Enjoy learning and sharing photography in a collaborative, educational, and fun atmosphere. The Club gathers and nurtures photographers of all levels — from beginner to professional.

End-of-Year Party and Awards Celebration! For a recap of the event and a listing of all the awards, read the article here.  And for more photos from the party and awards celebration, click here.

Upcoming Events

Summer Challenge! First Meet-up. If you signed up for this, check out the details here.

You can view all upcoming events on our Schedule Page

Volunteer Photographers Needed – the club occasionally receives requests from non-profit organizations in the area requesting volunteer photographers. You can view these opportunities in our Volunteer Opportunities Discussion Forum.  Subscribe to this forum to be notified of new opportunities.

Join Us:

Guests are invited to attend two meetings before joining. Guests are always welcomed on club outings.

Our meeting location is the Rhoads Auditorium (Center for Nursing and Allied Health Building) at Chester County Hospital. 701  East Marshall Street, West Chester, PA 19380 (610) 431-5000, This is a separate building just down the hill from the hospital entrance.

Parking is available across the street from the Rhoads building at the Doctor's Offices at 440 Marshall Street.

How to Submit to a Competition:

Please view this brief video tutorial about how to export your image from Lightroom or Photoshop and upload it to our website.  Thanks to Bob Lott for preparing this video.

Galleries of Recent Events:

Coney Island Bus Trip - Fantastic way to end a year of  terrific club outings. Rides and people galore - and quite a few mermaids! Click here to see the gallery of images.

Year-end party and Awards Ceremony - gallery of photos here.

WWII Reenactment at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum -  So much to see and do - and photograph!  See images in the gallery here.

Claude Rains House  - Quite a variety of architectural details were captured at the club outing.  View the images in the gallery here.

Flower Photography Workshop  -Club members Anita Bower and Nancy Cordaro led an instructional and inspirational workshop on flower photography.  Attendees received lots of personalized instruction and practiced their photo skills using a variety of flower set-ups and backdrops.  Both  Nancy's and Anita's presentation can be downloaded by members by clicking here and then click on the + next to Club Member Presentations, then click on the + next to 2017-2018Club Year.  Images taken at the workshop can be viewed in the gallery here.

Hopewell Village  -Photographers were challenged to practice their skills by shooting in Manual Mode.  Everyone gave it a try and made some really nice images!  See the images here.

To see images from other club outings and events, go the Gallery page on the website.  Click on the "+" next to "Club Outings and Events", then click on the "+" next to a year and scroll to choose an event to view.  So many wonderful and creative images!

Meeting Notes and Discussions:

Notes from the May 22 Competition meeting here.

Annual election of CCCC officers took place at the May 9 meeting.  Congratulations to the 2018-2019 CCCC officers:  Howard Sundwall - President, Carol DeGuiseppi - Vice-President, Helen Wagner - Treasurer, Stephanie Vacek - Secretary, Peter Guman and Jennifer Gidaro - Members-at-large.  Notes form the May 9 meeting are here. 

Notes from the April 24 meeting are here.

Notes from previous meetings can be found on this website under News / Meeting Notes (click on + at left) / 2017-2018 meeting Notes (click on + at left).

CCCC Discussion forums can be found under Club Information or click here.  Ongoing discussions covering local photography courses, art shows and buying and selling used equipment take place here. This is for members only - be sure you are logged in or the discussion forums will not be visible.