Monthly Meetings

monthly meetings are usually the 2nd Tuesday of the month

Location is subject to change

It is that time of year again! 

Please join your friends for a wonderful meal, lots of laughs and a darn good time with other photography crazed folks. Join us December 10th for our annual Christmas party! Please RSVP by Dec 7th for a head count (to Connie or Dan Taylor). 

If you wish to participate in the gift exchange, bring a white elephant gift (no theme). This is a great time to get to know other members. You are welcome to bring your significant other too.
El Sombrero Restaurant, 143 Main Ave, Jerome, ID. 6:30-8:30 pm.

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Equipment Swap & Planning Meeting

Magic Valley Arts Council

195 River Vista Pl, Twin Falls, ID

Change of plans! We have moved the equipment swap up to November. Christmas is just around the corner! Do you have items you want to offload? Items you’re looking for? We do not allow for selling on our page so this is the one time of year that we get together for a swap.
 
We will also be discussing events/outings for next year. Is there a place you’ve been wanting to see or an outing you want to lead? Bring your ideas! 

Workshop artist Ted York

October Meeting Friday, October 4, 6:30pm - 8:30pm - (Free Part)

Herrett Center for Arts & Science

   Ted York is our featured workshop artist this October. This event is open to all photographers. Friday night is our monthly meeting so that part is FREE.

   Saturday, October 5, Ted York will lead a hands-on workshop. The special Magic Valley Camera Club price for the workshop is only $40 (*Note if you worked at least one shift at the 2024 Twin Falls County Fair you earned this workshop for FREE). 

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Stricker Ranch

With the fair all wrapped up, let’s enjoy what is left of summer with some history that put the magic in the Magic Valley. Bring your camera (and tripod if inclined) and wander the grounds of this old ranch that was a foundational resource for our area. This old guy has been here so long, he might need a refill. (wink, wink)

Fair Time Club Meeting

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 6:30pm

Magic Valley Arts Council

Come join us and learn about the requirements for submitting your photographs to the Twin Falls County Fair. Karen Randolph will review the premium book and answer questions you may have.

Winning Winery July's Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 6:30 pm - 8:30pm

Peruse the beautiful grounds of this award winning winery. (The tasting room will be closed).

Holesinsky Winery, 1498 Valley Steppe Dr., Buhl, ID

June Jamboree at the

Twin Falls County Historical Society

June 11, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Join us for an old fashioned ice cream social and cookie exchange while we experience history at the Historical Museum. We will provide the ice cream, please bring cookies to share and chairs (or blankets) to sit on.

May Meeting is Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Windsor's Nursery

3796 N 3386 E, Kimberly Rd, Kimberly, ID

Join us at Windsor’s Nursery on Kimberly Road for our May meeting. With Mother’s Day coming, the nursery will be full of beautiful flowers! We are meeting a week early this month to be able to enjoy the full effect.

The Heart of Photography

An inspiring presentation created by David duChemin

Let’s try this again! This is the presentation we were going to watch in January but…snow! Join us for an inspirational evening that is bound to change the way you make your photographs and reignite the spark if it has cooled. 

Tuesday April 9, 2024, 6:30pm

Herrett Center for Arts & Science

March 12, 2024 Meeting

& Equipment Swap Meet

6:30 pm -8:30 pm

Herrett Center for Arts and Science

An opportunity to buy or sell camera equipment from other camera club members. Bring your cash to buy and bring your equipment that no longer brings you joy to sell or trade.

Oh, the Places We Should Go! Creating Lifetime Photo Memories Close to Home

with Colin Randolph

Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 6:30pm-8:30pm Magic Valley Arts Council

Whether you have lived here your entire life or whether you just moved here, chances are this presentation by Colin is sure to pique your interest and get your adventure bug excited to explore. Join us for a fun evening for our February meeting!

Postponed due to Weather

We are kicking off this year with an incredible presentation by David duChemin that he created for camera clubs such as ours.
 

The Heart of the Photograph

Christmas Light Outing 6:30pm Tuesday December 12, 2023

Come join the Magic Valley Camera Club at 6:30 pm on December 12th we will be meeting in Orton Botanical Garden (1867 Filer Ave West) to shoot Christmas lights!

Please bring a cash  donation along with your gear.

MVCC 2023 Holiday Party

Wednesday December 13 6:30 PM

We are able to have our celebration at El Sombrero in Jerome (143 W Main St) Please RSVP to Sandy Flora or Connie Kincheloe by December 10 (on facebook if you don’t have contact info)

Bring yourself, your other 1/2 & a white elephant gift for those who want to participate in the game. 

