Eastside Camera Club, Macomb County, Michigan

The Eastside Camera Club (ECC) is an informal and relaxed club for anyone interested in photography in Macomb County or the surrounding areas of Michigan. Members have all levels of skill, interest and equipment.

We welcome you to attend an upcoming Monthly Meeting and see how much fun it would be to become a member.

Color key: [Eastside Camera Club Meeting] [Eastside Camera Club Group Shoot] [Seven Ponds Event]

Sunday April 2, 2023, 10 AM: Michigan Orchid Society 64th Annual Orchid Show

555 Horace Brown Dr, Madison Heights
Tripods, Backgrounds and Flashes permitted
10AM - 11AM Photographers
11AM Open to the public
Afterwards - Nicky D's Sports Bar & Grill, at 2100 14 Mile Rd

Thursday, April 20, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Color Creative, Very Best, Special Assignment "Unbalanced" [examples].

Where: Room 1 of the Shelby Township Activities Center, 14975 21 Mile Rd (north side of 21 Mile Rd, west of Hayes)
Photo Categories (up to 6 photos can be submitted, following these rules):
- Color Creative (CC nn Title LastName FirstName mm), where nn is 01, 02, 03, etc, and mm is 01 for the original image, and 02 for the creative final image (the pair of photos counts as 1 of your submissions)
- Special Assignment "Unbalanced" (SA nn Title LastName FirstName), where nn is 01, 02, 03, etc
- Very Best (VB nn Title LastName FirstName), where nn is 01, 02, 03, etc)
Email photos to jeff.bondono@gmail.com by 11:59 PM the night before the meeting.
Photos will look best at the club meeting if you export as 2048 pixels on the long edge.

Thursday, May 18, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Monochrome, Very Best, Special Assignment "Welcome Spring".

Thursday, June 15, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Group Shoot, Very Best, Special Assignment "Old Buildings".

Thursday, July 20, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Nature, Very Best, Special Assignment "Urban Angles" [examples].

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Color Creative, Very Best, Special Assignment "Diptych" [ideas] [examples] [kost video].

Thursday, September 21, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Monochrome, Very Best, Special Assignment "TBD".

Thursday, October 19, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Group Shoot, Very Best, Special Assignment "Street Photography".

Thursday, November 16, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Nature, Very Best, Special Assignment "TBD".

Thursday, December 21, 2023, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: ($25 Annual Dues) Pizza Party, submit your 20 best photos from 2023.

Thursday, January 18, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Color Creative, Very Best, Special Assignment "TBD".

Future Group Shoot Ideas

Tom suggested Port Huron Freighters passing under the Blue Water Bridge, plus the nearby Lighthouse
Sheri suggested the Gilmore Car Museum
Bill suggested Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids, and its Butterfly display
Chisako suggested Street Photography (our October SA) at Parker's Alley, in Detroit
Irene requested The Historic Church of St. Patrick, 130 Avondale Ave. Toledo, Ohio 419-243-6452
Bill suggested the Washtenaw Barn Tour, created by Bill Buchanan's friend
Jeff and Glen want to go to Ohio State Reformatory at 100 Reformatory Rd, Mansfield OH (the Prison featured in the movie Shawshank Redemption, a 3-hour 5-minute drive, JoAnn Turk has done some research on this. If we go on a public tour, the entrance fee is $25 ($23 for seniors). You can stay until closing. No tripods. They are open Thursday-Sunday. The building is unheated. Bathrooms are available. Here are some photos of this place.)
Lexus Velodrome in Detroit
Autumn 2023: Pere Marquette 1225, and the ghost town of Pompeii, Michigan (only 6 miles from Ashley!)
February 2024: Sno-Drift Rally
Lansing / Michigan State Capitol Building
Eastern Market Murals
St Joseph Shrine, an ornate catholic church near Eastern Market which is always open to the public
Downtown Detroit People Mover: Free on-street parking on Sundays. 3:00 PM dinner, 4:00 PM Detroit People Mover (Get off the train at each station, take photos without leaving station, get on next train for next station. Pay only one $0.75 fare since we don't leave the station)
River Walk - Ren Cen - Campus Martius
Belle Isle
Dossin Great Lakes Museum, on Belle Isle
Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor) tour
Masonic Temple (Detroit) tour, see here and here
Lincoln Street Art Project
Detroit Church Tour
Historic Fort Wayne
Greenfield Village
Armada Fair
Bedrock Building Tour
Holly's Dickens Festival
Howell Hot Air Balloon Festival
Canadian Raptor Concervancy, take photos of birds in flight and perched. About a 3-hour drive. Requires passport or enhanced driver's licence to get into Canada. Approx $40 each, depending on how many people go.
Ottawa National Refuge
Civil War Re-enactment

Meetings:	Our Monthly Meetings begin at 6:30 PM on the 3rd Thursday of the month in Room 1 of the Shelby Township Activities Center, 14975 21 Mile Rd (north side of 21 Mile Rd, just west of Hayes), Shelby Township, Michigan. The meetings usually consist of about 30 minutes of club business and news, 15 minutes of education usually geared toward the latest software for post-processing, and an hour or so of viewing photographs on a large flat-screen TV which members submitted as detailed here. This is a great way to improve your photography since your photographs are seen by a friendly group of fellow photographers. As each photograph is shown, it is accompanied by comments, praise, compliments and/or suggestions for improvement. Submission of photos is not required if you'd prefer not to. Submitted photos are deleted after each meeting, unless you agree to have them displayed on this web site (see the Historical Events and Photos tab below). After the meeting a few members typically go out for a snack at a local restaurant.
Activities:	We also organize club outings called "Group Shoots" to interesting places for photography every month or two. Attendance is optional, of course. We hold an annual print competition once per year with a cash prize for the best black-and-white and best color print. By agreement between the two clubs, ECC members can attend events of the Seven Ponds Photography Club, probably best publicized on their Facebook Page. Members of the Seven Ponds Photography Club are welcome to attend our Group Shoots.
Education:	We feature a brief educational presentation at many of our meetings, and publish a set of educational articles about photography written by our members.
Library:	We retain a library of books and videos about photography that our members are welcome to check-out. Contact jeff.bondono@gmail.com to check-out an item from our library.
Membership:	Everyone age 16 or older is welcome to attend one or two meetings as a test drive, then join the club for a pro-rated annual membership fee in order to begin showing photos at meetings, entering the print competition, attending club outings, and attending our annual pizza party during December.
Contact:	You can find us on Flickr and Facebook, or email us at EccMacombMi@gmail.com