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Spring Assignment: First Signs of Spring

Carly Rahl

Spring Assignment: First Signs of Spring

Spring Assignment: First Signs of Spring – Spring is here, and we’re celebrating the season’s arrival with a special Photo Assignment Review! Your challenge is to capture an image that highlights one of the first signs of spring. Whether it’s budding flowers, migrating birds, or the golden glow of longer days, we want to see what spring looks like through your lens.

Submission Deadline: Friday, April 11 by 12:00 PM (email to focus@bergencountycamera.com)
Review Date: Saturday, April 12 at 9:30 AM

Join us for a group review session where we’ll showcase and discuss each submission, offering feedback and insights in a friendly and supportive environment. It’s a great opportunity to grow as a photographer, gain inspiration, and connect with fellow photography enthusiasts.

Ready to capture the essence of spring? Submit your photo and be part of the conversation!

We hope you participate in this assignment. If you have any questions, please email them to matt@bergencountycamera.com. As always, be creative, think outside the box, and have fun! We can’t wait to see your images!

Free Event – No RSVP Required – Check it out on Facebook

2025 Focus Sessions – January + February

Carly Rahl
2025 Focus Sessions - January + February

2025 Focus Sessions – January + February – Join us for our weekly Saturday Morning Focus Sessions! 📸 Every Saturday from 9:30 am – 10:15 am, these free mini classes and discussions are your chance to explore photography. Bring your camera and any images you’d like to discuss!

Our schedule for 2025 Focus Sessions in January + February is here—check it out below! Everyone is welcome, so feel free to bring a friend. We can’t wait to see you!

Have suggestions for future focus sessions? We’d love your feedback – feel free to leave us a comment below.

Read more to check out all of our upcoming Focus Sessions for 2024.

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2024 Focus Sessions – November + December

Carly Rahl
2024 Focus Sessions - November + December

2024 Focus Sessions – November + December – Join us for our weekly Saturday Morning Focus Sessions! 📸 Every Saturday from 9:30 am – 10:15 am, these free mini classes and discussions are your chance to explore photography. Bring your camera and any images you’d like to discuss!

Our schedule for 2024 Focus Sessions in November + December is here—check it out below! Everyone is welcome, so feel free to bring a friend. We can’t wait to see you!

Have suggestions for future focus sessions? We’d love your feedback – feel free to leave us a comment below.

Read more to check out all of our upcoming Focus Sessions for 2024.

Click here to visit our Events page.

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Focus Sessions for September 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

Carly Rahl

Focus sessions are Free and take place in our store from 9:30 am – 10:15 am. Focus Sessions are mini classes and discussions and classes about photography. All sessions will allow for questions and answers. Please bring your camera and any images along that you have questions about. Please check out our current schedule of free Saturday morning Focus Sessions for September 2024 below!

No RSVP necessary – Free for everyone – Please bring a friend!


Have suggestions for future focus sessions? We’d love your feedback – feel free to leave us a comment below.

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Summer Assignment: Take a Photo That Works as a Postcard!

Matt Malwitz

We’re pleased to announce our latest photo assignment, “Take a Photo that works as a Postcard”. As you travel this summer, take an image that sells your audience on a location. Be creative! This can be taken during a vacation or in your own neighborhood. If you missed the presentation, check out the details below!

Summer Assignment: Take a Photo That Works as a Postcard!

Rules:

  1. Image must be taken between 06/21/24 and 08/23/34
  2. Image must be submitted by noon on 08/23/24
  3. Submitted file should be at 2400 pixels wide at it’s longest side.
  4. Email submissions to focus@bergencountycamera.com

The assignment review will be held in the store on Saturday, August 24th at 9:30am. We hope you can join us.

We hope you participate in this assignment. If you have any questions, please email them to matt@bergencountycamera.com. As always, be creative, think outside the box, and have fun! We can’t wait to see your images!

Sony Saturday Focus Session + Demo Day

Carly Rahl
Sony Saturday Focus Session + Demo Day

Sony Saturday Focus Session + Demo Day

Sony Saturday Focus Session + Demo Day – Saturday, July 13, 2024

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Focus Sessions for May 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

Carly Rahl

Focus sessions are Free and take place in our store from 9:30 am – 10:15 am. Focus Sessions are mini classes and discussions and classes about photography. All sessions will allow for questions and answers. Please bring your camera and any images along that you have questions about. Please check out our current schedule of free Saturday morning Focus Sessions for May 2024 below!

No RSVP necessary – Free for everyone – Please bring a friend!

May Photography


Have suggestions for future focus sessions? We’d love your feedback – feel free to leave us a comment below.

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Focus Sessions for April 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

Carly Rahl

Focus sessions are Free and take place in our store from 9:30 am – 10:15 am. Focus Sessions are mini classes and discussions and classes about photography. All sessions will allow for questions and answers. Please bring your camera and any images along that you have questions about. Please check out our current schedule of free Saturday morning Focus Sessions for April 2024 below!

No RSVP necessary – Free for everyone – Please bring a friend!


Have suggestions for future focus sessions? Feel free to leave us a comment below.

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Focus Sessions for March 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

Carly Rahl

Focus sessions are Free and take place in our store from 9:30 am – 10:15 am. Focus Sessions are mini classes and discussions and classes about photography. All sessions will allow for questions and answers. Please bring your camera and any images along that you have questions about. Please check out our current schedule of free Saturday morning Focus Sessions for March 2024 below!

No RSVP necessary – Free for everyone – Please bring a friend!


Have suggestions for future focus sessions? Feel free to leave us a comment below.

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Winter Photo Assignment: Looking Up & Looking Down

Matt Malwitz

Announcing our latest winter photo assignment, Looking Up & Looking Down! If you missed this past Saturday, check out the details below!

Watch our winter photo assignment webinar on demand.

Rules:

  • -The photo must be taken looking up or looking down, simple enough. We don’t want to see any horizon lines or full blown landscapes.
  • -Images must be taken between February 10th and March 15th of 2024.
  • -You may either submit one image looking up or looking down, OR one of each – one looking up and another looking down.
  • -Your image(s) are due Friday, March 15th by 12:00pm (noon). Please email submissions to focus@bergencountycamera.com
  • -Please have your images sized no smaller than 2000 pixel wide/tall in JPEG format

The review session will be held in-store on Saturday, March 16th at 9:30am. Doors open at 9:00 for coffee! As with all of our past Focus Session Assignments, this is a chance to get creative and try new things. We’re not grading you, so have have fun with it. We can’t wait to see what you capture!

Here are some example to get the creative juices flowing. Again, we want you to be creative, so don’t feel the need to replicate any of the following. Just use them as a guide!