Meetings begin at 7:00 pm and generally run until 8:30-9:00 pm Our meetings are held at River City Extreme which is located at 3875 School Blvd in Monticello, MN in the VIP room across the hall from the banquet room. Food/beverage service will be an option from 7:00-7:15 PM at your own expense.

Got ideas for topics/assignments for next year? Want to see changes in how we do our meetings? Comments in general? Contact us and let us know your ideas.

We’re always considering new topics, speakers, outside events, etc. If you have ideas for us, please feel free to email them to us or bring them up at a meeting.

2025 Camera Club Meeting dates and topics

April 16

• Assignment: Lensball
• Topic: Night Sky presentation by Mark Jobs
• Event: Spring Break 2025 w/ Tony Sweet Workshop & photoshoot 4/5/25 9am-5:30pm Link to Register: https://reg.planetreg.com/TCACCC2025

May 21

• Assignment: Night Sky
• Topic: Storms/Lightning

June 18

• Assignment: Storms/Lightning
• Topic: Birding presented by Michael Bolton
• Event: Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge Birding (TBD)

July 16

• Assignment: Bird photos
• Topic: Cars By Kevin Juliot (tentative)

August 20

• Assignment: Cars
• Topic: Nature Presentation by Stan Tiekela
• Event: Maple Lake Gear Head Get-Together – August 16th Time TBD 8am-6pm

September 17

• Assignment: Nature Photos OR Gear Head
• Topic: Presentation by Bryan Hansel (tentative)
• Event: related to presentation (TBD) OR Fall Colors (TBD)

October 15

• Assignment:
• Topic: to be determined

November 19

• Assignment:
• Topic: to be determined
• Event: Thayer Inn – Christmas Village Macro – TBD

December 17

• Assignment: Top photo of 2025
• Topic: Holiday party, open discussion – bring your spouse. We will be meeting at 6:30 to get our food all ordered in advance of our meeting.

Past Meetings

2025

January 15 – via Zoom

• Assignment: Whatever you want – via zoom meeting
• Topic: Cold Weather Photography – Bryan Hansel Presenting

February 19

• Assignment: Cold Weather Photos
• Topic: Triggers or technology for triggering your camera gear (not flash)

March 19

• Assignment: Photo you used some kind of trigger to take
• Topic: Lens ball topic and hands on work – River City Extreme (bring 1 or more lens ball to share with the group and subjects that you can experiment with like Christmas lights, small figures, photos that you can use as backgrounds, etc. Some members have 1 or more lens balls that they will bring in to share.

2024

January 17

• Assignment: Humorous Photo (anything with a quirky flavor to it)
• Topic: How to take a good selfie – Heather will present

February 21

• Assignment: Selfie Photo
• Topic: Symmetry (share video of topic)

March 20

• Assignment: Symmetry
• Topic: Camera gear discussion – members bring in gear and share information/ask questions

April 17

• Assignment: Sky Photos (Eclipse or other)
• Topic: How to Develop Your Photography Style – Heather Reinhart
• Topic: Membership Renewals
• Topic: Officer Elections

May 15

• Assignment: Share photos showing your style
• Topic: Time-Lapse Photography (speaker needed)
• Topic: Membership Renewals
• Topic: Officers Announced

June 12th (note date change to 2nd Wednesday of the month)

• Assignment: No assignment due to meeting being held at Sherburne Refuge
• Topic: Northern Lights or Astro photos – Meeting will be held at Sherburne Refuge Oak Savanna Learning Center as part of their presentation of the topic. Presented by Bob King (astro Bob) – (https://astrobob1.blogspot.com)

July 17

• Assignment: Northern Lights/Astro photos/Sky Photos/Time Lapse Photos
• Topic: Blind Critique – Chris Lommel

August 21

• Assignment: Top Vacation Photos/Improved photo based on blind critique (before/after)
• Topic: Use of triggers and remotes – Don Pfleiderer

September 18

• Assignment: Time-Lapse photo or photo showing time in some fashion
• Topic: Walk through of Time Lapse photos and editing and Photo Stacking – Jean Davids

October 16

• Assignment: Stacked photo or time lapse
• Topic: Macro Photography – Jason from National Camera – bring in your camera and any object you want to take photos of. Bring flash with as well.

November 20

• Assignment: Macro Photo
• Topic: Sandhill cranes photos
• Topic: Christmas Lights
• Topic: Future of our club

December 18

2023

January 18

• Assignment: Top photos of 2022
• Topic: Holiday party, open discussion

February 15

• Assignment: Winter photo shots
• Topic: Bokeh – bring camera to play – led by Jean Davids

March 15

• Assignment: Bokeh
• Topic: Topaz apps – demo by Jean Davids

April 19

• Assignment: Share before and after of edited photos
• Topic: Photoshop/Lightroom Q&A – by Jean Davids – presenting her photo editing workflow

May 17

• Assignment: Share before and after of edited photos
• Topic: Electronic Flash – Jason at National Camera will present
• Annual meeting being done via email instead by consensus of April members present at meeting

June 21

• Assignment: Flash photo
• Topic: Free editing programs – Keven Juliot will present on a number of freeware versions of photography editing programs

July 19

• Assignment: July as a topic (fireworks, picnics, camping, anything that represents July)
• Topic: Photos in the dark – bring camera and play

August 16

• Assignment: Photos in the dark
• Topic:  Landscape and Waterfalls – Anthony Hall will present

September 20

• Assignment: Landscape or Waterfall Photos
• Topic: Action Photos – presented by Heather Reinhart(videos/discussion) 

October 18

• Assignment: Action photos
• Topic: Camera Raw – presented by Kevin Juliot

November 15

• Assignment: Photos taken in Raw (can be sent already processed)
• Topic: Shadows and Reflections – Mark Gilgen

December 20

• Assignment: Top photos of 2023
• Topic: Holiday party, open discussion