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SCC Photography Club Exhibition At The New Herrig Center In Bradenton!

Now is the time to prepare and show your best work in a beautiful new gallery exhibition! Everything you need to know is below!
DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE!

Here are the details for our upcoming photography exhibition at the new Herrig Center for the Arts in January. The Herrig center is located at 888 3rd Ave W, Bradenton FL 34205. It is the former ArtCenter Manatee.

www.herrigcenter.org

You MUST be a club member to participate. Each member will be allowed to enter two images, each with a title, your sales price or tagged “not for sale”. No watermarks. Make sure your name is attached to the back of each image. All entries must have a cable or wire hanger. Entries may be various sizes of your choice and can be metal, glass, prints, or canvas. There will be a competition of our images prior to the opening reception. Ribbons will be given to the top four images, with three honorable mentions. The title of our exhibition will be “Picture This” Suncoast Camera Club. Exhibitors are responsible for getting their own images to the center on 1/24/26.

In Person Receiving: January 24th, 9am to 12 pm

Hanging Day: January 26, Herrig responsibility

Exhibition Dates: January 27-February 27, 2026

Opening Reception: January 29th, 5 to 7 pm.

Pick up: February 28, 9am - 12 pm

Herrig will take care of hanging, lighting, tagging the show, creating the program, poster, hosting and the opening reception, along with taking care of image sales. Any sales would be a 60/40 split, with 60% going to the artist. The Herrig center will also be sharing with their media contacts, social media pages and press releases.

This is a great opportunity for our club to show off their best images. I hope everyone participates and enjoys the showing.

If anyone has questions, let me know.

Thank You,

Joey Stewart

Email: JLStewart401@gmail.com

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2026 SCC Slideshow Photo Themes

JANUARY
Lines & Angles in Black & White

FEBRUARY
Valentine Theme ~ Hearts, Couples, Etc.

MARCH
Sunrise/Sunsets

APRIL
Funny/Humorous

MAY
Flowers/Bugs

JUNE
Favorite Color ~ Anything In Your Favorite Color

JULY
Fireworks/Celebrations

AUGUST
Song Themed Photographs

SEPTEMBER
Architecture ~ Black & White

OCTOBER
Fall Colors/Texture In Nature

NOVEMBER
Reflections ~ Water, Mirrors, Glass, Etc.

DECEMBER
Christmas Lighting And Decorations

Hopefully this will inspire many of us to get outside, look around, get a little walking in, enjoy the world around us take photos and share with all the fantastic photographers in the SunCoast Camera Club…. Bryan, our field trip organizer, works very hard to think of new and very interesting places that we can get out to and enjoy. Most times these are FREE places to venture out to sometimes there is a nominal fee but whichever they are worth going to, photographing, and sharing your ideas and settings you use.

Please send 6 images in JPEG format. 1 image will be used for your introduction.

Get out there and GET SNAPPING in 2026!

You may send your images to Rob at any point during the month. Please be kind and get them to him prior to the very end of the month. This allows him time to edit them into his slide presentation.

Send images to Rob Hamilton for the monthly slide show at:
rfh3358@gmail.com

January 2026 Field Trips

If you cannot attend on the chosen date, go on your own day at the time you prefer. Email up to 6 photos to Rob Hamilton rfh3358@gmail.com for the slide show. Ask anyone if you need assistance to achieve this task. Attending field trips will assist you to improve your photography if you attend and ask questions to learn something or try something different. Ask someone what settings they are using.

Each member can show their photographs in the slide show. Attend a field trip or make one up of your own creation. Take photos, send up to 6 on each adventure to Rob. Show your photos. They do not need to be worked via PhotoShop. They do not need to be competition quality photos. Have some enjoyment and do not leave your photos sitting on a memory card.

January 10 at 9 am, (FREE) Robinson Preserve, South entrance, 830 99th St. NW (9th Ave. NW at 99th St. NW.) The NEST building is on pilings and appears as a bird’s nest. Photographers desiring a walk on the pathways can drive to the large parking lot to start their stroll. Photographs should be used in the Manatee County Photographic Challenge. www.mymanatee.org and search for Robinson Preserve.

January 25 from 12:00 noon until 6 pm, (FREE) Bradenton Punk Rock Flea Market at Obscura, 816 Manatee Ave. E., Bradenton. See people in costumes (look for socks/shoes), hats, tattoos, colorful hair, signs and novelties.

January 31, February 1 and 7 from 10 am until 3 pm. Myakka River Rendezvous at Crowley Museum & Nature Center, 16405 Myakka Rd, Sarasota. $10 admission. Pre-1840 lifestyle living history with costumes/regalia, tents, period clothing and items plus goats and a little horse. The old buildings on the property make great landscape pics. www.crowleyfl.org

February 7 from 10 until 4 (FREE) Raptor Fest, Boyd Hill Nature Preserve, 1101 Country Club Way South, St. Petersburg. Arrive at 9 for easy parking along Country Club Way and early snapping … beat the crowd. See birds of prey … Owls, Hawks, Falcons, Eagles, Caracara and more. These birds can be three feet from your lens but bring a zoom to snap pics through the crowd. Ask the volunteer to hold the bird high for your photo (no un-natural background). Free-flight display. Nature vendors. Bring water and food. Parking: Handicapped at the address of Boyd Hill. Remote parking and free shuttle: Lakewood High School, 400 54th Ave. S., St. Petersburg AND Lake Vista Recreation Center, 1401 62nd Ave. S., St. Petersburg. www.friendsofboydhill.org/raptor-fest

February 7 from 10 am until 2 pm (FREE) History Day in the Park, Phillippi Estate, 5500 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Historical societies and organizations reenactments, antique costumes, vintage cars, antique machinery, demonstrations, Sailor Circus at 11. See Facebook History Day in the Park Phillippi Sarasota.

December 12 until March 19 at Bishop Museum of Science and Nature Clyde Butcher will have his newest photography displayed. Free admission can happen under the Bank of America (Merrill) Museums On Us program. Ask Bryan about this.

Give YOUR field trip suggestions to Bryan or better yet, lead us on a field trip. I try to keep them close to home and free. Evidence shows this to be the best way to gain attendance. A few members have the desire to drive more than 10 miles and perhaps pay an admission fee.

Cheers, Bryan

Where We Meet

We meet every 2nd Thursday of the month.

@ 6:30 pm.

We would love to hear your input...

Upcoming:

THURSDAY

JANUARY 8th at 6:30 pm.

2026

LOCATED AT:
The YMCA Bradenton
3805 59th Street West
Bradenton, FL 34209

Get out and take photographs!

Our club meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm and YOU are welcome to attend. Bradenton YMCA, 3805 59th St. W., Bradenton 34209.

Photographs tell our story. This club is now in it's 43rd year (founded 1980). Displays can happen at a library, a festival, the county fair and at every meeting we have. We bring 8x10 size photos to the meetings for a contest. Every year we have a "critique" presentation.

We have two monthly field trips and one monthly theme. In addition, you can create your own "field trip", take photos and submit them into the slide show.

Members send 6 photos of field trips and theme to Rob Hamilton for the monthly slide shows. Rob's email: rfh3358@gmail.com

The monthly slide show will be viewed at our meeting and posted on YouTube. YouTube postings provide a history

Please click the link below to view

Monthly Slide Shows

Photography is our hobby. All levels are welcome to join the club. Cell phone photography works as does DSLR and mirrorless cameras. Join with us as we adventure and snap photographs which we share with each other in addition to having them shown in various places.