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.

 Monthly Photo Assignment

For our most recent meeting, we reviewed members "Travel Photos" from the last two years. Over 70 images were submitted from a wide variety of travel destinations. In addition, there was very good crowd in attendance who enjoyed the excellent break time refreshments. We also learned and laughed while watching a video from Scott Kelby. If you search YouTube.com, you will find many entertaining and educational videos from him.

Great job with your travel submissions!

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

As a reminder, submission 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!)

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

St James Photography Club 2025 INTERNAL Competition - Landscape

Submit one landscape/seascape photo for inclusion in this competition with your fellow photographers. Judging will be performed by a PSA judge.

Submissions should be predominately or exclusively a sea-, or land-scape. These “scapes” must include distinctive and recognizable natural physical landscape features, although it is not necessary that the image identify the location. Human elements (including structures and other man-made objects, humans, and other signs of humans) are allowed in the image, so long as the natural landscape is the main element/(subject), and the human element is incidental to the main element. Ideally, the human elements will complement the natural landscape.

Please submit your entries to Jeffrey Hanke at JHHank57@gmail.com between the period of August 11 and the end of the day on August 18, 2025. Sorry, late entries will not be accepted. Jeff will confirm submissions. If you don't receive the confirmation within two days, please contact him.

To help Jeff recognize the emails in his inbox, please use the following text in the Subject line of your email: “LANDSCAPE COMPETITION_YOUR LAST NAME”. Please use CAPs as shown to help the email stand out for Jeff.

Please carefully read the submission guidelines. This will help avoid potentially missing your submission, and putting unnecessary burden on Jeff to prepare for the competition with a PSA assigned Judge.

 SUBMISSION COMPETITION GUIDELINES:

• 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. For this competition, the image must have been taken after September 8, 2023
• 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:
  

• Name of Photographer (last name first), Competition Division A or B, Image title
  
• Example: Hanke_Jeffrey_DivA_Title)
  

• EXIF data must include Date taken
  
• Send the image as an .JPEG attachment

Please email Jeff if you have any questions.

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.