Coastal California Photographers Weekly Update

Week 36- Aug 30 2026 Mike Mercadante

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• Highlights

• How-to Tips

• Event Reminders

• CCP Newsletter

• New Members

Highlights

• PPC Annual Competition - Time Sensitive - The Professional Photographers of California (PPC) is hosting its annual image competition on September 19 and 20, with submissions due September 12. We seek at least ten Coastal California Photographers (CCP) to submit up to six images. CCP aims to win the "Affiliate Trophy" and be the top-scoring camera organization in California. PPC membership is not required to enter.

  
  

  Event Lead - Gary Parsons is leading the effort to reach out to members and encourage submissions to the PPC Competition. Expect to hear from Gary soon, or reach out to Gary for more information

  • Click here to Learn More

  • Click here for Peer Review Meeting on

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• Awards Dinner - Bonnie Mercadante, Janice Lindsay and Vicki Stutson are planning our Annual Awards Dinner. Save the date Saturday, Feb 6th, 2027 for our Awards Dinner. Event-specific information like location, price, etc will be posted to our Events Calendar soon so you can reserve your seats. If you are interested in helping, reach out to Bonnie.

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• August Quarterly Competition

  • Judges' Choices click here

  • August Merit Gallery click here

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How To Tips

• New ACR Update v 18.6 Glow - Using ACR to add an Orton effect to your pictures, check out Greg's Article here.

• Photoshop Virtual Summit - September 14 - 18th click here to register online for either free live session (Free Pass) or pay (VIP Pass) to have access to the event recordings. This is not a CCP event; however, many members have found prior events useful.

• Cool Lightroom Trick for Local Sharpening!! - I just found this in an email from PictureCorrect - these folks are worth a follow and subscription! Please click here to read. Thanks to Dan Holmes for the article.

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Upcoming Event Reminders - To find other upcoming events on our website, click here

• 9/2/2026 - Critique Peer Review - September - Abstract Body Photograph - Learn from the feedback of your peers prior to submitting an image to the Monthly Critique for September on the topic of Abstract Body Photograph. Click here to Register

• 9/3/2026 - TechTalk: Learning from the Masters - This Tech Talk will introduce you to a lecture series from The Great Courses called “How to Look at and Understand Great Art.” Click here to Register.

• 9/4/2026 - Safari: Laguna Seca IndyCar Grand Prix - The NTT INDYCAR SERIES Championship Weekend makes its highly anticipated return to WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for the 2026 Season Finale, taking place September 4–6, 2026. Click here to Register.

• 9/8/2026 - 2026 State Image Competition Peer Review - The Professional Photographers of California (PPC) is hosting its annual image review on September 19 and 20, with an image submission deadline of Saturday, September 12. We are seeking at least ten CIPPA/CCP photographers to submit up to six images to this year’s competition. Click here to register

• 9/9/2026 - Critique: September - Abstract Body Photograph - Learn from a monthly judged critique of members' images for the month of September on the topic Abstract Body Photograph. Each month has a different judge and a different theme. Click here to Register.

• 9/14/2026 - Presentation: AI as your Photo Assistant with Scott Detweiler - During Scott’s presentation, he will discuss and illustrate examples of using AI Tools as a photo assistant in your workflow and touch on using AI in a compositing workflow. Click here to Register.

• 9/27/2026 - Outing - Cameras, Coffee and Cars – British Car Club Show

  Meet up with members for coffee, photography discussions and a photo shoot of British cars dating from the 1930’s to today. Click here to register

• 9/30/2026 - Discussion: Working the Image - Learn photo editing skills from an informal session that focuses on the most commonly used tools, Photoshop and Lightroom, and much of the discussion is applicable to other products. Click here to Register.

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CCP August Newsletter - Below is a copy of the monthly newsletter "Coastal California Journal", Enjoy the content, and give us feedback on how we could improve our newsletter. Many thanks to Ken MacGregor and Chris Martens for their hard work on the newsletter.

CCP 2026 Newsletter AUG.pdf

Download PDF • 5.96MB

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New Members - Here is a list of new members since the Ventura County Fair. Please introduce yourself at events and make our new members feel welcome.

Name	Camera	Genre
Mary Reeves	Canon	Portrait, Nature, Landscape, Photojournalism Travel
Jack Nesbit	Nikon, Canon, Mobile Phone	Nature, Landscape, Travel, Other
Cindy Hall	Nikon, Mobile Phone	Portrait, Photojournalism, Other
Elena Schink	Canon	Nature, Travel, Landscape
Scott Ridgway	Nikon, Mobile Phone	Portrait, Travel, Nature, Landscape
Sandy Aubin	Nikon, Olympus	Nature, Travel, Landscape
Ronald Pollack	Nikon, Olympus, Mobile Phone	Nature, Travel, Landscape
Peggy Kline	Nikon	Nature, Travel, Other
Neil Parker	Nikon	Nature, Travel, Landscape
Christa Bandringa	Canon, Mobile Phone	Nature, Travel, Photojournalism
Michael Astorga	Sony	Other
Terry Campbell	Canon	Nature, Portrait, Landscape, Travel
Matt Moody	Canon	Nature, Landscape, Photojournalism, Other
Lisa Neustadt	Mobile Phone	Nature, Travel, Landscape
Kelly-marie Jones	Nikon,	Nature, Travel, Photojournalism
Christine Ruth	Mobile Phone	Nature, Travel, Photojournalism
Brian McMurtry	Nikon	Nature, Landscape, Travel
Heather Johnson	Canon	Portrait, Nature, Landscape, Photojournalism, Travel