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Columbia Council of Camera Clubs

Our club is associated with the Columbia Council of Camera Clubs (4Cs). The 4Cs is an organization consisting of photography/camera clubs from Oregon, Washington, Idaho and northern California.

Each year the 4Cs divides member clubs into three slide competition groups. We participate with the clubs in our group in a regional competition.

Every month Valley Viewfinders slide, color print and black & white print chairpersons and their selection committees choose images from the first and second place winners of our monthly competitions, in both theme and open categories. These images are sent to the 4Cs club in our group that is judging slides or prints for that month. The Valley Viewfinders Print and Slide Chairs may keep the photos up to a full year or longer for the purpose of entering them into various competitions, both regionally and nationally/internationally. If at any time you wish to know the whereabouts of your photo please ask the appropriate Chair. Learn more about the 4Cs image competition rules.

The 4Cs holds quarterly club representative meetings at varying locations.

Once a year (usually in October) the 4Cs has an annual convention. The purpose of the convention is to hold workshops and seminars, present annual recognition awards, judge the year's top 80 slides, and judge prints. After the convention most of your slides and prints are returned to you. However, some slides and prints could be out as long as 18-24 months from the time they were chosen as club winners.

To learn more about the 4Cs, visit their web site at http://www.columbiacouncil.com.