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Your Benefits of Being an OCC Member

The Oshawa Camera Club has been serving the Durham Photographic Community since 1938 and is one of the oldest running camera clubs in Ontario Our membership is quite diverse with talented members well versed in many genres of photography such as portraits, architecture, landscapes, wildlife, street, sports, studio and creative photography.

We are also a member of the Ontario Council of Camera Clubs (O3C), a network of over 37 Clubs across southern Ontario, ranging from Windsor to Ottawa and north to Haliburton.

The Club is also a big part of the Durham Community as it does get involved with the City of Oshawa, Durham Health, Artist in the Garden and other local services.

The goal of the Oshawa Camera Club is to bring together like-minded people and to nurture and develop the photography skills of our members.  Your benefits include:

Educational and inspirational presentations from professional and advanced level photographers

Mentoring from advance level members/photographers

First Steps Group – increasing your knowledge of photography and the various facets of our Club

Novice and advanced levels for members

Photo competitions with feedback from trained and certified judges on how to improve your photography

Post competition breakdown of photos and show how the improvements would affect the photo

Opportunities to share your photography without judgements

Special interest groups that bring members together who share an interest in a particular area of photography and photo editing

Opportunities to meet and form relationships for shared photography experiences – someone to go do photography with, have meaningful discussions, ask questions and get answers, “Virtual lunch with friends” discussion on photography topics, public exposure of your photography through on-line platforms

Social media memberships – Club Facebook groups, Instagram

Outings to locations that are exclusively arranged for the members of our Club

Opportunities to learn through workshops, hands-on learning, outings, exclusive external opportunities, and mentoring

Opportunities to give back to your community through photography

Social interaction, knowledge of good local areas to photograph

Advice on photography gear, apps, software

Newsletter articles

Discounts on photography gear through our sponsors

A mix of both live and virtual meetings

Opportunities for photography-based photo tours through the O3C

Participate in events, activities and competitions with other O3C Clubs

And Much More!

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