FCCC Membership
Why Join?
Conferences
Have you ever been to a weekend conference? Each year we join forces with a club to put on our Annual Conference. During the weekend photographers across the state are able to gather and discuss photography, printing, file management, or anything they would like. Seminars and Programs are offered throughout the weekend on all things from using a Tablet, improving your photoshop skills, to studio lighting and photography. Now what good is a conference without venders with loads of cool toys just waiting for you? Each year we welcome several venders from across the nation who bring out some of the latest toys to sell.
Competitions
Members are welcome to take part in our state wide photo competitions. Every year we offer several competitions including a Year End Competition, which is open to ribbon winners from the Tri-Annual Competitions. View the Competitions Page...
Judges
Having problems finding judges? We have taken on some of the burden in finding several judges across the state!
Programs
We all know coming up with a program to present every month can be loads of work. We have several people lined up with great presentations on all kinds of photography.
A little too far for the person to travel? We also have a large collection of videos related to all aspects of photography from lighting to shooting and then some.
Join The Florida Camera Club Council
How to Join
- Fill in Application Below
- Mail Application and Dues - Yearly Dues $15.00 (Jan 1 - Dec 31)
- Wait for a representative to contact you
Download the application (PDF Format) 
Mail your completed application and dues check to:
Florida Camera Club Council
5029 Tamiami Trail East
Naples FL 34113
All Checks must be made out to Florida Camera Club Council (or FCCC).
Membership Services
Do you need a program for you upcoming meeting? How about a judge?
The FCCC has assembled a crack team of volunteers and materials to help you with your club meeting!
Anyone willing to offer their services for judging or programs please contact us here: membership@f3c.org
Programs
J. Michael Wilhelm, is a nature and wildlife photographer. He offers two programs, Appalachian Mountain Times and Shorebirds of Charlotte Harbor with more in the works. He is also willing to judge events.
Visit his website at: www.jmwnaturesimages.com
To contact him email: JMWNaturesimages@earthlink.net
James Johnson, from the Sun City Center Camera Club, offers a program based on his years as Yosemite National Park's Staff Photographer. Being a photography teachers James can also speak on other subjects dealing with art.
You can reach James at: (813) 633-6021
Nick Muskovac, from the Suncoast Camera Club of Clearwater, offers a program entitled "Pixel Composites" and can present the 4th Suncoast Virtural Int'l Exhibition.
He has a 50 mile travel limit and expects no compensation.
Contact the area rep for more information.
Judging and/or Critiquing: (No programs)
Rolf Sulzberger, from Sarasota Camera Club.
Rolf can be reached at: (813) 633-0808
The FCCC Program Library
As you might know getting a speaker for each meeting isn't always possible or they can't always fill your time allotment. The FCCC Library is intended to fill the void. Clubs are welcome to borrow materials from our library for use during meetings. The club will need to provide the viewing equipment.
To borrow from the library, please send requests to librarian@f3c.org. Be sure to include the item Catalog number and your mailing address. There is a $5.00 handling fee that can be paid when the media is returned.
| Cat# | Title | Medium | Time (Minutes) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0001 | Introduction to Photography Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Learn how to handle your 35 mm camera with skill and ease. Get sharp, correctly exposed pictures instead of fuzzy, faint near-misses. Start capitalizing on such camera features as adjustable shutter speed, lens opening, built-in exposure meters and interchangeable lenses. Increase your percentage of good results. | |||
| 0002 | The Art of Composing Pictures Exploring Photography | DVD | 45 |
| In this program you’ll begin to understand the nature and qualities of light and how to use lighting to improve your pictures. In addition, you’ll also learn tips and techniques for composing better pictures. | |||
| 0003 | Action Photography Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Join action photographer John Vaeth for an in-depth look at the lenses, films and techniques that make sports photography such an exhilarating pursuit. Go on the scene to take dynamic pictures of bicycle, motocross, water skiing, snow skiing, basketball, diving, swimming, gymnastics and wrestling. Adapt what you have learned to any situation in which your subject can’t or won’t sit still. | |||
| 0004 | Basic Picture Taking Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Build better pictures of just about anyone or anything, step-by-step. Learn how to express what you see photographically. Get expert advice on how to take exciting, humorous, memorable photo of the subject you feel “oughta be in pictures.” Improve you chances of snapping that “lucky” shot. | |||
| 0005 | Effective Use of Lenses Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Deepen your knowledge of interchangeable lenses. Discover what lens focal length can tell you about angle of view and magnification. Learn to use the relationship between focal length and minimum shutter speed for maximum picture sharpness. Examine normal, wide-angle and telephoto lenses in terms of use, perspective and distortion. Start manipulating depth of field to your picture-taking advantage. | |||
| 0006 | 2nd Suncoast Virtual Salon - 2003 Suncoast Club | CD | 45 |
| 0007 | 3rd Suncoast Virtual Salon - 2004 Suncoast Club | CD | 45 |
| 0008 | Existing Light Photography Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Enjoy taking unobtrusive (without flash) picture by natural light. Choose the proper film, filter and processing for different type and intensities of light. Discover how to judge and work with lighting situations encountered in everyday life. Improve the pictures you take at sporting events and after sunset. | |||
