Camera Clubs in Region 15
New England and
Central & Upper New York State
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This page updated on Tuesday, March 25, 2008

In the Bay State, Massachusetts, you will find these clubs...

Amherst Camera Club - University of Massachusetts campus is the site for their meetings which are variable as to date, time and location.

Assabet Valley Camera Club - Direct link to their website where you can get the latest information on what is happening.  They meet on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month from September through June at the Unitarian Church, 102 Main St., Hudson, MA.

Berkshire Museum Camera Club - Meetings are the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, September thru May at 7:30pm, at the Berkshire Museum, 39 South St., Pittsfield, MA 01201.  Contact Steve Blanchard for further information.

Boston Camera Club - Meetings are every Tuesday at 7:30pm at the All Saints Parish Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA - Email the club for further information at webmaster@bostoncameraclub.org.

Boston West Photographic Society - Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at the Elks Lodge, 450 Union Avenue, Framingham, MA

Camera Club of Central New England (formerly Camera Club of Fitchburg) - Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays at 7:30pm at First Unitarian Universalist Church, 15 West Street, Leominster, MA

Cape Cod Art Association Camera Club - Located at 3480 Main Street, Route 6A, Barnstable, MA. 

Cape Cod Viewfinders Camera Club - Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at 7:15pm (September to June) in the meeting room in the basement of Brooks Free Library in Harwich, MA.

Colonial Camera Club - Meets Thursdays at the home of John Tabacyznski. Please contact John at 18 Bromfield Rd., Acton, MA 01720 (978-263-7725) for further information.

Cranberry Country Camera Club - Meets 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month at Carver Public Library, 108 Main (RT. 58), Carver, MA at 7:30pm

Creative Camera Club of Paxton - Contact is Ann Sweet at 10 Crystal Street, Paxton, MA 01612

Fall River Camera Club - Meets at Landmark, 400 Columbia Street, Fall River on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday from September to June. For further information contact Armand Malenfant - President.

Gateway Camera Club - Meets at Whitney Place at Natick, on the westbound side of Route 9 just east of Route 27, at 3 Vision Drive, Natick, MA 01760.  Meetings are held on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:30 PM. Additional meetings have been held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Contact Ed McGuirk

 Hockomock Digital Photographers - A brand new club that meets in the West Bridgewater Public Library on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 7:30pm, September through May.   Meetings at West Bridgewater Public Library, 80 West Howard Street, West Bridgewater, MA.  For details contact hockomockdigital@yahoo.com.

Greater Lynn Photographic Association - Contact David Trask at PO Box 9, West Lynn, MA 01905

Lowell Camera Club - Meetings are on the first and third Tuesday of the month from October through May. The first meeting of each month is usually instructional in nature or may be a workshop, or model shoot. Meetings start at 7:30 pm and are held at the First Baptist Church of Lowell, 99 Church St., Lowell.  For more information please contact Sheila Pierzynski.

Merrimack Valley Camera Club - Contact John Lowe, 6 Sutherland Street, Andover, MA 01810 or e-mail Rich Burke or by calling 978-686-2656.

Models Camera Club - Stevens Pond Meeting House, North Andover, MA - summer months only

Moosehill Camera Club - Meet 1st Wednesday of month in Room #26 at 7:15pm, Community Center, Sharon, MA

Nashoba Valley Camera Club - Meets 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30pm, at Fletcher Library, Westford, MA (Sept - June)

Neponset Camera Club - Meetings are held monthly from September through June on the 2nd Thursday of the month. Currentlly they are held at 132 Central Street, Suite 116, Foxborough, Massachusetts. Email aagiuliano@comcast.net for more information.

New England Camera Club Council - Contact Kenneth Cook at 35 Westminster Street, East Longmeadow, MA 01028

Newton Camera Club - Meets at the Nonantum Public Library, Newton, MA. Contact Mary Coyne for further information about the club.

Norton Camera Club - Contact Helen Lindblad at 39 Highland Street, Worcester, MA 01609-2703

Norwood Camera Club - Public Library, Norwood, MA

Photographic Historical Society of New England - Newton, MA

Photographic Explorers - Fitchburg, MA - Contact Susan Jeffrey

Quabbin Photo Group - Meets at Belchertown Police Department, Route 21 and 202, Belchertown, MA

Quequechan Photo Slide Club - Fall River, MA.  E-mail contact: fopep64@hotmail.com.

