Welcome!
The Portland Camera Club has welcomed photography enthusiasts of all levels since 1899. Meetings are held on Mondays from September through May at the Woodfords Club, 179 Woodford Street in Portland (click for map). We meet to display and discuss photography in a friendly atmosphere. Visitors are always welcome (only members may submit images in competitions). To learn more about us, visit our About the Club page. For a schedule of club events, visit our Club Calendar.
The Portland Camera Club is a charter member of the Photographic Society of America and the New England Camera Club Council.
News & Events
Zoom Links for Meetings: For the link to an upcoming Zoom meeting, click here and choose the meeting you want to join.
Read the latest of issue of the PCC newsletter, The Photogram
For videos of presentations and recorded meetings, visit the PCC Vimeo page: https://vimeo.com/pccmaine
Uploading Your Images There is a handy guide for uploading your images for competitions, slideshows, critiques, and any other projected image event. The guide includes specific instructions for Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, Topaz Studio 2, ON1, PaintShop Pro, and Photos and Preview for macOS. Click here to call up the image uploading guide (a PDF).
Monday, October 28, 7pm · Let's Talk Cameras (in person meeting)
At this in person meeting, we'll hear from five different members about what gear they use. Each will give a brief talk about the brand of camera they use, lenses, etc. Come and hear from users of Nikon, Fuji, Sony, Olympus and Canon.
Monday, November 4, 7pm · Projected Image Competition (in person meeting)
Submission Guidelines:
- Deadline for images: Thursday, Oct 24th.
- Click here for details about rules regarding AI-generated content.
- One image per member. JPEG/JPG format only. Images should not exceed maximum width 1920px and maximum height 1080px.
- Digital matting is not allowed. A single white stroke around the image, or no stroke, are acceptable.
- Name your image file your-name-image-title.jpg (for example, Ansel-Adams-Winter-Storm-Yosemite.jpg)
- Send your image file by email to pccupload@gmail.com (every entry receives a confirmation within 72 hrs).
Monday, November 11, 7pm · Member-submitted Autumn Images (Zoom)
(Click here for Zoom meeting link) A discussion night viewing members' images of autumn.
- Deadline for submissions is Fri Nov 8th.
- Images must be in JPEG/JPG format and sized to a maximum width of 1920px, and max height 1080px.
- Name your image file your-name-image-title.jpg (for example, Ansel-Adams-Yosemite-Valley.jpg)
- Email your image file to pccupload@gmail.com. You will receive a confirmation email within 72 hours.