Congratulations To Our April 1 Competition Winners!
March 18, 2026 Meeting – “Your Eleven Senses – Use Them For Better Images” by Hank Erdman
The premise of this presentation is that we do that largely by relying on our five human senses through which we experience versus just see.
We can push that experience toward a more creative response through what I’ve identified as our six artistic senses. We can use those sensory perceptions to find subject matter and to help us compose images.
Hank Erdmann is an artist, a professional natural history photographer and photographic educator who resides in Will County, Illinois. He has photographed throughout North America, making the Midwest his primary geographic area of interest. A love of history, especially the maritime history of the Great Lakes, kindles a special interest in the ports, shorelines, islands and natural areas of Lakes Michigan and Superior and their surrounding environs. Midwestern prairies and hardwood forests are other primary areas of interest.
Join us on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 for this presentation.
March 4 Meeting – Scott McNeill “Photographing in the Forest Preserves”
Macro and Close Up
Scott McNeill is a versatile photographer and has presented a number of times at the Arlington Camera Club over the years, including Solar Eclipse Photography and Winter Photography. Scott is a volunteer photographer with the Lake County Forest Preserve. He is returning to Arlington Camera Club to talk about Macro and Close-up Photography and some of the photos that he has captured in the Lake County Preserves.
Be sure to come out to Christian Church of Arlington Heights to hear Scott’s presentation. The meeting starts at 7:30 pm. Doors will open around 7:00 p.m.
Congratulations To Our February 4, 2026 Competition Winners
Congratulations to All February 4, 2026 Winners:
Large Color Print
Jan Weld, “Bugling Elk”, Award, Print of the Month
Tom Hauert, “Social White Ibis” – Award
Tom Hauert, “Grizzly Tina” – Honorable Mention
Steve Seburn, “Wild Focus” – Award
Reinhard Schwind, “Beauties on the Rockies” – Honorable Mention
Bob Reynolds, “Tropical Paradise” – Honorable Mention
Large Monochrome Print
Tom Hauert, “American Eagle”, Award – Print of the Month
Tom Hauert, “Space Dream”, Honorable Mention
Mark Becker, “Garrapata Erratic”, Honorable Mention
Mark Becker, “Engine 16”, Award
Jan Weld, “Food on the Fly”, Honorable Mention
Jan Weld, “Glaring Leopard”, Award
Small Color Print
Tom Hauert, “Orion Nebula”, Award – Print of the Month
Carl Chandler, “Light House”, Honorable Mention
Steve Seburn, “Red Bellied Woodpecker”, Award
Sandy Tipton, “Pilated Woodpecker”, Honorable Mention
Jan Weld, “Big Foot”, Honorable Mention
Jan Weld, “Cooling Tiger”, Award
Small Monochrome Print
Tom Hauert, “Daybreak Egret”, Award
Sue Farwick, “Deat Dahlia”, Honorable Mention
Mark Becker, “Serpentine Root”, Honorable Mention
Mark Becker, “Water Power”, Award
Jan Weld, “Got It!”, Honorable Mention
Jan Weld, “Ready to Pounce”, Award – Print of the Month
Color DPI
Jan Weld, “Hitch Hiker”, Award – Best of Show
Carol Willie, “Prairie Grass Sunset”, Honorable Mention
Vesela Zlateva, “Butterfly”, Honorable Mention
Glenn Kaupert, “Snow Sparrow”, Award
Glenn Kaupert, “ Chicago Skyline”, Honorable Mention
Steve Seburn, “Lake Michigan Storm”, Honorable Mention
Ken Olsen, “Golden Stare”, Award
Sandra Tipton, “Water Lilies”, Honorable Mention
Monochrome DPI
Sandra Tipton, “Great Blue Heron”, Award – Best of Show”
Carol Willie, “Heart Petal Rose”, Honorable Mention
Sue Farwick, “After the Rain”, Honorable Mention
Alfredo Rodriguez, “Butterfly Just of Its Cocoon”, Award
Alfredo Rodriguez, “Iris Flowers in Monochrome”, Honorable Mention
Jan Weld, “Perching Kingfisher”, Award
Club Meeting – January 7, 2025 – Photo Safari to Costa Rica
Congratulations to our December 3, 2025 Competition Winners
Competition Results
SMALL COLOR
Class B
Vesela Zlateva, “What did you See”, 23 pts., AW
Eileen Fogell, “Classic”, 23 pts., HM
Class A
Jan Williams, “Burst of Yellow”, 23 pts., AW, Print of the Month
Sandra Tipton, “Buckeye Butterfly”, 24 pts., HM
Class AA
Bob Reynolds, “Pink Umbrella”, 23 pts., AW
Jan Weld, “Seal Watch”, 24 pts., HM
LARGE COLOR
Class B
Paula Matzek, “Mountain Cabin, Vail”, 23 pts., Aw
Tom Hauert, “Egret At Daybreak”, 23 pts., HM
Class A
Steve Seburn, “Fokker Dr. 1”, 24 pts., AW
Jan Williams, “Cumberland Falls”, 24 pts., HM
Class AA
Jan Weld, “Night Cap”, 25 pts., AW, Print of the Month
Mark Becker, “Courtyard Terracotta”, 24 pts., HM
DPI MONO
Class B
Alfredo Rodriguez, “Woodpecker”, 22 pts., AW
Barry Burr, “Wheels”, 22 pts., HM
Class A
Carol Wille, “First to Fall”, 23 pts., AW, BOS
Sue Farwick, “Just Visiting”, 23 pts., HM
Class AA
Jan Weld, Nibling Puffin, 23 pts., AW
Vesela Zlateva, “Curved in the Woods, 23 pts., HM
DPI COLOR
Class B
Alfredo Rodriguez, “Girl and Butterfly”, 23 pts., AW
Steve Seburn, “Cascade Mountains Northern Lights, 23 pts., HM
Class A
Jan Weld, Pygmy Owl, 24 pts., AW
Patty Colabuono, Pollinator, 24 pts., HM
Class AA
Reinhard Schwind, “Great Gray Owl”, 24 pts., AW, BOS
Ken Olson, “Old Mill”, 24 pts, HM
Club Meeting – December 17 – Scott McNeill – Getting Creative
During the Covid pandemic, Scott, like all of us, had to create his own photographic opportunities to keep busy. He will share the opportunities he created and how he created them, and what his final images looked like. You too can create these images. Hopefully not during a pandemic, but rather when it is cold and snowy out and you chose not to photograph snowflakes or eagles.
