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SRPS Information |
- How To Join
- Simple, come to any of our regular meetings and someone will be there to help you.
- SRPS meets on the 2nd & 4th Thursday's at 7:00pm, doors open at 6:30pm. All meetings are held at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center.
- About the Club
- We are pleased that you are interested in the Santa Rosa Photographic Society (SRPS), a camera club for beginning through advanced amateurs. SRPS was founded in 1975 and serves Santa Rosa and Sonoma County.
- Our educational and competition meetings are designed to further members’ interest and ability in photography. Meetings are held on the second and fourth Thursdays monthly, except November and December. The club is a member of and meets at the Luther Burbank Art and Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Avenue, in Santa Rosa.
- Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for socializing and for members to submit their entries into the evening’s competition. Meetings start at 7:00 p.m. with a short business meeting prior to the competition or program.
- The first meeting of the month features the monthly competition in slide, print, and electronic image formats based on specific subject categories and judged by a professional photographer. The second meeting features a themed competition judged by those attending the meeting, followed by a program, workshop, or demonstration.
- As a club chapter member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA), the club participates in four PSA slide competitions annually, endeavoring each year to improve the club’s PSA ranking.
- SRPS also schedules field trips at various points during the year. Most are day trips to nearby sites, but some are weekend or extended weekend expeditions to more distant locations.
- The Exhibitions Committee arranges at least one member exhibition at a public venue annually, giving members the opportunity to have their images viewed outside of the club.
- The year closes with an Awards Banquet and a program highlighting the End-of-Year Competitions’ winners.
- Benefits of Membership
- There are two levels of membership: Associate and Full. Associate members may not enter club competitions, participate in club exhibitions, or place images on the club website, but may participate in all other club activities. For the year, Associate membership is $35 and Full membership is $55, less after mid year.
- The benefits of membership include:
Monthly competition judged by a professional photographer whose comments help members understand how to improve their photography.
- Monthly competition judged by all members, which sharpens members’ ability to assess entries based on a specific theme.
- Opportunities to compete with others in the club to fill the entries sent to the International Club Slide Competition sponsored by the Photographic Society of America.
- Programs, speakers, demonstrations, seminars, etc. on a variety of topics of interest.
- Several field trips annually.
- Annual SRPS exhibitions at public venues.
- Monthly newsletter with information on upcoming club meetings and events, member achievements, and a variety of additional topics.
- Club website where full members may post a sample of their work.
- Club-only e-group for the timely exchange of ideas and information about photography and club issues.
- Lending library with books and tapes.
- …all that and the pleasure of discussing photography with people of like interests, as well as the stimulation of friendly competition. Quite a bargain!
- How the Club Works
- Competitions & class levels . . .
- In the monthly competitions (first meeting of the month), there are four skill levels or classes: B, A, AA, and Masters. Each new member is generally placed at level B and must work his/her way up through the succeeding levels.
- Monthly competitions are professionally judged, with the judge awarding scores to each entry. A record of scores is kept by the Competition Chair. At the end of the year, the High Points Award is given in each skill level.
- To advance to the next level, members must earn the top two high points averages and must also meet the minimum number of submissions requirement of 22 entries during the year. Additional special requirements govern advancing to Masters.
- Each member may submit a total of three entries per monthly competition, divided as the member wishes among the formats (slides, prints, electronic images) and among the subject categories (Nature or Creative and General).
- The second meeting of the month is quite different. At the second meeting, the Photo Image Challenge (PIC) competition has a specific monthly theme, generally based on encouraging members to try new techniques and approaches. PIC encourages members to get out and shoot, since all entries must have been photographed within the calendar year. The PIC competition is scored by members and guests attending the meeting. Since these images are not professionally judged, there are no class levels and the scores do not count toward high points or advancement.
- Programs . . .
The second meeting of the month is the program meeting. Educational presentations featuring speakers, workshops, demonstrations, or hands-on participation are arranged to address topics of interest and to increase members’ photography skills.
- Field Trips . . .
Frequent local field trips and some extended weekend trips give members opportunities to share interests, skills, and experiences.
- Exhibitions . . .
The club encourages members to participate in the Sonoma County art scene and endeavors to arrange at least one or two photography exhibitions annually featuring members’ images.
- Board meetings . . .
All members are encouraged to attend Board meetings since that is where issues of concern to the club are discussed, ideas are exchanged, and plans for upcoming months are determined. Discussions at board meetings are especially important since every attempt is made to keep the business portion of club meetings as short as possible. Board meetings are held the third Thursday in January, March, May, September, October, and December.
- Receiving the newsletter by e-mail . . .
Given the size of the newsletter and the number of club members, e-mail distribution is necessary to keep costs within the annual budget. Members with e-mail capacity receive newsletters by downloading the free program, Adobe Reader. To acquire Adobe Reader, go to www.Adobe.com/reader and follow Adobe’s instructions. Members without e-mail received the newsletter by mail.
- Website information . . . www.santarosaphotographicsociety.org
- The SRPS web page offers:
- Membership information, answers to frequently asked questions, and photography-related articles.
- Members’ Photo Gallery
- Sample issue of The Positive Print, the SRPS monthly newsletter,
- Calendar of upcoming events,
- Photography-related links.
- Online Forum & E-Group information . . .
SRPS maintains a club onlin forum at http://srps.proboards38.com and an email e-group accessible only by members. Both the online forum and the e-group are useful in a number of ways:
- as a forum for the exchange of information and ideas,
- as a means of announcing changes in or additions to previously-published information,
- as a facilitator of member contact, including such things as planning informal photography outings among members,
- as a repository for club documents.
- a place to view member's images and discuss them outside of meetings.
- a place to ask for help.
- SRPS is a Club Member of the Photographic Society of America . . .
SRPS participates in Photographic Society of America’s International Club Slide Competitions with other camera clubs. Our PSA Representative also has information on individual memberships, PSA-sponsored conferences, and other PSA-related activities.
- Image Submission Guidelines
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