About the Club


How To Join
Joining the club is easy! Come to a meeting, talk to fellow photographers, see what we do, then decide if you want to join. Membership privileges include the opportunity to enter your prints and slides into competitions, being included in the club email list so you are notified of club activities, voting in club elections, inclusion in field trips, an invitation to include your work in club exhibits, and more! Annual dues are $20.00 for an individual, or $25.00 for a family.

Meeting Information
Club meetings are held from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM on the second and fourth Thursdays during September through June at the Albany Public Library. The library is located at 1390 Waverly Drive SE in Albany, Oregon. Click here for a driving map.

The first meeting of each month is devoted to print and slide competitions. During the second meeting we participate in programs designed to stimulate our creativity and help us learn new and better photographic techniques.

Visitors are always welcome!

Club Brochure

Download the front of the club brochure in PDF format.
Download the back of the club brochure in PDF format.

Bylaws

View the bylaws as a web page

Download the bylaws in PDF format.

Officers 2007-2008

President - Tim Sperry

Vice-President - Hal Schalles

Secretary/Treasurer - Kelly Carmichael

Color Print Chair - Art Burkhalter

Monochrome Print Chair - Becky Renfro

Electronic Image Chair - Stephen Young

Columbia Council of Camera Clubs Representative - Marian Good

Past President - Stephen Young

Member Handbook

Download the COMPLETE HANDBOOK PDF

The handbook includes the following sections:

Competitions

The club holds monthly print competitions, quarterly electronic image competitions, grants print and electronic image of the year awards, and designates print and electronic image photographers of the year. The club also competes in the print, electronic image, and photo essay competitions of the Columbia Council of Camera Clubs (4Cs).

Valley Viewfinders members are provided many opportunities for competitions on the local, regional, and national level. However, competitions are on a strictly voluntary basis, and no member should feel any pressure to compete.

Read more about the competitions.

4Cs and PSA

Our club is associated with the Columbia Council of Camera Clubs (4Cs) and the Photographic Society of America. For more information about each of these organizations, and our relationship with them, click on their name.
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Last Updated July 13, 2007

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