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3CT Governing Board
President: Jeff Roush
Vice President: Tommy Azbill
Secretary: Sally Edwards
Treasurer: Pat Gordy
Webmaster: Dave Reasons
Education Director: Jeff Roush
Social Media Director: Kay Crick
Activities Director: Sally Edwards
Newsletter Editor: Renee Day
Website: www.3ct.org
Email to: [email protected]
3CT In Focus Camera Club Council
of Tennessee
Volume 8, Issue 3
March 31, 2019
Join us at the 3CT Spring Photo Event on April 26, 27, & 28 in the Great Smoky Mountains! This is a great opportunity to learn, meet new people, and take some great images. See you there! To sign up: https://3ct.org/2019-spring-event/
Jeff Roush, President
Camera Club Council of Tennessee
Inside this Issue
Pg. 1 President’s Message Pg. 2-5 Education Article Pg. 6-7 Tech Notes Pg. 8 3CT Spring Event Pg. 9-10 Featured Club Pg. 11-21 Member Club News Pg. 22 Workshops, Etc. Pg. 23-24 PSA Councils Challenge Pg. 25-26 Member Clubs Pg. 27 Contacts, Extras
Club Membership Now Due
Send your $40.00 to:
Pat Gordy, Treasurer 3CT
7424 Edgefield Dr.
Chattanooga, TN 37421
President’s Message Jeff Roush / President CCCT
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Focal Plane
The Depth of Field Expansion
by Jeff Roush – CCCT Education Director
Focal Plane is a term we’ve all heard at some point, but not many seem to know what it is and how it works for us. Back in the day, before "auto-focus," photographers needed to know about the focal plane more-so than today with the complex autofocusing systems on cameras. The focal plane is the exact focusing point/distance from your camera that you focus on. We have a choice where we actually focus our camera, providing the Auto Focus is OFF.
If you pay attention to the top part of your DSLR camera, in the space between the mode dial and the viewfinder, you will see a symbol that looks like the Greek letter Phi (a circle with a line through it.) Ever wondered what it means? It is called the focal plane mark; also known as the image plane, sensor plane, or film plane (in the days of film cameras). The focal plane is parallel to the CCD Plane (film plane) in the camera and can be set where we want our central focus point to be.
When we reset where the focus hits, we are changing where the focal plane is being set. Anything that is that exact distance from the camera will be in focus in within the focal plane. It’s helpful to understand that the focal plane follows the angle of the camera as illustrated in the two diagrams below.
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In the example below of a simple portrait of a person (aerial view), I have illustrated some points to study and understand. The Depth of Field (focus depth) expands from this plane of focus. It is important to know that the expanding DOF moves and enlarges this way: 1. 2/3 is behind the subject matter. 2. 1/3 is in front of the subject matter.
Keep in mind that this specific example is only true when all of the elements remain constant.
- - If the F-Stop is changed, the DOF changes accordingly.
- - If the lens length is changed, then the DOF distances are changed.
Focal Plane—Continued
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In the sample to the left, we have focused the camera on the swing at the park. Notice in the first photo how the rock in the foreground and the rock in the background are both out of focus and soft. The camera in this first photo was set on f2.8, minimizing the DOF – front to back as illustrated above. Both rocks are soft and out of focus. Photograph two is shot exactly the same except the f-stop was changed to f8 instead of 2.8. Notice in this image that the rocks are both more "in focus."
Photo three is the same except that the f-stop was changed to f22. Notice in this photo that the rocks are both "in focus" now.
Focal Plane—Continued
Learning to know what is happening with the focal plane, depth of field, and the depth of field expansion is key to predicting your image focus points. This takes some additional thought when planning a photograph, but it is well worth it in the end.
