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
Competition Night - November 12th Zoom - Theme Minimalism with Judge Daniel Carey
Image Study - November 19th Zoom - Commentator Mike Goodman
Program Night - November 26th - In Person (Watch Party) - "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.
Education Night - December 3rd Zoom -"Editing Bird Images for Artistic Creativity" presented by Jackie Kramer
Jackie enjoys bird photography and loves to portray her subjects in a variety of ways just as she does with flowers. Many of her images are nearly complete as shot and only receive minor adjustments in Lightroom, while others continue into the post-processing phase and take on a more artistic look by the addition of textures and creative editing. Join Jackie as she takes us on a journey through Lightroom and Photoshop as she demonstrates how you can also spice up your own images in a way that incorporates your unique vision and composite imagery.
Jackie Kramer bio: Jackie has been photographing the natural world, with an emphasis on flowers and birds since high school. Jackie is a Lensbaby Ambassador and KelbyOne instructor who has received international acclaim for her images. Her work has been published in numerous online and print magazines.
Jackie's true passion is to encourage people to live their legacy, which she does primarily through her Facebook group, Phlorography - Artistic Floral Photography, with thousands of passionate floral photographers from around the world. She is committed to supporting other photographers and using photography as a medium to build relationships and enrich each other’s lives. Jackie has been leading photography tours to Central and South America to photograph birds for several years and looks forward to going back every year to visit different locations and in different seasons.
Holiday Party - December 10th
Program Night - December 17th - Zoom "Winter Landscape Photography" presented by David Long
Winter Landscape Photography - Winter is my second favorite season mainly because of its juxtaposition with the other three where the scenes overflow with color. Most people avoid shooting in the winter due to the cold, harsh conditions. With good planning, the correct clothing and accessible locations, you have the chance to open up an entirely new landscape opportunity.
David Long Bio: I live the majority of the year in Massachusetts, splitting my time between the Boston area and Cape Cod. I have been working professionally as a landscape photographer for the last ten years and travel extensively throughout New England teaching landscape photography through my workshops and tours, my twelve e-books, camera club presentations, national podcasts, landscape blogs and postings to my large social media community.
My work has been featured by Outdoor Photographer, The Boston Globe, Newport Life, Cape Cod Magazine, Yankee Magazine and Boston Voyager. My work can also be seen on many calenders including The Light of New England, Maine Life and Vermont Living as well as advertising done on VisitMA, the official advertising site for the state of Massachusetts.
Recent Awards: 2023 Fine Art of Photography - 1st Place, 2023 & 2024 Cape Cod Life Photo Contest - Ist Place, 2023 & 2022 - Boston Camera Club - Image of the Year, 2021 & 2019 NECCC Image of the Year, 2020 Nantucket Image of the Year, 2018 AMC Image of the Year.
Field Trips, Events of Interests, SIGs
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.
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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