We meet at the Manville Public Library on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday evenings.  Our meetings start at 7:00 PM because we have to vacate the building before 9 PM.  Best time to arrive is around 6:30 PM before the meeting starts. [Street Map] [Manville area]

2018 - 2019 Program Calendar  (#calendar)

2018 - 2019 Program Calendar - Somerset County Photography Club

2nd & 4th Tues 7:00 PM at the Manville Public Library,
  100 South 10th Ave. (Washington Ave & S 10th Ave), Manville NJ, 08835
website:  http://somersetcountyphotoclub.org/index.htm
Contact:  Sudhir Mehta, 908-421-4271, sudhirm421 @ gmail . com

SEPTEMBER, 2018
11:  Presentation: “Single Flash Photography” by club member, Arik Gorban.
25:  Presentation:  “Portraits Program by Ed Roberts (Northlight Studios)

OCTOBER, 2018
09: Member Critique.  
23:  Competitions: “Abandoned” and “Open”, Judge:  Phil Witt

NOVEMBER, 2018
13:  Competitions: “Panorama,” and “Open” Judge: Beth Starr
27:  Presentation: “Confessions of a Nature Photographer” by Phil Witt

DECEMBER, 2018
11:  Presentation:  “Landscape Photography” by Dwight Hiscano
25:  No Meeting - Happy Holidays!

JANUARY, 2019
08:  Presentation: “Black and White” by Nick Pamieri. (CamNats gallery)
22:  Competition: “Landscape” and “Open”, judge:  David Des Rochers

FEBRUARY, 2019
12:  Meeting was cancelled due to snow.  Contests moved to April 23rd.
26:  Presentation: “Layers photoshop”, by Jack Moskowitz

MARCH, 2019
12: Schmooze and learn
      Use of "Star Tracker" device by Al Ernst,
      Blending modes in photoshop by Arik Gorban
      Frequency separation in photoshop by Sudhir Mehta
26:  Program:  “Astro Photography” by Mike Ver Sprill

APRIL, 2019
06:  scavenger hunt on Saturday April 6, 2019 at an undisclosed location
09:  Competition: “Abstract” and “Open”, Judge: Nick Palmieri
23:  Before and After [presentation, not a contest, enter one image for your before and one image for your after];
       Competitions:  “Black and White” and “Open”, Judge: Arik Gorban (competitions were originally scheduled for February)

MAY, 2019
14:  Competition:  “Astro Photography” and “Open”, Judge: Jordan Basem
21:  Presentation:  “Infrared Photography” by Jacki Dickert

JUNE, 2019
xx:  Club Picnic - date to be announced
11:  Scavenger Hunt contest [Rules], Judge:  Claire Gentile
25:  Planning Meeting, 2018-2019 all members welcome

To be scheduled on a weekend during the year: Scavenger Hunt -- all members plan to attend, topics, details, and assignment to a contest group will be announced at site.

About the Club  (#aboutclub)

We meet at the Manville Public Library  and our meetings start at 7:00PM on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday evenings.  Please come earlier for informal discussions, but we must start at 7:00PM because we have to vacate the building by 9PM.  So that we can start on time please try to arrive around 6:30PM to socialize before meeting. [Street Map] [Manville area]

Most of our competitions are projected digital image contests, with three digital images per maker per contest submitted up to and including the day before our meeting.  We will have one print competition on May 8, 2019.

About Us  (#aboutus)

The Somerset County Photography Club is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the appreciation and enjoyment of photography.  Competitions and critiques include projected digital images, as well as prints.  Presentations include instructional meetings, travelogues and other shows by club and out-side speakers.  Annual dues are $35 ($40 family).

Our club is affiliated with the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs (NJFCC), 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 is in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties and nearby areas of Middlesex County.

Meetings  (#meetings)

The club meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, September through June, at the Manville Public Library in Manville, NJ.  -- Guests and visitors are welcome:
Presentations and Competitions are open to the public, only members may submit prints or projected images for competition.  Guests are encouraged to come in at least 15 minutes before 7:00 P.M. to discuss photography with members – bringing in some of your pictures adds interest. 

Meetings begin promptly at 7:00 P.M. -- (Digital projected media must be submitted online on or before the day prior to the competition.  We must leave by 9:00 PM.

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Officers & Board of Directors  (#officers)

administrator

President:	Sudhir Mehta
Vice President:	Steve Newfield  (Judges)
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
NJFCC Delegate:	(one of the above open)
Chairpersons:	Presentations: Phil Witt
PhotoContest Pro:	Administrator: David McRitchie

SCPC -- 2018-2019 Overview  (#overview)

Competition nights:  During the 2018-2019 club year:
There will be Six competition nights which will each have an Assigned Topic for digital project images and an Open competition for digital projected images or for prints.  The year end will have all images with awards from digital competitions from the year; for 2018-2019 scavenger hunt images will replace the year-end competition.

Preparation of digital images for contests.  Images will be projected at 768 pixels on the long side as described at http://somersetcountyphotoclub.org/contests.htm, and it would be best to do your own resizing even though the software will do some limited resizing.  Directions on that web page tell you how to resize and submit your digital images for projection.

Deadline for projected images:  Try to at least aim for the Sunday before the contest, images will be accepted the day before the contest but not later.  The limit is three images per contest.  Show and Tell and critiques will allow additional images. 

Your email address must have been entered into the contest server by an administrator for your images to be accepted on the server.  If you have never submitted digital images before, be sure to submit them well ahead of time to be sure that you have been set up properly.  (see our contests page)

Prints:  and separate print competitions (4 prints total per contest per maker), Prints must be 8"x10" up to 16"x20", digital prints are eligible. 

Judge(s) may be an outside judge or a club member, and will be announced before each competition. 

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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Library closings due to Weather or other Causes  (#weather)

The Manville Public Library may close due to weather conditions.  Such decisions are usually made before 3 PM, compatible with businesses in the area.  Although the library will try to notify a member of the club this may not always be successful.  If in doubt check the Somerset County Library System main page, if branches are closed there will be an extra banner at the top of the page.  Specific information about Manville Library (circulation desk is 908-458-8425, 3#).

Directions to Our Meeting Place at the ...  (#directions)

From the North on Route 287: (Exit #17, Somerville, Route 206)
US 206 South, then Dukes Pkwy E and N 13th Ave, to S 10th Ave
Parking is in the library Parking Lot.

The meeting room is straight in from the entrance past the library area the meeting room is on the right, and Restrooms are on the left.

Your local library generally has library sponsored programs of interest, our club meets at the Manville Library and they have programs which may be of interest Manville Public Library | Manville Borough, NJ - Official Website and for all Libraries in the Somerset County Library system see Events - Somerset County Library System of New Jersey

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).

Contact Information  (#cntct2)

• See Contact Information (above) 

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