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Keep in mind that the depth of field and the depth of field expansion also changes when you change lenses. Long lenses inherently keep backgrounds and foregrounds more "out of focus" while shorter lenses inherently keep the backgrounds and foregrounds more "in focus." Challenge yourself and reproduce the images of the rocks and swing; experimenting with this technique and seeing how it works. The subject matter really makes no difference. The Depth of Field control you will learn does! Keep shooting; keep learning! As always – comments/questions are welcome - [email protected]
Focal Plane—Continued
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Dave Reasons, 3CT Webmaster I’m looking forward to the upcoming 3CT Spring Event in Gatlinburg. The LeConte Photographic Society Club has chosen some fantastic destinations to ensure that we all can put great views in front of our cameras. This is going to be a great fun event with lots to keep us busy. In fact, there are so many choice destinations in and around Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountain National Park that you could spend a lifetime and never see them all. One of the prime destinations is Greenbriar Cove right outside of Gatlinburg. It has a great history and was first inhabited by the Cherokee Indians. The first Euro-American settlers came into the Cove around 1800. By the early 20th Century, Greenbriar had a population of approximately 500 people. However, nowadays Mother Nature has reclaimed a large portion of the valley. I’m not going to go into much more detail about the Cove, but there is quite a nice article on Wikipedia that gives the full history, so check it out at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbrier_(Great_Smoky_Mountains)
The following are some images I shot in Greenbriar Cove.
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Tech Notes—Continued
Greenbrier Cove
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Visit the 3CT webpage for the event schedule and registration form.
https://3ct.org/
3CT 2019 Spring Event
Hosted by the LeConte Photographic Society
Workshops, On-Location Shoots in the Great Smoky Mountains and MORE!
Mark your Calendar for April 26, 27, & 28
Dave Reasons
“Cosby Creek” by Roger Trentham
Dave Reasons
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Chattanooga Featured Club
Info submitted by Pat Gordy, PSC President It has been a busy first three months of 2019 for the Photographic Society of Chattanooga – 3CT’s Featured Club for this month. In January, PSC had its Scenic City International Photo Exhibition, a contest that brought in images from 29 different countries. This event is recognized by the Photographic Society of America, and any PSA member club may apply to have an international exhibition. For more info see https://psa-photo.org/ and click on the Exhibitions tab. Next, on February 8, came “The Night to Shine” sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation, with PSC members volunteering to photograph the event, which is a prom night experience for people with special needs, ages 14 and older. On this one night, 655 churches from around the world hosted the Night to Shine for approximately 100,000 honored guests. PSC was happy to be a part of this occasion. PSC’s annual Youth Photography Showcase opened in January, culminating with winning high school students being honored at the YPS Awards Program on March 14. Images from each of the twelve high schools with participants have been sent to the Photographic Society of America to compete with students from around the world. Milton McLain, a PSC member, was nominated to a local television station (WTVC, Channel 9) for its Pay it Forward segment. He was awarded $500 for the work he does maintaining the club’s Gallery at Blackwell, which gives PSC members a venue for displaying and selling their prints. Milton changes the exhibit every three months and has an official opening reception. In addition, the club has had field trips (Wheeler Wildlife Refuge, Berry College Campus, Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary) and monthly meetings with really good speakers – Joe Anderson, Barry Spruce, and Vinny Colucci. You are welcome to visit one of the club meetings or go on a field trip with us!
“The Night to Shine”
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Chattanooga Featured Club—Continued
Chicago Bridges
by
Donald Denonato, USA
Gold Medal in Architecture
Fields in Spring
by
Birgit Pustelnik, Germany
Gold Medal in Color Open
Kirkjufell
by
Sergey Agapov, Russian Federation
Gold Medal in Scapes
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Club and Council News and Events
Cookeville Camera Club March 2019
Stan McReynolds—Event Coordinator
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Club and Council News and Events
Jackson Photo Club March 2019
Kay Crick won Honorable Mention with this photo named “Cameron” in the Jackson Visual Art Association (JVAA) Spring Show 2019 exhibited at City Hall in Jackson, Tennessee.
The Paris-Henry County Arts Council’s 27th annual Photo Showcase announced its top three winners in 10 different categories at a reception March 16 at Rhea Public Library.
The event is sponsored by Danny and Martha Kimberlin who were present to compliment each of the winners.
Renee Day won two 3rd Place awards in the Photo Showcase.
