Seattle Photographic Society

Welcome to Seattle Photographic Society

Founded in 1933, Seattle Photographic Society is a friendly group of supportive amateur and professional photographers. We strive to build both our skillsets and our community through image critiques, discussions, lectures, demonstrations, field trips, friendly competitions, and intra-club activities.

The club’s interests are primarily in the classical definition of photography, which has to do with the capturing of the original image(s) and post processing. Images generated by artificial intelligence are not eligible for entry.

Every month we hold several different types of meetings. Check out our Meeting Schedule to see what events are coming up.  

Announcements  

For details on any event see the calendar (must be logged in).

April Dates:

• Meetup Group Cancellation - The Meetup Group will be ending as of April 23, 2025.  All information for attending our club meetings is listed on this website.  Please contact us at the email addresses listed below for further information.  

• Projected Image Night - Tuesday, April 1, 7pm. Theme = Abstracts (more info in newsletter)
  

• Print Night - Tuesday April 8 @ 7 p.m. held in person at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle

• Education Night - Tuesday April 29 @ 7:00 p.m. Members showcase.   

May Dates:

• Projected Image Night -   May 6 , 7 p.m.  Theme = Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)
  

• Print night - May 13 @ 7 p.m.

• Education activity - May 27 @ 7pm (via Zoom) Presentation by photographer Lewis Katz: Perspective and Perception : The Myth of Style - This presentation explores how photographers perceive composition in their viewfinders and how slight shifts in perspective can enhance the emotional depth, drama, and power of an image for both the viewer and the photographer.

Themes in the upcoming months for Projected Images:

April - Abstracts
May - Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) - (PSCC Presentation on ICM March 31, see below)
June - Portraits
July - Backlighting
August - Custom Cars (includes stylish or old)  - (Greenwood car show June 28)
September - Metal
October  - Seascapes
November - Clouds or Cloudscapes
December – Story telling

SPS Member and Educational News:

Lots going on with the details in the newsletter.  Also check calendar. Here is a summary:

• March 31 - Presentation on Intentional Camera Movement by Puget Sound Camera Club

• Recording available of Bill Ray's presentation "Get More Successes With Your Birding Photos"

• Birding field trip end of April at Jaunita Bay Park.  Details to be announced

• Deadline for images at the Edmonds Arts Festival -  April 29: Event June 13 - 15 - Details: Edmonds Arts Festival

• April 13th @ 9 am, Olympic Sculpture Park with Jana Erikson 

• NW Council of Camera Clubs - Traveling Salon for April.  Images here and Voting Forms here.

Other

Bill Ray presents: "More success in your bird photography" 

Video of Class available here.

Quick tips you can apply right away plus techniques to explore in depth later. Ideas for finding and “posing” the birds, to cameras and settings, to post-processing. I had to break rules and habits I learned for landscapes and travel to get my bird photo hit rate up. Many of these ideas will apply to other wildlife or even sports.

No denying the latest top pro gear is nifty, but it is not required. I’ll have examples from DSLR and Mirrorless cameras released in 2013, 2016 and 2022 (Nikon D7100, Fuji X-T2 and T5). The birding Facebook pages often show delightful images from bridge cameras.

We will follow up with a walk in my favorite local park to find and shoot birds. Schedule TBD, about a month later when a decent weather window appears (I have retired from walks in the rain).  You too can take photos like below.

Galleries - We are an active club and travel all over Seattle and surrounding areas.  See out field trips to the Velodrome Race Track, Pike Market at night, Volunteer Conservatory and more in our galleries.  On our web site look under Our Club, Galleries, Field Trips.

Macro Photography Group - SPS member Bill Wheeler has a Macro Photography Group. If interested, contact him from our web site, then "Send Email to Members" under "our Club" and search for his name under "Select from Member List."

Previous Announcements/Newsletters here.  You must be logged in order to view the files.

Education Night (January) Presentation with Darrell Gulin - Landscape photography

A very successful presentation in January to about 50 attendees by Darrell Gulin, one of Canon's Legend Photographers.

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