SMCCC body

ABOUT US	CALENDAR	ANNOUNCEMENTS
The St. Mary's County Camera Club (SMCCC) had its first meeting on November 2nd, 1998 in St. Mary's City Maryland. The club's purpose is to "...promote photography as a hobby, providing a forum for exchanging knowledge of the subject and inspiring amateur photographers toward improving their art." We are now a "Special Interest Group" of the Coastal Camera Club of Lewes Delaware As such, we retain the organization name "St. Mary's County Camera Club" and continue to hold our own meetings, presentations, and critiques. Prospective members will be required to join the Coastal Camera Club (CCC) in order to establish membership in SMCCC. No other fees after CCC's dues will be collected, except for some special CCC events. To join CCC, members should also join the "Southern Maryland Critique Special Interest Group (CCC's designation for SMCCC), in order to continue to meet via CCC's Zoom account. To learn more, please visit https://www.coastalcameraclub.com/activities/special-interest-groups. Scroll down to the SOMD Critique SIG heading for more information. Any further information about SMCCC may be obtained by contacting smccc1998@gmail.com. MEETING SCHEDULE: Most CCC events occur on second and fourth Wednesday evenings, and SMCCC usually meets on the first and second Tuedays at 7PM. Detailed information about SMCCC activities appear in our Calendar Column on this page. SMCCC will NORMALLY meet via Zoom Tuesdays as follows: • First Tuesday of the Month: Photo critique via Zoom at 7PM. • Second Tuesday of the month: Presentation via Zoom at 7PM. • Third Thursday - Sunday of September: St. Mary's County Fair. Check the Calendar Column for details and any date or location changes. ANNUAL DUES: Required to participate in Coastal Camera Club competitions, activities and events. • Individual: $40 • Family: $50 • Age 14-17: Free • Guests may come to one Coastal Camera Club Zoom meeting and one SMCCC/SOMD Critique SIG Zoom meeting at no charge by requesting the Zoom Code for a specific date from: boardofdirectors@coastalcameraclub.com. • Some CCC events may have a small entry fee.	Javascript required. Enable Click events below for details. 2025 Thu 9/18/25 - 9/22/25 COUNTY FAIR Thu 9/18/25 - Sun 9/22/25 COUNTY FAIR SMCCC officiates the Photography Division of the St. Mary's County Fair. Fair Website. To access the fair brochure, use Google Chrome and click where it says "Click here to down load a digital copy" Wed 9/24/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Wed 9/24/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION See Coastal Camera Club website. Wed 10/1/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION Wed 10/1/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION "Lost in Newfoundland" Michael Windsor Tue 10/7/25 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE Tue 10/7/25 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE • Any member may participate. • Resize images to a maximum of 2048 pixels on the long edge. • Send images to smccc1998@gmail.com. • Attach your images as files; do not paste them in the message. • Do not use the Apple mail app to send images as it makes them difficult to move to the disk drive. • Make the subject line of your email read: Your Name Images. This is important since when they get downloaded they will go into a folder with a name that is the subject line, so it is easy to track if your images have been downloaded. Tue 10/14/25, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION Tue 10/14/25, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION To Be Announced Wed 10/22/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Wed 10/22/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Members only. See Coastal Camera Club website. Wed 10/29/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION Wed 10/29/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION "Great Nature Photos" Gregory Basco Oct - Dec SMCCC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT Oct - Dec SMCCC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT St. Mary's County Camera Club will have an exhibit at the Southern Branch Calvert Library running from October through December, during library hours. Free Admission. St. Mary's County and Bowie-Crofton Camera Clubs will have an exhibit at the Charlotte Hall Veteran's Home running from October through December. Free Admission. Tue 11/4/25 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE Tue 11/4/25 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE • Any member may participate. • Resize images to a maximum of 2048 pixels on the long edge. • Send images to smccc1998@gmail.com. • Attach your images as files; do not paste them in the message. • Do not use the Apple mail app to send images as it makes them difficult to move to the disk drive. • Make the subject line of your email read: Your Name Images. This is important since when they get downloaded they will go into a folder with a name that is the subject line, so it is easy to track if your images have been downloaded. Tue 11/11/25, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION Tue 11/11/25, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION "Infrared and Cyanotypes" by Kevin Pinkerton Wed 11/12/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION Wed 11/12/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION "Creative Vision" by Valerie Jardin Wed 11/19/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Wed 11/19/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Members only. See Coastal Camera Club website. Wed 12/10/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Wed 12/10/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Members only. See Coastal Camera Club website. Wed 12/17/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION Wed 12/17/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION "Wildlife Photography" by Kristi Odom 2026 Tue 1/6/26 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE Tue 1/6/26 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE • Any member may participate. • Resize images to a maximum of 2048 pixels on the long edge. • Send images to smccc1998@gmail.com. • Attach your images as files; do not paste them in the message. • Do not use the Apple mail app to send images as it makes them difficult to move to the disk drive. • Make the subject line of your email read: Your Name Images. This is important since when they get downloaded they will go into a folder with a name that is the subject line, so it is easy to track if your images have been downloaded. Wed 1/7/26 7PM: CCC CRITIQUE Wed 1/7/26 7PM: CCC CRITIQUE by Mark Battista Tue 1/13/26, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION Tue 1/13/26, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION To Be Determined Wed 1/14/26, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION Wed 1/14/26, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION "Exploring Nature" by Alyce Bender Wed 1/28/26, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Wed 1/28/26, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION Members only. See Coastal Camera Club website.	2022 END OF YEAR WINNERS ARE HERE ZOOM MEETINGS Until further notice, we will hold our meetings with ZOOM, an app made for video conferencing. Following is the process: In order to join a Zoom meeting you must first join the Coastal Camera Club by paying membership dues at: www.coastalcameraclub.com/join-us/ Once CCC membership is verified, you will be sent an email with the Zoom meeting link. Then contact SMCCC to request joining the CCC SOMD Critique Special Interest Group by sending us an email to: smccc1998@gmail.com Click on the link we'll provide. If you haven't used Zoom before you will be taken to a site where you can download software. The meeting should then pop open. SMCCC meetings will begin at 7:00. CCC meeting times vary - check the CCC Events list at: https://www.coastalcameraclub.com/events/list. We suggest that you join the meeting a few minutes early. When the Zoom window opens on your PC, there should be a control bar for Zoom on the lower edge of the screen. In the left corner is a picture of a microphone, if you click on that you can unmute your microphone. Please be polite and mute yourself during presentations.

