Welcome!
New meeting location!
As of our January 6th, 2025 meeting we will 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 will 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 welcomed. 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.
New! The monthly newsletters are available to read online!
2025 Program Nights
April 21 - Corey O'Neil: A Dynamic Workflow for Creating Beautiful Landscapes
Corey will cover key steps in his workflow process - from capture to final production as well as some of the "dead end" moments we hit as photographers, and how to use those moments as a springboard for greater creativity. Sample Images
May 19 - Leslie Hickey (www.lesliehickey.com): The Most Strange Telephone, and Other Memories
Leslie will begin her lecture by giving a short reading from her book, "The Most Strange Telephone and Other Memories", and then describe the evolution of the project and her book-making process.
June 16 - Nick Menard: Equine Sports Photography
Nick will discuss the art and craft of equine sport photography from the elegance of English riding styles to the wild energy of the rodeo. He will cover technical aspects of this genre including gear, settings and workflow as well as what makes a great image. Nick will discuss how to progress from novice to paid professional and the opportunities that exist in equine sports photography.
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 - Bruce Jackson: Landscape Photography -
'Images.....Stories and Lessons': Windows into my creative process through stories behind the images and lessons learned along the way.
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.
