A S P I R E  •  L E A R N  •  D E V E L O P

The Coastal Photo Club was conceived in 1991 and has grown and flourished since then. The club, based in New Bern, covers much of eastern North Carolina drawing members from as far as Greenville, Morehead City and Swansboro. Over the years we have grown to 116 members with skill levels ranging from novice to professional, and skill sets running the gamut. These include photo shooting, image editing, and digital manipulation. In addition to regular monthly meetings and competitions we also conduct training and mentoring sessions, take field trips to interesting shooting locations, and give back to the community through photography-related service projects. We are a learning and teaching group, our purpose is to promote the hobby and art form of picture taking and we welcome interested parties of any and all skill levels.
Photographer of the Week - Sam Love
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 I have spent most of my professional career writing copy and capturing moving images. Years ago I shot and processed my own black and white images for a journalism job. Later I began to work with video, but was never  satisfied with the electronic look. Recently I acquired a used high end Canon digital camera and fell back in love with still photography. I am now trying to master the technology of the digital world.
    At one point I worked as a freelance writer and shot color photos with a trusty Nikon to accompany my articles in Smithsonian, Living Wilderness and other environmental publications. I have two published novels, Snap Factor, and Electric Honey, and I recently published a poetry book Converging Waters.
   My latest book is a richly illustrated children’s book My Little Plastic Bag that is designed to share with children what happens to a plastic bag thrown into the environment.
NEW MEETING BUY/SELL/SWAP TABLE
As of the July meeting we will have a marketplace table available at the meeting. Should you want to bring something in please go to the Marketplace page and download and complete the form available there.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS

upcoming FIELD TRIPS

Carolina Kite Festival, Atlantic Beach ~ 28 Oct. 2017
Sunset in Bridgeton ~ 9 Nov. 2017
Christmas Flotilla, Morehead City to Beaufort ~ 2 Dec. 2017
NC Waterfalls ~ coming in Apr. 2018

Check Back often for new events

Past Field Trips:  To view photos of field trips already taken click this link.
The October newsletter is now available here:
Club Shoots the MS Bike Ride - September
As part of our effort to give back to the community, Coastal Photo Club will lend our talents to covering the MS Bike Ride. We do this free and donate all images to the charity and make sure anyone participating in the fund raiser can download their photos for free. Our way of thanking these good people.
August meeting
This month's presentation, "Creating Photo Projects by Chris Richman. The minicomp theme was "Fun in the Sun" and we had our annual election of officers. The meeting was attended by 60 active members and 5 guests.
 Chris 'presentation can be downloaded using the button above.
CLUB EXHIBITS
We have several semi-permanent exhibits of club images free to the public. Please feel free to drop in and see our work at the following locations.
Carolina Colors Golf Club
3300 Waterscape Way
New Bern, NC 28562
(252) 772-7022
Pamlico Heritage Museum
10642 Hwy 55 e
Grantsboro, NC
You can now review programs presented at our meetings. Our presenters are furnishing us with their visual programs when available so you can review what you watched. (unfortunately without the lecture that went along with it.) Click here for access.