Welcome to the Gateway Camera Club
Our goals are to share ideas, knowledge, and insight; to help improve the skills and abilities of our members; and to have some fun while enjoying photography. We recognize photography is changing, growing and with ever-emerging technologies, more exciting than ever! Gateway was one of the first local camera clubs to embrace digital photography and, as a result, we have some very knowledgeable digital photographers. Many award-winning members of Gateway Camera Club honed their talents and abilities through the mentoring they found at Gateway.
Our club is very active and we meet on most Tuesdays from September to June 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Want to compete, learn and share? Check out our exciting schedule. Visitors and new members are always welcome. Just stop in and introduce yourself. We hope you'll soon find an aspect of Gateway that fits your interests. Please browse our website, learn more about what we do, and enjoy. And remember, enthusiasm is catchy.
Come and catch some!
The slideshow to the right are images from our April Competition
Interested in seeing what Gateway Camera Club is all about? You are welcome to join as a Guest Member for 30 days. Just send us an Email and you will be added to the attendee list for the next 30 days.
Upcoming Events
Printed Image Peer Review - Church - April 29th
When our club submits pieces for print exhibits, Frank always reminds us that if the maker likes it, their image is worthy of being shown. You will be encouraged to share work with your peers you might like to print in a non-judgmental, supportive setting. We will discuss the work as art, rather than for its technical mastery, where broken rules and creative license are okay and welcome!
We will form small groups at the tables in an intimate setting to share and discuss each others’ pieces. To facilitate sharing as easily as possible, we are highly encouraging you to make small prints. These small “work in progress” prints will have the advantage of easy passing around or holding up to the group.
Watch for periodical e-mail updates and more information regarding how our session will be structured.
In the meantime, Stephanie will be on the hot line ready to receive any questions. Email Stephanie Elkort or Buz Bragdon if you have questions.
May Competition Deadline - Sunday May 4th at 11:59 PM sharp
Theme is Music A photograph that represents music or the making of music. This includes musicians, musical instruments, notes, etc
Education Night - May 6th - Zoom - "Art Photography" presented by Cherry Larcombe
A pot pouri of ideas for improving your photography in camera with simplicity and negative space, and for creating some wonderful art photography with Photoshop using inversion, toning and the Graphite App plus creative cropping.
Bio:After many years of working towards photographic distinctions Cherry has since evolved almost entirely to flower, still life and abstract photography which provides her with a creative outlet, especially with her prints.
Cherry is heavily involved in Zoom judging and presenting to clubs throughout the UK and also in the US and Australia. Her talk on Creative Flower Photography has been particularly popular. Since that first lecture, she now has several talks on offer - details of which can be found on her website www.cherryannette.com. She is currently a regular presenter for Camversation and MyPhotoClub. She prefers, wherever possible, to present in person when she has the opportunity to include her prints to support her various talks. She has also run a Special Interest Group on flower photography and run all day webinars on flower photography and printing for Permajet and the RPS.
Cherry is a Premier Judge for the Kent County Photographic Association and really enjoys visiting clubs and commenting on the variety of images, especially at inter club events. She has been a camera club member for nearly 30 years and has held various offices such as Chairman, Programme Secretary, Competition Secretary and Webmaster, and is currently a member of Hailsham PS.
Website: www.cherryannette.com
Multi-Club Competition - Zoom - 7:00 PM - Thursday May 8th
May Competition - Zoom - May 13th - Theme is Music - Judge Karl Zuzarte
Program Night - May 20th - Watch Party at Church - "Looking Beyond a Single Image "Presented by Vanda Ralevska
In her presentation, Vanda will focus on her journey from capturing single images, through creating collections and series, to working on short and long-term projects. She will explore how working in projects and on books as a final result helps you get out of a creative block and find your own personal vision. Vanda will discuss several of her ongoing and completed photographic projects, how they keep her motivated and how they help her develop an individual and personal point of view. Vanda will demonstrate how a project-based approach and looking beyond a single image can lead to developing new, exciting ideas that can breathe fresh air into your photographic journey.
Bio: A photographer by heart, with love of silence and solitude, poetry, music and walking in the wild.
