The Somerset County Photography Club was dissolved during the Summer of 2025, below is our last program calendar. 

Other meeting years can be found in the tabs at the top under “Past Programs”

Our meetings beginning in March 2015 were on Zoom due to COVID.  We tried a couple of meetings long after COVID just so we could meet in person, but the new closing hours were too restrictive.

Our assets were distributed among local charities

Our website closes in Nov 2025, but is archived in the internet archives (archive.org).

We met on a paid Zoom account so we would not be limited to 40 minutes.  FWIW Jitsi (jitsi.org) is similar and is free if anybody wants to have meetings on line.

2024-2025 Program Calendar  (#calendar)

2024 - 2025 Program Calendar - Somerset County Photography Club

2nd & 4th Tues 7:00 PM online only;
website:  http://somersetcountyphotoclub.org/index.htm

SEPTEMBER, 2024
10:  Presentations: “Before and After” by club members
24:  Competitions:  “Wildlife” and “Open”, Judge:  Phil Witt

OCTOBER, 2024
08:  Competitions:  “Actions” and “Open”, Judge: David Unger
22:  Competitions:  “Black & White” and “Open”, Judge: Becky Witt

NOVEMBER, 2024
12:  Presentaton:  “ Before and After“ by club members
26:  Presentation:  “Bridging Creative and Technical Aspects of photography“, by Nick Palmieri

DECEMBER, 2024
10:  Competitions:  “Bridges” and “Open”, Judge:  Mary Fettes ***bio*contact**
24:  Holidays (no meeting)

JANUARY, 2024
14:  Competitions:  “Street Scene” and “Open”, Judge Arik Gorban
28:  Presentation:  “Intentional Camera Movement”, by Arik Gorban

FEBRUARY, 2024
11:  Competitions:  “Seascapes” and “Open”, Judge: Nick Palmieri
25:  Presentaton:  “33 Hacks for Good Photography“, by Butch Mazzuca

MARCH, 2025
11:  “Before and After” by club members
25:  Competition:  “Curve” and “Open”, Judge:  Judges:  Beth Starr

APRIL, 2025
08:    Presentation: “Photogrphing Lighthouses” and “Open” by Chris Nichoson
22:  Challenge Image

MAY, 2025
13:  Competitions: “Landscape” and “Open” Judge: Robert Zurfluh
27  Planned Presentation: “Photographig fireworks” by Susan Candelario
Susan was ill so Sudhir shared a video on how to do painterly effect in photoshop.

JUNE, 2025
10:  Member Presentation
24:  Planning Meeting, 2025-2026 (All Members Welcome)

About the Club  (#aboutclub)

Our meetings started at start at 7:00PM on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday evenings.  We were meeting at the Manville Library until COVID (Mar 2017) then we continued on Zoom until the club ended Summer of 2025. 

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About Us  (#aboutus)

The Somerset County Photography Club was a non-profit organization (not tax exempt) dedicated to promoting the appreciation and enjoyment of photography.  Competitions and critiques are with projected digital images (during the pandemic all competitions and presentions are conducted on Zoom.)  Presentations included instructional meetings, travelogues and other shows by the club and outside speakers. 

Annual dues when club was active were $45 (or $55 family membership).

Our club was affiliated with the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs (NJFCC) [meetup], which maintains a list of member clubs in New Jersey and a few clubs close to NJ in Staten Island and PA.

Most of our membership was in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties and nearby areas of Middlesex County.

Meetings  (#meetings)

The club met on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, September through June.  Presentations and Competitions were open to the public, only members could submit images for competitions and critiques. 

Meetings begin promptly at 7:00 P.M. -- (Digital projected media must be submitted online on or before the day prior to the competition. 

Officers & Board of Directors  (#officers)

President:	Sudhir Mehta
Vice President:	Steve Newfield
Treasurer:	Steve Newfield
Secretary:	(unfilled)
Board positions:	Officers (above) and Past Presidents:  Arik Gorban, David McRitchie Members at large:  Becky Witt, Claire Gentile, Fred Dewitt
Appointed or Delegated:
NJFCC Delegate:	Becky Witt
Chairpersons:	Judges: Pien Nagy, and Presentations: Sudhir Mehta
PhotoContest Pro:	Administrators: Fred Dewitt and David McRitchie
Web Master:	David McRitchie
Greeters:	...

Some Club History (without dates)  (#history)

• Club was started by Ron Eckert, First President was Ron, followed by Ed Barry, Al Stoeckert, John Considine, Arik Gorban, David McRitchie. (Photos)
• Originally we met at St John's Episcopal Church in Somerville.  SCPC and Somerset Naturalists were the first organizations to meet in the new Somerset County Library, during later library expansion we met at Fellowship Village and then in an assisted living facility close to hospital, then back to SCL until our club would have been limited to one meeting per month, we moved to Bound Brook Library, when it closed for renovations we met in the Manville Library and stayed there until COVID (Mar 2017) then we met on Zoom thereafter.

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Contact Information  (#contact)

Somerset County Photography Club
c/o Sudhir Mehta, President
177 Victoria Drive
Bridgewater, NJ 08807

website:  http://somersetcountyphotoclub.org/index.htm

Phone:  (908) 421-4271 email: send email to Sudhir

For webpage and contest entry related matters contact David McRitchie, Phone:  732-595-8098, send email to David

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Links  (#links)

• Links pertaining to other clubs, member pages, web links, general interest, etc, can be found on our Links page (as seen in site map across top of this page).
• Links pertaining to judges, and speakers who have presented programs at our club can be found on our Link Bios page.
• Somerset County Library System Events Calendar;  Meeting Room activities for month
• Calendar of New Jersey Federation Camera Clubs member clubs meetings for a newsletter month can be found in Cable Release monthly newsletters (in PDF format).