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Iceland Photo Review Focus Session

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025Carly Rahl

Iceland Photo Review Focus Session – Join us on Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 9:30am for our Iceland Photo Review!

Bergen County Camera took a photo trip to Iceland this past June, and now we’re ready to review our images!

Join us as participants share their favorite photos and moments of exploring Iceland with their cameras.

We are all looking forward to seeing and sharing some amazing images from Iceland!

Free Event – All welcome – RSVP on Facebook

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Information for Participants to Submit Your Photos: Please send your images to focus@bergencountycamera.com with your name and a caption for each photo.

Spring Assignment: First Signs of Spring

April 3, 2025April 3, 2025Carly 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

January 13, 2025February 4, 2025Carly Rahl

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

October 21, 2024October 22, 2024Carly Rahl

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.

Focus Sessions for September 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

August 27, 2024September 12, 2024Carly 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.

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

July 23, 2024July 24, 2024Matt 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:

Image must be taken between 06/21/24 and 08/23/34
Image must be submitted by noon on 08/23/24
Submitted file should be at 2400 pixels wide at it’s longest side.
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.

Focus Sessions for May 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

April 19, 2024April 29, 2024Carly Rahl

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.

Focus Sessions for April 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

March 20, 2024April 29, 2024Carly Rahl

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

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

Focus Sessions for March 2024 – Saturday Morning Schedule

February 14, 2024February 19, 2024Carly Rahl

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

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

Winter Photo Assignment: Looking Up & Looking Down

February 14, 2024March 3, 2024Matt 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!