“Cameron” by Kay Crick
“Thingvellir National Park, Iceland” by Renee Day 3rd Place—Travel Category
“Woman at a Bus Stop—Chicago” by Renee Day
3rd Place—People Category
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Club and Council News and Events
Jackson Photo Club—Continued
JPC meeting Location:
Pleasant Plains Baptist Church, 331 Pleasant Plains Jackson, TN 38305
Second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm
The Jackson Photo Club held its photo competition on March 12. The theme was “Horses.”
Kay Crick—1st Place “Horses Together”
Phoenix Farms, Jackson, TN
Renee Day—2nd Place “Horse in The Hay”
Phoenix Farms, Jackson, TN
Renee Day—3rd Place “Horse Portrait”
Phoenix Farms, Jackson, TN
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Photographic Society of Chattanooga March 2019
Club and Council News and Events
Quarter 1 Winning Entries for PSC
1st Place—Mark Shull “Hooch Race Morning Fog”
2nd Place—Mickey Rountree “Drag Boats”
3rd Place (Tie) - Donna Bourdon “Courage”
3rd Place (Tie) - Mickey Rountree “Early Morning Rowing”
HM—Randy Ware “In The Groove”
HM—Carlos Wilkey “Collision Course”
HM—Mickey Rountree “Canoeing Baby Falls”
HM—Rosemary Williams “The Champ”
HM—Russell Robards “Whitewater Rafting”
HM—Steve Brower “Bareback”
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Photographic Society of Chattanooga—Continued
Guest Speaker - Larry Winslett April 18, 2019 @ 7 PM
St. John’s United Methodist Church, 3921 Murray Hills Drive, Chattanooga, TN
Adventure Abounds! Photographing Water & Nature
Going from ordinary to extraordinary
Come behind the scenes with Larry Winslett as he explains and shows a series of his amazing water and nature images. Larry’s presentation is filled with tips, techniques, and maybe even some of his favorite secrets to discovering the adventure in your water and nature shoots. Learn how Larry approaches photography in the field often taking what appears to the average observer as a mundane moment and turning it into something extraordinary!
Larry Winslett is an award-winning nature photographer who has chronicled the natural world in many parts of the United States and Canada. He has specialized in the regions’ wildflowers, animals, rivers, and streams. He is particularly noted for his work featuring the three major granite outcrops in Georgia—Stone, Panola, and Arabia Mountains. His photographs have been featured in a variety of publications, such as Sierra, Wilderness, and Wild Mountain Times and can also be seen in four permanent exhibits at Stone Mountain Park. His fine art prints are also displayed in such diverse locations as Stanford University and Cox Communications, and his work has been the focus of major exhibits at Stone Mountain’s Memorial Hall Museum and the Fernbank Natural History Museum. His photos have also been used by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Georgia Poetry Society, and the Dahlonega Chamber Music Festival.
Larry leads workshops and tours all over North America. He teaches photography and Photoshop at the Showcase School in Atlanta, GA, the University of North Georgia’s Continuing Education Department in Dahlonega and Cumming, GA, and the John C. Campbell Folk School in Murphy, NC. He has been a frequent judge and presenter for photography at the Audubon Society, the Southeastern Flower Show, the Photographic Society of America’s international photography competition in Chattanooga, TN, and for many photography clubs around the southeast.
Using his photographs to help make a difference is one of Larry's passions. As a leader in environmental organizations, Larry has effectively used his photography in support of many major environmental issues, especially on the protection of native biodiversity and its habitats in Georgia’s National Forests, Stone Mountain, and other endangered places in the U.S. and Canada. Larry has served as Conservation Chairman of the Georgia Sierra Club twice and is currently its Wildlands and Wildlife Committee Chairman. Larry’s most recent conservation work has been with Georgia Forestwatch updating the book Georgia’s Mountain Treasures, a guide to the natural areas of the Chattahoochee/Oconee National Forest that need protection. The new book was released in late 2018.
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Photographic Society of Chattanooga—Continued
Larry and his wife, Julie, co-authored the book Wildflowers of Stone Mountain Park. Working with the Stone Mountain Memorial Association, Larry also published Stone Mountain - a walk in the park, a book of nature scenes in the park. Larry and Julie are currently working on a new book on Photoshop for beginners.