Reading Photographic Society - Reading Library, Middlesex Ave., Reading, MA on Wednesdays.

Rivers Edge Photographic Society - Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays at CFNAP Studios, 350 Merrimack St., Lawrence, MA at 7:30 pm.

Seven Hills Camera Club - Contact Richard "Casey" Danek at 69 South Spencer Road, Spencer, MA 01562

South Shore Camera Club - Quincy Point Congregational Church, 444 Washington Street at Southern Artery, Quincy, MA 02169

Springfield Photographic Society - Contact Jerri Nardi whose phone is 413-827-7819. The club meets at East Longmeadow Council on Aging, 328 No. Main, East Longmeadow, MA

Springfield Nature Photogs - Contact Victor Bargar at 72 Greenacre Avenue, Longmeadow, MA 01106-1906

Stony Brook Camera Club - Meetings 1st & 3rd Thursdays at Mass Audubon Stony Brook Nature Center, North St., Norfolk, MA - contact John Fuller, FPSA, 97 North Street, Norfolk, MA 02056 for info

Ware Camera Club - 3rd Tuesday of each month at Country Bank for Savings, 155 West St., Ware, MA at 7pm - President is John Flis for more info

Westfield Camera Club - The club meets on the 2nd and 3rd Monday of each month,
September thru May.  The meetings are held at 7:30 at the Council on Aging at 40 Main Street, Westfield, MA 01085.  The club has a slide and a print division and is open to everyone who loves photography.  Contact person is Richard Simmons 413-562-4965 or e-mail SRfsim26@aol.com

Whaling City Camera Club - Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month, September through June, at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 884 Kempton St,(Route 6), New Bedford, MA.  We are new, having started in January 2007 and currently have 10 members at this time, but hope to add to this number by next fall. Our purpose is to promote, encourage and foster interest in the study, education, methods, practice and enjoyment of all aspects of photography and for that purpose, social intercourse among its members.  Contact person is Gerald Franklin, telephone 508-992-5347.

Yankee Photographic Society - Contact is Susan Mosser at 174 Central Street, North Reading, MA 01864

In the Nutmeg State, Connecticut, you will find these clubs...

Candlewood Camera Club - Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 5 Byron Street, Danbury, CT 06810

Canton Camera Club Inc. - The Club meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month @ 7:30pm in Collinsville CT. Please visit our Website or contact Tom Malinski at photoman@snet.net

Castle Craig Camera Club - Meets at the DAV Hall, 80 Hall Avenue, Meriden, CT with meetings on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of the month.  President: Rob MacFarlane.  E-mail contact: Jim Dionne

Central Connecticut Camera Club, Cromwell, CT - Meets at the First Congregational Church, 355 Main Street on the 1st Tuesday of the month.

Charter Oak Photographic Society Inc. - Meetings are held at the First Church of Christ
Congregational,  12 South Main St., West Hartford, CT  06107 on the 4th Monday of the month).
For more information please contact Audrey Weigold, President

Coastal Camera Club - Membership information and contact - Archie Stone - 3 Conestoga Drive, Madison, CT, 06443
Voice phone: (203) 245-2381

Connecticut Association of Photographers - Write them at CAP, Inc., PO Box 124, Cheshire, CT  06410 - E-mail: CAPinCT@optonline.net

  Connecticut Valley Camera Club - Meetings are held on the last Monday of each month at 7pm, and on the second Tuesday at 7:30pm at the Deep River Library, Main Street, Deep River, CT. Visit their website or contact Mike Williams for further information.

Flagpole Photographers - Contact James Talarino at 55 Sugar Street #13, Newtown, CT 06470

Greater Bridgeport Camera Club - Contact Bert Schmitz, 985 Riverton Terrace, Stratford, CT 06497 - Email: Threeplus2@aol.com

Heritage Village Camera Club - Contact Milton Cooper at 966A Heritage Village, Southbury, CT 06488

Housatonic Camera Club - Meets 3rd Tuesday at Noble Horizons, Wagner Bldg, Salisbury, CT

Huntington Photographic Society - Plumb Branch Library in Huntington Center on 1st Mondays

Milford Camera Club - Margaret Egan Center, 35 Mathew Street, Devon, CT - Contact: Al Turbeville

New Britain Camera Club - Meets at the New Britain Public Library at 20 High Street, New Britain, CT 06052 - For mor info contact the club president:  Eva Gryk
New Haven Camera Club - 2nd and 4th Mondays, 7:30 pm (September thru May) at
Bethesda Lutheran Church; 450 Whitney Ave. New Haven, CT 

Norwalk Camera Club - Meets on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month - September through June - in Westport, CT at Earthplace (formally The Nature Center), 10 Woodside Lane, Westport from 7:45 to 10:00 pm.

