Welcome to the Pocono Photo Club...

Our mission is to encourage knowledge, skills and enjoyment of photography through monthly meetings, workshops, lectures and demonstrations encompassing all phases of photography.

The Pocono Photo Club consists of area professionals, advanced amateurs and those just beginning their journey into photography. Our members photograph a wide range of subjects including nature, landscape, macro, portraiture, sports and much more.

Learn more about us:

Our Meetings | Shoot Outs & Workshops

New On the Website

📽️Shoot Out & Theme Of the Month Slideshow Videos have been changed to be viewable by PPC members only. Some of our members did not want their submitted Theme Of the Month and Shoot Out images available to the public on our website as video slideshows. In deference to their concerns, all PPC activity slideshow videos will only be available on our website through our Members Only menu section.

You must be logged on as a member to view video recordings of our club meetings and our club activity slideshows. While all of our videos remain stored on the Google YouTube servers, they are stored in an unlisted file status that cannot be search engine indexed or viewed without use of the specific video link. These links will only be available from the Members Only menu, PPC Event Slideshows submenu.

This media will not be accessible immediately while the video status is being changed to unlisted. The initial videos should be available for viewing very shortly.

Featured Members Photos

More inspiration from recent Members' Albums postings.

We are looking for new member albums from which to select new Featured Members Album images. Submit your Shoot Out, vacation, weekend event and photo project albums to share with and enrich your fellow PPC members.

Link to Photo Album List.

How to Upload Photo Albums (PDF)

What Would You Do (WWYD)
2024 Is Coming Soon!

Category 3 Seed

Category 3 Winner - Connie Rinehart

WWYD 2023 - Category 3

PPC Monthly Activities

Pocono Photo Club September Hybrid Meeting
September 17, 2024
7:00 PM
(Digital and physical doors open
at 6:30 for visiting)

Silvan Della Camera Presents:

"Time Fragments - How to: Create a Timelapse"

As a photographer, my world revolves around the capture of a moment.

A frozen sliver of time.

For me, this quote, by the master Dorothea Lange sums it up: “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” This is the magic that a photograph possesses and never loses. It is a time machine.

I have never been entranced by the creative process of making a video, although I respect and admire the creativity and talent that goes into the making of them. Having said that, I have been fascinated with timelapse for as long as I can remember. It’s technically a movie, but it is quite different since it is a series of these frozen moments strung together, ultimately compressing time. What is marvelous about time-lapse is that it allows us to see what we are unable to see naturally. If you’ve ever seen any of the BBC’s documentaries, “Earth”, “Secret Life of Plants”, or the PBS programs “Nova” and “Nature”, you’ve experienced this altered reality and it is riveting.

Digital cameras have made timelapse accessible. In the past, film was used for time-lapse and it was not an easy endeavor as it is in the digital era.

When creating a timelapse, the hardest challenge for a photographer is to think about time itself. We know how to compose and expose but it is applied in a singular model. Shooting timelapse forces you to think past that instant you are so focused on capturing. It’s no longer look and take a shot, but now think about what else could exist in that scene you are looking at but are incapable of seeing. What is there that is moving so slowly that we are unable to naturally see?

In our world, every moment is alive with motion. Some movements are swift and easily perceptible to our senses. Yet, it’s the gradual, unhurried changes that often evade our notice. Consider the delicate unfurling of a seedling, the majestic journey of the Milky Way across the night sky as our planet turns, the mesmerizing dance of clouds as they form and disperse, and the gentle, yet profound, transformation of landscapes and our lives through the ever-shifting seasons.

Silvana Della Camera

An Autumn Day In New England

STROUDFEST 2024!

Saturday August 31st, 2024

from 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Main Street Stroudsburg - in front of Starbucks

The Pocono Photo Club in conjunction with Studio R Photography (PPC member Gina Matarazzo) will be having a display at this year's Stroudfest.

StroudFest – FREE COMMUNITY EVENT – The Sherman Theater presents the 15th annual Labor Day Festival on Saturday, August 31 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM! Craft, retail, food and beverage vendors will line the sidewalks on Main Street from 5th to 9th Street, featuring a food court in Courthouse Square, complementing dozens of eclectic shops and restaurants downtown. There will be live music at multiple stages throughout the day, and lots of activities for the whole family to enjoy!

We will be setting up our tent and display for the event. Our location will be near Starbucks Cafe.

We are looking for pictures to be hung on the display to help promote our club:

-Pictures must be framed.

-Size limit to 12x18 max

-Pictures may be sold at the event

-Must have Tag with Name and Price

-Limit 3 per Person

We will also need some volunteers throughout the event with set-up and takedown.

Members are responsible for drop off and pickup for the event.

If interested or have questions please let Sam Prynda know. Sam email

September Shootout!

Tannersville Cranberry Bog

Saturday September 28th at 2:30 P.M.

Cost is $6.00 per person

Come out and join us for our next Photo Shoot at the Tannersville Cranberry Bog. This is a great opportunity to hike through the bog and see it in all its splendor. There is all types of plants, insects and animals in the bog.

Tripods and monopods are allowed.

Hope to see everyone there!

Please RSVP to Sam Prynda: Sam email

Please click on link below for guidelines and directions.

Overview

DESCRIPTION

Standing out in vivid contrast to the surrounding Pocono Mountains landscape, Tannersville Cranberry Bog provides a snapshot of colder times. Thousands of years ago, a large glacial lake occupied the space of what has since become a thick soup of peat moss.

Affectionately known locally as “The Cranberry,” Tannersville Cranberry Bog is ingrained in the local community and culture, inspiring wonder among students, educators, scientists, nature lovers and photographers who visit each year. Of special interest are some of North America’s most beautiful native orchids, including rose pogonia and the state-endangered heart-leaved twayblade.

While the ice and lake have long receded, the unique ecosystem that remains today serves as the southernmost low elevation boreal bog along the eastern seaboard. It represents an intricate transformation that took place over the millennia and would be impossible to replace if destroyed.

The Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve is one of TNC's first nature preserves in Pennsylvania. The preserve is managed in partnership with the Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center who provide educational opportunities for the local community.

Over the years, careful stewardship by TNC and partners including Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center, Pocono Township, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and a local volunteer stewardship committee has yielded great returns as the bog soaks up rain and runoff like a giant sponge—cleansing water and controlling pollution throughout the Pocono Creek watershed.

Address: 41.042433 75.267539, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301

Google map
The Bog

Lightroom 101 - Part 2

Monday, September 30th, 2024

At the KW Real Estate Office

From 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.

Come join us for a night of learning Lightroom - Part 2 with our very own Regina Matarazzo of Studio R Photography.

We will be expanding on what we learned from our last class.
We will be given a set of photos to edit and a work sheet. So bring your questions and your note pads and get ready to start using Lightroom. Feel free to bring your laptops too.

Hope to see everyone there.

Workshop is free for members.

$10.00 for Non-members

Please RSVP to Sam Prynda so that we have a head count and to receive a Lightroom handout for the class.

Sam email

WWYD???

The What Would You Do Contest Is Coming!

Seed pictures will be provided to all to create your own vision of reality - no matter how unreal that might be. Color it, warp it, crop it, add to it, turn night to day, submerge it underwater or relocate it to Mars. The sky is no longer the limit!

Choose any or all of the provided seed pictures and create your own reality.

Contest Seed Pictures, Instructions and Dates Will Be Posted Very Soon

Photo by Harrise Niemczak

SnapShots

Pocono Photo Club News

Non-Club News and Events

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PPC Event Online Slideshows Now Available

A New Website Feature!

We are now making the slideshows prepared from Club activities (Shoot Outs, Themes of the Month and Contests) available online for viewing and reviewing at your convenience. Our monthly member meetings have become so crowded with Club News, activities, contests, Photographers of the Month Presentations and guest speakers that we have had to postpone showing some of our activity picture compilations. While we still plan to show our activity slideshows during our meetings, this new online/on demand viewing opportunity will increase your opportunities to relive and enjoy our Club members' creative capabilities.

To tap into this new source for enjoyment and learning, just click on the "Club Activities" menu item and select "PPC Event Picture Slideshows". While we are starting out with our most recent (and enjoyable) events, we will post older slideshows as time permits. Please check this area monthly to see what you, and your Club have been accomplishing. The slideshows are all in video streaming format and set to music. Our thanks to Sam Prynda for his tireless and creative efforts in creating these beautiful photo compilations.

