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.
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.
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.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, July 13, 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 July is Skies, which should be fun and easy as these little guys are all around us…..day and night! 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, July 11.
At the meeting we will have a presentation by our own Steve daPonte. He will talk about his “WORK FLOW’ from taking the image to the fantastic Facebook presentations and our website. He will also answer questions (preferably easy ones!).
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
McCarthy Wildlife Sanctuary
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.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, May 11, 2021; 6:00 pm at the North Palm Beach Library (same as it used to be).
Please advise if you will attend the meeting as space is limited (social distancing), masks must be worn, as we need to abide by the rules of the Library.
RSVP to jefforns@comcast.net
Our monthly theme for May is Forms In Nature, which should be a fun and easily accessible assignment. All members can submit up to ten (10) images for the slide show.
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 Saturday night, May 8.
We know the past year was a waste for most of us but from what he heard is a lot of our Members continued their photographic shooting during this time. We would like to put together a slide show of that work and ask the Member to describe their feeling and locations of their images. Again send up to ten (10) images of your choice, at 72 dpi, with the long side at 1200 pixels (same as always); and I must have them by Saturday night, May 8.
We are also looking forward to an outside, fresh air Field Trip. If you have any suggestions please send them along: we have already had some suggestions like Butterfly World, Society of 4 Arts Garden; Palm Beach Gardens Green Market………….
If you have any questions please email me and I will try to answer them.
Stay safe and healthy and have fun with your cameras!
For those of us that went, the PB Zoo field trip in January was amazing! The tiger cubs were out and playful so several of us got some great shots of them interacting with momma and each other before nap time. Jeff just finished putting together the poster we present to the zoo and as always, he did a fantastic job (Thank you Jeff).
Steve has been doing a tremendous job posting and engaging people on our LCC Facebook Page. Thanks to Steve and also Bill L, Bill P, Louis, Nancy and Donna for being the biggest posters sharing photos and articles as well as commenting and supporting others. If you haven’t been sharing on our page please do. There are no political or personal posts, just beautiful photos for everyone to enjoy.
Even though Photography is almost back to normal, I am still running boats for a steady source of income (just in case we ever have a second wave of shut downs) and I’m super busy with my photography business as well. I am very grateful for all this work, but it sure does make it difficult to find time for other things.
I’ve saved the best for last…. GREAT NEWS – we just heard from Zac at the North Palm Beach Library and the meeting room at the library is available to meet again!!!
We have been approved to meet on the second Tuesday of April (4/13 at 6pm). We are however limited to a maximum of 25 people right now so we will need you to RSVP if you are comfortable coming out in public.
We will take the opportunity to catch up and we have a slideshow from our zoo trip to start with. We will need to comply with current safety protocols- (masks and social distancing) and of course if you are not feeling well or have been exposed to someone that is sick please do not risk exposing anyone attending.
Please reply to either jefforns@comcast.net or seffertzphotography@gmail.com as we have started the RSVP list.
Assignment pictures are currently submitted through the Private Group on facebook or you can e-mail them to lighthousecameraclub@gmail.comThey must be sized 1200 on the long side and 72DPI
You must be dues paying member of the Lighthouse Camera Club, North Palm Beach Florida.
Photo Assignment for March 2021 is Low Perspective
Up to 6-Pictures and must be sized 1200 on the long side and resolution of 72dpi At the end of the month 3-images from each submission will be used to create a video slideshow and put on the clubs Youtube channel.
Assignment pictures are currently submitted through the Private Group on facebook or you can e-mail them to lighthousecameraclub@gmail.comThey must be sized 1200 on the long side and 72DPI
You must be dues paying member of the Lighthouse Camera Club, North Palm Beach Florida.
Photo Assignment for February 2021 is Architecture
Up to 6-Pictures and must be sized 1200 on the long side and resolution of 72dpi At the end of the month 3-images from each submission will be used to create a video slideshow and put on the clubs Youtube channel.
Here’s the link to the Album for March Assignment Low Perspective
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