Description: In a good year, as many as 20,000 monarch butterflies spend the winter here in the Butterfly Grove located in the Ellwood Mesa Preserve. In the morning, most of the monarch are sleeping, but as the air warms some will take to flight. Occasionally a large number will burst into flight. A medium telephoto […]
January 4, 1829: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce and Louis Daguerre form a partnership to improve photographic processes, laying the groundwork for the daguerreotype.
You’re invited to our first digital exhibition of 2026—discover the images that inspire us.
Join fellow photographers and art lovers for our March 2026 digital exhibition! This month features an Expanded Nature category.
March 19, 1839: William Henry Fox Talbot presents his photogenic drawing process to the Royal Society in London, introducing the concept of paper-based negatives just weeks after Daguerre's announcement. Process: Talbot's initial "photogenic drawing" process involved placing objects like botanical specimens or lace directly on light-sensitive paper to create a cameraless image. The resulting image […]
Join us for our April 2026 Juried Exhibition. Tonight will have feature the Family Special Assignment in the Conceptual/Creative Editing category.
Join us for an evening of wonderful images during our May 2026 Juried Exhibition Night which will have an Expanded Nature category.
This June 2026 Juried Exhibition Night will feature our Family Special Assignment in the Nature category.
July's Juried Exhibition Night will feature an Expanded Nature category.
September finds us back from our break with our Family Special Assignment in the Open category.
September 4, 1888: George Eastman receives a patent for his roll film, a flexible celluloid-based medium that replaced glass plates and paved the way for portable cameras. On this date, […]
Our October 2026 Juried Exhibition will feature an Expanded Nature category.
Our November 2026 will be our final competition of the year and will feature our Family Special Assignment in the People category.