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Club and Council News and Events
Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers March 2019
Contest Winners:
Print Division
Black and White
John House – First Place Best of Show – Prints
Scenic
Michael Miller – First Place “Sunrise over Antarctica”
The annual Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers Salon and Contest was held March 17 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
There were 552 entries from 62 photographers. There were 410 digital entries and 142 print entries.
SANP Contest Winners March 21, 2019
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Club and Council News and Events
Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers—Continued
Wildlife
Gretchen Kaplan - First Place “Female Cardinal” Travel and Place
Clay Thurston - First Place “Downtown Bermuda”
Everything Else
Doug Wielfaert - First Place “Three Floating Leaves”
SANP Event
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Club and Council News and Events
Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers—Continued
Scenic
Michael Miller - First Place “Pleneau Island” Best of Show Digital
Wildlife
John House - First Place “Intense Little Hummer”
Plants
Travel and Place
Ron McConathy - First Place “Purple-ish”
Digital Image Winners
Braam Oberholster - First Place “Luderitz, Pier-Nambia” People in Nature
Marcy Wielfaert - First Place “Cavendish Evening”
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Club and Council News and Events
Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers—Continued
Abstracts in Nature
Clay Thurston - First Place “Tree Bark”
Altered Nature
Dot Baxter - First Place “Volcanic Sunset”
Man-Made Objects
Bob Tatum - First Place
“Meet George Jetson in National Parks”
A note of THANKS to all who made the SANP Salon Event such a success.
The team leader was Ed Dumas. He had the help of many others too numerous to mention here, and their effort was much appreciated.
I wish we had space for all the ribbon winners, but we could only include the first-place winners. Everyone who entered is a WINNER.
These images set the bar pretty high for everyone next year too.
One of my favorite sayings is: “Winners Never Quit, and Quitters never Win!" Now, get out there and make those WINNERS!
Congratulations to all the winners
and entrants!
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West Tennessee Photographers Guild March 2019
The West Tennessee Photographers Guild has elected new officers for 2019-2020. They are as follows: President - Cory Edmison Vice President - Bobby Kirkland Secretary/Treasurer - Deborah Liliker Historian - Jackie Akers Refreshments - Lori Edmison We meet the second Thursday of the month at the Obion Co. Public Library in Union City, TN.
http://www.westtennesseephotographersguild.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WestTennesseePhotographersGuild/
Club and Council News and Events
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Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Live and learn inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park Photography workshops at Tremont feature renowned photographers such as Will Clay, Bill Lea, and Tom Vadnais guiding you through the best photo spots of the Smokies. Whether you are a beginner or a professional photographer, you will receive one-on-one assistance and helpful critiques during these energizing weekend workshops. Springtime in the Smokies Photography Workshop April 26-29, 2019 $688 (Includes instruction, meals, AND lodging at one great price.) Autumn Brilliance Photography Workshop October 18-21, 2019 $688 (Includes instruction, meals, AND lodging at one great price.) For more information and to register: http://gsmit.org/photography-workshops/
Photo by Bill Lea
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3CT to Participate in the PSA Councils Challenge
As a Photographic Society of America (PSA) member council, the Camera Club Council of Tennessee is encouraged to enter the annual PSA Councils Challenge, a photography contest. The 3CT Board voted for 3CT to enter this year’s Councils Challenge. Each council may enter ten projected digital images from ten different makers in each of the following sections: Color General, Monochrome General, and Nature General. Members of 3CT member clubs may enter one image per section. Each section will be judged separately to select the images that will be entered at the PSA level of the contest. There is no fee to enter. Entries must follow sizing and other requirements – see below. Pat Gordy is collecting the digital images and will organize the judging. The contest is now open for entries. Councils in each section are ranked by their score and the top three councils receive awards. The council scores for each section are tallied and an overall top scoring council is also identified. The top three individual images in each section also receive awards. See all info and winning images from previous years at https://psa-photo.org/index.php?councils-challenge-overview Conditions of Entry and Regulations
• The subject is General for all sections. Each council representative is responsible for the council’s submissions. The
images should follow PSA Exhibition Standards for the Projected Image Division: Color and Monochrome (#18) and
the Nature Division (#17).
