About Photography By Steve daPonte

Florida Native with a love for the sights and sounds around us that are often overlooked. Welcome to Photography By Steve daPonte The world around us is full of images that are dynamic and ever changing with time. Photography captures these little slices of time, moments that pass mostly unoticed and taken for granted in our daily lives. Every photograph a visual story of life and being alive in a glorious world of line, space, color and motion.

April 2023 Theme Birds

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Don’t forget this months theme is birds your photos must be emailed to Jeff jefforns@comcast.net by April 9 .

If you go to Wakcodahatchee and happen to notice these little blue herons sitting on the low branches near the water. Slow down and take a moment to watch them. They will begin to fly low over the water in fishing mode.

Your camera settings should be Shutter speed between 1/2000 – 1/4000 sec f8-11 ISO set to auto range 100 – 2000 Focus Mode AF-C or AF Servo mode. Exposure Mode – Spot Meter or if you use Sony set it Spot / follow focus point.

LCC Feb 2023 Theme Slideshow

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Photography By Steve daPonte

For the members that were unable to attend here is the Feb theme Doors, Windows and Gates slideshow.

Upcoming LCC Club Member Events

Posted on January 14, 2023 by Photography By Steve daPonte

We have a speaker on Wednesday, January 18, at 6:00 pm at NPB Library, so please attend. The speaker is DAN FRANKIAN, who is a falconer and works with Busch Wildlife, as well as his own business, to train birds of prey.

He is also an expert photographer with great stories about his adventures. He will be bringing an owl with him, so bring your cameras. Here is a link to find information about Dan’s business in Canada and his website, www.Hawekeye.ca. . https://www.hawkeye.ca/dan-frankian-biography

NOTE: To participate in LCC Club events you must have a valid club membership.

How to Join the Lighthouse Camera Club

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Also – we need a few photographers at the Hot Cars and Chili festival on January 28 at Anchorage Park.

The event starts around noon, and the Village Recreations Department wants some specific photos from our group for their newsletter. If you can make it from 12 until around 4:30 (the awards photos will be taken at 3:30), please let Dina know (LitigatorBarbie@comcast.net) and she will provide further instructions on the types of photos they want.

We will attempt to include a slideshow of the pictures you Car Photographers will take at the show at our February meeting, along with the Doors, Gates, and Windows (the February theme). (Car windows could be rather interesting as well. )

Lighthouse Camera Club January 2023 Slideshow Theme Pets

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Photography By Steve daPonte

For the members that were unable to attend last night here is the slideshow of member submitted images.

It’s time to renew your membership to, (or join!) the Lighthouse Camera Club.

Posted on December 24, 2022 by Photography By Steve daPonte

It’s time to renew your membership to, (or join!) the Lighthouse Camera Club.

At the upcoming meeting, we will have some mini educational discussions and will be collecting your dues. It is $30 for individual memberships and $50 for a couple. Please bring your checks payable to Lighthouse Camera Club to the February 11, 2025 meeting at the North Palm Beach Public Library. 6:00 p.m.

The dues are important to us, as they pay for our LCC events and speakers. And we have some good ones coming up! You will not be able to attend our workshops unless your dues are paid for this year.

More information coming to you soon from your Board of Directors.

Dina

Dina Biblin, President

Lighthouse Camera Club

2022 Summer Break No Club Meeting for August & Sept

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hello LCC Members,

There will not be club meetings for August & September.

The next club meeting will be on Tuesday October 11 2022 at 6PM

Meeting place, North Palm Beach Library

Have a great summer!

Steve

LCC 2021 Upcoming Field Trips

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Photography By Steve daPonte

It’s time we plan some fun outside photo shoots. We have done these before and had great success in the imagery, weather conditions and just plain fun!

September: We will meet at the Roosevelt Bridge, in Stuart, South end on Friday, September 24 at 6:30 PM……..sunset is at 7:14.

There are picnic tables in the adjacent park for those who want to bring food, snack or drinks….also a lot of restaurants nearby.

If we are lucky a train will come by at sunset and provide really good imagery.

