Welcome to the Silver Spring Camera Club. Visitors and new members are invited to our public meetings, which take place the first three Thursdays of every month, September through May. We also welcome you to our field trips. Signups are through Meetup.

Meetings are either in-person, or virtual on Zoom.

The first meeting of the month is our speaker night, held virtually.

In person meetings will take place on the second Thursday of each month, and will generally be our competition. In person meetings are held at Northwood Presbyterian Church, 1200 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD.

On the third Thursday of each month we hold a virtual meeting. This will generally be our Photo Forum which includes discussion, member presentations, and photo sharing.

The September Cable Release newsletter

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Winners of the May Competition

May’s competition was Monochrome for projected and print images. Bob Webber was our judge.

Two categories were judged: Advanced Projected (i.e., digital images) and , Advanced Print

ADVANCED PROJECTED

1st Place: Maude Svensson ~ The Boss
2nd Place: Wendy Kates ~ Triangles, etc.
3rd Place: Beth Koller ~ Fluid Tiles
HM: Wendy Kates ~Between Upstairs and Downstairs
HM: Larry Gold ~ Turtle Rock
HM: Larry Gold ~ 2024 Peony

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NOVICE PROJECTED

1st Place: Jim Riley ~ Old Car Interior
2nd Place: Will Rabinovich ~ Vanishing Point

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ADVANCED PRINT

1st Place: Kay Carkhuff – Caged Light
2nd Place: David Terao ~ Between Light and Shadow
3rd Place: Sherm Edwards ~ Bosnian Street Vendor
HM: Sheryl Adams ~ Making Wishes — Blowing off Dandelion Seeds
HM: Beth Koller ~ So Prickly

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Winners of the End of Year Competition

ADVANCED PROJECTED

1st Place: Maude Svensson ~ Sunset at the Cotton Storage
2nd Place: Catherine Honigsberg ~ The Dove and Milky Way
3rd Place: Maude Svensson ~ Last Day of Summer
HM: Lisa Auerbach ~Church Light
HM: Kent Mason ~ Old Staircase
HM: Kent Mason ~ Old Ways
HM: Bruce Schaefer ~ Surf is Up
HM: Thomas Allen ~ Man on the Stairs
HM: Ilona Linnoila – Roping a Calf

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NOVICE PROJECTED

1st Place: Michele Dastin-van Rijn ~ Cobbling Through
2nd Place: Will Rabinovich ~ Zombie Walk
3rd Place: Jim Riley ~ Cement Plant
HM: Will Rabinovich ~Inner Glow
HM: Michele Dastin-van Rijn ~ Motherly Love

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ADVANCED PRINT

1st Place: Sherm Edwards ~ Dawn Shoot
2nd Place: Thomas Allen ~ New Orleans Amusements
3rd Place: Elise Shurie ~ Abstract
HM: Sherm Edwards ~Apocalypse
HM: Ilona Linoila ~ House on a Hill
HM: Beth Koller ~ So Prickly
HM: Lisa Auerbach ~ MLK Library

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NOVICE PRINT

1st Place: Jim Riley ~ Beggar Woman
2nd Place: Will Rabinovich ~ The Oculus
3rd Place: Bruce Schaefer ~ Looming Large
HM: Renee Schaefer ~Ready to Deliver
HM: Will Rabinovich ~ Cascade of Light

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New and Renewed Memberships

The new club year will start in September. If you wish to participate in the September competition, your membership must be current.

You can find the membership form here.

Other Information

2024-2025 special competition topics:

In addition to the usual, open, nature and monochrome categories, there will be three other competition topics next year:

Abandoned: Abandoned photography captures images of man-made structures
or other man-made objects (e,g, vehicles, machinery) no longer serving
their original purpose, and that show the effects of long neglect. The
abandoned structure or object should be the primary focus of the image;
for example, an image of a human model in an abandoned building would
not be allowed.

Found abstract: A found abstract is a photograph of shapes, colors, and
textures discovered intact in the environment. The photographer can
create a close-up of one portion of a scene or object, to isolate it
from the whole and thus eliminate explanatory context, but in this
competition, it is okay if the object can be identified. The
photographer may use minor post processing techniques to emphasize
attributes and create moods, but another person should be able to return
to the original site/scene and identify the same image that you “found”
and captured in your picture. In-studio constructions or manipulations
do not qualify.

Humorous: Humor, like beauty, is in the eye (or funny bone) of the
beholder. Any image submitted that the photographer thinks is humorous
is acceptable. It will be up to the judge to weigh the technical and
artistic aspects of the image along with its humor.