Welcome!
The Photography Workshop on October 19th, 2025 with Aaron Hockley ("The Impact Factor: Take Your Photography from Good to Great") is now open for registration!
We hold our Cascade Camera Club meetings at the Bend Elks Lodge at 63120 Boyd Acres Rd, Bend, OR 97701 (Boyd Acres Rd/Empire Rd. area). We meet in the 3 Sisters room from 6:30pm-8:30pm. There is plenty of parking and all well-lit. The doors by the flagpole will be unlocked during our meetings.
In-person meetings are on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month. The first Monday each month is a Critique Night, and the third Monday each month is a Program Night. The schedule may change when a meeting falls on/near a holiday or due to availability. Please see the events calendar for upcoming meetings.
All are welcome! Visitors are invited to attend 2 meetings as guests - see what we are about, meet our members and learn more about joining.
We are a learning and sharing club and have two types of meetings. On critique nights club members share images they submit for display and review. On program nights a guest speaker shares information of interest to pursuing photography, from gear to techniques to processing software to where to find great locations.
Our members have a wide range of photographic interests, including landscapes, night/astro photography, still life, wildlife, portraits, black and white, macro, and abstracts. We also have members who start with photos to create digital works of art.
Monthly newsletters are available to read online!
2025 Program Nights
July 21 - Wes Couglin: Powering Extreme Visual with Concept and Story
Join Bend-based filmmaker Wes Coughlin for a look into his 15-year career, capturing compelling stories in some of the world's most extreme environments.
His dynamic portfolio includes six seasons of Discovery Channel's Shark Week, three seasons of Outside TV's Beat Monday, the GoPro-funded series Super Frenchie, and a feature-length documentary about a London-based BASE jumper. In his commercial realm, his work includes projects for major brands like Meta, Garmin, and Samsung.
As an avid adventurer himself, Wes believes that the most impactful visuals are born from a deep understanding of the story's core concept. In this talk, he will share his journey and creative evolution, offering practical insights on how to harness the power of story to craft more compelling photos and videos. You'll learn how a strong central idea can transform your work, whether you're capturing once-in-a-lifetime action or finding beauty in your own backyard.
August 18 - Robert Agli: 60 Years in Focus: A Life Through the Lens
Join Robert on a blast through the decades and how the characters he met in the last 20 years with the Cascade Camera Club influenced his photo journey. Expect many guest appearances on screen.
October 20 - Aaron Hockley - Real Creativity with Artificial Intelligence
You can't talk about photography in 2025 without talking about artificial intelligence. Software such as Midjourney and Adobe Firefly allows for the creation of entire images, and we've seen AI-powered tools added to nearly all photo editing software, such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Luminar, Apple Photos, ON1, and more. Each week we get new AI photography news. It could be an announcement about a new tool from Adobe, Google, or OpenAI, or it might be an argument or lawsuit about the copyright aspects of the tools. Let's take a *practical* look at using artificial intelligence to augment (not replace) our creative photography work.
We'll briefly review how AI image-generation tools work and touch on the copyright issues before getting into the software to explore numerous ways to incorporate AI into our creative world.
November 17 - TBD
Some sample shots by club members. Click on any image to enlarge, and to start slide show of all images on the page.
