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Welcome to the Thousand Oaks Photo Group

Based in Eastern Ventura County, our camera club serves photographers who are interested in sharing, talking, and learning about photography. We are a creative and supportive group organized to meet the needs of photographers whether they are beginners, highly skilled amateurs or professionals. We conduct meetings, webinars and special interest focus groups every month.

Yes, we have Field Trips and a Picnic Too!

Once again, we are scheduling field trips. There a lots of opportunities to see club members and for photography beginning in mid-March. We have plans for trips to the Santa Barbara Zoo, Strathearn Historical Park, the Santa Monica Pier, Art City in Ventura, and downtown Santa Barbara, all in the next few months. In addition, we are planning for a spring picnic at Conejo Community Park on April 30. Stay tuned in by checking this website and reading club email messages.

Questions? Please feel free to contact any Board member via our Contact Us Form.

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Last Updated: 03 August 2022 03 August 2022

July and August Photo Challenge Recaps

For those of you who did not attend our last two photo review meetings and want to view the video replay or see a gallery of the high merit images, please select the following links:

August Assigned Topic: Urban Landscape
Judge: Kathy Newman (Kathy's bio)

July Assigned Topic: Foreground, Middle-ground, Background
Judge: Greg Cooper (Greg's bio)


All recent photo challenge galleries can be found at our Competition Winning Images page. Older galleries are in our gallery archives.

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Last Updated: 24 July 2022 24 July 2022

TOPG Field Trip

Getty Center Field Trip
Saturday, August 13, 2022

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This field trip will be led by Pete Scifres

Thousand Oaks Photography Club will take a field trip to Getty Center on Saturday August 13th. We will take advantage of the late closing to do some dusk photography. There will be something for everyone, including architecture, landscape, and street photography. 

Admission is free but requires a timed-entry reservation which can be booked on-line. Parking is $20 per car or motorcycle; $15 after 3pm. For evening events and on Saturdays, parking is $10 after 6 pm.

To sign up, refer to links in our latest club email message where you will see our eventbrite 200px link for the Getty Center Field Trip as well as other activities. Full details and maps are provided on the eventbrite 200px site. Please note: Attendance at all TOPG field trips require that a TOPG Waiver and Release of Liability be on file.

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Last Updated: 02 August 2022 02 August 2022

September Photo Challenge
TUESDAY, September 6 at 7:30 PM

Standard Photo Challenge Rules (Assigned and Open classes)
Assigned Topic: Minimalism  
Judge: Joanne Stolte (Joanne's bio)
    Website at https://pbase.com/joannestolte
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    Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joanne.stolte

Our topic for September is "Minimalism"  Tell more with less. Think of simplicity, use of negative space, isolation, color and composition. (Conceptual)

  • Competition Rules: Thousand Oaks Photo Group Photo Challenge Guidelines for 2021 (They remain unchanged from 2022.)
  • Entry Closing Date: Submit your images by August 31, no later than 10 PM. Note, this challenge takes place on the Tuesday following Labor Day.

Critique and Judging will take place via Zoom at 7:30 PM. See our calendar for details.

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Last Updated: 02 August 2022 02 August 2022

TOPG Print Show
Saturday, September 17 at 1:00 PM

Club members asked for another opportunity to get together and talk. The Steering Committee agreed and thought it is a great idea and scheduled a time at our Thousand Oaks Library for a print show and get together. Bring up to two prints to share, and visit with your fellow club members. Light snacks and drinks will be provided by the club. 

Meeting Location

Grant R. Brimhall Library (Thousand Oaks Library)
Marvin E. Smith Community Room
1401 East Janss Road
Thousand Oaks CA 91362

Print Submission Information

Prints may be any size up to a maximum physical outside dimension of 16" x 20". You should mount your printed image on foam core or inside a rigid mat -- no paper mats, no double matting please. The outside of the mount or mat dimensions cannot be larger than a maximum of 16"x 20". Prints will be mounted via sticky-back Velcro-type tabs to the library wall. Hard frames of any kind are not allowed, and prints may not be mounted behind glass or plastic.

There is NO assigned theme for this show. All images 

Digital Gallery

If you would like your images to be included in an online gallery of our show, please submit digital copies of the same images to the TOPG photo entries email address following the same instructions used for digital submissions with one exception: You must label your files using "print" as the prefix of the file name:
      Print_David Smith 2_Cool Sunrise.jpg.

Questions?

If you have questions about sizing, mounting  or naming digital files, please refer to our Photo Challenge Guidelines document. If in doubt, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

  • Note, this is a non-judged photo show.
  • Only current TOPG members may submit prints and digital imagery to this show. 

Current Ventura County guidelines suggest masking at large public gatherings. If you feel more comfortable while wearing masks, please do so.

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Last Updated: 12 July 2022 12 July 2022

TOPG Webinar Series 

Exploring the Salton Sea

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Video Content: 
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Details: The Salton Sea is more than a photo destination and environmental disaster. It is an exotic place to be explored, like the Nile, but without crocodiles. The Salton Sea is also a 20th Century ghost town of sorts that's rapidly disappearing. In a few years it will shrink to a much smaller area and Lithium mining will become an industry there.

Mike Macartney discusses what to expect visiting Salton Sea, where to stay, what to bring, and when to go.

Webinar orginally presented on June 17, 2022.

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Last Updated: 16 July 2022 16 July 2022

TOPG Webinar Series 

Photographing New Orleans With Your Cell Phone

Host: Debi Aquino
Video Content: 
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Details: Debi Aquino describes using a cell phone for travel photography using imagery from New Orleans, day and night. Debi describes how to use Lightroom Mobile to produce great results.

Webinar orginally presented on June 29, 2022.

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Latest Updates

  • 2022-07and08 Photo Challenge Recap
  • 2022-09-17 Print Show
  • Competition Winning Images
  • 2022-09-06 Photo Challenge
  • 2022-08-13 Getty Center Field Trip
  • Webinar - Travel Photography with Your Cell Phone
  • TOPG Leadership
  • Webinars Overview
  • Webinar - Exploring the Salton Sea
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2021 HM PSAWebsiteContest Seal

The Thousand Oaks Photo Group's website received an Honorable Mention distinction from the Photographic Society of America.

Best Images in 2020

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