Must be a Club Member to enter Club Competitions!

We are looking for images that perfectly illustrate 1 word. For example:

1) A mother looking lovingly into a baby’s eyes – the 1 word = LOVE

2) A car speeding past – the 1 word = FAST

3) A run-down house – the 1 word = FORGOTTEN

4) Two old men playing chess- the 1 word = FRIENDS

We will try to give you even more examples or answer any questions that you have about this competition - it is intended to be very open. Be creative BUT the picture MUST exemplify your chosen 1 word. ( Yes, you chose the word). Also the title of your image must be that 1 word only when you submit.

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in:

• Novice- little to no experience

• Amateur- some photography experience

• Advanced Amateur -A significant amount of experience but not making a living at photography (or having won too many competitions and been bumped up)

• Experienced/PRO- Making a living selling your photography or having had a significant amount of experience (many years – or won too many competitions).

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

ClubContest@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Bob Caperton will be our guest speaker, sharing on the process of Focus Stacking.

Focus stacking is a combination of Field and Post-processing steps, with the intention of producing a finished image that is tack sharp from several inches in front of the camera to infinity. This normally wouldn’t be possible with a single exposure even with a very small aperture of F22 or even smaller.

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

This month we are looking for images of eyes- human eyes, animal eyes, even a needle’s eye. Looking for eyes that demand our attention and compel us to feel something (that will be tough with the needle’s eye). The image can include more of the face, but EYE/EYES need to be the focus of the image.

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in:

• Novice- little to no experience

• Amateur- some photography experience

• Advanced Amateur -A significant amount of experience but not making a living at photography (or having won too many competitions and been bumped up)

• Experienced/PRO- Making a living selling your photography or having had a significant amount of experience (many years – or won too many competitions).

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

ClubContest@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Members: Submit up to 24 photos for the slideshow — any photos from the past are acceptable, but photos from this year are encouraged!

DEADLINE is DECEMBER 1st!

Email photos to: rebeccaedewitt@gmail.com

Our club wraps up the year with our annual Year End Slideshow — club members can submit photos to the above email address, up to 24 photos of their favorites that they would like to include. It all culminates in a slideshow to celebrate the art and practice of photography — no competition, no judging, just pure enjoyment of sharing what we’ve captured!

Join us for food, fun, and amazing photos!

*Bring Your Own Drink

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Erica joins us tonight to discuss her recent trip to Antarctica!

Join us at 6:30pm on Tuesday, Nov 14th! Zoom link for online will be sent out next week.

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Wildlife images limited to Coyote size critters and smaller. Includes bugs, birds, lizards, snakes, small mammals... bacteria if you want to go microscopic.

This time we are hunting for small game.

No big game allowed.

Reality based competition.

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in. Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur or Experienced/PRO

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

competition@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

WHEN: Saturday, September 16th
TIME: 4:30 - ???
WHERE: Old Storybook Island Shelter
2911 Canyon Lake Dr.

DIRECTIONS: From The Monument

• Turn right on SD-44 W./West Omaha St. In 0.9 miles, turn left on

• Mountain View Road. In 0.3 miles, turn right on Canyon Lake Dr.

• Go straight about 0.9 miles, crossing over/through the

• intersection of Sheridan Lake Road. When you reach the

• entrance of the new Oyate Health Center, which will be on your

• right, there will be a left-hand turn marked by a big wooden City

• of Rapid City Parks Division sign. Turn left here and follow this

• road to the end.

Please bring a side dish or dessert to share and your own beverages!
But please no alcohol – there are no alcoholic beverages allowed in the park.

RSVP (Facebook Event on Club Page, or via email, see recent email from club to email Terri)

This month's meeting we will have guest speaker David Teachout sharing his presentation titled "Photography looks both ways".

Join us at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 12th! Zoom link for online will be sent out next week.

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Trains, Planes and Automobiles and everything else that gets us from here to there.

This competition is aimed at the machines that we use to go from one place to another.

Let’s leave the animals at home this time and focus on man-made transportation.

All post processing techniques/filters allowed.

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in. Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur or Experienced/PRO

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

competition@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

A bit of a compositional competition. Natural framing is when you use an element within your image to frame the subject.

This draws the eye into the photo and highlights the actual subject.

This internal frame can be constructed using a multitude of things you’ll find anywhere – branches, archways, tunnels, door frames etc., as well as things that aren’t solid like light, shadows, rain, fog, etc.

This is a challenging technique that can produce some wonderful images.

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in. Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur or Experienced/PRO

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

competition@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

You may have seen his photos on the covers of Black Hills Parent, or maybe you've scrolled past his breathtaking landscape photography on Instagram.

As his own website says:

Jesse has been a South Dakota based-professional photographer for over a decade and specializes in Landscape, Adventure, Lifestyle, Portraiture, Commercial and Corporate photography. Jesse has numerous awards, accolades and world-wide publications from throughout the years.

Find his website at the link below:

https://jessebrownnelsonphotography.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

March madness will have ended. Wrestling will have been pinned down. Gymnastics will have done flipped.

Think ahead and go photograph all those wonderful sports events happening this winter and spring (or pull some shots from previous seasons).

These images can include family events as well. Get out and challenge yourself to try to catch some of the drama and fun.

(Please, no rodeo shots as we just did that competition last year).

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in. Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur or Experienced/PRO

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

competition@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Join us for long-time club member and local photographer Ted Ayers!

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.

Did you recently get a new camera and not sure how to get started using it? Can’t make sense of all these new terms? Perhaps you are retaking photos, but they are not just what you think they should be. Want to know how to get that “silky water” effect?

Join members of from the Black Hills Photography Club on Sat. March 4, 2023, from 10:15 am-12:30 pm for some help and guidance with your photography.

Here’s an opportunity to get some FREE help and a chance to meet folks who already enjoy a hobby you are considering. Sign up for a practical and fun filled class. Bring your camera and camera manual. Make sure you have a fully charged battery and a memory card as we will be practicing with a few shots on YOUR camera.

Signup by emailing …. your name, email address and phone number to:

info@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Class size is limited to the first 20 people.

At the start of the new year we often find ourselves reflecting on life in general. This competition will be open to 2 interpretations:

1) people reflecting (we’vegot to see it) OR

2) images with reflections in smooth objects (lakes, mirrors, windows, ice...)

All the images (people or surfaces reflecting) will be judged together by level.

This competition is reality based.

For some tips and a start you may find this helpful:

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography/discover/reflection-photography.html

How to submit your photography:

-Please use the Month + Club Competition as the subject for your email

-Everyone can submit 2 photos.

-Please submit images at 300 DPI. 1920 pixels on the longest edge

-Please give your images names.

-Include names in the jpeg name.

-Send images as attachments (not in the body of the email)

-Please list your name, titles of each image, and which competition level you are competing in. Novice, Amateur, Advanced Amateur or Experienced/PRO

-Please email submissions by 9:00PM Friday night the weekend before each contest to

competition@blackhillsphotographyclub.com

Monthly board meeting for board members and chairs.

Invite Only — Hosted on Zoom.