Pequonnock Camera Club - Write them at 44 Botsford Place, Trumbull, CT 06611

Photography Club of Lower Fairfield County - Turn of River Church, Turn of River Road, Stamford, CT on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.

Pine Meadow Photographers - Warehouse Point Library, 107 Main Street, Warehouse Point, CT - 2nd & 4th Tuesdays

Point of Focus Camera Club - Bozrah, CT.  E-mail contact: pointoffocuscc@yahoo.com

Quinebaug Valley Photography Club - Meets 1st & 3rd Thursdays, September through May, at 7:30 pm at the John Dempsey Center, Route 44, Putnam, CT.  For more information contact Charles Perry at 20 Oak Hill Drive, Putnam, CT 06260

Simsbury Camera Club - They meet monthly on the 3rd Wednesday at 7:15pm at the Eno Memorial Hall, Room 001, 754 Hopmeadow St., Simsbury, CT.  For more information about the club contact their president, Jim Watso, or write to them at PO Box 321, Simsbury, CT 06070

Southeastern Connecticut Camera Club - Waterford Municipal Center, Route 85, Waterford, CT. Meetings are on the 1st & 3rd Wednesdays from September thru May. For more info contact John Fast, President.

Valley Camera Club - Beacon Falls, CT.  Meets 3rd Thursday at the Beacon Falls Public Library, 10 Maple Avenue

Wallingford Camera Club - Meets 2nd Wednesday of each month at Gaylord Hospital, Chauncey Conference Center, Wallingford, CT at 7:30pm. E-mail: wallingfordcamera@yahoo.com.

Westerly Camera Club - Westerly, CT

Windham Photography Club - Meets Tuesdays at the Quinebaug Valley Community College, Willimantic, CT.  E-mail: suelipsky@sbcglobal.net

In the Ocean State, Rhode Island, are...

Northern Rhode Island Camera Club - We meet on the second Tue. of every month at the Woonsocket Harris Public Library on 303 Clinton Street, Woonsocket, RI  02895.  Our meetings are from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Photographic Society of Rhode Island - Lakewood Baptist Church, 255 Atlantic Ave., Warwick, RI.  Contact them by writing the Society at P.O. Box 8284, Warwick, RI 02888-8284 or sending email to president@psri.us.  Meetings held on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month.

The Photographers' Guild of The Newport Art Museum - 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Rhode Island 02840. Meetings held alternating Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Contact by e-mail to: Gary Bolstridge

St. Lawrence Camera Club - St. Lawrence School, Woonasquatucket Avenue, North Providence, Rhode Island. Meets on 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Westerly Camera Club, McQuades Market - 106 Main Street, Westerly, RI - Meets 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month.

DownEast, in the great state of Maine, you will find...

Eastern Maine Camera Club - Bangor Armory, Farm Road, Bangor, ME 04401 and they meet the 1st & 3rd Thursday each month from September to May.  Contact the Corresponding Secretary by email for more information.

Capital Area Camera Club - Harlow Gallery, 160 Water Street, Hallowell, ME.  Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7PM from September to May.  Contact Jym St. Pierre for more information about the club.

First Light Camera Club -   Meetings are 2nd & 4th Thursday of month in the Town Hall Room at Sunnybrook Village, 340 Bath Road, Brunswick (1.4 miles North from Cook's Corner) at 7PM from September through May. Contact person is Martha Lentz, President.

Midcoast Photographers Club - West Rockport, ME.  The club meets in members homes in West Rockport on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month at 7:00 pm.  For information write to the club at PO Box 73, West Rockport, ME 04856.

Oxford Hills Camera Club - Oxford, ME - We meet Monday evenings at 6:00 at the High School September thru May.  Except: February vacation, April vacation, Thanksgiving week, 2 weeks at Christmas.  From June thru August we meet alternating between regular meetings and local outings.  Contact Bob Lavertu by email for more information.

