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Welcome to the Hazleton Camera Club web site

The Hazleton Camera Club (HCC) is an organization of photography enthusiasts. It is open to anyone interested in

photography and its members span the spectrum from relative beginner to rather sophisticated amateur

photographers. Current members are interested, to varying degrees, in photographic techniques, cameras and

their various features, and post-processing practices. The club is an open forum where members are comfortable

asking and responding to questions. Members are encouraged to share their knowledge and expertise with others

and sometimes demonstrations and presentations are made by club members. Since photography is an

experiential endeavor, everyone is encouraged to take photos and to evolve by experimenting with various

techniques, methods, and processes. To accomplish that goal, at each club meeting there is a monthly

photographic competition. That competition is described in detail below.

The Hazleton Camera Club Monthly Photo Competition

The Competition

Each month (except for December) the Hazleton Camera Club holds a photo competition. A theme for the month

is known in advance and each club member is encouraged to submit one or two photos illustrating that theme.

Once the photos have been submitted and displayed, each club member completes a ballot recording their 1st, 2nd 3rd, and 4th place choices for their most favorite entry. The ballots are then tabulated, and the results are

announced. An article containing the 1

st place photo along with the names of the winners of the competition is

subsequently published in the Standard Speaker Newspaper and the winning photos are displayed on the Hazleton

Camera Club’s homepage.

Guidelines

1. By submitting a photo to a monthly competition, a member is certifying that he/she took the photo and

performed any processing of the photo.

2. Each submitted photo must be printed in either 4x6 inch or 5x7 inch format. The back of each photo must

contain the name of the submitter, the date of the competition, and the theme of the competition.

3. To submit a photo, a member must be physically present at the corresponding meeting.

4. If a member submits a photo in the competition, he/she cannot vote for it during the voting process.

5. If a photo has won 1st,2nd,3rd, or 4th place in any monthly competition, it cannot be entered in any future

monthly competition.

6. Any software designed for the purpose of processing photos may be used.

7. Any feature supported by a member’s camera may be employed.

Choosing Themes

Each camera club member is asked to submit prospective monthly competition themes at the club’s October

meeting. A list of possible themes is created from these submissions and a ballot containing the choices is

generated. At the November meeting of the club, members vote to choose themes for the next year. The ballot

contains a list of the possible themes, and each member marks the themes which they approve. The ballots are

tabulated and the eleven themes with the most approval votes become the themes for the next calendar year

(January through November). Any ties during the voting process are broken by random choice. The result of this

approval election is announced during this November meeting and one of the eleven winning themes is chosen to

be the theme for the upcoming January Meeting. When the club meets in January, each of the remaining ten

winning themes is assigned to a month (February through November) by a process which involves a discussion

among the club members present.

If you are a person interested in Photography and techniques and friendship then come join us.

Our Meetings are held the 4th Monday of each month, at 6:30 pm at

the Conyngham Borough Building.

215 South Main Street Conyngham, PA 18219

Club dues are $10.00 per year.

For more info please email us at Hazcameraclub2@gmail.com