August 2024 -June 2025 Programs

Upcoming, meetings usually start at 7 PM on Zoom unless otherwise listed

Schedule for next several months, subject to change

March through April 2025 at the Washington IA Public Library

Six photographers of the Iowa City Camera Club captured the beauty of Iowa Barns during a fall tour. A gallery of their work is on display at the Washington Public Library. It's an opportunity to see some of  Iowa’s agricultural history, and the love of our heritage.  The display will be there through the end of April 2025.  https://www.facebook.com/share/p/15rtPn3cPd/

Library address: 115 W Washington St, Washington, IA

Apr 21, 2025

• Show & tell/friendly critique on up to 5 photos

• Your Challenge Photos - Living plants past their prime

• Preview May challenge - Abandoned, old barns, junkyard item

• Returns from March contests

May 5, 2025

• Returns from April contests

May 19, 2025

• Your Challenge Photos - Abandoned, old barns, junkyard item

• Preview June challenge - Abstract

Jun 2, 2025

• Returns from May contests

Jun 16, 2025

• Your Challenge Photos - Abstract

• Preview July challenge - Glass bottles, jar, etc maybe with water & oil

Saturday August 16, 2025 outing

At Draco Hill Farm from 7 to 8:30 pm. Sunset is at 8 so we should be catching golden hour

N4C Conventions

N4C Fall Convention 2025 date and location To Be Determined

N4C Fall Convention October 8-11, 2026 Medora, North Dakota in 2026

Past meetings of July 2024/June 2025

August 10, 2024

Outing: wildflowers opportunity at Susanne's farm

August 18, 2024

Outing: Downtown Iowa City alley, graffitti walk 4:30 PM

August 26, 2024 - at Iowa City Public Library room A and Zoom

Welcome, introduce yourself and share an old family photo you wish might not have been taken

State Fair photos by members

Challenge Photos: Street photography (people, etc. in public areas)

Your fireworks photos

Sunflower Photos

Preview September challenge: Downtown & alleys

September 2, 2024 - Labor day, no meeting

September 16, 2024

Lakshmi Balasubramanian will present "A trip to Himalayan Range"- featuring motorbiking experience, breathtaking landscapes, and wildlife photos.

Challenge photos: Downtown & alleys

Preview October 21 challenge: Stairs and Scaffolding

September 24, 2024 Outing at Oakdale Cemetery, 6 pm

Oct 3-5, 2024 N4C Fall Convention, info at https://www.n4c.us/

Oct 7, 2024 no meeting

Oct 9, 2024 Outing: Hoover in West Branch, 8:30 AM

Oct 16, 2024 Outing: Old Capital, 10 AM at the Old Capital steps on the east side

Oct 21, 2024

Returns from September's contests

Challenge Photos Stairs and Scaffolding

Preview November challenge: Spooky, haunted or cemetery

Show & tell/friendly critique on up to 5 photos

Nov 4, 2024  Robert A. Lee Recreation Center Room A and Zoom

Program: scanning slides, revisiting Digitizing media (Gail)

Returns from last month's contests

Nov 18, 2024

Resizing photos: the mechanics of how to resize images, pixel dimensions and file size. N4C has limits on both - Mark

Your Challenge Photos Spooky, haunted or cemetery

Presentation on the cemetery/spooky challenge. Maybe show how I've done a few of my spooky images or maybe some interesting shots from local cemeteries or ??? by Bob

Preview December challenge: Door Knobs & Doors

Dec 2, 2024

Celine's photos from her Chicago trip

Returns from last month's contests

Discussion: where do you like to take pictures

Dec 16, 2024 Zoom and in person

Print and digital Barn Tour Photos: Six of our Club photographers set out to capture the magic of the barns in The Iowa Barn Foundation all-state barn tour this past Fall. Celine, Bob, Mark, Craig. Stephen and Susanne attempted to visit 92 barns in one weekend. We hope you will join them at the Environmental Education Center on Scott Blvd at our next meeting on Monday, December 16th. They would like your feedback/ comments on their video essay "If These Barns Could Talk" and to critique their print exhibit. They will also be sharing stories of the people they met along the way. Hope to see you there; it will be on Zoom as well.

Jan 6, 2025

Diana, Howard and Tom will demonstrate their photo editing process

Preview January 20 challenges - Door Knobs & Doors, Toys

Jan 20, 2025

• The Great Icy Bubble Journey new photos - Donna T.

• Jan demonstrate her editing process, photos from her Alaska trip

• Your Challenge Photos - Door Knobs & Doors (from December), Toys

• Preview February challenge - still life

Feb 3, 2025

• David Kingham:        Rethinking Lightroom

He will share his unique approach to processing in Lightroom that will change the way you approach your images forever

David's website is at https://www.davidkingham.com/ 

• Photo& Video Essays #1 (The N4C photo and video essay contests will be held in April so there's time to give them a try. The guidelines for these is on pages F-11 and F-12 of the N4C Contest rules at https://www.n4c.us/N4C_Contest_Rules_2023-2024_v11-21-2023.pdf )

• Show & tell/friendly critique on up to 5 photos

Feb 17, 2025

• Returns from January contests

• Your Challenge Photos - still life

• Preview March challenge - black & white

Mar 3, 2025

• Angelea Yoder discussion of Food Photography with examples and suggestions

• Returns from February's contests

Mar 17, 2025

• Photo & Video Essays #2  (The N4C photo and video essay contests will be held in April so there's time to give them a try. The guidelines for these is on pages F-11 and F-12 of the N4C Contest rules at https://www.n4c.us/N4C_Contest_Rules_2023-2024_v11-21-2023.pdf)

• Your Challenge Photos - black & white

• Your Challenge Photos - Food Photography (since we had a great talk about it on the 3rd)

• Preview April challenge - Living plants past their prime

Apr 7, 2025

• Howard Hinton Jr's Image “The Simplicity of Winter” now part of the Professional Photographers of America Imaging Excellent Collection. We'll show video critiques of two of his images and the image that reflects some of the adjustments and thought processes from both critiques.   Take note of the reviewers pointing out issues while also suggesting possible methods of improvement. Howard incorporated the insights from both of those critiques in the final image.

• Mari Roseman will present a short, informal presentation of photos from the Midwest to the West that she's taken on her driving trips where she's shooting out the window while her husband is driving, mostly while zooming down the highway. She's named the series "Scenes from the Passenger Seat." In addition to photos, she'll share some technical details for anyone who'd like to try this out themselves. 

For previous years see Older Programs 

Outings and photo opportunities

July 5 for Fireworks display downtown Iowa City

July 13 and 14 are the dates of the Iowa City Garden display - https://projectgreen.org/events/open-gardens-weekend/ 

Susanne's farm for Milky Way and flower photos

Downtown Iowa City graffiti walk, on an August evening before students return

October 3-5 is the N4C Annual Convention

A cemetery walk in early evening

Hoover in West Branch, 8:30 AM

Old Capital, 10 AM

Coralville antique car museum

Maquoketa Caves State Park 

Iowa River Landing Wetland Park

Cedar Ridge Winery and Distillery (also good food!)

Devonian Fossil Gorge

Raptor Center at Macbride Nature Recreation Area

Lake Macbride waterfall

Terry Trueblood (in spring)

Kent Park

Hickory Hill Park

Draco Hill Farm