Monthly Meetings
Meeting Location
The Duxbury Camera Club monthly meetings are usually held in the "Merry Room", at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St., on the first Wednesday of every month. Parking is located at the REAR of the building near the tennis courts.
Attend (1) Free Meeting
If you are NOT a Club member but would like to join us for a meeting and see what we are all about, please Contact Us to ask about attending one (1) free meeting.
January - "The World of Macrophotography"
By
Mike Moats
Date: Wednesday, January 8th @ 7PM
Location: On Zoom (Link will be emailed to members)
Presenter: Mike Moats
Title: The World of Macrophotography: The Properly Equipped Macro Photographer
Description:
Being a properly equipped macro photographer is not just about the equipment, but also equipping yourself with the how-to knowledge of macro photography. Mike will cover the most important equipment for macro photography, how to control depth of field, composition, and finding character in your subjects.
Biography:
Mike Moats is an international award-winning full time pro macro photographer from Michigan. Tamron Image Master, Vanguard Pro, and his articles and images have been published in many photo magazines for over 18 years. He has a Macro Photo Club online with over 2,800 members, from 29 countries. Mike teaches workshops and speaks at photo conference throughout the US.
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/mikemoatsphotography/
February - "Critique Night"
By
Suzanne Revy
Date: Wednesday, February 5th @ 7PM
Location: On Zoom (Link will be emailed to members)
Presenter: Suzanne Revy
Title: Critique Night
Description:
Critique Night is a chance to get an award winning, highly skilled, photographer's feedback on one (or two) of your photos. Whether you are thinking about entering a photo into a competition (or exhibition), or you just want to get some feedback on "What's Wrong or What's Right?" with your image. This is a great learning experience that we encourage all Members to participate in.
Before December 1st, an entry gallery will be opened so that you can upload your image(s) that will be critiqued. The deadline for entries will be January 12th.
Biography:
Suzanne Révy is a photographer, writer and educator. She earned a BFA in photography from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY. After art school, she worked as a photography editor in magazine publishing at U.S.News & World Report and later at Yankee Magazine. With the arrival of two sons, she left publishing and began photographing her children to create a visual diary of their lives. More recently, she earned her MFA in photography from the New Hampshire Institute of Art and has been exploring the landscape in her current work.
She has exhibited at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA, the Danforth Museum of Art in Framingham, MA, The Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, MA, the Workspace Gallery in Lincoln, NE and the Camera Club of NY in New York City among others. Révy teaches Clark University in Worcester, MA. She is the associate editor of the online photography magazine, What Will You Remember? and serves on the board of the Photographic Resource Center in Cambridge, MA.
Her forthcoming book A Murmur in the Trees will be published by Workshop Arts and will accompany a solo exhibition at the Danforth Art Museum that opens in the fall of 2024.
Links:
https://www.suzannerevy.com/
March - "Artificial Intelligence in Photography"
By
Jim Zuckerman
Date: Wednesday, March 5th @ 7PM
Location: On Zoom (Link will be emailed to members)
Presenter: Jim Zuckerman
Title: AI -- Beyond Your Imagination
Description:
A detailed look into the creative possibilities with artificial intelligence
Biography:
Jim Zuckerman left his medical studies in 1970 to pursue his love of photography and turn it into a career. Jim specializes in wildlife, nature, and travel photography, macro work, and digital effects. His diversity in technique and style is unique in the professional arena. Jim was a contributing editor to Petersen's Photographic Magazine and Shutterbug Magazine for decades, and he is the author of 26 books on photography.
His images, articles, and photo features have been published in scores of books and magazines including Time-Life books, publications of the National Geographic Society, the Economist, Omni Magazine, and Life Magazine. Jim leads photography tours to exotic destinations such as Indonesia, Ethiopia, South Africa, Kenya, Patagonia, Iceland and Brazil, plus he conducts workshops to photograph frogs and reptiles, snowy owls, carnival in Venice, and more.
Links:
https://www.jimzuckerman.com/
April - "Architecture"
By
Elisif Brandon
Date: Wednesday, April 2nd @ 7PM
Location: Merry Room at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St.
Presenter: Elisif Brandon
Title: Architectural Photography
Description:
TBA
Biography:
Elisif is a member and past president of the Newton Camera Club and has been judging since 2005 for camera clubs such as Merrimack Valley Camera Club, Nashoba Valley Photo Club, and Boston Camera Club. She started her own business as a professional architectural photographer in 2007, after discovering her passion for photographing buildings. Her clients include CUBE 3 Architects, Tishman Speyer, Margulies Perruzzi, JLL, and Cushman & Wakefield.
At the architectural biennial in Venice, Italy, Elisif reached a global audience for the first time when she was invited to be part of the exhibition and exhibited 11 of her works.
Locally, she has had images published in Boston Magazine, the Boston Globe, on Chronicle, in the New England Real Estate Journal, and has exhibited photos in juried exhibitions at Panopticon, the Boston Society of Architects, the Bromfield Gallery, Plymouth Center for the Arts, the Galatea Gallery in SOWA.
She has served for several years as a teaching assistant for Sue Anne Hodges at New England School of Photography for the evening printing workshops. She also prints photos for some Newton Camera Club members and other local photographers.
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/elisifphotography/
https://www.facebook.com/elisifphotography
May - "Experimental Photography"
By
Dave Mullen
Date: Wednesday, May 7th @ 7PM
Location: Merry Room at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St.
Presenter: David Mullen
Title: Experimental Photography
Description:
In-camera cell phone apps, Photoshop, AI, all offer photographers creative outlets of which our predecessors could only have dreamed. In this presentation Dave will demonstrate several apps that allow creative expression with cell phone cameras and with Artificial Intelligence. Combining traditional photography and AI offers the digital artist not only new tools, but serendipitous results to spark our imaginations.
Biography:
As an educator for over 45 years, Dave began his photographic career in the darkroom days while living in the Washington DC area. In retirement, Dave moved to Cape Cod where he has continued photographing, teaching, and exhibiting. His work has been published in CameraArts Magazine and in the "Our Magnificant Planet" Books from Lenswork Magazine. He has also had his photos exhibited in many Galleries, including: the Cape Cod Art Center, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, and the Washington Gallery
Dave currently teaches classes and workshops at the Cape Cod Art Center and offers portrait sessions, one-on-one mentoring, and camera club talks on a variety of topics.
Links:
www.davidmullenphoto.com
https://www.facebook.com/davidmullenphotography
https://www.instagram.com/davidmullenphoto/
June - "End-of-Season Party"
Date: Wednesday, June 4th @ 7PM
Location: Merry Room at the Duxbury Free Library, 77 Alden St.
Description: Come join us for the Club's Grand Season Finale complete with entertainment and food. We will be presenting the Field Trip and Member slideshows and will have a buffet of delicious treats and beverages for you to enjoy.
This will also be a great opportunity to socialize and reconnect with everyone in-person.