The Weekly is a publication of the Jacksonville Camera Club. It provides a heads up of the coming events and announcements of a timely nature. It contains both Club events and other items of interest to members. If you have feedback or something to announce please see directions in the sidebar. Thanks for reading.
Events Calendar
The next meeting is Thursday, August 7, 2025
- Program: Monochrome Print Results.
- People's Choice theme is General - bring any photo you like!
JCC Outings
- November 1 thru 4 - North George Mountains - fall color - sign up here - Unicoi State Park
JCC Contests
- Digital T3 contest runs July 17 - August 7 with results on September 4
- Print T2 (last of this year) collection dates August 21 and September 4, results November 6
F3C Contests
- 2nd Triannual print competition - JCC winners had 6 ribbons out of only 12 entries!
- Lloyd Granat - 1 blue, 2 red
- Charise Tanner - 2 yellow
- Karen Sirnick - 1 yellow
- 2nd Triannual Digital submissions July 15 - August 15
Freelance Work Opportunity
JCC received the following message: "Hello, I manage a photo studio called Studio City Sports. We do kids sports league all around the city. We are building our team now for the upcoming fall season. I wanted to see if any of your members are looking for some freelance work? Normally the shoots are on the weekends and a few of the smaller ones on weeknights. We hire photographers, assistants, posers, cashiers and coordinators." The sender is Nooney Ritacco, tel: 904-346-4433. His website is Studio City Sports.
If you are interested, contact him directly.
Educational Opportunities
- Dave Cross - Lightroom Virtual Summit - September 15 - 19, 2025 - registration not yet open.
- Dave Cross - Photoshop Virtual Summit - November 3 - 7, 2025 - registration not yet open.
- B&H, the big NYC camera dealer, has an ongoing series of free seminars and lectures. See their schedule here. Note there is a 'slider' next to the list of months where you can include past events. Past events are available to view on demand.
- Red River Paper, a photo paper manufacturer/retailer, has an online blog section with many years of informative posts on photography, paper, printing and related topics.
- A deep dive on paper as it relates to photography by Jeremy Daalder (2021). Available on the Image Science website.
- Lightroom Academy Creative Ideas, visual thinking, as well as image processing. May require subscription.
Video of Prior meeting
- A recording of the Zoom meeting of 5 June 2025 on Lensbaby lens by Cathy Kuhlman is available here.
Community Involvement and photo ops
- Audubon Florida is especially interested in reports of banded Roseate Spoonbills. See details and how to here. (For reporting tags on other species, see this page.)
- St. Johns Riverkeeper is celebrating 25 years of advocacy. Events are listed here.
Third Party Contests (they are what they are, no promises or endorsements)
- Amateur Photographer's list of the best competitions to enter in 2025.
Member Photo Postings
- The JCC Outings Gallery hosts member photos from our outings. Add your photos there and check what others have posted. On the JCC website go to Galleries > Outings Galleries > 2024.
- Members also post to the club's private Facebook page, so join in there as well. Check for the latest photo challenge or post to show what you have done or find interesting.
Other news
Facebook and Instagram
- Find out about the JCC Public Facebook page and Instagram account HERE!
Find the Club...
...on Facebook!
Our Facebook Group is very active with many members posting their photos. Many members post their photos from club outings and other subjects as well. Be sure to check it out for activities of interest, winning photos, and more!
...on the Blog!
Don't forget to check back with our Blog Page often. There is good information posted frequently that you won't want to miss!