| 0009 | Imaginative Use of Filters Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Explore these interesting add-ons that feed your creative impulses. Discover the versatility of a polarizing screen and the practical and psychological joys of color conversion filters. Find out how to let one filter do the work of several, how to fine-tune your color slides, how to add softness, blur, star bursts, rainbows, even mind boggling multi-image effects to your pictures. | |||
| 0010 | The Language of Light Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Begin to understand the nature and qualities of light. Learn to recognize and control light direction. Work with contrast to bring out the best in your subjects. Use the color of light to express your moods or feeling. Turn even bad-weather lighting conditions into opportunities for atmospheric pictures. | |||
| 0011 | Photographers and their Films Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Look at color and black-and-white films with an eye for the kind of pictures you like to take. Learn to choose the right type, size and speed of film to meet your particular picture-taking needs. Get an insider’s understanding of why photographers sometimes choose a black-and-white film or a slow color film. Find out how to turn the “wrong” film into a good, sometimes even great, spontaneous picture! | |||
| 0012 | Photographing People Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Focus on photography’s most popular subject – people! Discover how to make a subject’s face “light up” rather than “freeze up.” Learn to make choices that will flatter your subject in indoor as well as outdoor settings. Perfect posing and camera-handling techniques that will transform you into a photographer, as popular as your subject. | |||
| 0013 | Prize-Winning Pictures Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Eavesdrop on two photo experts as they talk about what turns a picture into a prizewinner. Find out how you can improve your chances of clicking a “lucky” shot. Practice seeing the world with an imaginative eye. Learn when, where and how to look for the contest picture. Discover how to plan a posed shot so that it looks spontaneous and how to capture a spur-of-the-moment shot with prize winning ease. | |||
| 0014 | Using Flash Exploring Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Brighten your picture outlook with automatic or manual flash equipment. Learn how you can improve on natural lighting with a “dash” of flash. Discover the advantages of bounce flash, multiple flash, even painting with flash. Come to know your flash equipment so well that you’ll think of it as a helpful, photographic companion. | |||
| 0015 | Advanced Existing Light Photography Advanced Photography | DVD | 30 |
| 0016 | Glamour Photography Advanced Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Join master photographer Gary Whelpley as he shows you what beautiful pictures you can take using only “the light that happens to be on the scene.” Tour Walt Disney World’s EPCOT Center from twilight through starlight. Slip indoor for the action-paced Empire State Games in Syracuse, New York. Even step inside a typical home for soft, natural portraits of children as you learn to capture all the mood and color you see. | |||
| 0017 | Images with Imagination Advanced Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Enter the special – tabletop/still-life/derivation – world of Joe Timmer, winner of over 500 photo-competition awards in more than 25 countries. According to Joe, who has become world famous among camera clubs as a competitor and lecturer, competition photography is a game that you can play and win with your camera. He shows you how you can manipulate your subjects and use trick photography to create slides with immediate impact to capture the attention - and vote - of the judges. | |||
| 0018 | Nature Photography Advanced Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Join wildlife photographer Tom Mangelsen in Grand Teton National Park for an insider’s perspective on the joys of photographing animals in their natural environments. Get up and out early to picture ducks, geese, osprey, swans, even elk and moose. Learn what lenses, films, shutter speeds, and techniques to use. Camouflage yourself and your camera to take pictures of birds attracted by decoys and callers. Find out how to prepare, how to travel, and how to act in your efforts to become one with the wildlife whose freedom your pictures celebrate. | |||
| 0019 | Scenic Photography Advanced Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Join scenic photographer Abi Garaman for a breathtakingly beautiful look at the Grand Tetons. Learn how to carve a well-composed photograph from the grandeur all around you. Practice composing scenic photos, framing them to lend a feeling of depth, manipulating their horizon lines, varying them by choosing different camera angles. See the effect of different focal-length lenses on a frequently photographed cluster of pines. Hop atop the photographer’s wagon-type vehicle for a point of view that places a barn in just the right position amidst the picturesque mountain peaks. | |||
| 0020 | The Way I See It Advanced Photography | DVD | 30 |
| Four experienced professional photographers talk about how and why they selected their specialties and what “tricks of the trade” they have discovered over the years. Decide whose experiences and preferences most closely match your own. Is it the “people” photographer who likes to portray active subjects in natural settings? Is it the nature photographer who got started picturing flowers, bugs and leaves right there in her own backyard? Is it the action photographer who has been preparing to be “in the right place at the right time” since childhood? Or is it the scenic photographer who insists that you leave “your imprint” on every picture you take. | |||
| 0021 | Images of the Masters-Creating the Image (B&W) | DVD | 45 |
| 4th Suncoast Virtual Salon - 2005 Suncoast Club | |||
| 3091 | Across Australia Travelog #1 | 56 | |
| 3092 | Sydney, Australia’s Harbor City #2 | 47 | |
| 3093 | Canon photo Safaris (Commericals) | VHS | 120 |
| 3094 | Take Beautiful Outdoor Photographs of Children | 42 | |
| 3095 | Olympic National Park | 30 | |
| 3096 | Hidden Canyons | 56 | |
| 3097 | Yellowstone National Park | 37 | |
