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, April 7, 7pm · Projected Image Competition (in person meeting)
Submission Guidelines:
- Deadline for images: Thursday, March 27th.
- Rules and instructions for submitting your image are on the Competitions page.
- Send your image file by email to pccupload@gmail.com (every entry receives a confirmation within 72 hrs).
Monday, April 14, 7pm · B&W Print Discussion Night (in person meeting)
We'll meet to discuss black and white prints in an open, supportive way. Images are not judged or scored. All members are encouraged to bring in one B&W print.
Monday, April 21, 7pm · Member-submitted Spring Images (Zoom)
(Click here for Zoom meeting link) A discussion night viewing members' images of springtime.
- Deadline for submissions is Friday Apr 18.
- 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.
Saturday, April 26 · Group Field Trip to Stawbery Banke in Portsmouth.
Come along for field trip with good shooting opportunities at the outdoor history museum Strawbery Banke. Rain date is Sun Apr 27. Carpooling is encouraged as parking is tight. More details to come. If you have any questions, contact Colleen Graves at membership.pcc.2020@gmail.com