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Welcome to the website of the Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club.

2008-2009 SEASON

A Message from the President, Bill Low

We are about to start our 50th Anniversary year. I expect this to be a banner year with a great lineup of informational and educational programs, competitions and field experiences.

We will start off our first meeting with a Swap Shop at 6:15 so look around for any excess equipment you have and bring it to the first meeting on Wednesday September 3, 2008. Swap and Shop till you drop.

Diane Robertson will present a series of photographs she took on her trip to China. 

Then all members are encouraged to bring 10 of their best photographs for presentation to the group. You can enter either 10(max) of slides or 10(max) of digital for showing; not both. There will not be any judging of these images. No prints will be displayed at this showing

Please put the 10 digital, if that is your choice, on a CD in the 1024 by 768 pixels for horizontal format or 768 vertical pixels for vertical format. Bring your slides in a labeled box or envelope with your name on the outside.

Everyone is looking forward to seeing what you have been doing this summer..

Dues are Due!

Increased costs have forced the Board to increase the dues to $35 per year for a individual membership but we will maintain the family membership at $50 per year. Please bring your dues to the first meeting or mail them to Charlie Burke at 15 Horsefoot Cove Road, W. Dennis 02670. Remember that dues must be received before the first competition on September 17th. 

Competition Chair

Tom Backman has assumed the Competition Chairmanship from Peter Selig.

We all owe Peter a great dept of gratitude for the wonderful job he has done as Competition chair. I know Tom will carry on in the same great manner.

For those of you who will enter prints, in future competitions, make sure to pick up some stickers so you can fill them out before the meeting. This will speed up the submission process. All prints must be registered by 6:45 pm the evening of the competition.

Our first competition of the year will be held on Wednesday September 17, 2008. The Judge will be Stan Godwin. The following categories will be accepted.

Prints - Color & B&W - Total of two prints each for a maximum of four.

Digital - Open, Creative and Nature. - Total four images not more than 2 in any one category. Total images per person is 8 with no more than 2 in any one category.

Tom has asked that all Digital submissions be sent to him at the following email address one week ahead of the competition.

Capecodviewfinders@gmail.com

Please make a note of this address for your submissions.  

Orleans Camera and Video Photography Show IN OCTOBER

Orleans Camera and Video will once again host an exhibition of members' works in their Orleans location. Our last show at the store - in April - was a great success in terms of the quality displayed and the participation by our members. More than 50 images were hung! The store received much favorable comment and is happy to welcome the club again.

We hope that this October even more members will take the opportunity to display and offer their work for sale. Without question the customers of the store have a natural appreciation and enjoyment of photography. Furthermore, October is a good time of year. Many summer visitors remain. The weather is generally benign and conducive to outdoor activity. The Cape draws large numbers of day and weekend visitors.

Every print displayed will be eligible for cash prizes and honorable mention awards. Note that all entry fees - less modest expenses - will be returned in prize money.  This is a great opportunity to present your best work.  Start thinking and planning your entries right away!

For more information on submitting images, click HERE.

SPECIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT ON NOVEMBER 11TH!

As part of our year-long celebration of our 50th anniversary, Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club is hosting an exciting event. On Tuesday, November 11th, at 7:00 p.m., at the Brewster Ladies Library, Onne van der Wal will present "Shooting from Ship to Shore". The event is sponsored by Canon.

Onne (pronounced "Onn-Uh") made the presentation to rave reviews at the 2008 NECCC conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in July. The program is about shooting everything nautical, from yachts and ships to lighthouses, beaches, and coastal scenes.

Once a professional sailor, Onne got his start in nautical, sailing and yacht photography while sailing with the 1981-82 Dutch Whitbread Around the World Race Team on their winning boat, FLYER. Onne lives in Jamestown, RI with his wife Tenley and their 3 children. His office is in Newport, RI. Check out his website at www.vanderwal.com.

We are inviting members of all the camera clubs on Cape Cod to join us for this event. Following the presentation, we will host a social time for members of the various Cape clubs to mingle and get to know one another. We hope that as many of our members as possible will attend the event.

There is no admission fee, but seating is limited so we do request that you let us know whether or not you will be attending so that we reserve a seat for you. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis. Please RSVP by October 15th to Debbie Owen at capedeb@comcast.net.

Ample parking is available next door at the Brewster Baptist Church. There is a pathway from their back parking lot into the library's parking lot.

AND THEN THERE WAS ONE!!!!!

The PSA-International Club Image Competition "Best of the Best" judging was held on 6/3/08.  It had started with 67 clubs competing in 4 classes over a 4-month schedule.  Each club submitted 6 images per competition.  Within each of these competitions, 5 “Awards of Merit” are chosen.  That leaves us with 20 “Awards of Merit” over the yearly period for each class.  Within each class, these 20 “Awards of Merit” are then entered into a competition where 5 images are chosen as “Images of the Year”. 

One image is then chosen as the “Best of the Best” and Cape Cod Viewfinders Bill Low was the WINNER for his "Lunch for a Belted Kingfisher"!!!  Congratulations to Bill for an outstanding image.

View recent winning club competition images

Click Here to View Images

To submit images for this page, please follow the instructions on the Members' Galleries page.

The Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club is a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC).  

PSA is a worldwide photographic organization serving photographers of all levels, offering a monthly magazine, competitions and more. 

NECCC is a non-profit camera club council with 80 member camera clubs in New England.