• Each council can submit ten (10) images per section and should determine its own selection process for entries.
• Images should be sized at 1024 x 768 pixels with a color space of sRGB and no size limit.
• There may not be more than one image per section by the same photographer.
• An entrant may submit entries from one council only. If an entrant has images submitted by more than one council, all images may be disqualified.
• Like images from the same photographer in more than one section will not be accepted.
• Images entered in previous PSA Councils Challenges are not eligible.
• Each council representative who submits images to the Councils Challenge should ensure that all of the input data is accurate.
• By signing the PSA Permission form for the Councils Challenge, individual photographers grant PSA the right to reproduce their image(s) for display at the PSA Annual Conference, Video Digital Program at the Conference and PSA website, awards, and for the purpose of promoting the Challenge and announcing the winners.
Deadline for Entries
• May 15, 2019 for 3CT
How to Submit Images
Submit images by email attachments (jpgs) to [email protected] - be sure to include the below form.
PSA Permission Release Form for Councils Challenge: pdf
Please complete this form and return it to Pat Gordy via email along with images you are entering.
Send to [email protected]
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Digital Sections
• Color General (Open)
• Monochrome General (Open)
• Nature General (Open)
Definitions
Color General (Open) Definition: The subject matter is undefined. Monochrome images are not allowed in this section. Any and all post-processing techniques are allowed in this section.
Monochrome General (Open) Definition: The subject matter is undefined. An image is considered to be Monochrome only if it gives the impression of having no color (i.e., contains only shades of gray which can include pure black and pure white) OR it gives the impression of being a grayscale image that has been toned in one color across the entire image (for example by Sepia, red, gold, etc.). A grayscale or multi-colored image modified or giving the impression of having been modified by partial toning, multi toning or by the inclusion of spot coloring does not meet the definition of monochrome and shall be classified as a Color Work. Nature General (Open) Definition: Nature photography is restricted to the use of the photographic process to depict all branches of natural history, except anthropology and archaeology, in such a fashion that a well-informed person will be able to identify the subject material and certify its honest presentation. The story telling value of a photograph must be weighed more than the pictorial quality while maintaining high technical quality. Human elements shall not be present, except where those human elements are integral parts of the nature story such as nature subjects, like barn owls or storks, adapted to an environment modified by humans, or where those human elements are in situations depicting natural forces, like hurricanes or tidal waves. Scientific bands, scientific tags or radio collars on wild animals are permissible. Photographs of human created hybrid plants, cultivated plants, feral animals, domestic animals, or mounted specimens are ineligible, as is any form of manipulation that alters the truth of the photographic statement. In the Nature Division, no techniques that add, relocate, replace, or remove pictorial elements except by cropping are permitted. Techniques that enhance the presentation of the photograph without changing the nature story or the pictorial content, or without altering the content of the original scene, are permitted including HDR, focus stacking and dodging/burning. Techniques that remove elements added by the camera, such as dust spots, digital noise, and film scratches, are allowed. Stitched images are not permitted. All allowed adjustments must appear natural. Color images can be converted to grey-scale monochrome. Infrared images, either direct-captures or derivations, are not allowed.
Model Release
• A Model Release may be requested if winning image is a portrait and PSA wishes to publish it
• If there is no Model Release available, the image may win but cannot be published. For those who do not
have a Model Release, Sample Model Release Form - doc - interactive pdf - both of these forms can be
filled out and saved on a mobile or desktop device.
Awards
• Best of Show
• Overall High Point Councils (first through third)
• High Point Council Digital Color Images (first through third)
• High Point Council Digital Monochrome Images (first through third)
• High Point Council Digital Nature Images (first through third)
• Individual Digital Color Image (first through third and HMs)
• Individual Digital Monochrome Image (first through third and HMs)
• Individual Digital Nature Image (first through third and HMs) All winning images may be shown by a video show at the PSA Annual Conference. A DVD of the slide show will be availa-ble to all Councils and Federations.
