A Great Place For Photographers for Over 55 Years!

The Huntington Camera Club (HCC) was founded in 1966 to provide beginning and advanced photographers an opportunity to improve their photographic skills, meet like-minded people - who are also interested in photography, and provide a fun, supportive forum for the sharing of their photographs. Membership is open to everyone with an interest in photography, regardless of their skill level. The Club offers instructional programming, entertaining multi-media presentations, judged competitions, field trips, guest lectures by well-known photographic artists, and other events including special dinners and a family picnic.

The Club maintains an active profile in the community. Through dues, the generosity of individuals and various grants and awards, it has cataloged Huntington's historical homes, produced a multi-media show on "A Week in the Life of Huntington," taught photography to children at the Sunrise Day Camp, photographed shows and concerts for the Huntington Art Council’s Summer Series at Heckscher Park, conducts an annual photo competition for high school students, and provides a generous scholarship to a high school student interested in pursuing photography at the college level.

The HCC meets every Tuesday night at 7:30 PM(September - June)in the Auditorium on the lower level of the Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street, Huntington Village. However, during the Coronavirus pandemic, there are select meetings where we meet virtually using Zoom at 7:30 PM. Please check the calendar below for the meeting schedule. The public is invited to attend some of our meetings, but only paid members can participate in competitions, Zoom only special meetings & special events. If you are interested in attending any of our Zoom meetings and possibly joining our club, please email hcczoomadmin@hccny.org for more information, and a meeting link.

Annual dues are $75 a year for individual memberships, $20 for students, $60 for seniors age 62 and over, and $120 for family memberships. Over 35 meetings during the months of September through June are held each year.

Please browse this website for more information.

If you have other questions, please email president@hccny.org

Upcoming Meetings

Keep an eye out for e-mails re: meet ups and photo outings.

Note: Competition nights are typically our busiest and start promptly at 7:30 PM. PLEASE ARRIVE EARLIER.

Important Notice: In an effort to prevent the spread of Covid-19 and keep our members and guests healthy we highly recommend that members attending the live, in person, library meetings wear masks for your own protection and those around you!



Apr 7th - Sunday 8PM Competition Entry Deadline!

Apr 9th - April Competition.

Apr 16th - Member Presentation.

Apr 23rd - Guest Speaker: Moose Peterson will present a program on Aviation Photography via Zoom just 5 weeks prior to the Jones Beach Air Show!

Apr 30th - Annual High School Competition Awards Night.


May 7th - TBD.

May 14th - Tentative Board Meeting.

May 19th - Sunday 8PM Competition Entry Deadline!

May 21st - May Competition.

May 26th - Sunday 8PM Year End Competition Entry Deadline!

May 28th - Year End Competition.




Meetings we've accomplished during the 2023-2024 Club Year

P. 08/08/23 Zoom-Only Board Meeting.
1. 08/29/23 HCC 101: Member refresher course!
2. 09/05/23 Welcome Back! In-Person at library.
3. 09/12/23 Member Program: Bruce Baron presentation on photographing eclipse events.
4. 09/19/23 September Competition.
5. 10/03/23 Image/Print Critique Night.
6. 10/10/23 October Competition.
7. 10/17/23 "Travel, Street, and Bird Photography Tips".
8. 10/24/23 Member Presentations by Mike Azzato and Darin Reed: Steet Photography, Ricketts Glen Photos.
9. 10/31/23 "Shadows" theme competition.
10. 11/08/23 Guest Speakers: Clifford Pickett & Susan Magnano discuss AI in Photography.
11. 11/14/23 November Competition.
12. 11/21/23 Member Presentations by Dana Richter, Clyde Berger, and Darin Reed: "Portrait & Family Photography".
13. 11/28/23 Guest Speaker: Joshua Snow will present a program on "Near/Far Composition" via Zoom.
14. 12/05/23 Member Presentations by Glenn Hudson, and Kevin Armstrong: AutoPano Giga Software, Drone Photography.
15. 12/12/23 December Competition.
16. 12/19/23 Holiday Party: Cefalu Restaurant (6:30pm-9:30pm).
17. 01/09/24 Impromptu Zoom Meeting due to weather related January competition postponement.
18. 01/16/24 January Competition: Zoom Only Due to Weather.
19. 01/23/24 White Theme Competition.
20. 01/30/24 Presentation: Creative Side of the HCC Board.
21. 02/06/24 Board Meeting: In Person at the Library, 7:30pm
22. 02/13/24 February Projected Image Competition: Zoom.
23. 02/20/24 Special Print Judging for January & February + Photo Discussion with Andy Silver.
24. 02/27/24 Clyde Berger: "Photographic Diversity - My Worldin Front of the Camera." A Visual Conversation.
25. 03/05/24 Member Spotlight: Pauline Chiarelli, Bob Warshauer, Bob Guido.
26. 03/12/24 March Competition.
27. 03/19/24 Annual Roberta Strent Award Night.
28. 03/26/24 Theme Competition: "Reflections".



The club has a regular scheduled field trip EVERY Sunday. This includes summer and winter breaks. We call ourselves the “Sunday Shooters”. Our meeting place is the Dix Hills Diner, 1800 E. Jericho Turnpike, Huntington NY near intersection with E. Deer Park Rd. We order breakfast at 7:30am. We have great conversations, discuss photography, and select places to go over breakfast. We meet rain or shine and throughout the year and sometimes find interesting places to go to. Often there are both local and longer trips to choose from so that you can be home early to spend lunch with the family or make it a longer day with a trip to the city. We frequently caravan and pile into one or two cars to share the expense of gas. Please feel free to join us. If you are an early bird, don't worry, many of us arrive before 7am to get into pre-breakfast discussions.

Due to COVID we temporarily are meeting on ZOOM. Please contact Marc Alter for Zoom information. Email: mfalter@optonline.net



2023-2024 Competition Year Judge List

Competition MonthJudge
SeptemberJohn Bruno: Video Recorded
OctoberSteven Kessler: Video Recorded
NovemberAlan Agdern: Video Recorded
DecemberBob Giglione: Video Recorded
JanuaryAndy Silver: Video Recorded
FebruaryMarc Weiss: Zoom Only
MarchDiem Zim Pham: Video Recorded
AprilLisa/Tom Cuchera: Zoom Only
MayBrad Berger: Video Recorded
YearEndValerie DeBaise, Barbara Crane, Donna Crinnian: Video Recorded