Tuesday November 14, 2023 6:30pm-8pm

Regular monthly meeting will be at the Herrett Center, please remember to bring your cameras since we will have access to the traveling Smithsonian exhibit.

Monthly Meeting October 10, 2023

Please join us for a fun evening at the Crismor's Pumpkin Patch! Bring your camera and capture that perfect seasonal photo (photos). There will be opportunities galore of pumpkins, corn stalks, maze and so much more. Bring a friend or two to join in. We are meeting at 5:45 p.m. or a tad earlier so that we can take care of any business or answer questions. (Wear your autumn colors as you never know when someone with a camera will get you in a photo.)

Tuesday, September 12th 6:30 pm Burley at the CSI Building

We will have Janet Gorringe of Illusions and Perfect Pet Portraits show us how she processes photographs in Photoshop for realistic painterly images. Please plan to attend.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2023 6:30PM - 8:15PM Herrett Center for Arts & Science

Fair meeting and photo mounting help Karen will go over anything you need to know about the fair and answer any questions. Doug Lincoln will be there to mount your photos. There is a small fee for mounting.

TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2023 AT 6:30 PM MVCC Historic Stricker Ranch and Rock Creek Station Field Trip Meeting

Please join us for a fun-filled and educational evening at: The Rock Creek Station and Stricker Homesite dates from 1865 and includes the Rock Creek Store, Stricker House, a pioneer cemetery, and numerous outbuildings. This historic site, listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and located south of Hansen, was an early transportation center serving the Oregon Trail, Overland mail stage route, and the Kelton Freight Road.

Regular Club Meeting at Orton’s Botanical Garden TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2023 AT 6:30 PM

Bring your camera & enjoy a night out at Orton’s Botanical Garden. Donations to Orton’s Botanical Garden encouraged. 867 Filer Ave W, Twin Falls, ID

May 2023 Regular Meeting & Photography Event

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023 AT 6:30 PM Windsor's Nursery 3796 N 3386 E Kimberly Road Kimberly, ID ring your camera and explore all the flowers, bushes, trees and trinkets at Windsor’s Nursery. We will have a short meeting before we let you loose to see the beauty that Windsor’s has to offer.

April Meeting; A Bender Photography Zoom Meeting 4/11/23 6:30 PM – 8:15 PM

We will have a Zoom presentation by Alyce Bender of ABender Photography. Alyce, or Bender as she prefers to be called, is a Tamron Pro Amabassador, Photography Tour Leader for Wildside Nature Tours, member of NANPA, PPA and Nature First. Her images and writings have been in such publications as Outdoor Photographer, Tamron Magazine, NANPA Expressions, Landscape Photography Magazine and Wild Planet Photography Magazine. She is a contributing writer and photographer to the Journal of Wildlife Photography. The presentation for this meeting will be on Wildflower Photography. Location is the old Burley High School-1600 Parke Avenue. Room assignment is TBD but there will be a sign on the front door with directions.

TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023 AT 6:30 PM Regular Club Meeting with Dwayne Leonard “Mustangs”

Regular Club Meeting with Dwayne Leonard “Mustangs” There will be no charge for this meeting and you will not need to bring your camera.

Meeting is held at the Magic Valley Arts Council

195 River Vista Pl Twin Falls, ID 83301

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2023 AT 6:30 PM February's Club Meeting with Kim Critchfield

Regular club meeting with Kim Critchfield. This is prelude to the class held on Saturday from 9:00 to 1:00. Kim will tell you what you need to bring and talk to about composition and the rule of thirds. This evening is free to attend. Saturday is free to the people who worked fair and $40.00 for those that didn’t work.

Meeting is held at the Magic Valley Arts Council

195 River Vista Pl Twin Falls, ID 83301

January 2023

Exposure Settings with Doug Lincoln
TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2023 AT 6:30 PM
Twin Falls Center for the Arts

December 13, 2022

MVCC Christmas Party & Equipment Swap

Tuesday, December 13th at El Sombrero,
143 West Main Street, Jerome
for the MVCC's ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY & Equipment Swap!
Please bring a 'white elephant gift for a gift exchange. (no more than a $10-$15 value and preferred to have the gifts photography related).
Do you have any photography gear that you just aren't using and would like to exchange/trade or sell? Please bring it with you! We need you to RSVP no later than December 9th. (Meal is $12/per person)
Post in the comment section below or send a private message to Connie Holtzen Kincheloe or Sandy Flora . We hope to see you there! This is always a fun and relaxing event. Plus good food!