PHOTOGRAPHY LINKS

Clubs

Local

Brandon-Riverview Photography meetup group in Valrico

Dimage Group in Sarasota

Florida State Photography Meetup Group in St. Petersburg
North Pinellas Photography Forum in Clearwater

Photographic Art Society of Florida located in St. Petersburg

Pinellas Park Art Society Photo Group in Pinellas Park

Sun City Photo Club in Sun City

Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association (TAPPA) in Tampa

Tampa Bay Camera Club in Tampa

Your Best Shot Photo Club 727-530-9966

National

Our club is a member of PSA.
The Photographic Society of America is the largest organization for amateur photography in the U.S.
Link to Central Florida Chapter of PSA

Camera Clubs listing

New England Camera Club Council (NECCC)

Northern California Camera Clubs

International

Difoto Club, Tongeren, Belgium. A well done site in Dutch (with some English).
Click on "Gallery" to see a listing of member pictures, then click on a number

Organizations

Florida Camera Club Council "FCCC or F3C"

Florida Professional Photographers

North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA).
With more than 3,000 members, NANPA is an international organization that specifically serves the nature photography community

Professional Photographers of America

Contests

The Photographic Society of America (PSA)
has numerous exhibitions available for their members.
Click here for the exhibition link and click on the "The PSA Journal Exhibition Listings - Updated Monthly" link at the bottom of the web page.

FCCC Digital Division's 2010 3rd Tri-Annual Competition
Entries due to Jim Ickes by September 3rd; Send up to four images; Competition will be held September 15th
Click here for entry requirements

2ND ANNUAL - 2010 INTERNATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION
Sponsored by Artists Haven Gallery
Deadline for entries is September 7, 2010
Cash & Awards Valued Over $10,000
Includes Artists Haven Gallery Representation Contract, Solo Exhibition, Internet Exposure, Website Hosting, Magazine Publicity, and additional Sponsorship Prizes. Juror selected artists will gain exposure by exhibiting their work in the Artists Haven Gallery and will be promoted both online and in print. The 2010 International Juried Photography Competition will be juried by Thomas E. Craig, Wolf Camera Inc./Professional Photographer. We are pleased to be hosting this 2nd Annual Photography Competition following in the success of last years competition and best wishes to all entrants.

ButterflyFest Pollinator Photography Contest
Entries are due by September 10th
The Florida Museum of Natural history is pleased to announce the second annual Pollinator Photography Contest!
The purpose of the Pollinator Photography Contest is to educate and promote awareness of local pollinators through photography.
Photos must include at least one pollinator in the photograph, whether a bat, bee, bird, butterfly or moth.

5th Annual Canon in the Parks Contest
Entries are due by September 30, 2010
The winning photographers from each division will be announced in December and will be awarded with some of Canon's latest photography equipment.
Along with receiving Canon products, the Grand Prize winner will also receive a trip to a U.S. National Park of his or her choice, within the lower 48 states and
a Canon EOS 5D Mark II EF 24-1-5mm f/4/4L IS USM Kit and a PIXMA Pro9500 Mark II Printer.
To highlight the creative experience, all winning images and honorable mentions will be displayed on the Canon Digital Learning Center.

FCCC Digital Division's 2010 Year-End Tri-Annual Competition
Entries due to Jim Ickes by September 30th?; Competition will be held October 12th

Eclipse Photography Institute National Photography Contest
The Lux Awards
Entries are due by October 15, 2010.
This contest is sponsored by many companies including Lowepro, Lensbaby and Westcott, just to name a few.
There are four categories Sports, Nature, Travel, and Portraits, and our Prize list is truly second to none.
For example, the winner of the Nature photography competition will be invited to
attend a 12 day all expenses paid Workshop to Juneau and Denali Alaska in the Summer of 2011.
The top three Sports Category finalists will be flown to California to attend
a private three day workshop with Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Rick Rickman.
They are also giving away over $15,000 in camera gear, bags, and more.

Digital Photography Review has many challenge contests.

PhotoClub 202 regularly posts International Photography Exhibitions

Weekly Online Photo Competition @ photoenter.com
As keen photography enthusiasts we created this site to bridge some specific gaps in the online services currently available to amateur photographers.
This site has brought together, under one roof a tool that allows you to:

Monthly contest entries
Florida's Official State Park Photo Contest

Exhibitions

Florida Museum of Photographic Art in Tampa
Now through September 4
10th Annual Members' Show

September 16 through November 16
Bhupendra Karia & Derry Moore: Stillness & Shadows
Two well known photographers worked independently and highly different styles,
but their photographs have been organized into a traveling show that offers a lyrical and elegaic look at modern India.