ABOUT US

CALENDAR

ANNOUNCEMENTS

The St. Mary's County Camera Club (SMCCC) had its first meeting on November 2nd, 1998 in St. Mary's City Maryland. The club's purpose is to "...promote photography as a hobby, providing a forum for exchanging knowledge of the subject and inspiring amateur photographers toward improving their art."

We are now a "Special Interest Group" of the Coastal Camera Club of Lewes Delaware

As such, we retain the organization name "St. Mary's County Camera Club" and continue to hold our own meetings, presentations, and critiques.

Prospective members will be required to join the Coastal Camera Club (CCC) in order to establish membership in SMCCC. No other fees after CCC's dues will be collected, except for some special CCC events.

To join CCC, members should also join the "Southern Maryland Critique Special Interest Group (CCC's designation for SMCCC), in order to continue to meet via CCC's Zoom account.

To learn more, please visit
https://www.coastalcameraclub.com/activities/special-interest-groups. Scroll down to the SOMD Critique SIG heading for more information.

Any further information about SMCCC may be obtained by contacting smccc1998@gmail.com.

MEETING SCHEDULE:

Most CCC events occur on second and fourth Wednesday evenings, and SMCCC usually meets on the first and second Tuedays at 7PM. Detailed information about SMCCC activities appear in our Calendar Column on this page.

SMCCC will NORMALLY meet via Zoom Tuesdays as follows:

• First Tuesday of the Month:

Photo critique via Zoom at 7PM.

• Second Tuesday of the month:

Presentation via Zoom at 7PM.

• Third Thursday - Sunday of September:

St. Mary's County Fair.

Check the Calendar Column for details and any date or location changes.

ANNUAL DUES:

Required to participate in Coastal Camera Club competitions, activities and events.

• Individual: $40

• Family: $50

• Age 14-17: Free

• Guests may come to one Coastal Camera Club Zoom meeting and one SMCCC/SOMD Critique SIG Zoom meeting at no charge by requesting the Zoom Code for a specific date from: boardofdirectors@coastalcameraclub.com.
• Some CCC events may have a small entry fee.

Javascript required. Enable

Click events below for details.

2025

Thu 9/18/25 - 9/22/25 COUNTY FAIR

Wed 9/24/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION

Wed 10/1/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION

Tue 10/7/25 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE

Tue 10/14/25, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION

Wed 10/22/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION

Wed 10/29/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION

Oct - Dec SMCCC PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT

Tue 11/4/25 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE

Tue 11/11/25, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION

Wed 11/12/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION

Wed 11/19/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION

Wed 12/10/25, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION

Wed 12/17/25, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION

2026

Tue 1/6/26 7PM: SMCCC CRITIQUE

Wed 1/7/26 7PM: CCC CRITIQUE

Tue 1/13/26, 7PM: SMCCC PRESENTATION

Wed 1/14/26, 6PM: CCC PRESENTATION

Wed 1/28/26, 6PM: CCC COMPETITION

2022 END OF YEAR WINNERS ARE HERE

ZOOM MEETINGS

Until further notice, we will hold our meetings with ZOOM, an app made for video conferencing. Following is the process:

In order to join a Zoom meeting you must first join the Coastal Camera Club by paying membership dues at:

www.coastalcameraclub.com/join-us/

Once CCC membership is verified, you will be sent an email with the Zoom meeting link. Then contact SMCCC to request joining the CCC SOMD Critique Special Interest Group by sending us an email to:

smccc1998@gmail.com

Click on the link we'll provide. If you haven't used Zoom before you will be taken to a site where you can download software. The meeting should then pop open.

SMCCC meetings will begin at 7:00.
CCC meeting times vary - check the CCC Events list at:

https://www.coastalcameraclub.com/events/list.

We suggest that you join the meeting a few minutes early.

When the Zoom window opens on your PC, there should be a control bar for Zoom on the lower edge of the screen. In the left corner is a picture of a microphone, if you click on that you can unmute your microphone. Please be polite and mute yourself during presentations.

Updated September 16th, 2025