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This month‘s meeting is for everyone looking for quick and simple things that you can do that can help you improve your photo technique and create more impactful images. Former club president and master photographer Michael Hayward will share with us thirty tips on things that he‘s learned on his photographic journey and that you can benefit from too.

Entries for the 2nd Triannual FC3 Print Competition may be submitted for approval from Friday, May 22, 2026, through Monday, June 22, 2026.

From it’s earliest days, one of the most important roles of photography has been documenting the human experience. Not just events and places, but the feelings, emotions, and experiences that are part of the human journey. Icons such as Dorothea Lange, Robert Frank, and Henri Cartier-Bresson are famous for capturing both the highs and the lows that humans experience along the way. Photographer John Elliott spent three decades and traveled to sixty countries creating his series The Human Pulse, which records the social and cultural conditions he encountered and the experiences and emotions of the people, from joy to suffering and spontaneity to reflection. This collection has been shown in galleries and museums in the United States, Latin America, and the Middle East. In this special event hosted jointly by the St. Augustine Camera Club, Beaches Photography Club, and Jacksonville Camera Club, Elliott will share with us his images and experiences plus his insights into how we can add emotional impact to our own photography.

Will Dickey started his career as a staff photographer for The Florida Times-Union in 1983. After 37 years of telling the story of his adopted home in pictures, he retired from the paper in late 2020. News events, environmental portraits, sports, business, digital illustrations and features were among his daily assignments for the newspaper. His work was also featured in Water‘s Edge, Florida Trend, Newsweek and Time magazines, ABC World News and National Geographic‘s website.

The VFW Post 2391 will be retiring 51 flags, one from each state and the District of Columbia on Sunday, June 14 at 1:00 p.m.

Huguenot Memorial Park is one of the best bird photography sites in the Eastern U.S.

Entries for the 2nd Triannual FC3 Print Competition may be submitted for approval from Friday, May 22, 2026, through Monday, June 22, 2026.

Ever wonder why it’s so hard to photograph your own children or grandchildren? Believe it or not there is a lot more to photographing a child than just picking up a camera. In this program, we will discuss all the things that go into making beautiful children’s portraits.The gear you need, how to get children to react to you, and how to produce the final product.
Susan Michal is an internationally published, award winning artist. Susan holds the coveted Master of Photography degree from Professional Photographers of America and is a Past President of this organization of over 35,000 professional members. She is one of only 135 people to have been award the ASP fellowship from the American Society of Photographers.

Northeast Florida is a music lovers paradise. Throughout the year we have concerts by national and international stars, festivals with a live stage component, and scores of bars and restaurants that offer live music virtually every night of the year. All of these events offer the opportunity for capturing interesting and dramatic images. Jacksonville based photographer Tim Davis will enlighten us on the best places to photograph music events, rules and etiquette of photographing musicians, and tips on photographic gear, camera settings and composition.

Capture high-speed canine action at our flyball photography outing—fast, fun, and full of energy!

Entries for the 3rd Triannual FC3 Print Competition may be submitted for approval from Monday, August 31, 2026, through Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Mary Atwood is a long-time resident of Florida’s First Coast area whose deep appreciation of its natural beauty, rich history and diverse culture is often reflected in her work. Mary’s fine art photography is included in numerous public, private, and corporate collections in both the United States and France. Mary’s work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and public art venues, with over twenty solo shows. To date, her photographs have won more than fifty awards in local, regional and national juried exhibitions. Mary will be speaking to us about abstract photography and how to turn mundane subjects into beautiful works of art.

Entries for the 3rd Triannual FC3 Print Competition may be submitted for approval from Monday, August 31, 2026, through Wednesday, September 30, 2026.

Last September master photographer and competition judge Dave Bowers critiqued a wide range of photos submitted by our members and provided insightful feedback into what could have been done to help those photos score better if they were entered into a competition. It was our most popular meeting of the year and the best attended. This year, Dave has agreed to do it again and we expect it to be equally popular. Details on how to submit images for review will be sent out around a month before the meeting.

Prints that have received a ribbon during the 2026 year and and are to be entered in the year-end competition must be received at the judging location no later than December 2, 2026.