Join us for the Annual John Sanders Memorial Fall Picnic!

Grab your camera! Peak fall colors. Perfect weather. A beautiful environmental setting and placid lake scenes. Friendly photographers. Food and fun.  Don’t miss the annual BPC fall John Sanders Memorial Picnic and outing.  Sunday, October 19th, 2025 the BPC will gather at the Strahl Lake Shelter House in Brown County State Park.  This is open to all BPC members and their guests.

This friendly, in person festive gathering is scheduled from 11:00am – 4:00pm.  We have reserved the shelter house for the day, so if you wish to arrive earlier or stay later that is fine.  This is a “bring your own food, beverage, plate and utensils”.  Gathering for lunch in the shelter house is at 1:00.  Because of concerns for spreading illness this is not a “pitch in, pot luck” meal, however if you wish to bring a food item or a covered dish to share, people are free to make their own choices with whatever they are comfortable with.

You can enter by either of the two entrances to Brown County State Park and there will be signs for Strahl Lake. Unless you have a season pass, entry fee per car (with Indiana license plate) is $7.00.

https://www.browncountystatepark.net/
 

Our Photo Critique Focus Group will be a Zoom-only meeting. The goals of this group are to provide honest peer reviews in a supportive environment, as well as to sharpen photography skills through discussion and feedback

It is optional to submit images for critique, although it is encouraged.  For those who want to participate, images for critiquing (limit of 2) should be sent by midafternoon on the day of the meeting. Images should be jpegs, with the longest side 1400 pixels.

We will send an email and post to the Facebook group if there are any changes to the schedule.

Group Coordinator
Teddy Alfrey teddyalfrey@gmail.com

We are planning to conduct our Serendipity: Perfect or Not Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid members for the BPC are welcome to attend.

Please send your photo files to Becca Cambridge (becca.cambridge@gmail.com) by noon today. Images (limit of 6) should be jpegs, with the longest side 1400 pixels. The ppi (resolution) does not matter. Please label them: Your name-01.jpg with the number indicating the order that you want the photos presented.

Serendipity Zoom Meeting URL:
https://zoom.us/j/92731211164?pwd=cVQrV3N2SGxOSzhGenU1NFRkd1hTZz09
Meeting ID: 927 3121 1164
Passcode: 112024

Group Coordinators:
Becca Cambridge becca.cambridge@gmail.com
Joyce Byrer jkbyrer@icloud.com

We are planning to conduct our SPUDS Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All SPUDS focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year will be invited to join this Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm.

As most of you know, with each meeting we have a photo share - if you have some images that you would like to share with the group, that would be great.  Our focus group subject matter consists of Street, Photojournalism, Urban, Documentary and Sports (hence the name SPUDS). 

Please send your images (up to 10) to Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net) by 3:00pm on the day of the meeting. Files should be jpeg or tiff and the longest side of the photos should be 1400 pixels in length.

Group Coordinator
Allan Yates herrbarnack@gmail.com

Photoshare: “Selfies, Abstractions, Patterns in Nature”.

Please send images you would like to share (limit of six) to Steve Gilbert (stevengilb@gmail.com) no later than noon on the day of the meeting. Please label the images with your last name and first initial, followed by a number indicating the order in which you want them shown. Images must be jpegs and 1400 pixels on the longest side.

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as a hybrid meeting. We will be meeting at 7:00 pm in person in room 1C at the Monroe County Downtown Public Library. The meeting is open to all members and non-members. If you can’t join us in person, you can participate via Zoom. All paid members will automatically receive a Zoom invitation or you can go HERE to get the link. If you are not a paid member, you may request a link from Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net).

We are excited to announce that the opening reception for the BPC 2025 Juried November Exhibit will be held on November 6, 2025, from 5-8 pm. Please join your fellow BPC club members and enjoy the wonderful photography on display.

Please share the announcement with your friends and family and invite them to attend as well. We hope to see a great turnout of both members and the community!

This exhibit will be open to the public from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, November 1, 2025 through November 30, 2025.

This is the Annual Planning Meeting where the club's entire calendar of events for the coming year is determined. Photoshare topics, guest speakers, field trips, tech tips, exhibits, workshops, and special events are proposed, discussed, and selected.

All paid club members are welcome! Everyone's input is important, and we would love to have all members of the BPC participate in this annual brainstorming session. Everyone is invited and it won’t be the same without you! We need your suggestions.

If you cannot attend in person, please send your ideas in advance to Kip May: kipmay2@icloud.com In fact, even if you are planning to attend, sending your ideas to Kip beforehand will help with preparations.

This will be a hybrid meeting. You may attend the meeting in person in Room 2A at the Monroe County Downtown Library or join us on Zoom. All LAWN focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year are invited to join this meeting.

