- Last Updated: 06 August 2019 06 August 2019
Membership
You may become a member of the Thousand Oak Photo Group. Membership fees are $36 annually for the first member of a household. Additional household memberships are available for $10 per year. Membership fees are due and renewable on the anniversary month of your initial membership. TOPG members enjoy all club benefits including our monthly meetings, outings, programs, presentations and technical assistance. Also, as a member of the TOPG, you become a member of the Southern California Council of Camera Clubs, and you have an opportunity to submit images for their monthly photo contests. For more details, see our complete Membership Information.
- Last Updated: 20 August 2019 20 August 2019
Ventura County Fair Photography Competition Gallery
Congratulations to all the TOPG's winning photos. A gallery of all our winning images are now online. Congratulations to everyone who received recognition.Special congratulations to Terry Miranda for receiving Sweepstakes and way too many awards to mention. See the gallery now!
- Last Updated: 20 August 2019 20 August 2019
Initial Meeting of the
Street Photography Special Interest Group
Thursday August 29th
Theinitial meeting of the Street Photography Special Interest Group will be on Thursday August 29 @6:30 PM in the Wild Lilac Room at the Goebel Adult Community Center.
The meeting will be for everyone to meet and to talk about what the group wants from the SIG and where you all think the SIG should go. The initial formation idea was a street photography group focused on people on the street, street scenes, architecture at street level, street portraits, and crowds and interesting people at events like street fairs and the like. The idea to to not have just meetings and show pictures, but to get out and do street photography. Whatever the right mix is for the group. Meetings can be wherever the group wants to hold them.
Maybe we can pick a nickname for the group, there are 12 initial interested members...
Bring your favorite street photography camera and lens for fun.
The Street Photography SIG is led by Mike Macartney. For more information contact Mike at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
- Last Updated: 06 August 2019 06 August 2019
Photo Group General Meeting
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Print Competition
Challenge Topic: Bokeh
Judge: Cat Gwnn
Website at https://www.catgwynn.com/;
Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/catgwynn/;
Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cat.gwynn
Meeting Host: TBD
Scheduled Presentation: TBD
Digital photo entries must be received by MIDNIGHT, five days before the meeting. Digital images must be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To ensure that your entry is eligible, review the Rules and Guidelines for submitting entries for the Print Competition night, which can be found in “Contests and Challenges.” Files must be labeled according to Print Competition rules. Prints should be brought in at least 15-minutes before the meeting to ensure they are properly registered and posted on the display wall.
Note: The maximum digital image resolution for competitions is 1400 x 1280 pixels (width x height).
Thousand Oaks Library
6:00 PM
- Last Updated: 20 August 2019 20 August 2019
Landscape Photography Special Interest Group
September 11, 2019
The Landscape Photography Special Interest Group (SIG) meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Goebel Adult Community Center. For more details about this group, refer to the Landscape Photography SIG description article.
Scheduled Topics:
- How I Made this Image: TBD
Goebel Adult Community Center
6:30 PM
- Last Updated: 14 August 2019 14 August 2019
Thousand Oaks Photo Group Program Meeting
Shooting Locally
Presentation by Larry White
Thursday, September 19, 2019 at 6:00 PM at the Goebel Center
Do you think you need to travel to exotic places to take award-winning images? Come hear our own Larry White tell us about “Shooting Locally.”
Larry will share his techniques for finding interesting places and events as well as sharing a few of his beautiful images. Blah, blah, blah. You need to fill in a few sentences here.
Come prepared for an interesting evening with a prize-winning photographer. The meeting begins at 6:30 PM at the Goebel center and will include time for audience questions.
Plan on attending these Program Meetings in the coming months:
- October 17, Nature Photography Paul Abravaya
- November 21, Post-Processing, Hutch Hutchison
- No Program Meeting in December. Back in January.
- Last Updated: 20 August 2019 20 August 2019
Thousand Oaks Photo Group Program Meeting
Nature Photography
Presentation by Paul Abravaya
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 6:00 PM at the Goebel Center
Come learn all about nature photography with one of our club's noted nature photographers, Paul Abravaya
Paul's interest in nature photography is that of a hunter with a camera. He looks for all types of animals from the smallest to the largest to shoot. Of course birds are the most commonly found, and Paul will show you some of his photos and talk about techniques that he uses for shooting our feathered friends; birds in flight, high speed multi-flash photography and more. Paul will bring some of his equipment to demonstrate usage. He dabble a bit in macro photography of insects and occasionally butterflies and frogs. This is a learning experience for everyone, and Paul would also like to hear from those of you who are like minded and would like to share your knowledge of technique and equipment.
Plan on attending these Program Meetings in the coming months:
- November 21, Post-Processing, Hutch Hutchison
- No program meeting in December. See you in January.
- Last Updated: 14 August 2019 14 August 2019
Thousand Oaks Photo Group Program Meeting
S4C 2019/20 Workshop
Presentation by Hutch Hutchison
Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 6:00 PM at the Goebel Center
Why does your image look flat? You have the composition down. The focus is great. But, the image just doesn't pop or might have minor distractions. Maybe you need to do more with post production techniques. Whether you use Lightroom or Photoshop there are lots of very simple ways to improve the look of you photo, once you understand the tools and how to use them. Hutch Hutchison will demonstrate basic post processing techniques along with some simple enhancements to improve your images
Plan on attending these Program Meetings in the coming months:
- No Program Meeting in December, See you in January.
- Last Updated: 31 July 2019 31 July 2019
Ventura Land Trust Photography Competition (updated)
The Ventura Land Trust is hosting its first juried competition of wildlife and nature photos.
Finalists have been selected. Come see the finalist's prints at Rincon Brewery, 4100 Telegraph Rd. in Ventura from September 5 through November 30, 2019.
For specific details, see the Ventura Land Trust Website: