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The 2026-2027 Club Year

Meetings start at 7:00PM

October 27

Elgin Area Camera Club Competition – October 27

It is time for our monthly competition on Tuesday, October 27 at 7:00 P.M. Please note the new time!  

Any member can submit photos. If you have not joined yet, please bring your fee to the club Tuesday. We have both digital and physical prints. You can submit 2 small color and 2 monochrome pictures (on 11×14 matte boards) and 1 large color and monochrome (on 16×20 matte boards). Information on labels is on our web page: http://www.elginareacameraclub.com/competition-guidelines/

Bring them mounted and labeled the night of the competition. 

You can submit up to 3 color and 3 monochrome digital images. They should be no more than 1920 pixels wide or 1080 pixels tall (whichever is greater) so they will display properly. The files should be named using the following format. 09_CPI_#(1, 2 or 3)_first.lastname_title. 

Submit pictures by the Sunday night before the competition to Capturedbylorraine@gmail.com

Elgin Area Camera Club

October 27, 2026  at 7:00pm – Please note the new time!  

Zion Lutheran Church (in the basement)

330 Griswold St, Elgin

https://www.facebook.com/groups/ElginACC 

http://www.elginareacameraclub.com/ 

Questions?  Contact Jim Frazier at jim@jimfrazier.com or takechargeseminars@gmail.com

Future Events

November 10 – Program –  Kane County Forest Preserve with Amber Ross

November 24 – Competition

December  8 – Competition

December 22 – No meeting – Merry Christmas!!!

January – Outing – Light trails with Josh – Details TBD

January 12 – Program – Make a Better Photo with Don Dedonato

January 26 – Competition

February – Outing – Crystal Lake Brewery with Seth – Details TBD

February 9 – Program (via Zoom) – Architecture with Wheeler Kerns

February 23 – Competition

March 9 – Program (off site) – Steel Wool

March 23 – Competition

April – Outing – Cantigny Park with Jim – Details TBD

April 13 – Program – Sports Photography with Bruce Leighty

April 27 – Competition (this is the last competition of the club year)

May – Outing – Spring Boat Run along the Chicago River – Details TBD

May 11 – Program – Improving Creativity with Hart Gately

May 25 – Pizza Night – Planning for 2027 – 2028 club year

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Unless otherwise noted, our club meetings and competitions are held in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church at 330 Griswold St, Elgin on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of September to May. (We do not have a meeting on the 4th Tuesday of December.)

We meet at 7:00.