Vanda Ralevska is a landscape photographer based in London, UK. She is a member of the Arena Photographers group and a Brand Ambassador for Kase Filters UK. She is also a UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition judge. Aside from her day job as a software developer and her love of photography, Vanda enjoys giving lectures about her journey as a photographer and her experiences along the way.
Having grown up in an industrial area of former Czechoslovakia, Vanda soon learnt how to appreciate the beauty of the natural world. Far away from the noise, and hustle and bustle of a big city she finds inspiration in quieter scenes and intimate details, whether it is on the coast, in woodland or in the countryside, even in industrial wastelands. In her images Vanda strives to reflect the atmosphere, feeling, and sheer wonderment that our natural world can evoke with us. These days you can find her along the edgelands and in undiscovered places looking for all the beauty waiting to be captured.
Website: https://mylenscapes.uk/
Image of the Year Competition - May 28th - Zoom - Judges David Long, Polina Plotnikova and Silvana Della Camera
Annual Meeting with Vera International Photo Club - Zoom - June 22nd - 10:00 am to Noon
Gateway Members will once again join members of the Vera International Photo Club of Mojacar Spain to discuss their images. Each club will share 20 images; Gateway’s images should show locations and events that differ from Europe.
Please submit up to three of your favorite photos that capture a uniquely North America scene and/or a uniquely creative image. Our meeting is not a competition, but you should submit photos before June 18 on the website’s “Submit Images to a Competition” page. Scroll to the bottom to the “Interclub Meeting with Vera Photo Club”
Name and rank your photos: Name of photo__Your Name_ 1 (your first choice), Name of photo_Your Name__2 (second choice) The first choice images from the first 20 submitted will be included in the meeting. Second and third choice photos will be added if fewer than 20 members submit images.
All members, even those who don’t submit an image, are welcome to attend the meeting, but those who submit photos will have more fun.
Field Trips, Events of Interests, SIGs
Broadmoor Exhibit - May and June
Spring is here, so it must be time to exhibit our best nature and landscape photos at Audubon's Broadmoor!
We will be exhibiting at the Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary, 280 Elliot St., Natick, MA during the months of May and June, 2025. We will be hanging the exhibit on Wednesday, April 30th at Noon. We will remove the exhibit on Sunday, June 29th between 9AM and 4PM.
The sanctuary exhibit space has room for approximately 30 images. Make yours among those on display. This is the perfect time to exhibit at Broadmoor as the sanctuary comes to life in the spring. Multiple images by the same artist will be accepted on a space available basis, first registered first in, second image by artist accepted after all first images, etc.)
Since Broadmoor is a wildlife sanctuary, they ask that our images represent nature or landscape themes. They do NOT have to be from the local area, although local images are always welcome.
If you are interested in entering photo(s) in this exhibit, please email Frank with the following information for each image you wish to exhibit by Wednesday, April 23rd at 6PM. (subject line: “Broadmoor Exhibit")
Name:
Email Address:
Phone:
Image Title:
Framed size High x Wide:
Image category (Landscape, Nature):
We will host a “Meet the Artists” reception at Broadmoor on Sunday, May 18th at 1PM. We are planning to have an optional casual walk through the sanctuary prior to the reception at 10 AM. Please mark your calendars.
We will be displaying a binder with Artist's Statements in the exhibit area. Artist statements are typically one page, 8 1/2 x 11, but any length is permissible. Artist Statements are due on the day of the exhibit installation. If you would like to see previous sample artist statements, please email me and I will be happy to send you some samples.
Photographer's Event List
Buz is creating an events of interest to photographers list. This is intended to be an interactive list with any member sending Buz an event that they've learned about. The event can be anything that you think would be of interest to photographers. These could be larger regional events or small home town celebrations of some kind. Any theme might be a good event: specialty sports (nat'l leagues, we already know about), state and local fairs and festivals, flowers and gardens, historic, special visiting exhibits at museums, and events that defy categorization. As you send Buz events, he will add to the list and send out periodic updated e-mails.
Instagram
GCC has established two Instagram hashtags to promote our club member's pictures. These are as follows:
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We are looking forward to seeing your pictures under our hashtags on Instagram. Please contact anyone on the Social Media Committee (Fred Floru, Beth DeBor, or Susan McIntyre) if you have any questions.
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