Cascade Camera Club

July 2023 Deadline to Submit Images for Critique
2023-07-12 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles)
Deadline for members to submit July Theme or Open images for critique. Theme: Architecture

July 2023 Critique meeting
2023-07-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for July: Architecture

August 2023 Deadline to Submit Images for Critique
2023-08-02 23:59
Deadline for members to submit August Theme or Open images for critique. Theme: Opposites

August 2023 Critique meeting
2023-08-07 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for August: Opposites

August 2023 Program meeting
2023-08-21 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
August 2023 program meeting. Details to be announced.

September 2023 Deadline to Submit Images for Critique
2023-09-13 23:59
Deadline for members to submit September Theme or Open images for critique. Theme: Musical Instruments

September 2023 Critique meeting
2023-09-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for September: Musical Instruments

October 2023 Deadline to Submit Images for Critique
2023-09-27 23:59
Deadline for members to submit October Theme or Open images for critique. Theme: B/W

October 2023 Critique meeting
2023-10-02 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for October: B/W

October 2023 Program meeting
2023-10-16 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
October 2023 program meeting. Details to be announced.

November 2023 Deadline to Submit Images for Critique
2023-11-01 23:59
Deadline for members to submit November Theme or Open images for critique. Theme: Shapes

November 2023 Critique meeting
2023-11-06 18:30 - 20:00
Live critique of member images. Theme for November: Shapes

November 2023 Program meeting
2023-11-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
November 2023 program meeting. Details to be announced.

December 2023 Deadline to Submit Images for Critique
2023-11-29 23:59
Deadline for members to submit December Theme or Open images for critique. Theme: Dendritic Patterns

December 2023 Critique and Election of Officers meeting
2023-12-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for December: Dendritic Patterns
Business meeting: Election of Officers for 2024

Year end member social event
2023-12-18 18:00 - 20:30
Details to be announced

January 2024 Critique meeting
2024-01-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for January: Frozen

February 2024 Critique meeting
2024-02-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for February: Shadow/s

February 2024 Program meeting
2024-02-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
February program meeting. Details to be announced.

March Critique Meeting
2024-03-04 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for March: Desert

March Program Meeting
2024-03-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Monthly program meeting - details to be announced

April Critique Meeting
2024-04-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for April: Weather

April Program Meeting
2024-04-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States

May Program Meeting
2024-05-20 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States

June Critique Meeting
2024-06-03 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for June: Back Alleys

Program night June 17th, 2024: My Favorite Trip (continued) and Bring Your Camera
2024-06-17 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
First, we will take about 30 minutes for club business and to finish the “My favorite trip” submissions we were not able to present at our last program night. Then we will try a fun photo exercise. Bring your camera, pick one lens and dress appropriately. It will be handy to have your phone’s timer easily accessible to help you keep track of the time. If you like, bring a small notepad and pen to jot down your observations about this exercise. We will spend 30 minutes around Larkspur Senior Center challenging ourselves with this exercise from Daniel Gregory.
We will meet back in the multipurpose room at the end of the 30 minutes to discuss this exercise. After you have had a chance to evaluate your images, pick your favorite from each of the 5-second, 30-second, and 5-minute intervals, process (or not) as you like and upload them to the Photo Discussions tab on the Cascade Camera Club website. Use the Tortoise and Hare category. Then join in the conversation.
The Tortoise and The Hare
Adapted from Daniel Gregory’s
10 Exercises for Making More Meaningful Photographs
The tortoise and the hare exercise is about seeing, photographing, time, patience, and awareness. This exercise can reveal subtle changes in your thinking and approach to photography as you experience a change in the duration between shutter clicks.
We have all heard you should ‘work the scene” when photographing a location. But what does that mean. For some it may mean rapid fire shots, for others it may mean soaking in the environment and taking a few shots. We all have a natural sense of time and speed that works best for us. When we are in our rhythm, things are good. Out of rhythm things can go sideways for us. This exercise serves two purposes. The first is for you to experiment and experience different paces of photographing and seeing things to photograph. The second is to identify your response when you feel when you are photographing at your natural rhythm. What does it feel like to know that you are seeing and photographing when you are truly connected with the work?
For this exercise, you will photograph at various time intervals, starting with 5 seconds and gradually extending the time between shots up to every 5 minutes. For this exercise to be effective, you need to follow both the time and photographic image creation requirements.
The exercise encourages you to observe and establish what works best for you when meaningfully seeing and connecting with a subject. How long does it take you to connect? What does it feel like when you aren't connecting versus when you are connecting? What does your body physically feel like? What does that connection feel like when you look through the camera?
We will limit our location to the grounds of the Larkspur Senior Center and our time to about 30 minutes. Take a few minutes to scout a spot, you will stay in that general area for the duration of this exercise.
First you will make a new image (not just a slight shift or zoom, but a new image composition) every 5 seconds for two minutes. This pace can be challenging. Don't overthink it; see, respond, and click. You can walk around. You do not need to stay in one place, but at the end of the two minutes, you should have taken 24 photographs. You'll need to ensure your camera is set up with the correct settings to handle the fast-paced shooting, including adequate focus and exposure settings.
Once you are done with the two minutes, take note of what that experience was like. What was hard? What was good? What did it feel like to photograph at that pace? How did your body physically feel at this pace? Would you always want to photograph like this? Sometimes? Never?
In the next round, make a new image (not just a slight shift or zoom, but a new image composition) every 30 seconds for five minutes. This pace can be challenging but is often starting to get easier for people. Again, don't overthink it; see, respond, and click. You can walk around. You can walk around. You do not need to stay in one place, but at the end of the five minutes, you should have taken 10 photographs.
Once you are done with the five minutes, take note of what that experience was like. What was hard? What was good? What did it feel like to photograph at that pace? How did your body physically feel at this pace? Would you always want to photograph like this? Sometimes? Never?
For the final 15 minutes, make a new image (not just a slight shift or zoom, but a new image composition) every 5 minutes for 15 minutes. You can walk around. You do not need to stay in one place, but at the end of the ten minutes, you should have taken 3 photographs. It may be tempting to make more photographs. Don’t. Limit yourself to one shot every five minutes. Let in the idea that more is not always better.
Once you are done with the 15 minutes, take note of what that experience was like. What was hard? What was good? What did it feel like to photograph at that pace? How did your body physically feel at this pace? Would you always want to photograph like this? Sometimes? Never?

July Critique Meeting
2024-07-01 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for July: Something That Flies

July Program Meeting
2024-07-15 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States

August Critique Meeting
2024-08-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
Live critique of member images. Theme for August: Smoke/y

August Program Meeting
2024-08-19 18:30 - 20:00 | Bend Senior Center/Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend, OR, 97702, United States
