Collinsville Area Camera Club

The Collinsville Area Camera Club is an organization for beginners and advanced photographers to share ideas and have fun learning about photography. The club offers photography classes and instructional programs as well as trips to local areas of interest. Located just 14 miles from downtown St. Louis, the club meets twice a month in Collinsville, IL.

Founded in 1977, the Collinsville Area Camera Club was formed by a group of 15 photography students from Southwestern Illinois College (formerly Belleville Area College). Towards the end of the semester, the group decided to form a camera club and continue meeting as a group. The members prepared a notice and sent it to anyone they knew who had a camera. The Collinsville Herald published notice of the new club and by the second meeting, the club had 26 members. Following a photography exhibit at St. Clair Square, the club grew to 54 members.

Currently, we have over 80 members who come from different backgrounds yet share a common interest in photography. Members include a few professional photographers, a Photoshop instructor and a college art professor. Interested in joining? Come to a meeting and check us out. Visitors are always welcome!

Dues are only $20 per year and the club is affiliated with the Photographic Society of America.

Special Notices

• The Collinsville Area Camera Club will have a projected digital image competition on February 28th. Members can enter a maximum of 2 digital images in Black & White and 2 images in Color under the category of miscellaneous. This is a special competition that serves as a trial for future digital competitions. No points will be awarded and there will be no print or slide competition this evening.
  
  Digital entries must be .JPG files with maximum dimensions of 1400 pixels by 1050 pixels at 140 PPI (pixels per inch) resolution. The size of each entry should be 800 kB or less. The title should be included in the file name. Example: Red rhododendron.jpg
  
  When you're ready to submit your entries, click on this link and attach them to an email which includes your name. The deadline for submitting your entries is Midnight, February 23rd.
  
  (1/23/2012)

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