Sedona Camera Club
The Sedona Camera Club has been meeting, learning and enjoying photography since 1952.
As a club, our mission is to educate members of the Club, the general public, and students in Sedona, the Verde Valley, and beyond about the art of photography.
We strive to achieve our mission through:
- Regular Monthly Meetings with programs taught by professional photographers and workshops taught by advanced Club members.
- Frequent Learning Sessions designed to assist beginning, intermediate and advanced photographers in adavancing their knowledge and to improve their skills.
- Providing members Monthly Opportunities to submit photos for critiques, member feedback or to simply share with other club members. Our critique program allows participating members to receive individualized critiques of their submissions to improve their photographic skills.
- Working cooperatively with other community organizations to provide artistic exhibitions that benefit club members and the community as a whole.
- Club Trips (local photoshoots or multi-day photo trips) and Special Events including workshops.
Club Year: 2024-2025
It’s hard to believe but the club year is over. We have had our last monthly meeting at which time we voted for next year’s board of directors as well as an update to the bylaws.
This is the time to work on your images for next year or to view the many wonderful images submitted this year. View these images and their critique or feedback comments using the links at the bottom of the Submitting Images, Providing Feedback & Viewing Results page. The page also features an improved link to view all of your prior submissions along with any critiques or feedback. For members interested in becoming Peer-Reviewers next year, or visitors interested in learning the format of our critiques, visit the new Peer Review Training page.
Get involved!!! Send us for your suggestions for learning sessions, workshops, and photo trips. Better yet, volunteer to lead one. If you have ideas to improve our club, share them.
Next Meeting
Monday, April 28th @ 6:00
Dale O'Dell
Contemporary Photography in an AI Future
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Club’s Annual Business Meeting
**** Location ****
Christ Lutheran Church
25 Chapel Road
Sedona, AZ 86336
Trip Announcements and Learning Opportunities
Upcoming Workshops
Night Sky Workshop with Kevin Floerke
April 26th, 2025 - Afternoon and Evening Programs Available
One of our newest members, Kevin Floerke is leading workshops as part of the Verde Valley Birding and Nature Festival. The festival is a multi-day event. For the full agenda of the festival and workshop, click HERE.
This program and festival is not sponsored by the Sedona Camera Club but special pricing is available to Sedona Camera Club members:
Workshop (open to all) 1:30pm – 2:30pm – $25
One-on-One (required for evening workshop) 2:30pm (free for eve attendees)
Night Sky In the Field workshop 9pm Sat-1:30am Sun – $150
There is a Registration fee of $15/day or $35 for the weekend.
Learning Sessions
Members interested in signing up for a learning session should contact Judy Curnow at learning_session@sedonacamera.club.
When available, members may view videos of our learning sessions HERE. Be sure to watch Mark Schmitz’s presentation on Intentional Camera Movement.
If you have any suggestions for future learning sessions, please contact Judy at the above address.
Two Part Hands-on Portrait Workshop with Linda Johnson
Location: Christ Lutheran Church
1st Class: 2:00-4:00 PM April 5, 2025
2nd Class: 1:30-4:30 PM April 26, 2025
Abount Linda Johnson
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It is not mandatory that you attend both classes but it is recommended. You could only attend one class if you would like.
Plan a Trip with Club Members
Spontaneous trips happen all the time. Submit the details of a trip or photo shoot you would like to invite other club members to join you. Details will be forwarded to other club members.
The reason is to promote learning and bonding with other club members. Current members will be notified by unique email blast or in our next Club Newsletter. You can limit the number of club members to go on your trip, and they must email you about their interest in going on that trip with you.
To appreciate many of the trips the club has taken, view our Trip Galleries.
Recent Club Trips
Members participating in club trips are encouraged to submit photos to our trip galleries using the links provided by the trip leaders.
Annual Award Winners: 2023-2024
Annually the club provides two awards at year end named the Ray Reed and Ellsworth Schnebly Awards. Over the years the specific reasons for these awards have been changed to keep current with the club’s changes in focus; for example identifying the individual winners of first place Digital and Print images was used recently. Over the past few years, the club changed our primary focus from competition to learning. The awards have been updated to reflect our focus on learning.
Ray Reed Award: Pam Holmes
The Ray Reed Award recipient is selected for the most ‘Outstanding Work to Help Others Improve‘ their photography. Over the last several years, Pam Holmes has been our Program Chair and has organized our monthly meetings. She has consistently recruited outstanding professional photographers to present at our club. She has also put together the community announcements that appear monthly in Kudos.
Ellsworth Schnebly Award: Karen Larson
The Ellsworth Schnebly Award is for the ‘Most Improved Photographer‘ as mesured by their photo critique scores over the last three years. Karen’s love of wild animal and bird photography has combined with her improved photography skills in capturing animals in motion and post-processing. We have all enjoyed her monthly submissions.
Members' Favorite Images 2024-2025
Members' Favorite Digital Image
Night Hunter - Pam Holmes
Members' Favorite Print Image
Mighty Joe Young - Tim See
Member Recognition
Jim Peterson
Jim Peterson has been named El Valle Artist’s Association Artist of the Month for his photograph ‘Tree Hug‘. As artist of the month, Jim’s work will be exhibited at the Cottonwood Library for two months. Please stop by the library to view Jim’s work. For more of Jim’s work, visit his website.
Chris Priebe
Chris Priebe’s portfolio “Quantum Movement” has ben published in Issue No 40 of FotoNostrum Magazine. This issue includes his full portfolio and biography. His portfolio and West Indian singles will be included in their Annual Exhibition at the FotoNostrum Gallery in Barcelona, Spain in November. Chris’ portfolio can be seen on his website.
Best of April 2025 Critiques
The Best of Critiques Galleries includes images from our monthly critiques since April 2019. Separate Competition Winners Galleries are avaialable for prior months in which the club had monthly competitions instead of critiques.
Members may review the critiques (comments and scores) for their images or for all of the monthly submissions by visiting the Critique Website and selecting an option under the Critique Results menu.