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Pocono Living Magazine - Jun-Jul 2024

Pocono Living Magazine Jun-Jul 2024

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Hikes and Waterfalls

Get Outdoors in the Poconos!

Hikes and Waterfalls!

Here is a few great guides for some amazing waterfalls and hiking trails in our area.

Just go to the link and download the trails.

Then Charge up the batteries, format those memory cards and get taking pictures!

Have a great Hike!

Pocono Waterfalls Pocono Hikes Vol 1 Pocono Hikes vol 2

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“Beauty and Adventures in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area” Calendar Photo Competition

“Beauty and Adventures in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area” Calendar photo Competition

The contest for the 2025 Friends calendar is underway! Gather your favorite photos of the DWGNRA now for submission. Final submission date will be August 3rd 2024. This event is in cooperation with the Pocono Photo Club, but you do not have to be a member of the Friends or the Pocono Photo Club to join the fun.

The photos should be in one of four categories and be from any season of the year. The photos do not have to be taken in any particular timeframe, so check your favorite photos from years past as well as recent ones.

The four categories are:

1. Landscapes and Waterfalls

2. Wildlife

3. Recreation in the Park

4. Historical Structures and Miscellaneous

The cost to submit is $5 for up to 4 photos. You may submit multiple groups of 4 if you like. There will be one $50 winner in each category, and 8 honorable mentions whose pictures will be included on the calendar.

When submitting your photos, please review the Photo Release Agreement and indicate if the photos may be used for promotional materials for the Friends or Friends & DWGNRA or Calendar only. When used as promotional materials. the photographer will be given credit.

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August Photo Opportunities (thanks Sam!)

August Photo Opportunities!

Here are just a few of some great Photo opportunities in our area.

Try to get out and keep those cameras busy!

Try something different to show off your talent.

Fill those memory cards!

Pocono Mountain Flight Fest

Join us for the Pocono Mountains Flight Fest on Saturday, August 3rd, from 11 am to 5 pm at the Pocono Mountains Regional Airport! Enjoy plane and helicopter rides, food trucks, touch-a-truck, kids' rides, a live DJ, and much more!

Visit PoconoMountainsFlightFest.com to learn more.

This event supports the Vern Moyer Aviation Fund. The Vern Moyer Aviation Fund has been established in his memory to provide scholarships to students interested in pursuing a career in aviation.

Flight Fest

Camaros at the Fescht

Calling all Camaros to the Chevrolet Class at 'Das Awkscht Fescht' on Sunday August 4th. The Lehigh Valley Camaro Club is hosting and parking the class, and all Chevys are welcome. Let's make sure there are more Camaros than Mustangs again this year!!

Camaros

Pocono State Craft Fair

The premier art and craft festival in the Pocono region returns for its 37th year, August 24-25, 2024, at Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.

Stroll the grounds of the farm to shop and enjoy work from over 60 juried craftspeople and artisans. Clothing and fiber arts, woodcraft, jewelry, glasswork, pottery and ceramics, fine art, printmaking, photography, and more can be found at Pocono State Craft Festival. Gourmet food items and small batch soaps and personal care compliment the functional and decorative arts.

The Lost Ramblers and Doug Smith & Friends fill the air with toe-tappin’ music as Atomic Hogs BBQ and Quiet Valley Friends keep bellies full. Say hello to a variety of farm life while exploring the talents of regional artists. And don’t forget to stop by the farm’s bake-oven for fresh bread before heading home!

The Pocono State Craft Festival supports the activities of three non-profit organizations: Pocono Arts Council, Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm, and the Pocono Chapter of the PA Guild of Craftsmen. These organizations provide year-round cultural, educational, and community events for the region.

Admission

Adults: $6 / Kids 12 and under: Free

Admission includes many of Quiet Valley’s attractions.

Festival Hours

10:00am to 5:00pm

Saturday, August 24th and Sunday, August 25th

Parking is free!

The festival is located on a historical working farm with grass and gravel driveways, it is not fully ADA compliant, however many folks using wheelchairs and walkers do enjoy the festival. Accessible parking is near the gate.

No Smoking / No Pets

Quiet Valley is a working farm. Pets (except service dogs) are NOT permitted! Please be respectful of this rule for the safety and well-being of your pet and the farm’s livestock.