Personal Memories of India from the Indian Community
A smaller companion show of photographs of India.

November 18, 2010 through January 29, 2011
Naked City: Selections from Vassar College Collection
Celebrating Vassar College's 150th birthday, the exhibition features choice prints from its permanent collection
by photographers such as Diane Arbus, Walker Evans and Weegee.

February 10, 2001 through April 9, 2011
Photographs by Hans Silvester
From his celebrated series "Painted People," the color photographs document the extraordinary body painting
of the Surma and Mursi peoples of the Omo Valley in southern Ethiopia.

Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art
No current special photography exhibits

Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg
Now - September 26
Changing Identities: The Len Prince Photographs of Jessie Mann
Len Prince is celebrated for glamorous portraits of Hollywood stars and sleek advertisements for Cartier and Estée Lauder.
In 2001 he met a self-possessed young woman, Jessie Mann, who had practically grown up in front of the camera.
Sally Mann’s nude photographs of her children, including Jessie, created great controversy,
igniting debate over child exploitation, censorship, and the nature of art.

A Passion for Photography: Selections from the Carol A. Upham Donation
Carol A. Upham has been instrumental in making the Museum’s collection of photography one of the finest in Florida.
This select exhibition features approximately 30 from her gift in 2009 of 58 photographs by many of the twentieth-century’s leading figures.

Permanent collection contains works from individuals who first promoted photography as a highly expressive art form,
including Gertrude Käsebier and Aaron Siskind.

Polk Museum of Art
No current special photography exhibits; however there is a permanent collection of photographic works.

Ringling Museum of Art
Now - September 6
HEYDAY: Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier offers a glimpse into the most dynamic period of the American circus
through the rarely seen photographs of Frederick W. Glasier (1866-1950).
Drawn from the collections of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the exhibition was organized by the Eakins Press Foundation.

Tampa Museum of Art
Now through January 16, 2011
80s Photography from the Collection
The decade of the 1980s was a pivotal period for the medium of photography
if only for the plurality of styles and approaches it witnessed.

There is also a permanent photography collection.

The Photographic Art Society of Florida
Now - August
"Red" by Society Members &
"Gone to See America" by featured artist David Mathre

Summit Executive Center Building

13575 58th Street North

Clearwater

USF Contemporary Art Museum
Now through December 11
Carlos Garaicoa: La enmienda que hay en mi (Making Amends)
Carlos Garaicoa, born in Cuba and celebrated internationally, explores cities, especially their architecture,
as metaphors of human failure and sometimes catalysts for change.
Altered photographs and sculptural models speak of what should have been or perhaps what could be.

Magazines

ACE Camera: The International Photography Magazine
American Photo
Apogee Photo
B&W: Black & White
Digital Photo Pro
Digital Photography Review
Digital Web
LensWork
National Geographic
National Wildlife Federation
Nature's Best Photography
Nature Photographer
Nature Photographers
News Photographer
Outdoor Photographer
PCPhoto
Photo-Eye
Photo District News
Photo Techniques
Popular Photography & Imaging
Professional Photographer
Shutterbug
Underwater Photography

Miscellaneous

The Photographer's Rights
Digital Photography's Online Photo Sharing Comparison Chart

The Tampa Bay Area Start Page - Art & Photography

Explore Photography - Taking, editing and displaying photos

PhotographySites.com thematic photography directory

NECCC Links Page- Manufacturers, organizations, magazines

Tilesque: put your image onto ceramic tiles

John Moran Florida Nature Photography

Crazy Photographers!!!!!!!!!!!!

Microsoft's Icons of Imaging

Merchants

Local

North Tampa Photography near Busch Gardens 813-935-9339

Lake Shore Camera Exchange in Palm Harbor

Johnson PhotoImaging in Bradenton

Reedy PhotoProcess in St. Petersburg

The Camera Cure in St. Petersburg

Your Claim to Frame 20% discount for club members, see Don Hurt

Internet

Hunts Photo & Video

B&H Photo Video

Adorama Camera

Photo Etc. Online Contact a Photo Etc Online representative at 1-877-481-5847
or e-mail Ashley@photoetconline.com to receive a catalog of the products along with a discount coupon card.

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