Gary Baird to Present March 13

The Coastal Carolina Camera Club will hold its next meeting at 7 p.m. on March 13 at the Shallotte Presbyterian Church, 5070 Main St. in Shallotte.  Our featured speaker will be Gary Baird, well-known local photographer.  Gary and his wife Sue will share tales of their 13,075 mile road trip during the summer of 2024. Gary specializes in nature photography and planned the trip to pass through 17 national parks in the United States and Canada, as well as wildlife preserves and state parks. Throughout the presentation, Gary will be sharing images of animals from polar bears in Hudson Bay to sea lions surfing along the coast of La Jolla, California. We'll see images of Kakabeka Falls in Canada to the Yosemite Valley.  Travel vicariously with the Bairds, and they won't even ask for gas money!

Winners Selected for "Water in Motion"

The club holds internal competitions throughout the year for its members. The February competition was on the theme "Water in Motion." A judge trained through the Photographic Society of America selected a first, second and third place image in two categories, Group A for the more experienced photographers and Group B for the newer members of the club. Jeffrey Hanke took first place in Group A with his image entitled "Getting Wet." Doug Wood took second place with "Hemlock Falls" and John Farr was awarded third place for "Fountain."  In the Group B competition, Dorothy Foley was awarded first place for "Ocean Symphony." Rick Renda's image entitled "Spruce Waterfall" was selected for second place and "Nymphenburg Trough" by John Medeiros was given a third-place ribbon. Congratulations to all who entered.

     Getting Wet                                       Hemlock Falls                                       Fountain                                  Ocean Symphony                               Spruce Waterfall                                Nymphenburg Trough

Michelle Tinger Named Photographer of the Year for 2024

The Coastal Carolina Camera Club honored Michelle Tinger as the Club’s 2024 Photographer of the Year during their January meeting. Michelle earned the most points throughout the year in the club’s five themed competitions. Points are awarded based on images that place first, second or third. Michelle is an accomplished photographer whose beautiful images placed in four of the five competitions with two first and two second place finishes. She has been a member of the club for 16 years and has held several roles as well as provided club presentations and planned club events.

Congratulations Michelle the club’s 2024 Photographer of the Year!  

Among her photographic honors for 2024:

February theme of “Still Life” - 2nd "Autumn Still Life" 

June theme of “Bodies of Water” - 1st "Frothy Waves" 

September theme of “Sunrise/Sunset” - 2nd "Sunrise on The Shallotte River"

November theme of “Open Monochrome” - 1st "High Roller"

February Slide Show - Door Handles

The February slide show was open to club members to submit up to 5 images on "Door Handles".  Please click on box at bottom right of video below for full screen. Thanks to all who submitted images.

January Slide Show - Weather

The January slide show was open to club members to submit images on "Weather".  Please click box at bottom right of video below for full screen. 

Field Trips

Recently, several club members went on a field trip to the NC Zoo. Here's a slide show from that trip.