This month’s theme: Nature

Photoshare:  Please submit images for the photoshare using Dropbox. Using the link https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rv6enkcqs6ab5e251wxdq/ACZZxSPnHaDM331J67_N3NA?rlkey=2q0epzbyia9t3zml7hfy3jh5e&st=htr9c0et&dl=0 create a folder and upload your photos there. 

If you prefer you can still email images to Zolt Levay (zgl@me.com) or Don Waters (donwaters98@yahoo.com) or Don Thompson (donaldthompson@indy.rr.com)

In either case, send up to six photos of moderate size (recommended 1400x1400 pixels maximum dimension) photos by mid-day Monday so we have time to assemble them for the meeting. Remember to name them so that they can be shown in your preferred order, with a number prefix, for example.

Photoshare: Please send your images to Juliet (jstarkfrey@comcast.net) by noon on the day of the meeting. No set limit on the number of images--just common sense. It is interesting to see the originals of images on which you have worked your magic. And if you can remember how you created them :-) that is always great to hear! Images should be jpegs, 1400 pixels on the long side; the ppi doesn't matter. Number them in the order you would like them shown. 

Group Coordinator
Juliet Frey: jstarkfrey@comcast.net

All BPC paid members will receive the Zoom invitation to this informal get-together hosted by Sarah Slover. A chance to ask photo-related questions! Wide-ranging conversations! Interesting discussions!

For more information contact Sarah Slover sarahjensvold@gmail.com

Program: We will have our usual photoshare. Send no more than 6 photo files to Matthew Hicks (matthewhicks@me.com) by noon today so I can get them into the file I use for sharing with everyone. Images should be jpegs, with the longest side 1400 pixels. The ppi (resolution) does not matter. Please label them: Your name-01.jpg with the number indicating the order that you want the photos presented.

We are planning to conduct our Macro Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. If you are a paid BPC member and would like to be invited to join this online meeting, please send me an email.

Group Coordinator:
Matt Hicks matthewhicks@me.com

Please join me for a Zoom Portrait Focus Group photo share at 7:00 pm. If you wish to share images that you have taken, please send them to me (max. 8 images). Deadline is noon the day of the photo share. All Portrait focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year will be invited to join this online meeting.

A reminder that our understanding of “Portraits” is broad and inclusive.  Your images may be formal, casual, set up or candid, planned or spontaneous, individuals, couples or groups.  Let’s see what folks have been up to since we last met.  I will send you the Zoom link on the day of our meeting.

If you know someone who wishes to participate and has not yet signed up for the group, please advise me and I will happily include them.

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 812-345-0142.

Looking forward to virtually seeing each of you.

Group Coordinator: Kip May kipmay2@icloud.com 
Kip May Photography
141 N. Adams St
Bloomington, IN 47404
812-345-0142

We are planning to conduct our Serendipity: Perfect or Not Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid members for the BPC are welcome to attend.

Please send your photo files to Becca Cambridge (becca.cambridge@gmail.com) by noon today. Images (limit of 6) should be jpegs, with the longest side 1400 pixels. The ppi (resolution) does not matter. Please label them: Your name-01.jpg with the number indicating the order that you want the photos presented.

Serendipity Zoom Meeting URL:
https://zoom.us/j/92731211164?pwd=cVQrV3N2SGxOSzhGenU1NFRkd1hTZz09
Meeting ID: 927 3121 1164
Passcode: 112024

Group Coordinators:
Becca Cambridge becca.cambridge@gmail.com
Joyce Byrer jkbyrer@icloud.com

We are planning to conduct our SPUDS Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All SPUDS focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year will be invited to join this Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm.

As most of you know, with each meeting we have a photo share - if you have some images that you would like to share with the group, that would be great.  Our focus group subject matter consists of Street, Photojournalism, Urban, Documentary and Sports (hence the name SPUDS). 

Please send your images (up to 10) to Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net) by 3:00pm on the day of the meeting. Files should be jpeg or tiff and the longest side of the photos should be 1400 pixels in length.

Group Coordinator
Allan Yates herrbarnack@gmail.com

Our History of Photography Focus Group will be conducted as a Zoom meeting. All focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year will be invited to join this Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm. The goals of this group are to review the history of photography, famous photographers, photographic styles, and media.

Group Coordinator
Teddy Alfrey teddyalfrey@gmail.com

This meeting is probably everyone’s most favorite meeting of the year. Each focus group leader will create a slide show or movie of photos that their focus group members have selected from their archives. This is a great opportunity for members to share their photos with everyone in the club.

We are planning to conduct our monthly Bloomington Photography Club Meeting as a Zoom-only meeting. The meeting is open to all members and non-members. Please tell all your friends and family that they are most welcome to attend via Zoom. All paid members will automatically receive a Zoom invitation or you can go HERE to get the link. If you are not a paid member, you may request a link from Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net).

