Enchanted Lens Camera Club

Enjoy Photography with Our Club Activities and Members

Guest Speaker | Pam Dorner May 1st

Speaker’s Meeting with Pam Dorner
Topic: Creative Approaches in Wildlife Photography
Thursday, May 1st via Zoom | @ 7PM

Pam Dorner
Pam Dorner is an award-winning wildlife/landscape photographer from New Mexico with a BBA in Marketing from Texas Tech University. Her work comprises a love of wildlife such as the coastal brown bears of Alaska, the birds of Bosque del Apache as well as the allure of the Southwest landscape. One of her favorite subjects to photograph is the landscape of the Sandia Mountains along with the Rio Grande/bosque and the wildlife that call the area home. Pam has won international, national and local awards from Nature Photographer of the Year, National Wildlife Federation, Lake Clark National Park, New Mexico Magazine, Albuquerque the Magazine and Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. In 2024, she won the Grand Prize in New Mexico Magazine’s Annual Photo Contest for a photo of a great horned owl in the bosque, First in Wildlife for a photo of a sandhill crane and Honorable Mention in Landscape for a photo of the Rio Rancho bosque. She also made it to the judging round in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. Pam’s work can be seen in publications such as New Mexico Magazine, Journal of Wildlife Photography, Guest-life New Mexico, Albuquerque the Magazine and Overland’s New Mexico Addition.

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End Of The Year Social/Awards Ceremony: June 21

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ELCC End Of The Year Social/Awards Ceremony, June 21st, St. Marks Episcopal Church, 2:00-4:00 PM

Please join your fellow ELCC club members for the end of the year social gathering and the awards for Photogapher of the Year and Picture of the Year. Light refreshments will be served.  

See you there,

David Cushman, President

Enchanted Lens Camera Club

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Our Meetings

Join us in September 2024  as we begin activities for our new 2024-2025 club year. Our monthly meetings, Speakers, Exhibitions, Casual Critique, and Mentorship are held via Zoom, except for September, January, and June, which we have live meetings. Marauders are monthly outings.

To request information about attending any of our meetings, click at the bottom of this page to request more information.

Yearly membership dues are $50.00 for individuals, $75.00 for couples, and $25 for students.

Anyone interested in photography is welcome to become a member.

Membership entitles you to:

  • Mentorship and Workshops
  • Monthly Local Photo Outings
  • Monthly Exhibition and Photo Critique
  • Communicating with Members via our Email List
  • Portfolio Project Participation

Follow us on Social Media- We are on Facebook, Instagram and Flickr

Image Gallery – Check out some of the amazing photos taken by our members

 

November Featured Member – Pam Dorner

 

Make it moody- Why Every Photographer needs a Fog Plan 

 

 

Schedule for 2024—2025

  Monthly Speakers

September 7th (Saturday)
In Person Meeting at JCC | 2:00-4:00PM
Speaker: Brent Hall
Topic: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark: How to Get into Astrophotography

October 3rd
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Richard Bram
Topic: Street Photography: A Restless Life

November 7th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Padna Inguva|Roland Shainidze
Topic: Creating Cityscapes

December 5th 
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Eric Bowes 
Topic: On the Line: High-Angle Adventure Photography

January 11th (Saturday)
(St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Place NE @ 2-4PM)
Speaker: Nathaniel Paolinelli
Topic: Stories in Frame: A Photographer’s Journey Across Cultures and Communities

February 6th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Joe & Mary Ann McDonald
Topic: The Tail of Seven Tails

March 6th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Royce Bair
Topic: Night Photography

April 3rd
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Jake Werth
Topic: Storm Chasing and Extreme Weather Photography

May 1st
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Speaker: Pam Dorner
Topic: Creative Approaches in Wildlife Photography

June 7th
(In-person Meeting  2-4 PM)
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Place NE) Speakers: Maria Baca/Helen Johnson
Topic: Portfolio Project Showcase Presentation & Art Exhibition

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End of Year Social

June 21st

(In-person Meeting 2-4 PM @ St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 431 Richmond Place NE)

Exhibition Judges

Changed to Wednesday September 18th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Judge: Angie McMonigal
Assigned Topic: Abstracts

October 17th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Nick Rapaz
Assigned Topic: Environmental Portraits

November 21st
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Peter Boehringer
Assigned Topic: Sunrise, Sunset, Golden
Hour

December 19th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Marc Muench
Assigned Topic: Smoke/Fog/Steam

January 16th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Ted Jackson
Assigned Topic: Relationships/Interactions With The Elderly

February 27th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)
Judge: Gary Lamott
Assigned Topic: Black & White or Infrared 

March 20th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge:  Jory Vander Galien
Assigned Topic: Night Photography

April 17th
(Zoom Meeting @ 7 PM)

Judge: Gary Crabbe
Assigned Topic: Anything Transportation

June 21
End of Year Awards
Judges: John Gilbert, Pam Dorner

Casual Critique

Host Mark Werner
Critiques by Emily Mount

Casual Critique provides an opportunity for members to have their photos critiqued by an expert as well as receiving comments from the members in the audience. Club member Mark Werner will host this year’s Casual Critique along with Emily Mount, a professional photographer who has worked as a naturalist and photography instructor for Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic traveling on expeditions around the world.
http://www.emilymountphotography.com/

For additional information about the Casual Critique program, please click on the link Casual Critique.

Dates for Casual Critique Classes
All classes will be via Zoom from 7:00pm – 9:00pm

Thursday, September 26, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Thursday, February 13, 2025 (Please note
that this meeting has been cancelled due to illness and will be rescheduled) Rescheduled: TBD

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025