We will discuss photographing: smoke, splash, refraction/reflections, oil & water, water droplet collisions, soap bubbles and more.
Come join us for a lively discussion.
Club Meeting – November 5, 2025 – “Architecture Photography” – presented by Paula Matzek
Congratulations to Our October 1, 2025 Competition Winners
Print Winners
Small Monochrome
Print of the Month – Carol Wille, “Question Mark Rose”
Class AA
Award – Jan Weld, “Osprey With Chick”
Honorable Mention – Jan Weld, “Is it Safe”
Class A
Award – Mark Becker, “Bird Rock”
Honorable Mention – Mark Becker, “Stacked Patio Chairs”
Class B
Award – Carol Wille, “Question Mark Rose”
Honorable Mention – Carol Wille, “Miniature Rose”
Large Monochrome
Print of the Month – Larry Brady, “Joshua Tree”
Class AA
Award – Patrick Grady, “Hard Times”
Honorable Mention – Jan Weld, “Yellow Bill Hornbill”
Class A
Award – Mark Becker, “Out to Pasture”
Class B
Award – Larry Brady, “Joshua Tree”
Honorable Mention – Paula Matzek, “Cathedral Notre Dame, Strasbourg”
Small Color
Print of the Month – Jan Weld, “Water Lily”
Class AA
Award – Jan Weld, “Water Lily”
Honorable Mention– Jan Weld, “Cooper Hawk With Kill”
Class A
Award – Sandra Tipton, “Hummingbird on Lobelia”
Honorable Mention – Jan Williams, “A Straw Flower”
Class B
Award – Jennifer Rogers, “No Move”
Honorable Mention – Paula Matzek, “Canal Sunset, Strasbourg”
Large Color
Print of the Month – Jan Williams, “Kylemore Abbey”
Class AA
Award – Mark Becker, “Big -Rig Wheel Reflection”
Honorable Mention – Jan Weld, “Night Owl”
Class A
Award – Jan Williams, “Kylemore Abbey”
Honorable Mention – Sandra Tipton, “He Picked a Bouquet”
Class B
Award – Larry Brady, “Balloon Ride”
Honorable Mention – Paula Matzek, “West Maroon Creek”
DPI WINNERS
DPI MONO
Mono BOS – Barrie Burr, “Ruins”
Class AA
Award – Jan Weld, “Shake It”
Class A
Award – Carol Wille, “Abiding in the Vine”
Honorable Mention – Sandra Tipton, “Black & White Warbler”
Honorable Mention – Larry Arends, “Home Port”
Class B
Award – Barrie Burr, “Ruins”, 24 pts.
Honorable Mention – Alfredo Rodrigues, “Water Lillies”
DPI COLOR
Color BOS – Sandra Tipton, “Eastern Giant Swallowtail”
Class AA
Award – Sandra Tipton, “Eastern Giant Swallowtail”
Honorable Mention – Reinhard Schwind, “Banff National Park”
Class A
Award – Jan Weld, “Taking a Sip”, 23 pts.
Honorable Mention – Larry Arends, “Did You See That”
Honorable Mention – Larry Arends, “Lady In Red”
Class B
Award – Alfredo Rodriquez, “Butterfly Feeding”
Honorable Mention – Barry Burr, “Castle In France”
Club Meeting – September 17, 2025 – Todd Nettelhorst – “Phone Photography: From Pocket to Post”
Please join us as we welcome Todd Nettlehorst and his program, Todd Nettelhorst – “Phone Photography: From Pocket to Post”.
The program will begin at 7:30 PM
The Arlington Camera Club was founded in 1988 to promote the hobby of photography and to improve the photographic abilities of our club members. Through various workshops, educational programs, field trips, and competitions we strive to achieve high quality photos. We learn from each other, and we have fun!
The club meets on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, September through May. We meet at the Christian Church of Arlington Heights, 333 W. Thomas, Arlington Heights, IL.
Doors open at 7 PM and the meeting starts at 7:30 PM.
Whether novice or professional, you use a camera or cellphone, all are welcome to join our group!