City of Lewisville, TX)
WHERE: BILL WEAVER ARENA, 101 PARKWAY DR. LEWISVILLE
WHEN: 25 MAY 2025, 4-10 PM
“This free, family-friendly event will feature several activities of a traditional Charreada, which is like a rodeo and practiced in Mexico. FREE admission. Live music, horsemanship, vendors and more.” Food and drink will be available on site. Parking at the arena may fill early in the afternoon so please check the event web site for parking and shuttle information.
JULY FIELD TRIP
WHEN: FRIDAY, JULY 18TH
WHAT: FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS BASEBALL GAME
Frisco RoughRiders | MiLB.com
WHERE: RIDERS FIELD, 7300 ROUGHRIDERS TRAIL, FRISCO, TX
Parking | RoughRiders (milb.com)
For anyone that has not experienced minor league baseball or has and wants more, you are in for a treat. Minor league ballparks are smaller than those used for major league teams like the Texas Rangers and honestly, way more fun! The Dallas Camera Club has a block of seats along the 3rd base line giving members an excellent opportunity to capture the action up close and personal. The game with the Corpus Christi Hooks begins at 7:05 pm but I suggest getting there at least an hour earlier to be able to scout other shooting locations and photograph the players warming up. Tickets are $31, that gets you a seat and a $10 voucher for the concession stands. Please purchase your tickets using the PayPal link on the DCC website under the Field Trips tab. Contact me, lpetterborg@gmail.com, after you buy your ticket so I can keep a list and if you have any questions. Your longest lens will probably give you the best images of the action, but short focal lengths work well for crowd shots and the post-game fireworks. Tripods will be allowed but not on the grass playing field.
Parking | RoughRiders (milb.com)
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Caddo Lake Fall Color
Dallas Camera Club Field Trip
November 7-9, 2025
Make Plans Now
DETAIL
The Dallas Camera Club is going to Caddo Lake this year for its annual Fall Color field trip. It has been almost 10 years since the club last visited Caddo Lake, so many members may not be familiar with the lake. Here is a short introduction. For more details, see the links at the end.
Caddo Lake is one of Texas' few natural lakes. Some say the only one. It is also one of 27 wetlands in the US recognized by Ramsar Convention. Lodging and boat rentals are centered around the tiny town of Uncertain, Texas, population less than 100. Caddo Lake is on the Texas–Louisiana border about 3 hours east of Dallas. It has diverse aquatic plant life and wildlife in a bald cypress swamp with a bottomland hardwood forest. It is home to 190 species of trees and shrubs, 22 species of amphibians, 47 mammal species and more than 220 kinds of birds. Over 40 of the native bird species are endangered. Here are a few photos from around the lake.
Contests February 2025 Contest Results
May 2025 Contest Entries Due - May11, 2025
Projected Open
Monochrome Print - Open
Color Print - Open
Dallas Camera Club - February 2025 Winners
Dallas Camera Club - 2024-2025 Scoresheet
February 2025 Projected VIDEO February 2025 Print (Monochrome and Color) VIDEO
Training
Live Training is Available Before Regular Meetings at 6:15
Online Training Is Available to Members of
Dallas Camera Club and Plano Photography Club
Details and Schedules For All DCC Classes: Dallas Camera Club - Training and Education
Training held via Zoom. Find access code DCC MEMBERS
Dallas Camera Club - 2024 Class Material
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