October: Early morning……we will meet at Dubois Park, in Jupiter on Saturday, October 23 at 6:30 AM………sunrise is at 7:23.

There are picnic tables in the adjacent park for those who want to bring food, snack or drinks.

Sunrise on the Lighthouse is beautiful.

November: We will meet at Bethesda-By-the-Sea, in Palm Beach, Saturday November 13 or 20 at around 5:30 to photograph the sunset behind the skyline of West Palm Beach.

This will be discussed at the club meeting to decide which date the membership would prefer.

Future Events: One thought is a return to Palm Beach around the Society of Four Arts to shoot the sculptures and walk the bike trail; also allowing sunset of WPB.

Also, we would like to have a shoot for ‘Light Painting’, needing a very dark venue; out west near Okeechobee of a real dark spooky cemetery.

For these and any other ideas we need your, the Members, input!

September 2021 Meeting Info

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Hello LCC members!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 14, 2021; 6:00 pm at the North Palm Beach Library. We had great Guests and Members at the August meeting….As we try to grow the Club back to our pre-pandemic size, we are also looking for New Members, so, bring along a friend or two!

Remember…..the Library requires the wearing of Masks.

Our monthly theme for September is MEMBER’S CHOICE, which should not be very difficult for a Club of photographers. All members can submit up to ten (10) images for the slide show which will also be used for the Lighthouse Camera Club website and our Facebook page. Thanks to all of you who already sent images!

Please send your images to me or Steve daPonte (he will forward to me) at 72 dpi, with the long side at 1200 pixels (same as always); and I must have them by Sunday night, September 12.

If you have images that you want to share as a slide show….please do! If you need assistance in preparing a slide show we can show you how it’s done!

At the Board meeting we decided that for the summer we would try informal Photo Outings. If you know of a Photo Shoot or are planning a Photo Outing, please let me know and I will forward to the Club Members and you might get some company….again, all very informal. This is a list we compiled of some local Photo Opportunities:

DuBois Park Sawfish Park

Cypress Creek Nature Preserve Pine Glades

Jupiter Dunes Jonathon Dickenson

Riverbend Park Downtown WPB

Bethesda by the Sea Society of Four Arts

Sailfish Marina Green Cay

Wakodahatchee Wetlands Lake Okeechobee

Grassy Waters Mounts Botanical Gardens

Gatorland Bok Tower

Norton Gallery Sculpture Garden Morikami Park

Butterfly World McKee Gardens

Brevard Zoo Viera Wetlands

Miami Dade Zoo South Beach

Fairchild Gardens

We would also like to hear from you, the Members, about what you would like to see or hear at the Meetings.

UPDATE August 2021 Meeting

Posted on August 2, 2021 by Photography By Steve daPonte

PLEASE NOTE: The Library is requesting we all wear masks!

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 6:00 pm at the North Palm Beach Library. We had great guests at the July meeting….As we try to grow the Club back to our pre-pandemic size, we are also looking for New Members, so, bring along a friend or two!

Steve daPonte will be doing another presentation on Perspective and Framing the Image.

Our monthly theme for August is WATER, which is another very plentiful subject and should be fun and easy as we seem to be having lot of water (rain) lately. All members can submit up to ten (10) images for the slide show which will also be used for the Lighthouse Camera Club website and our Facebook page.

Please send your images to me or Steve daPonte (he will forward to me) at 72 dpi, with the long side at 1200 pixels (same as always); and I must have them by Sunday night, August 8.

August 2021 Meeting

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Photography By Steve daPonte

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, August 10, 2021; 6:00 pm at the North Palm Beach Library. As we try to grow the Club back to our pre-pandemic size, we are also looking for New Members, so, bring along a friend or two!

Our monthly theme for August is Water , which should be fun and easy as water is everywhere! All members can submit up to ten (10) images for the slide show which will also be used for the Lighthouse Camera Club website and our Facebook page. We need more participation…..please send me images!!!!!!!!!

Please send your images to me jefforns@comcast.net or Steve daPonte lighthousecameraclub@gmail.com (he will forward to me) at 72 dpi, with the long side at 1200 pixels (same as always); and I must have them by Sunday night, August 8.