The Club’s mission is to provide a supportive forum where photographers of all levels can gather to learn, share ideas and techniques, and explore both the science and art of photography. These goals will be met through presentations by external speakers as well as fellow club members and active participation by members in club photo assignments, competitions, field trips and monthly meetings.

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We encourage our members to review the PSA Scoring Guide for the PSA Interclub competitions and consider representing our club by entering their own images. If you are interested please complete the release form and forward it to Simon Robertson.

Club Meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 6:30 PM in the St. James Community Center. In addition, all meetings will be shown on Zoom, so members who cannot get to the community center can attend. Members are encouraged to attend meetings, particularly in person, to ensure the best possible Club experience for all.

St. James Photography Club 2025 Monthly Photo Assignment

For our most recent meeting, we reviewed members "Cityscape" photos from the last two years. We learned and laughed while watching a video from Scott Kelby who described using an iPhone as his backup or even main travel photography camera. If you search YouTube.com, you will find many entertaining and educational videos from him. In addition, we saw a YouTube video from Carl Taylor titled: “Are you making these 7 common food photography mistakes?" This may be helpful in the next round of club assignments. 

Great job with your Cityscape submissions!

For next month, get your "Food" photos submitted for inclusion in our October monthly photo assignment!

As a reminder, submissions should be in jpg format and the max size should be 1920 x 1080 pixels or below 3 mb per image. To submit photos just click on "Competitions" (from the menu above) then "Submit Images to a Competition". There is a tutorial located under the heading "Competitions" if you require assistance.

Please note the following criteria for submission. 

• Photo must have been captured within 24 months of submission deadline (new!)
• No watermarks (authors name on the image)
• No authors name in title
• Photos not meeting the criteria will be disqualified

Future monthly assignment topics are: (Plan ahead!)

• October - Food
• November - Scary Things
• December - Holiday (Any Holiday)

St James Photography Club 2025 INTERNAL Competition

2025 St. James Photography Club Internal Competition will reopen for the third and final (for 2025) competition from October 

Guidelines:

• Topic: "Street"
• Submission window: Between October 13 and October 20
• Email entry to docman10@gmail.com
• Only one entry per person is allowed. 
• The image must have been taken within 2 years of the club meeting when critiques and
  awards are given
• Image must be in .jpeg format.
• Image must be sized to: No greater than 1920 pixels in width and no greater than 1080
  pixels in height
• Image may not have watermarks
• The .jpeg image file name must be in the following format:
  • Use following format for above (Example: LastName_First Name_Division A or B_Title)
  · EXIF data must include Date taken.
  · Send the image as a .JPEG attachment

St. James Photography Club 2025 PSA Interclub Submissions

We have registered for the PSA Interclub competitions for both color and monochrome. For the first round the closing date to get photos to Simon is October 15th to allow time for the club to judge internally before sending to PSA by November 15th. However, if you already have a photo for each category then you can send it to me now. To be eligible to submit a photo you have to sign the "PSA release form" which is in the "release form" link above in latest news. If you have not signed the form please do so and send it to Simon at simonatlarge@gmail.com or bring it to the next meeting. If you have signed the form already it is valid for 3 years and all those who have signed are still within the 3 year timeframe.

Helpful Tips

 - Several months ago we previewed a video '1 Mile, 1 Year, 1 Lens'. You can access that video here. 

Field Trips/Workshops 

 Suggestions for future outings are very welcome. Contact Peter Riekstens at saloon@aol.com

Club Membership

Membership is open to all residents of the St. James community. Annual dues of $25.00 are due by January 31st. 

If you want to join our club or renew your membership, please click on the "2025 Membership Form" below and either bring the completed form and check to our next meeting or mail the completed form and check to Pat Powell, her address can be found on the membership form. Thank You.

The St James Photo Club Membership form can be downloaded here: 2025 Membership Form  

For suggestions regarding meeting topics or monthly assignments, general questions, or help creating your St James Photo Club website account, please reach out to either Mogens Hermansen or Simon Robertson.