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• CMPG Volunteers: Walk to End Alzheimer's

  • When
    26 Sep 2026
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    8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Centennial Park, Ellicott City

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  Volunteers Needed for Walk to End Alzheimer's As part of our club's effort to support our community's non-profit organizations, CMPG is looking for several Volunteer Photographers to support the 2026 Walk to End Alzheimers on September 26th, at Centennial Park, in Ellicott City.  Please register if you would like to participate, and we will send you meet-up details and VIP parking info. Let us know if you have questions or are unsure. It's a great event, for all levels of photography! We'll be taking photos of general event organization, sponsors, teams, champions, and fun candids. This is open to all levels of photography and will be a great way to meet other members. You can stay for as little or as much of the event as you are able. The more, the merrier, so we hope you can help! Schedule of the Event Photographers Arrive by 8:15 a.m. Participant Check-in begins at 9 a.m Ceremony at 10 a.m Walk begins at 10:30 a.m https://alz.org/maryland/walk

  Photo Credit: Dan Smith

  
  

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• CMPG October General Meeting: Ruth Saunders, "The Photography Collection at UMBC"

  • When
    07 Oct 2026
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    6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, 9100 Fathers Legacy, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Learning Center, Terrace Level
  • Registered
    16 registrants

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  Join us for our General Meeting, on Wednesday, October 7th, at 6:30pm!  Our speaker will be Beth Saunders, Associate Director and Curator of Special Collections and Gallery at UMBC. This meeting will be In-Person ONLY, at The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant. Click for MAP

  The Photography Collections at UMBC
  

  The Photography Collections at UMBC began in 1974 with the purchase of over 5,400 photographs by documentarian Lewis Hine. Today, the collection includes over 7 million photographic items including negatives, contact sheets, prints, and equipment. This presentation will provide a brief overview of the history of the Photography Collections at UMBC and some of the collection's highlights. It will also explore the current exhibition at the AOK Gallery, Lewis Hine in Maryland and provide an overview of the groundbreaking photographs that helped to change child labor laws in the United States. 

  Beth Saunders is Associate Director and Curator of Special Collections and Gallery at the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, University of Maryland Baltimore County. A specialist in the history of photography, she holds a PhD and MPhil in Art History from The CUNY Graduate Center and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Beth previously held positions at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Sotheby’s, New York and has taught at Baruch College, Rhode Island College, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Her book Developing Italy: Nationalism and Networks of Early Photography is under contract with Brill.

  An outing to visit the gallery will be announced at a later date.

  The meeting will be at The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, 9100 Fathers Legacy, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Learning Center, Terrace Level. Click here for a map:  

  https://cmpg.photography/Maps

  
  

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• CMPG Volunteers: Hero-Dogs (Two Events)

  • Start
    17 Oct 2026
  • End
    18 Oct 2026
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Volunteer Photographers Needed for Two Hero-Dogs Events Great and fun opportunity to support an important organization.  The dogs are the stars, and the dog/partner photos tell the story.  Email CMPGUILD@gmail.com if you have any questions. Please register so we can send details and coordinate the events. Saturday, October 17, 2026, at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, MD, as Hero Dogs launches the public phase of their capital campaign to build a new training and housing facility. The event runs 6-9pm with hors d'oeuvres, drinks, an auction, and of course, DOGS!  Would be great to have two CMPG volunteers. Sunday, October 18, 2026, at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Olney, MD, for the graduation of the class of 2026 of Hero Dogs.  The event runs from 2-4 pm.  Last year CMPG took outdoor portraits of the twelve graduating dogs and their partners, graduation photos as they appeared on-stage, and general candid photos.  CMPG is looking for someone to focus on the portraits, someone to coordinate, and one or two people to focus on the ceremony and candids.  We enjoyed supporting last year, but several people have conflicts with this year’s date.

  Photo Credit: Mark Winter

  
  

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• CMPG Hands-On Meeting: Bokeh

  • When
    21 Oct 2026
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    6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, 9100 Fathers Legacy, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Learning Center, Terrace Level.
  • Registered
    6 registrants

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  CMPG Hands-On Meeting

  "Bokeh"

  When:

  21 Oct 2026, 6:30 to 9:00 PM

  
  

  Where:

  The Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, 9100 Fathers Legacy, Ellicott City, MD 21042 Learning Center, Terrace Level.  Click HERE for map.

  
  

  Introduction:

  The October Hands-On Group activity will discuss and experiment with bokeh.  Specifically, we’ll look at forming the big blurry spots out of Christmas Lights. Aperture is a primary composition tool. We’ll discuss the theory and practice of taming bokeh for our purpose. This is an activity for all skill levels.

  
  

  Overview:

  “Great photographs certainly can be technically sharp; conversely, there is

  nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept!” – Ansel Adams*

  
  

  This will be a hands-on activity. We’ll create a few test images and have a little fun.  We’ll produce the Hallmark Christmas light effect. That beautiful background of blurred lights. We’ll explore how aperture, focal length, background distance and object distance affect the result.

  And after covering the basics, we’ll introduce a few fun special effects.

  We’ll end by discussing how to apply these principles more generally to blurring backgrounds. And since we’re covering aperture effects, we’ll touch on the subject of diffraction. As always, bring your patience and cooperation. This should be a good information exchange.

  
  

  Sharing Images:

  Submit up to 5 images from this challenge, using the following format.

  
  

  CMPG-2026-HandsOn-OCT21-LastName-FirstName-01.jpg

  
  

  What to bring:

  • Camera
  • Your favorite portrait lens (kit lens will work fine)

  
  

  What to prepare:

  Questions.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Reference:

  *1978 (1963 Copyright of first edition), Polaroid Land Photography by Ansel Adams with the collaboration of Robert Baker, Revised Edition, Part 2: Visualization and Craft, Chapter 8: Image Management, Quote Page 84, New York Graphic Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2023/07/08/sharp-fuzzy/)

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