October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM: “How AI is changing Photography!” by Bert Sirkin Bert Sirkin describes his presentation this way, “Photography is undergoing a paradigm shift. AI changes everything – from camera capabilities to editing to generative AI. The future of photography as an artform is open to those who learn to use...
Halloween Photoshoot October 25th 1pm-5pm Room 326 Members are free and non-members will be $10.00 We invite you to attend our annual Halloween photoshoot event. This year's themed photoshoot will feature the Addams Family. You will meet Morticia, Gomez, and Wednesday. They are characterized by distinct personalities and unique traits. Our models will be...
October 27, 2025 - October Competition: See the images and hear the critiques for the theme "Celestial Bodies." See details elsewhere in this newsletter. Our judge is David Fokos https://www.davidfokos.net/
Long time BPS members Tom and Meg Stoeri say, “Join us as we present our experience as photographers on an expedition small ship cruise exploring the North Atlantic from the Orkney islands of Scotland through the Faroe Islands and on to circumnavigate Iceland by sea. From a neolithic settlement, through isolated but enduring small island villages, to...
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM: Ray Schneider will present “Visual Time Travel:How to Take Your Viewers on a Trip” Explore how to compose pictures that draw the viewer in and that conjure a story in the mind. Storytelling is a popular genre in the visual arts, but Ray Schneider will help participants do...
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM: EDITING NIGHT with Leigh Reeves Our member from Australia, Leigh Reeves, will host a special evening where several BPS members will show their own take on how they would edit an image he presents them with.
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM: Best of 2025 – All of the competition winners from 2025 will be judged. Henry Rowan will be our judge.
Santa Photoshoot - Save the Date Each year our club raises money by hosting a "Photos with Santa" event. This year the date is set for Saturday, December 13th at The Reading Fairgrounds Market. Time to be determined. We always need club members to come out and help with organizing, shooting, printing, etc. Kim Sweimler, who heads...
12/15/25 Annual Members’ Meeting
Sam Abell is a very well known, former National Geographic Magazine photographer. He retired from Nat Geo in 2001 after 31 years there. The second phase of his photographic life has continued, as will be demonstrated by his soon to be published two volume, 400 page retrospective monograph. Abell was recently honored by his induction into the...