PHOTOGRAPHY LINKS

Clubs

Local

Brandon-Riverview Photography meetup group in Valrico
Chasco Camera Club in Hudson

Florida Center for Creative Photography in Clearwater (Tampa Bay)

Florida State Photography Meetup Group in St. Petersburg

Photographic Art Society of Florida located in St. Petersburg

Pinellas Park Art Society Photo Group in Pinellas Park
Polk County Camera Club in Lakeland
Sarasota Camera Club in Sarasota
Spring Hill Camera Club in Brooksville

Sun City Photo Club in Sun City

Tampa Area Professional Photographers Association (TAPPA) in Tampa

Tampa Bay Camera Club in Tampa
The Tampa Bay Strobist & Photoshop Collective 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.
PSA is a worldwide, interactive organization for serious amateur and professional photographers or
for anyone who loves photography. PSA invites the Suncoast Camera Club members, family, and friends,
to visit the PSA web site at www.psa-photo.org to view the Gallery of Distinction Awards and for more
information about PSA, its activities, benefits, and membership opportunities. Several new PSA individual
member discounts and exclusive services are available to PSA members.

Camera Clubs listing

New England Camera Club Council (NECCC)

Northern California Camera Clubs

International

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.

New Photo Vision - International Exhibition of Photography

Entries due February 20

The Photogram Art Studio of Belgrade, Serbia, cordially invites photographers from all over the world, artists, professionals,
as well as amateurs, to participate in the Belgrade Photo Autumn.
The exhibition has three themes: a) Creativity- Altered reality , b) Woman Around Us, and Free (color or monochrome)

BIRDS AS ART 1st International Bird Photography Competition

Entries due March 31

Artie Morris has created the BIRDS AS ART 1ST International Bird Photography Competition.
With eleven great categories and huge prize pools that total well more than $20,000,
folks have more than 20,000 great reasons to enter.
Add in the most liberal digital guidelines of any major contest
and a crew of five top-notch international judges
and entering is a no-brainer.

The EPSON International Pano Awards 2012

Entries due April 20

This is the third year of the awards, and we are pleased to announce an exhibition of the winners
and highest scoring images at the PMA Photo Imaging trade show in Melbourne, May 2012,
and more than US$25,000 in cash and prizes.

Digital Photography Review has many challenge contests

winkflash has a weekly photo contest with a $100 gift certificate prize

Photocompete.com has a listing of many photography contests around the globe

PhotoClub 202 regularly posts International Photography Exhibitions

Monthly contest entries
Florida's Official State Park Photo Contest

Exhibitions

Florida Museum of Photographic Art

200 N. Tampa St., Tampa

January 18 - March 11
Tampa: A Town With a Past

Assembled with the Tampa Bay History Center, which opened its archives for the vintage photographs, rarely exhibited, on view.
Some will be paired with contemporary photos of the same locations and Ybor City will by highlighted with videos.

Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art

600 Klosterman Road, Tarpon Springs

TBA

Morean Arts Center

719 Central Ave, St. Petersburg

TBA

Museum of Fine Arts

255 Beach Dr. NE, St. Petersburg

Now - April 10
Forever in a Moment: Nineteenth-Century Photographs of Egypt

This noteworthy exhibition presents photographs of Egypt created during the nineteenth century, a period of great archaeological exploration and worldwide fascination with the rediscovered ancient culture.
There is also a permanent collection of photographic works.

Polk Museum of Art

800 E Palmetto St, Lakeland

TBA

Ringling Museum of Art

5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota

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

Tampa Museum of Art

120 W Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa

There is also a permanent collection of photographic works.

The Photographic Art Society of Florida

Summit Executive Building, 13575 58th Street North #200, Clearwater

February 7 - June 1
"Florida Beaches" by Society Members

Featured Artist
Patti Krumeich - "The World Around Us"
Patti is a digital artist whose nature and wildlife scenes are created by using mixed brushes in Photoshop.

June 12 - October 1
"Our Country's Pride" by Society Members

October 9 - February 1, 2013
"Before and After" by Society Members

USF Contemporary Art Museum

4202 E Fowler Ave, Tampa

TBA

Magazines

ACE Camera: The International Photography Magazine
American Photo
Apogee Photo
B&W: Black & White
Digital Photo
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
Photo-Eye
Photo District News
Photo Techniques
Popular Photography & Imaging
Professional Photographer
Shutterbug
Underwater Photography

Miscellaneous

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

John Moran Florida Nature Photography

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

Zebra Color Photo Lab in St. Petersburg

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.