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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

📣 Shootout at the Bank! Come to closing day at the EastBurg PNC Bank Branch for a rare opportunity to take pictures of a classic bank vault and safety deposit boxes. This Friday, April 19th from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Details below.

📣 A BIG thank you to all who brought your pictures to the Middle Smithfield Community Center for hanging in the PPC Life In the Poconos Exhibition. There are now 43 framed photos hanging in the center! Special thanks for all the hanging help! Enjoy some photos from the event under Club Events.

📣 The 2024 Scavenger Hunt is still on! Deadline is Midnight May 23rd!! Check out the categories and instructions here: 2024 Scavenger Hunt Rules and Instructions (pdf file)

Featured Members Photos

Charge up your camera batteries and creative juices. Get out and start shooting! Our Stroudsburg Fire House Shoot Out is coming. There is some rain in the forecast, but remember that rain means reflective surfaces and even lighting. Capture the season's regrowth of life and color. Images of Daffidils never get old especially when you add your own special perspective to the scene.

Okay, now the important part - arrange your best 5 to 15 images into some Member Albums to share with the rest of us. (How To Upload Member Photos To Website) (Member Albums Section)

Still feeling energetic and creative? Want to see your creative work up in lights? Try shooting some Website Banner photos in the challenging 1900px X 310px format. (Making A Lightroom Website Banner Crop). Submit them to Bob (webmaster@poconophotoclub.com).

Image by Candace Roper

PPC Monthly Activities

Pocono Photo Club April Hybrid Meeting

April 16, 2024

7:00 PM
(Digital and physical doors open at 6:30 for visiting)

Len Metcalf Presents:
"Creativity Lens"!

Creativity is in all of us. Unfortunately many of us label ourselves as not having a creative bone in our body. Len believes that this is a limiting belief that stalls us. In this presentation Len tells us how to get in touch with our creative bones, our creative intuitions, or even how to channel creative energy. This presentation is full of practical tips and tricks that help photographers get the most of their creativity.

Our in-person meeting location instructions:

Keller William Meeting Location Guide

Len's Website: www.lensschool.com/

APRIL

Theme of the Month

Park Scenes and/or Old Wood

For the month of April, we are looking for your images of Park Scenes and/or Old Wood.

Please send in 3 - 5 of your best images so that we can present them at our next monthly meeting.

Keep those cameras going and show off your best!

Format - TOTM.Name.file.jpg

example. TOTM.samprynda.bench.jpg

Please upload to link below by Sunday April 14, 2024, midnight.

TOTM Dropbox

The 2024 Scavenger Hunt began March 1st 2024.

Make sure to check the following link for the Categories and Instructions and upload your entries NO LATER THAN 11:59 PM on May 23rd 2024!

Link to Scavenger Hunt Categories and Instructions: 2024 Scavenger Hunt Rules and Instructions (pdf file)

April Shoot Out Event

Stroudsburg Fire Department

April 13th 2024

From 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

We had an excellent Shoot Out on Saturday. We had free run of the Stroudsburg Boro Fire House under the watchful eye of "Mike". Our thanks to Mike for his patience and helpfulness. We understand that there are many "Mikes" on the SFD team, but this Mike set the example for the rest!

Stroudsburg Fire Dept.

700 Sarah St.

Stroudsburg, PA 18360

Please share your best images from that wonderhouse of equipment and history.

Click here to share your captures

Fresh On the Heels Of the Last Shoot Out, We Have Another Interesting Event On This Friday!

The East Stroudsburg Bank Shoot Out!!!

Friday, April 19, 2024
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Image complements of Google Street View Images

The PNC Bank East Stroudsburg Branch Office is closing on this Friday. This is part of PNC's branch realignment program. Susan Field, a long-time PPC member knew of a classic bank safe housed within that is perfect for photography. A piece of history. She used her influence to get our club access to the bank interior to document it's historic appearance and equipment on their last day of operation.

Bring your tripods, wide angle and macro lenses to capture this classic vault before it's gone. Rumor has it that the building is going to turn into a parking area. Going, going, GONE!

We're in! We have permission from all the powers that be, for the bank's final day, this Friday, 10-12 to shoot the vault.

According to Susan: "Thanks to the manager, Patty, that made all the calls. This has been a wish of mine for years. The workmanship is amazing. I suggest we take turns shooting the interior with no one in it, and then for macro many of us can be inside. The door is amazing as well. Truly a lost art. This will be the vault's last hurrah."

A special thank you to Susan for her hard work to get this set up!

PNC bank

60 Washington St.

East Stroudsburg,

S Courtland St. Corner.

Park in the Parking lot and enter at that door (the only door).

Any questions please contact Susan Fields

saycheesebits@hotmail.com

Want to know more about the art and science of bank vaults?

Bank Vault Anatomy (PDF)

SnapShots

Pocono Photo Club News

Non-Club News and Events

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Pocono Living Magazine - Dec 2023 / Jan 2024

"Smith Hill Barn" by Ray Roper

Pocono Living Magazine - Dec 2023 - Jan 2024 Issue

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Pocono Family Magazine - Jan-Feb 2024

Image by member Maurie Harmon in the January - February 2024 issue of Pocono Family Magazine

Image by former PPC member Vinton Lee in the Pocono Family Magazine January - February 2024 Issue

Pocono Family Magazine - Jan - Feb Issue

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2023 Photographer of the Year - Landscape Photography Category

Dear Photographer, with great pride and joy are we sending you your 'Photographer of the Year' Award. Your work was awarded with 'The Golden Camera Award 2023'. This is the highest achievement of UCP. "The Photographer of the Year" Award is a grand title and Hall of Fame - Book #2 is a powerful collection of prestigious photography. It showcases the finest work of many international photographers, both amateurs and professionals.

The "Photographer of the Year" Awards were chosen by a panel of international judges and curators. We have been in the search of talent and creativity in the thousands of images submitted to theuniverseofcolourphotography.com during the second year. Your team of curators have looked at the technical skills, the artistic freedom and the narrative excellence each photograph represents. We have re-curated thousands of submissions and that was not an easy task!

Together, we are creating an international photo platform, constantly in search of talent and creativity. UCP is designed to elevate, promote and honor incredible photo talent at all levels in the Photography World.

Best regards,

Your UCP Team, Staff and Curators