Welcome to Seattle Photographic Society
Founded in 1933, Seattle Photographic Society is a friendly group of supportive amateur and professional photographers. We strive to build both our skillsets and our community through image critiques, discussions, lectures, demonstrations, field trips, friendly competitions, and intra-club activities.
The club’s interests are primarily in the classical definition of photography, which has to do with the capturing of the original image(s) and post processing. Images generated by artificial intelligence are not eligible for entry.
Every month we hold several different types of meetings. Check out our Meeting Schedule to see what events are coming up.
Announcements
For details on any event see the calendar (must be logged in).
March Dates:
- New Field Trip! - Saturday March 1 @ 8:30 a.m. , Billy Frank Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
- Projected Image Night - Tuesday, March 4 @ 7:00 p.m. Theme = Negative Space
- Print Night - March 11 @ 7 p.m. held in person at Luther Memorial Lutheran Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle
- Education Night - March 25 @ 7:00 p.m. Bill Ray presents: "More success in your bird photography" (See below)
- NW Council of Camera Clubs Traveling Salon - Vote for your favorite images. Use the links March 1-26
These votes are for prints to be shown at the NWCCC Annual meeting in November. Choose your top five in the first link, then vote for them in the second link. Images here and voting here.
April Dates:
- Projected Image Night - April 1, 7 p.m. Theme = Abstracts
- Print night - April 8 @ 7 p.m.
- Education activity - April 13 @ 9 a.m. Olympic Sculpture Park
Themes in the upcoming months for Projected Images:
- May - intentional Camera Movement (ICM)
- June - Portraits
- July - Backlighting
- September - Metal
- See newsletter for more!
SPS Member and Educational News:
Lots going on with details in the latest club email. Here is a summary:
- March 1 Photo Walk at Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.
- Deadline for images at the Edmonds Arts Festival - April 29: Event June 13 - 15 - Details: Edmonds Arts Festival
Other
Bill Ray presents: "More success in your bird photography" March 25 @ 7:00 p.m.
This is an in-person event at Memorial Lutheran Church, 13047 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, WA 98133.
This event will also be on Zoom, use the SPS Projected Images Zoom link. Participants are encouraged to attend in person for best interaction and viewing.
Quick tips you can apply right away plus techniques to explore in depth later. Ideas for finding and “posing” the birds, to cameras and settings, to post-processing. I had to break rules and habits I learned for landscapes and travel to get my bird photo hit rate up. Many of these ideas will apply to other wildlife or even sports.
No denying the latest top pro gear is nifty, but it is not required. I’ll have examples from DSLR and Mirrorless cameras released in 2013, 2016 and 2022 (Nikon D7100, Fuji X-T2 and T5). The birding Facebook pages often show delightful images from bridge cameras.
We will follow up with a walk in my favorite local park to find and shoot birds. Schedule TBD, about a month later when a decent weather window appears (I have retired from walks in the rain). You too can take photos like below.
Galleries - We are an active club and travel all over Seattle and surrounding areas. See out field trips to the Velodrome Race Track, Pike Market at night, Volunteer Conservatory and more in our galleries. On our web site look under Our Club, Galleries, Field Trips.
Macro Photography Group - SPS member Bill Wheeler has a Macro Photography Group. If interested, contact him from our web site, then "Send Email to Members" under "our Club" and search for his name under "Select from Member List."
| We will occasionally include descriptions of SPS member field trips. Feel free to submit items to David Bibus, describing something of interest for other SPS members. |
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Bill Ray trip to Skagit Valley.
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| Great Day at East 90 Skagit Wildlife Area Near Edison last Friday. |
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The Short-eared Owls turned out in force in the hour before sunset, 4 to 5 pm, working the fields around the road. Even flying down the drainage ditch right below my feet (too close to catch). The rest of the valley was pretty quiet for the afternoon which included a nice walk along the new Fir Island dike trail.
There were swan and goose flocks in the area plus eagles, none near where I was-- and hunters, stay in the safe zones.
Maybe wortha try if we get a few more clear dry days. |
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| I explored Skagit Valley on Martin Luther King Jr. weekend. I counted 78 Eagles over two days, with more as I got closer to Edison. Found the Short Eared Owls at East 90 Skagit Wildlife Area in late afternoon. Lots of people there but a new parking lot. I think hunting season for waterfowl ends January 31 and for geese in mid February, check signage. Bring your WA State Parks Discover Pass for various hiking places. The annual Stanwood Snowgoose and Birding Festival is February 22. |
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Education Night (January) Presentation with Darrell Gulin - Landscape photography
A very successful presentation in January to about 50 attendees by Darrell Gulin, one of Canon's Legend Photographers.
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