Sedona Camera Club
The Sedona Camera Club has been meeting, learning and enjoying photography since 1952.
As a club, our mission is to education members of the Club, the general public, and students in Sedona, the Verde Valley, and beyond about the art of photography.
We strive to achieve our mission by:
- Regular Monthly Meetings with programs taught by professional photographers and workshops taught by advanced Club members.
- A Mentoring Program designed to assist beginning, intermediate and advanced photographers improve their skills.
- Holding Monthly Photo Critiques in which members receive individualized critiques of their submissions in order to improve their photographic skills.
- Working cooperatively with other community organizations to provide artistic exhibitions that benefit club members and the community as a whole.
- Club Trips (local photoshoots or multi-day photo trips) and Special Events including workshops.
Club Year: 2024-2025
Our club is ending our 2023-24 year and looking forward to our 2024-25 year. Changes are in the work!
You can help make this coming year our best. Reach out with your ideas for photo opportunities, mentoring sessions or any suggestion about making the club more active and vibrant.
Stay tuned to this site and look for our email blasts for information about opportunities for us to share our love of photography.
Trip Announcements and Learning Opportunities
Learning Sessions
Members interested in signing up for a learning session should contact Judy Curnow at learning_session@sedonacamera.club.
When available, members may view videos of our learning sessions HERE. Be sure to watch Kathleen Reeder’s presentation on Midjourney AI. The video will only be available for a limited time.
Learning sessions for the 2023-24 club year have finished. Currently there are no learning sessions scheduled. If you have any suggestions for future learning sessions, please contact Judy at the above address.
Plan a Trip with Club Members
Spontaneous trips happen all the time. Submit the details of a trip or photo shoot you would like to invite other club members to join you. Details will be forwarded to other club members.
The reason is to promote learning and bonding with other club members. Current members will be notified by unique email blast or in our next Club Newsletter. You can limit the number of club members to go on your trip, and they must email you about their interest in going on that trip with you.
To appreciate many of the trips the club has taken, view our Trip Galleries.
Recent Club Trips
Members participating in club trips are encouraged to submit photos to our trip galeries.
Flagstaff - Walkabout
Blue Moon - Cathedral Rock
Annual Award Winners: 2023-2024
Annually the club provides two awards at year end named the Ray Reed and Ellsworth Schnebly Awards. Over the years the specific reasons for these awards have been changed to keep current with the club’s changes in focus; for example identifying the individual winners of first place Digital and Print images was used recently. Over the past few years, the club changed our primary focus from competition to learning. The awards have been updated to reflect our focus on learning.
Ray Reed Award: Louis Pescevic
The Ray Reed Award recipient is selected for the most ‘Outstanding Work to Help Others Improve‘ their photography. Over the last several years, Brad Kincaid has transformed our monthly photo competitions into monthly critiques based on the Arts Edge framework. His leadership has helped improve the photography of members and peer reviewers.
Ellsworth Schnebly Award: Mark Schmitz
The Ellsworth Schnebly Award is for the ‘Most Improved Photographer‘ as mesured by their photo critique scores over the last three years. Mark’s love of intentional camera movement has combined with his improved photography skills in capturing colorful and evocative art. We have all enjoyed his monthly submissions.
Members' Favorite Images 2023-2024
Click on either image below to view a gallery of the many exceptional images from this past year.
Members' Favorite Digital Image
Mine, Mine, Mine - Greg Griffin
Members' Favorite Print Image
Rodeo Ballet - Priscilla Burgers
Best of April 2024 Critiques
The Best of Critiques Galleries includes images from our monthly critiques since April 2019. Separate Competition Winners Galleries are avaialable for prior months in which the club had monthly competitions instead of critiques.
Members may review the critiques (comments and scores) for their images or for all of the monthly submissions by visiting the Critique Website and selecting an option under the Critique Results menu.