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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.

meetup 200x100px We are back to using Meetup for scheduling our field trip and event registration. Connect with us via the Thousand Oaks Photo Group Meetup. If you are not a member of our group yet, look for the Request to Join button. It's simple to join and follow the Thousand Oaks Photo Group Meetup.

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Last Updated: 20 January 2023 20 January 2023

2023 Photo Challenges Revealed!

phishing shutterstock 749866270 150pxWe have a new set of photo challenges for 2023. Five are thematic challenges and five that are more conceptual in nature. We have some interesting challenge topics this year including Pareidolia, self portraiture, and night photography. There is so much fun to look forward to. See next year's challenges today! 

The mystery is no longer a mystery. You have now been told, and now you must prepare for the future... future photo challenges that is. The first challenge, Shadows and Silhouettes, is on February 6. Photos are due no later than 10 pm on February 1.

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Last Updated: 11 January 2023 11 January 2023

TOPG Images of 2022 Review Recap

ChristopherBroughtonChristopher Broughton was asked to share his favorite images from the best of TOPG's images for 2022 based on our monthly photo challenges. We sent Chris a copy of every image that received a score of 8 or 9 over the past year, and he has painstakingly reviewed them. They are not necessarily the best images, but they are definitely images that Chris found to be notable to discuss with us. This was a daunting task. Of the 481 images submitted last year for our monthly photo challenges, 195 images (40%) received a score of 8 or 9. Within that group of 195 images, 128 were in the assigned category, while 67 were from the open category. Since the division of images submitted for review between assigned and open was roughly 72% assigned and 28% open,, we asked Chris to find approximately 40 images to discuss with the relative breakdown between open and assigned based on the percentage of submissions. Chris selected 22 images from the assigned category and 12 from open. As usual, Chris is an excellent speaker and he knows how to communicate the subject matter so well. We are very appreciative!

Chris started out with an excellent review of Figure/Ground, and then went in the image review. 

For those of you who track these things, 37% of all images submitted last year in the assigned categories received a score of 8 or 9, while 50% of images submitted in the open category received an 8 or 9.

Images of 2022     
Judge: Christopher Broughton (Chris's bio)
    Website at https://www.christopherbroughton.com/
    Instagram at hhttps://www.instagram.com/chris_broughton/
    Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/christopher.broughton.73

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Last Updated: 18 January 2023 18 January 2023

February Photo Challenge
Monday, February 6 at 7:30 PM

Standard Photo Challenge Rules (Assigned and Open classes)
Assigned Topic: Shadows and Silhouettes    Meeting ID: 881 1955 2594 Passcode: zzzz
Judge: Paul and Nancy Speaker (bios for Paul Speaker and Nancy Speaker)
    Website at https://www.spkrphot.com/
    Instagram at unknown
    Facebook at unknown

Our topic for February is "Shadows and Silhouettes"  Shadows and silhouettes can be strong elements in a photography. Use shadows and/or silhouettes in your composition to tell a story. (Thematic)

  • Competition Rules: Thousand Oaks Photo Group Photo Challenge Guidelines for 2021 (They remain unchanged from 2023.)
  • Entry Closing Date: Submit your images by Wednesday, February 1, no later than 10 PM.

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

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  • 2023-02-06 Photo Challenge
  • 2023-01-09 Best of 2022
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Best Images in 2022

_07Open_Terry_Miranda_1_Thats_a_lot_of_geese
_14Assigned_Scott_Harrison_1_Getty_Sunset
_18Assigned_Bridget_Bourgon_1_Diamond_Lagoon_Sunset
_08Assigned_David_Davies_2_Those_Magnificent_Men_In_There_Flying_Machines
_08Open_Bridget_Bourgon_2_The_Curl
_17Assigned_Steve_Friedman_2_The_Three_Crows
_09Open_Terry_Miranda_1_Quail_on_a_Post
_10Open_Orlin_Liberman_2_Morning_Fog
_15Assigned_Dennis_Kneff_2_Daisy_Lens
_16Assigned_Bridget_Bourgon_2_Sunset_Silhouette
_11Assigned_Noel_Casaje_1_Beyond_the_Frozen_Realm
_05Assigned_Dennis_Kneff_2_TWO_Is_A_Crowd
_05Open_Scott_Harrison_2_Sunrise_Pepper_Tree_Park
_13Assigned_Hutch_Hutchison_1_Bending_with_the_Breeze
_06Open_Jim_Jenness_1_Dinghy_Trio
_19Assigned_Steve_Friedman_2_Skyline
_12Assigned_Dennis_Kneff_2_Light_at_the_End_of_the_Tunnel
_22Assigned_Noel_Casaje_2_Where_The_Trail_Ends
_04Open_Pete_Scifres_2_River_of_Dreams
_20Assigned_Hutch_Hutchison_2_55_Bel_Air
_11Open_Ron_Bosi_2_Egret
_04Assigned_Noel_Casaje_1_A_Splitting_Image
_02Open_Terry_Miranda_1_Peacock
_03Open_Orlin_Liberman_1_Queen_for_the_Day
_10Assigned_Bridget_Bourgon_1__Faster_than_Light
_02Assigned_Hutch_Hutchison_2_Flamingo
_09Assigned_Larry_White_1_The_Flame
_07Assigned_Hutch_Hutchison_2_Loop_de_Loop
_03Assigned_Ron_Bosi_1_Birds_Of-A-Feather
_06Assigned_Noel_Casaje_1_Stairway_to_Heaven
_01Open_Jim_Jenness_1_Paddle_Surfer
_01Assigned_Steve_Friedman_1_Just_Flying_By
_12Open_Orly_Liberman_1_Spikes
_21Assigned_Noel_Casaje_1_No_End_In_Sight

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