Welcome to the Gateway Camera Club
Our goals are to share ideas, knowledge, and insight; to help improve the skills and abilities of our members; and to have some fun while enjoying photography. We recognize photography is changing, growing and with ever-emerging technologies, more exciting than ever! Gateway was one of the first local camera clubs to embrace digital photography and, as a result, we have some very knowledgeable digital photographers. Many award-winning members of Gateway Camera Club honed their talents and abilities through the mentoring they found at Gateway.
Our club is very active and we meet on most Tuesdays from September to June 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Want to compete, learn and share? Check out our exciting schedule. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Just stop in and introduce yourself. We hope you'll soon find an aspect of Gateway that fits your interests. Please browse our website, learn more about what we do, and enjoy. And remember, enthusiasm is catchy.
Come and catch some!
The slideshow to the right are images from our October Competition
Interested in seeing what Gateway Camera Club is all about? You are welcome to join as a Guest Member for 30 days. Just send us an Email and you will be added to the attendee list for the next 30 days.
Upcoming Events
Program Night - October 22nd Zoom - "From Single Image to Narrative Project" presented by Robert Dash
An avid nature photographer for several decades, Dash turned his attention to thematic bodies of work to explore more complex stories. Over the past dozen years, Dash’s photography took a dramatic shift, blending scanning electron microscopy, photo-montage, and editorial projects, culminating in two books, a traveling exhibition, and publication in major magazines. Dash will briefly review his photographic roots before featuring the techniques and rewards of this narrative work.
Brief bio: An award-winning author, photographer, and career science educator, Robert Dash features small subjects with large stories about climate and biodiversity. His work has been published by TIME, Geographical (UK), Lenswork, and National Geographic. Dash’s images have appeared in galleries and juried shows in the US and overseas; his traveling exhibition and new book (Papadakis Publisher, UK, 2024) are entitled Food Planet Future: The Art of Turning Food and Climate Perils Into Possibilities.
NECCC/PSA Fall Competition Deadline - Friday November 1st - Nature, Monochrome and Color
November Competition Deadline - Sunday November 3rd - 11:59 PM Sharp - Theme is Minimalism
Education Night - November 5th - "Stories Behind the Stars" presented by Dawn Wilson
In the hours between sunset and sunrise, the sky transforms into a galaxy unfathomable in its size. But what is it like to be out in the cover of darkness? What is the experience like? And why are dark skies so important? Join Dawn Wilson for a presentation to hear her stories about working in the darkness of night with her camera. She will reflect on her first time seeing a sky full of stars, tell stories about encounters with wildlife and her hopes for improving dark skies for animals that rely on it for hunting and resting. The presentation will include a collection of photos and videos that show star trails, Northern Lights, the Milky Way, an eclipse and the moon from dark sky locations in Colorado, Wyoming, Alaska and more.
Bio: Dawn Wilson is a professional, and award-winning nature photographer and writer specializing in telling stories about wildlife and her adventures in the outdoors. An avid hiker, naturalist, and traveler, Dawn’s work, which includes more than 800 bylined articles and photo credits, has appeared in Outdoor Photographer, Nature’s Best Photography, MotorHome, and many more. Learn more at dawnwilsonphotography.com.
Competition Night - November 12th - Theme Minimalism with Judge Daniel Carey
Image Study - November 19th - Commentator Mike Goodman
Program Night - November 26th - "Natural Light Portraiture" presented by Jeremy Woodhouse
Jeremy will focus on lifestyle travel photography, specifically techniques for photographing portraits and environmental portraits in the field.
Bio: Leaving his graphic design job in 1999, Jeremy became a full time outdoor, travel and lifestyle stock photographer. He has visited 100+ countries around the globe and has no plans to stop exploring. Since 2012, and due to the decline in the stock photography industry, he led dozens of instructional photo tours and photo workshops all over the world, and is just as comfortable photographing Naga Sadhus at a Hindu festival as he is photographing puffins on the edge of a cliff in Iceland. He is known for his boundless energy and enthusiasm.
Field Trips, Events of Interests, SIGs
Arnold Arboretum - Sunday Oct 27th, 2024
Join us to capture images of autumn foliage at the Arnold Arboretum on Sunday October 27. We will meet in mid morning and spend a couple of hours walking and photographing the trees and landscape at this large living museum. Our subjects will be some of the multi-club competition categories - trees, clouds, and perhaps a person for an environmental portrait. Tripods are allowed.
The 281 acre park with over 15,000 plants will keep us occupied for a few hours until we break for lunch. If the nearly 400 maple trees are past peak foliage, we will photograph conifers and other trees and plants.
Register before October 25 on the website - scroll to “Field Trips” on the Home Page. Mary O'Brien will send details about where and when to meet to the signed up group on October 25.
REGISTRATION LINK - /club/Events_view.aspx?Eventid=af48ca59-bf2a-4b5b-96b3-089e14af82a5
Multi-Club 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
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2024 - 2025 Competition Themes
November Minimalism
Defined in Merriam-Webster as: A style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme sparseness and simplicity. Minimalism depends on high simplicity and involves using a minimal amount of compositional components such as shape, color and line. The simpler, the better in this case.
January Water
Any photo where the primary subject of the photograph is water. This includes lakes, oceans, beaches, rivers, pools, ponds, waterfalls. But don’t limit yourself. Water photos could include kids playing in water, people walking in the rain, dogs playing in the sprinkler, water splashes or drops, etc.
February Windows
A photograph where the primary subject consists of Windows. Windows show character and often have reflections or provide the opportunity to peek within. The photograph can consist of windows alone and/or interaction of people, animals, objects with the window.
March Lonely Tree
A photograph where a solo tree that is the main subject. The tree can be the only tree in the image or stand out from other trees or items.
April Black and White
There is more than one definition of black and white. For our competitions, a black and white image may consist exclusively of black and white or may include shades of gray tone (grayscale) that may range from dark (black) to light (white). A black and white image is a monochrome image, but not all monochrome images qualify as black and white. An image will not qualify as a black and white image if it contains tones, shades or hues of color other than black, gray or white.
May Music
A photograph that represents music or the making of music. This includes musicians, musical instruments, notes, etc
Photographer's Event List
Buz is creating an events of interest to photographers list. This is intended to be an interactive list with any member sending Buz an event that they've learned about. The event can be anything that you think would be of interest to photographers. These could be larger regional events or small home town celebrations of some kind. Any theme might be a good event: specialty sports (nat'l leagues, we already know about), state and local fairs and festivals, flowers and gardens, historic, special visiting exhibits at museums, and events that defy categorization. As you send Buz events, he will add to the list and send out periodic updated e-mails.
All Season Car Shows Many, many local and regional motor vehicle related events, weekdays and weekends. Contact Buz for info.
Weekends Through Oct. 20, King Richard's Faire, Festival | King Richard's Faire | Carver
Nov. 02
Revolutionary War Encampment and Demonstrations - Holliston, MA, -
300th Calendar
Instagram
GCC has established two Instagram hashtags to promote our club member's pictures. These are as follows:
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We are looking forward to seeing your pictures under our hashtags on Instagram. Please contact anyone on the Social Media Committee (Fred Floru, Beth DeBor, or Susan McIntyre) if you have any questions.
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