• Learn from experienced photographers and meet new friends!
• Enjoy Photography outings, guest speakers, & presentations.
• Improve your skills through the club's educational website pages!
• Take your photography skills to the next level with optional critiques.
• Monthly print and projection competitions in-person & Zoom.
• Participate in PSA and NWCCC competitions.
  
• Meetings are open to the public.   All ages & skills are welcome!
  
• TPS Annual Spring Fair Print Photo Contest open to PNW photographers.
  
• TPS Annual Division Competition & Award Banquet--members only.

To join TPS or read more about a membership click here

 Calling All Volunteers!

We need volunteers to fill the following positions as soon as possible.  Your help is very much needed and appreciated:

• Projection Competitions - Contact Debbie Klosowski
• Print Competitions - Contact Bruce Severeid
  
• Communications Manager - Contact Kristina Allums
• Membership Chairperson - Contact Kristina Allums
  
• Field Trip Manager - Contact Kristina Allums
• Website Assistance - You do NOT need to know coding languages such as HTML.  You will assist with updating articles/announcements, updating the Home Page slideshow of winning images, and misc. duties.  Training will be provided - Contact Cheryl Thielhorn
• NWCCC Representative - You will be responsible for selecting and submitting images to the Northwest Council of Camera Club's Traveling Salon and other miscellaneous duties - Contact Kristina Allums
• PSA Representative #2 - Contact Kathy Admire.  Kathy is the TPS PSA Representative. She handles the PSA Competitions.  You will be assisting her with other duties such as membership information.

Please consider helping out in any way you can to make this a more active, fun, and educational club.  Helping out with small jobs is greatly needed and appreciated.  It is also a great way to meet new people and earn a Service Point which allows you to progress in rank within the club and earn a certificate.  Contact Kristina Allums, Debbie Klosowski, Cheryl Thielhorn, one of the board members, or a committee member to volunteer.  We cannot have a club without volunteers!

2024 Competition Dates And Theme Assignments

Monthly Themes are chosen to encourage people to explore outside of their comfort zone and try shooting something different.  They stimulate your imagination, creativity, and resourcefulness. They encourage you to look around and pay more attention to something you might not consider photographing.  It takes some effort to look for these specific subjects which, surprisingly, can be fun and interesting.  Some clubs call it a “Club Challenge”.  Are you up to these monthly challenges? Don’t just mine your image library.  Go out, explore, try something new, and have fun!

The more accurately the photograph expresses the theme, while achieving high-quality photographic guidelines, the more likely your photo will receive more popular votes. The Theme subject must be the main subject of interest.

December 7, 2023 Projection Competition - December's Theme Is "Stop"

Meetings are open to the public; however, you must be a club member to compete in monthly print and projection competitions.

In an effort to accommodate everyone's individual needs, we are pleased to offer TWO ways to attend the Projection Competition meetings--either in person or via Zoom! The Zoom link will be emailed to everyone prior to the meeting date and will be posted on the Calendar. 

Submit Images - Friday, November 17 at 12 AM - Monday, November 27 at NOON.  Please note the new cutoff time! & The change in date from Wednesday to Thursday due to a scheduling conflict.

Judging & Voting - Tuesday, November 28 - Saturday, December 2 at 11:30 pm

Review Meeting - Thursday, December 7 - The image review meeting will be in-person with optional critiques at 6:30-9 pm, as well as, through Zoom with this link: https://zoom.us/j/94333390799?pwd=TFNmVG1KTkVabzc0NjRDVjh5VHdudz09

Meeting Location - Curtis High School, 8425 40th Street, University Place, WA  98466   Google Map

Directions:  Turn into the small parking lot (by the reader board sign and the big rock).  There are also flagpoles by the main entrance.  Go to the outside door marked "Staff Development Room which is where the meeting will be held.

• Export/Save
  your images in JPEG, sRGB, 80% quality, no larger than 1920 px wide x 1080 px high, and a 1.5 MB file size limit.     
  
• Submit your images on this website at:  Competitions > Submit Images For Print or Projection  OR  click here   
  
• Please capitalize your image titles & check your spelling.  The public will see your mistakes and we can’t correct them for you. 
  
• DO NOT include your name or the file name in the image titles.  The automated features of this new website will automatically insert your name into the proper place.
• DO NOT include "For Comment" or "Not For Comment" in the title of your images. The website will keep track of which image you select "For Comment" and "Not for Comment" when you select one of those options.
• Your images will be automatically placed into your private Image Library for future reference and use including submitting them to the Annual Division Competition, PSA, and NWCCC competitions! You will also be able to read all of the helpful educational critiques from our members.
  

Winning images will be placed in the Home Page slideshow with permission of the owner.  If you do NOT want your winning images placed in the slideshow, please contact Cheryl Thielhorn through the website email message system.  For more projection information and competition rules, click here.

We love this new website's automated features!  For more projection information and competition rules, click here 

If you are not a member of the TPS and would like to start competing in Print and projection Competitions, join the TPS by clicking here. Then create a login name and password on the Home page of this website.  After logging in, set up your account profile on the My Account > My Account Settings page of this website.  Be sure to choose your security/privacy settings options.

December 21, 2023 Print Competition - December's Theme Is "Stop"

Meetings are open to the public; however, you must be a club member to compete in monthly print and projection competitions.

Submit Images - Tuesday, December 12 until Wednesday, December 20 at 11 pm - You must submit your images online prior to the meeting.  Please note that we no longer accept walk-in print registrations on the night of the meeting.  Therefore, please make sure you have pre-registered your prints on the website with a digital image of your print, prior to the cut-off date/time.  This change will allow the meeting to proceed on time, make the scorekeeping a smooth process, and create less work for all of our volunteers.  Plus your images will be stored in your private and secure Image Library for future reference and use including submitting them to the Annual Division Competition, PSA, and NWCCC competitions.  Yes, we are connected to both organizations!

Judge & Vote - Judging and Voting are done in person at the meeting on November 16.

Review Meeting - Thursday, December 21 - The meeting is at 7-9 pm with judging, voting, image review, and optional critiques. 

Location - Waller Road Grange, 2708 64th Street East, Tacoma Google map

Submission Requirements:

• Commercially
  made color prints shall be accepted in the Print Division competition.
• As stated in the Bylaws, Print Division entries shall be a minimum of 35 sq. in. (e.g., 5″ x 7″) not including mounting. Maximum combined print and mount size shall be no larger than 320 sq. in. (e.g., 16″ x 20″).
• Submit your images on this website at: Competitions > Submit Images For Print or Projection  OR  click here.
• Please capitalize each word in your image titles and use proper word spacing. Please check your spelling! Everyone will see your mistakes which we can't correct for you.
  
• DO NOT include your name, the word "copy", or numbers in the image titles.  The automated features of the website will automatically insert your name into the proper place.
  
  

The Tacoma Photographic Society is proud to be a member of these two fine organizations:

The TPS extends our sincere thanks to these local companies for helping make our TPS Annual Spring Fair Photo Competition (displayed at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup each April) a great success for us, and especially for all of the PNW photographer entrants!

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