2025-2026 Meeting and Event Calendar

Meetings are in-person but also provided by Zoom for members that cannot be present.

New members are always welcome! 

If you would like a courtesy invitation to attend selected Zoom meetings in order to learn more about us, please email club president Diane Bovenkamp (d_bovenkamp@yahoo.com) to request a Zoom link. 

 

Date
Event
Information
 2025    
Nov 27  No Meeting  
Dec 18 No Meeting   
Dec 25 No Meeting   
 Jan 08 Board Meeting  Starts 6:00PM, Open to all members.  (link to approved minutes)
Jan 08   Print Competition 4  Judge: TBD
 Jan 15

Program 8

 Tashiding: Between Earth and Sky-Norm Barker

Join Norm as he takes you for a visual tour of the 100-acre property, while sharing tips, techniques as well as discussing the pitfalls and challenges of working on a major book publication and dealing with publishers and designers who sometimes have different ideas from what you might envision and want. There will also be some copies for signing after the talk.

Norm Barker is a Professor Emeritus of Pathology and Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine. Norm is an award-winning science  photographer, writer and designer. His latest book collaboration Tashiding: Between Earth and Sky, The Gardens of Douglas & Tsognie Hamilton presents a sumptuous portrait of a 100-acre rural landscape and extraordinary residence developed in connection with the land and environment.

 Jan 22 Digital Competition 5  Judge: TBD
 Jan 29

Program 9

(Zoom only)

 Members  Critique Night 
 Feb 5 Print Competition-5  Judge: TBD
Feb 12  Board Meeting  Starts 6:00PM, Open to all members.  (link to approved minutes)
Feb 19  Digital Competition-6  Judge: TBD
 Feb 26 Program-11  
March 5  Print Competition-6  Judge: TBD
 March 12 Board meeting  Starts 6:00PM, Open to all members.  (link to approved minutes)
 March 12 Program-12 TBD
 March 19 Digital Competition-7  Judge: TBD
 March 26 Program 13 TBD
April 2  No meeting Good Friday, April 3rd
April 9  Board Meeting  
 April 9 Print Competition 7  Judge: TBD
 April 16 Program 14  The Art of Landscape Photography,  Kah-Wai Lin

Description: In this seminar, Kah-Wai will tell you the pro tips in seeing the unseen and crafting better images in landscape photography: how to use the lights to create visual emotion; how to use long exposure to create visual dynamism; how to use field of vision to create visual perspective; and how to use composition to create visual continuity and story.

Kah-Wai Lin is a landscape, wildlife, and travel photographer, ocean explorer, documentary film producer, and wildlife conservationist based in New Jersey. With a portfolio spanning over 100 photography workshops, more than 300 global seminar presentations, and over 200 international awards, he is widely recognized as a leading figure in the photography world. His social media platforms, followed by more than 300,000 people, allow him to inspire and connect with a global audience. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to photography and conservation, he received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from the U.S. Congress.

For more information visit: https://kahwailin.com/

April 23  Digital Competition 8 Judge: TBD
 April 26 Field Trip 

Goucher College Art Gallery

 Our own Phyllis Berger has a new exhibition at Goucher’s Art Gallery titled Onderduiker: Hiding in Plain Sight at Amsterdam’s ARTIS Zoo during World War II. (That’s pronounced “Ahn-der DYE-ker.) The reception will take place between 3 and 5 PM, with an artist’s talk at 3:30 PM.

 April 30 Program 15 TBD
 May 7 Print Competition 8 Judge: TBD
 May 14 Board Meeting  
 May 21  Digital Competion-9  Judge: TBD
 May 28 Program 17 TBD
 June   Summer Session Begins-Meeting Every Other week
June  Spring Field Trip  TBD
 June 11 Board meeting  
 June 11 Board Elections and Feedback Night Board Elections. Also, come share your feedback on making BCC better. Refreshments served.
 June 13 Year-End-Competition 9:00AM, Closed to the members. 
 June 25 Program 18  
 Jul 9 Board meeting   Starts 6:00PM, Open to all members.  (link to approved minutes)
 Jul 9 Program 19  
 Jul 23 Program 20  
 Aug 1 New Club Year Begins  Remember to pay your dues


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