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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.
Meet in Room 237 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.
New and Prospective Members: Come to the North Entry Door where a sign for Dallas Camera Club Meeting will be posted with instructions.
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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June 23, 2026
Laura Wilson
Laura was born and raised in a suburb outside Boston in a family that valued art. In college she majored in painting. Fast forwarding to her marriage, she and her husband produced three sons. An interesting aside is that these sons became well-known actors. With her having three active sons Laura quickly learned that painting took up much time, so she picked up a camera as an artistic outlet. Because of her background in painting, photography was quite natural, because she was already familiar with the ideas of elements of design, composition, and color.
In 1965 she and her husband moved to Dallas, where her husband took a position as the head of KERA. Years later she met world-renown photographer Richard Avedon who was known for his fashion photography. By then he had taken on the assignment to photograph people in the American West, based on a commission from the Amon Carter Museum. On a lark Laura applied for a job to work as his assistant. Their first work together involved going to Sweetwater Texas to photograph a rattlesnake roundup. During her work (1979-1986) with Avedon, they photographed in seventeen states in the American West. Her job as his assistant was to find interesting subjects outside the mainstream for him to photograph with his 8x10 camera. She found these people in state fairs, rodeos, carnivals, coal mines, oil fields, slaughterhouses, and prisons. While working for Avedon, her own photography was developing as well.
The major influences on her photography were Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Robert Frank, and most especially Richard Avedon. The common denominator with all these artists was their focus on photographing people, although the types of people, and the setting were quite varied. These photographers she most admired could be described by a variety of words, such as street photographers, photojournalists, documentary photographers and portraitists. Those words also described much of Laura Wilson’s photography.
Laura Wilson is the author of eight books in photography. Her best-known book is Avedon at Work: In the American West. Her last two published books were within the last four years. One was a collection of portraits of famous authors, and the other was based on her photography in Mexico.
To fully appreciate a program by Laura Wilson, the suggestion is made to go to Laura Wilson’s webpage, which is the following: laurawilsonphotography.com. Seeing her photography online is one of the best ways of becoming aware of her work.
July 28, 2026
Jan Dreskin-Haig
Explorations Near and Far
DCC member, Jan Dreskin-Haig graduated with an MFA in printmaking from the University of Michigan. Working in multiple mediums, she incorporates a common aesthetic, with concerns for color, space, layering, line quality and energy. Her work is included in public and private collections including the National Gallery of Art and the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC.
Jan is also the director for the North Dallas Artist Studio Tour (NDAST), a position she has held for 14 years. The NDAST takes place the 4th weekend in April every year, with 2026 the 21st year for the tour. The NDAST is a self-guided driving and walking tour which this year included 25 artists in 20 home studios. During the tour, guests visit working studios and see art of many disciplines, in all of stages of creation.
Every week Jan participates in figure drawing sessions, attends location sketching with a group of artist friends, and works in her studio on larger works or ceramics, taking photos all the time. She concentrates on photography with her husband, Don as they travel, hike and attend Dallas Camera Club activities. They love to take their cameras and explore, looking for special photos.
In this club presentation, Jan will take you on their travels and share some of the favorite places they have hiked with heavy gear and the most successful of the resulting photos. Post processing with various applications also fascinates her, so she will share some of her successes.
She happily has one of these creative photos “Girl on Her Porch” taken in Mexico accepted in the current “Hecho” Exhibition at the Dallas Bath House Cultural Center, open June 6 – July 24.
Field Trip Videos
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Upcoming Field Trips
Field Trip – June 20, 2026
Legend Martial Arts, Semiannual Black Belt Test
Saturday, June 20, 2026
Auxiliary gym at Denison High School located at 4200 N. SH-91 in Denison, TX 75020
Facility opens at 8:30 AMish. Testing begins at 9:00 AM, concluding approximately 12:00 PM.
Free to attend, and open to the public.
Lunch immediately following, at:
North Rig Grill, 414 N US Hwy 75, Denison, TX 75020 Home - North Rig Grill
Bonus Opportunity if interested: Ironroot Distillery Tour at 2:00PM.
Ironroot Republic Distillery
Events: Bow In, Karate Belt Testing, Sparring, Board Breaking, Form Demonstration, Weapons Demonstration
Photographers are free to roam the gymnasium. Please be sure to keep your distance from the participants and not block the view of the judges and families watching.
Move about to get different angles and subjects. Tripods are allowed.
Legend Martial Arts has expressed interest in receiving some of your images. More details on that to follow.
Contests May 2026 Contest Results
July 2026 Entries Due - July 12, 2026
Projected Images -Open
Color Prints -Open
Monochrome Prints - Open
Dallas Camera Club - May 2026 Winners
Dallas Camera Club - 2026 - 2027 Scoresheet
May 2026 Projected VIDEO May 2026 Print (Color and Monochrome) 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 - 2025 Class Material
Outward Bound - Photographic Contest Opportunities Outside the Club
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