Portland Camera Club - South Portland, ME - American Legion Post, 413 Broadway.  Contact them at PO Box 1631 Portland, ME 04101 (e-mail: Mike Leonard).  Meets Monday nights at 7:00pm.

In the White Mountain State, New Hampshire, you will find...

Lakes Region Newcomers Photography Club, 10 Lary Road, Wolfeboro, NH - 1st Wednesday of the month

Lakes Region Camera Club - Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 7:30pm, September thru June, at the Meredith Public Library, Meredith, NH

Manchester Camera Club - Manchester, NH - Meetings are held at 30 Mechanic St., Manchester, NH 03103 - Club President is Robert Legg.  E-mail contact: Postman842@aol.com.

Monadnock Camera Club - Pheasant Wood Health Center, Route 202 North, Peterborough, NH. President is Sonja Beaudoin.

Nashua Camera Club - Contact/President: Al Estrada, 6 Wheaton Dr., Nashua NH 03063 - 603 578 9373 or send email to auggiedauggie@earthlink.net.

Newport Camera Club - Library Arts Centre, Newport, NH

North County Camera Club - 1st & 3rd Wednesdays at Conway Public Library, Conway, NH

Photographers Forum Camera Club - Bishop Guartin High School, 194 Lund Road, Nashua, NH - Al McMullen is President

Seacoast Camera Club - Portsmouth, NH - Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, September to June, in the Urban Forestry Center at 45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, NH.

Upper Valley Camera Club - Hanover, NH - Meets 3rd Tuesdays, in Mayer Room at the Howe Library from September to June. 

In the Green Mountain State, Vermont, is...

Brattleboro Camera Club - Contact Fred Smith at P.O. Box 161, West Wardsboro, VT 05360 - Meets at Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main Street, Brattleboro - 2nd Mondays.  E-mail contact: sudan@together.net.

Burlington Amateur Photography Club - Burlington, VT - call Dave at: (802) 862-1172

Lite N Lens Camera Club - Trinity College, 208 Colchester, Brattleboro, VT - Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month

Woodstock Camera Club - Norman Williams Library, Woodstock, VT - Meets 2nd Tuesdays

In the Empire State, New York, you will find these clubs...

Schenectady Photographic Society - Meets at First United Methodist Church, 603 State St., Schenectady, NY each Wednesday at 7:30pm from October through May.

 Adirondack Camera Club, Inc. - Meetings are held the second Friday of each month from September to June at 7:30pm. We meet at the LARAC Office Building, Lapham Place, next to Crandall Park in downtown Glens Falls, NY.

Apalachian Camera Club - Contact Joyce Ingersoll, 3684 Waverly Rd., Owego, NY 13827-2831

Batavia Photography Club - Meets at the Northgate Free Methodist Church, Community Room, 350 Bank Street, Batavia, NY at 7pm on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month

Binghamton Camera Club - Contact A. V. Odierna, 1417 Carnegie Drive, Vestal, NY 13850-4006
 
GP Crafters - Contact Gary Packard, 18 Turnberry Dr., Horseheads, NY 14845
 
Genesee Valley Stereo Guild - Webster Community Meeting Hall, 29 South Avenue in the Village of Webster, NY
 
Newburgh Camera Club - Contact Howard Trentch, P O Box 159, Marlboro, NY 12542
 
Roberson Photographic Club - 30 Front St., Binghamton, NY 13905-4779.  We meet the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month from September through May.
 
Syracuse Camera Club - Contact Marie Ryan, 226 Russell Ave., Liverpool, NY 13088 - Email: ckwest@dreamscape.com
 
Utica Camera Club - Contact Cynthia Ellis, 7041 Valley View Rd., Clinton, NY 13323
 
Wyeth-Ayerst Photo Club - Contact Barbara Boyer, 31 Champlain Street #2, Rouses Point, NY 12979

If your club does not have a web page then we will be happy to provide one for you on this website.  Please send details about your club meetings and other important information to Robert B. Gorrill, APSA, MNEC including location and contacts using the following address: 

rgorrill@photo-ne.com.  

A major supporter of the camera clubs located in Region 15 is Hunts Photo & Video and you can reach them online by clicking on their name or by calling 800-924-8682.

  

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This page updated: March 25, 2008