If you have any questions, please contact Joyce Byrer (jkbyrer@icloud.com).

This will be a hybrid meeting. You may attend the meeting in person at the Monroe County Downtown Library or join us on Zoom. All LAWN focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year are invited to join this meeting.

Program: TBA

Photoshare:  Please submit images for the photoshare using Dropbox. Using the link https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/rv6enkcqs6ab5e251wxdq/ACZZxSPnHaDM331J67_N3NA?rlkey=2q0epzbyia9t3zml7hfy3jh5e&st=htr9c0et&dl=0 create a folder and upload your photos there. 

If you prefer you can still email images to Zolt Levay (zgl@me.com) or Don Waters (donwaters98@yahoo.com) or Don Thompson (donaldthompson@indy.rr.com)

In either case, send up to six photos of moderate size (recommended 1400x1400 pixels maximum dimension) photos by mid-day Monday so we have time to assemble them for the meeting. Remember to name them so that they can be shown in your preferred order, with a number prefix, for example.

Photoshare: Please send your images to Juliet (jstarkfrey@comcast.net) by noon on the day of the meeting. No set limit on the number of images--just common sense. It is interesting to see the originals of images on which you have worked your magic. And if you can remember how you created them :-) that is always great to hear! Images should be jpegs, 1400 pixels on the long side; the ppi doesn't matter. Number them in the order you would like them shown. 

Group Coordinator
Juliet Frey: jstarkfrey@comcast.net

We are planning to conduct our Film Users Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year will be invited to join this online meeting at 7:00 pm.

Photoshare: Please send your images (any reasonable number) to Jaime. Images should be jpegs, 1400 pixels on the long side; the ppi doesn't matter. You'll have an opportunity to tell us what camera, film and processing you used.

Group Coordinators
Jaime Gonzales higonzilla@gmail.com
Allan Yates herrbarnack@gmail.com

Program: We will have our usual photoshare. Send no more than 6 photo files to Matthew Hicks (matthewhicks@me.com) by noon today so I can get them into the file I use for sharing with everyone. Images should be jpegs, with the longest side 1400 pixels. The ppi (resolution) does not matter. Please label them: Your name-01.jpg with the number indicating the order that you want the photos presented.

We are planning to conduct our Macro Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. If you are a paid BPC member and would like to be invited to join this online meeting, please send me an email.

Group Coordinator:
Matt Hicks matthewhicks@me.com

Please join me for a Zoom Point and Shoot Focus Group photo share at 7 pm. If you wish to share images that you have taken with your point and shoot camera., please send them to me (max. 10 images). Deadline is noon the day of the photo share. All Point and Shoot focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year are invited to join this online meeting.

I will send out the Zoom link to each of you on my Point and Shoot Focus Group list the day of the photo share. If you know someone who wishes to participate and has not yet signed up for the group, please advise me and I will happily include them.

If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 812-345-0142.

Looking forward to virtually seeing each of you.

Group Coordinator:
Kip May kipmay2@icloud.com
Kip May Photography
141 N. Adams St
Bloomington, IN 47404
812-345-0142

All BPC paid members will receive the Zoom invitation to this informal get-together hosted by Sarah Slover. A chance to ask photo-related questions! Wide-ranging conversations! Interesting discussions!

For more information contact Sarah Slover sarahjensvold@gmail.com

We are planning to conduct our SPUDS Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All SPUDS focus group members who have paid their BPC dues for this year will be invited to join this Zoom meeting at 7:00 pm.

As most of you know, with each meeting we have a photo share - if you have some images that you would like to share with the group, that would be great.  Our focus group subject matter consists of Street, Photojournalism, Urban, Documentary and Sports (hence the name SPUDS). 

Please send your images (up to 10) to Juliet Frey (jstarkfrey@comcast.net) by 3:00pm on the day of the meeting. Files should be jpeg or tiff and the longest side of the photos should be 1400 pixels in length.

Group Coordinator
Allan Yates herrbarnack@gmail.com

We are planning to conduct our Serendipity: Perfect or Not Focus Group Meeting as an online meeting using Zoom software. All paid members for the BPC are welcome to attend.

Please send your photo files to Becca Cambridge (becca.cambridge@gmail.com) by noon today. Images (limit of 6) should be jpegs, with the longest side 1400 pixels. The ppi (resolution) does not matter. Please label them: Your name-01.jpg with the number indicating the order that you want the photos presented.

Serendipity Zoom Meeting URL:
https://zoom.us/j/92731211164?pwd=cVQrV3N2SGxOSzhGenU1NFRkd1hTZz09
Meeting ID: 927 3121 1164
Passcode: 112024

Group Coordinators:
Becca Cambridge becca.cambridge@gmail.com
Joyce Byrer jkbyrer@icloud.com