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Focal Points Magazine

Focal Points Magazine is the official publication of the Camera Committee. Produced in full color (or lush black+white) in a high-resolution electronic magazine, it is always available here and is delivered six times a year to each subscribing member by email. FPM is 70+ pages of illustrated articles, programs announcements, outings announcements, travel reports, how-to's, committee and member news, and pages upon pages of wonderful member photographs delivered in even-numbered months. Subscribe by joining the Camera Committee.   

July-August 2026

 

A gray African elephant reaches its trunk high into tree branches foraging for fruit.

 

  • Cover Story:  You Can Observe a Lot Just By Watching
    Every photograph is better when the photographer understands the subject. By Joe Doherty
  • Column: Water in the Santa Monica Mountains by Diane Gunderson
  • Column: How I Did It by Larry Miller
  • And member photos!

All images in this publication have copyright retained by the photographers.

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Joe's Newsletter

Twice each month, Joe Doherty sends the Camera Committee Newsletter to members with committee announcements, links to past programs, and items Joe thinks will be of interest to our members like photo exhibits, nature photography articles, calls to enter.  You have to be a member to receive this newsletter! Subscribe by joining the Camera Committee

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The Camera Committee social media includes our news and we cross-promote meetings and outings from other groups, along with items we think will be of interest to our members such as photo exhibitions, nature photography articles, calls to enter, etc.

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A frog peeks out from the lotus pond at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Photograph copyright Velda Ruddock, 2023.