We welcome visitors and new members
We are a mission-driven organization. Our mission is to share the enjoyment of photography and satisfy the creative instincts of our members through fellowship, inclusion, support, and outreach. Good governance is maintained under the club’s constitution and bylaws.
Benefits of Membership
Explore photography, expand your portfolio, master photo editing, and network with photographers.
Perfect your skills through training and presentations by knowledgeable experienced photographers.
- Zoom meetings include presentations from members, peers, or nationally recognized and award-winning photographers. If you can’t attend a meeting, check out the recording later.
- Training topics are continuously updated. Check the Events page for upcoming topics.
- Recordings of presentations and critiques since 2020 are available to members only.
- Our members can participate for free in the programs of some other clubs through reciprocal agreements.
- Find out about the latest gear, software, and innovation as photography evolves.
- We offer field trips with experienced mentors and peers.
- If you are a novice, you will find peers and a friendly environment.
See how your photos stack up through critique and competition
- We have photo critiques and competitions with local and national judges or judged by members most months.
- Our tiered annual competition allows the work of all abilities to be recognized.
- Photos in critiques and competitions are shown without the photographer’s name.
Exhibit your photographs
- Our active website showcases photos submitted by members. Some photos are also on Flickr.
- We respect that the photographers hold the copyright to their photos and only show their photos when we have permission to do so.
- Your framed photos may be included in club exhibits in local galleries and other venues, upcoming in spring 2023.
- Members can post photos in our Facebook group.
Upgrade your gear and sell your used gear
- Updates on new gear and software are presented at our regular meetings.
- The club is a good place to buy, sell, or trade gear or just to get recommendations on gear.
Connect with other photographers
- We are a friendly community of more than 60 photography-minded individuals, from novices to nationally recognized award winners.
- Our photographers interact one-on-one to answer questions and solve problems.
Dues
Membership dues are $30 for the Sept. 2023 – August 2024 club year.
Send payment by PayPal to or mail a check payable to
Chapel Hill Camera Club
P. O. Box 993
Carrboro, NC 27510
Please mark payments as “club dues.”