Whether you are just starting out in photography or are an experienced professional, Crosstown Camera Club is a great place to sharpen your skills, share ideas and socialize with others who share a passion for the art of print and digital photography. Our meetings throughout the year provide opportunities to:
- Develop, improve photographic techniques (photo capture and post-processing).
- Learn design, emotional impact, storytelling and other fine-art techniques.
- Socialize with other photographers.
- Participate in monthly digital and print salons critiqued by experienced judges.
- Gain photography-related insights from guest speakers at monthly programs.
- Join members on photography field trips.
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October print salon topic is ‘Sacred’
The first Crosstown Camera Club print salon in 2016 will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Christ Presbyterian Church in Edina, located at 6901 Normandale Road (northeast corner of Highway 100 and Seventieth Street So.
The print salon topic is “Sacred.” Prints must be in the current competition folder at the Edina Art Center no later than 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 11. (Note: Please submit JPEG versions of winning images and acceptances following the competition through the digital salon email address via this Website at digitalsalon@crosstowncameraclub.com so they can be posted online. They should be titled using the usual format. For example: O.MemberNumber.ImageName.jpg).
In addition to the monthly members’ competition there will be another presentation by a guest speaker detailing their work on a specific photography project.
Meetings begin at 6:30 p.m. and are held on the third Thursday of the month, September through May (with the exception of December when we have our annual holiday party). They include digital and print salon competitions and photographic presentations. Guests are welcome but must be paid members to compete in the monthly salons.
Crosstown images on display at Edina City Hall
The top 12 year-end award-winning images from Crosstown’s 2015—16 season are now being featured through September of next year in the Edina City Hall, 4801 W. 50th St, Edina, MN 55424. The photos are available for viewing in the Community Room during regular business hours (but best over the noon hour when the room is less prone to be in use). Enter city hall, walk up the stairs and head straight back to find the Community Room. Special thanks for Crosstown members Cynthia Fleury, Ray Klempka and Peter Rose for coordinating the framing and hanging of the exhibit, and to Edina Art Center Director Michael Frey for providing image wall tags.
Crosstown members in Minneapolis Photo Center shows
Crosstown Camera Club members Bradford Kissell and John Bain will be part of the upcoming show “Abstracted,” with the launch party taking place on Friday, Sept. 23 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
St. Cloud gallery to exhibit images by Crosstown’s Peter Wong
A solo exhibit by Crosstown Camera Club photographer Peter Wong is now on display at the Atwood Gallery in the St. Cloud State University Atwood Memorial Center. The show features images Wong has taken in recent years in Malaysia and Vietnam.
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