3CT to Participate in the PSA Councils Challenge—Continued
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3CT Member Clubs
If you are not a member of any of the clubs listed
below, sign up for a 3CT Individual Lifetime
Membership for $25.00 and be eligible to
participate in all of 3CT’s events, contests and to
receive the award-winning monthly newsletter.
https://3ct.org/membership/individual-
membership-details/
Camera Club Council of Tennessee:
https://3ct.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cameraclubcounciloftennessee/ Instagram — 3ctorg Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?text=3ct
Camera Club of Oak Ridge:
http://oakridgecameraclub.org/
http://www.facebook.com/groups/
cameraclubOR/
Clarksville Friends of Photography:
https://www.facebook.com/clarksvillefop/
Cookeville Camera Club:
https://www.cookevillecameraclub.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Cookeville-Camera-
Club-182373583284/
Crossville Camera Club
https://www.facebook.com/crossvillecamclub/
Digital Lunch Bunch:
Email Larry Perry - [email protected]
Dyersburg Photographic Society:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/ DyersburgPhotographicSociety/ Giles County Camera Club:
http://gilescountycameraclub.org/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/
GilesCountyCameraClub/
https://www.flickr.com/groups/gccc/ Great Smoky Mountain Institute at Tremont:
http://gsmit.org/
https://www.facebook.com/GSMITremont/
Huntsville Photographic Society:
http://www.huntsvillephotographicsociety.org/
https://www.facebook.com/
HuntsvillePhotographicSociety/
Jackson Photo Club:
http://www.jacksonphotoclub.org/
https://m.facebook.com/groups/155119344018
Lawrenceburg Photographic Society:
https://m.facebook.com/groups/365370508658
Life Through The Lens Photo Club
Columbia, TN, Maury County
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3CT Member Clubs
LeConte Photographic Society:
http://www.lecontephotographic.com/
https://m.facebook.com/groups/150834268285095
Memphis Camera Club:
http://www.memphiscameraclub.org/ https://www.facebook.com/MemphisCameraClub/ Nashville Photography Club:
https://www.nashvillephotographyclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/nashvillephotographyclub/ Northwest Tennessee Photography Club
http://nwtnphotoclub.com/ https://www.facebook.com/NorthwestTennesseePhotographyClub/
Paris Photography Club:
https://sites.google.com/view/paristnphoto/home https://m.facebook.com/groups/408318365955275
Photographic Society of Chattanooga:
http://chattanoogaphoto.org/ https://www.facebook.com/chattanoogaphoto/ Email: [email protected]
Plateau Photography Club:
http://www.ppcuginc.com/PhotoClub/2015/home.htm https://www.facebook.com/Plateau-Photography-45015157860/ https://www.flickr.com/groups/2700169@N25/
Southern Appalachian Nature Photographers:
http://sanp.net
Twin Cities Photo Club
https://www.facebook.com/TWIN-CITY-PHOTO-CLUB-103987542210/
West Tennessee Photographers Guild:
http://www.westtennesseephotographersguild.org/ https://www.facebook.com/WestTennesseePhotographersGuild/
West Tennessee Shutterbugs:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/wtnshutterbugs
We would love to get updates about your club events
and information about your next club meeting. Does
your club sponsor an annual event/contest? We will
let the rest of the clubs and lifetime members know
about your club’s local events and happenings.
Email articles, updates, and photos to the
3CT Newsletter Editor:
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Let us Hear From You!
Have suggestions? Drop us a line!
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3CT Newsletter Editor:
https://3ct.org/
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www.psa-photo.org/
ShutterFest 19 St. Louis, MO
April 23-24, 2019 https://shutterfest.com/
“The 8 Best and Most Beautiful Places to See Wildflowers in Tennessee This Spring” 3/19/19 by Meghan O’Brien https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/tennessee/wildflowers-in-tn/
Calling all 3CT Clubs
Send us your Facebook or website group cover photo to have it featured here.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/cameraclubcounciloftennessee/
If you are visiting Chicago in the near future, check out this photography exhibit at the Nature Museum.
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago, IL
“Thomas D. Mangelsen – A Life in
the Wild”
http://www.naturemuseum.org/the-museum/exhibits/a-life-in-the-wild
