News & Events

PCC Brunswick Exhibit  Deadline for entries is December 12. Click here for all the details.

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, December 2, 7pm · Projected Image Competition (Zoom)

(Click here for Zoom meeting link)  Competition Submission Guidelines:

• Deadline for submissions is Thur Nov 21st.
• 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-Yosemite-Valley.jpg)
• Email your image file to pccupload@gmail.com. You will receive a confirmation email within 72 hours.

Monday, December 9, 7pm · Guest Speaker: Gregory Rec (in person meeting)

At this in person meeting, we welcome the Portland Press Herald's Chief Photographer, Gregory Rec.

Gregory has worked at the Press Herald since 1997, photographing a wide range of subjects. He was twice embedded with Maine Army National Guard troops in Iraq. In 2004, he was named Journalist of the Year with columnist Bill Nemitz by the Maine Press Association for their work in Iraq. Visit him on Instagram: www.instagram.com/gregoryrecpph/

Monday, December 16, 7pm · Members Favorite Slideshows (in person meeting)

An enjoyable evening of member slideshows from past years.

Slideshow Guidelines:

• Submission dates: submit your slideshow (i.e., use WeTransfer to send your .MP4 file) between Tue Dec 3 and not later than noon on Sat Dec 7.  Also you can submit your slideshow between Fri Dec 13 and noon on Sat Dec 14.
• Use WeTransfer (a free program) to send in your .MP4 file. When WeTransfer prompts you for a destination email, enter mleonard@maine.rr.com – Mike Leonard is collecting the slideshows for presentation at the meeting.
• Family appropriate content, please.
• Create (export) your slideshow as an .MP4 file (1080P at 30fps).
• Shows should be not longer than 4 minutes.
• Royalty Free or your own original music
• First "slide" should include the slideshow title and your name.
• After all of the image slides, add a slide that provides music attribution (song title, artist).
• The final slide should be a black slide. This will help with transitions from one slideshow to the next.

December 23 & 30 · No Meetings

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