Coastal California Photographers Weekly Update
Week 38- Sept 13, 2026 Mike Mercadante
Highlights
How-to Tips
Event Reminders
CCP Newsletter
New Members
Highlights
PPC Annual Competition - Time Sensitive, today is the last day for image submissions by midnight tonight! - 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. Today is your last day to enter images.
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
Website Updates - Recent work on the website has focused on the Menu items for Quarterly Competitions and Monthly Critiques.
Quarterly Competitions - Updates to the Gallery pages for 2026 and 2025 are complete. I'm still working on updates to prior years.
Monthly Critiques - A new page has been completed for 2026 Monthly Critiques. Updates to the page will happen monthly after Critiques occur.
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.
August Quarterly Competition
Judges' Choices click here
August Merit Gallery click here
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.
Upcoming Event Reminders - To find other upcoming events on our website, click here
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.
10/7/2026 - October Critique Peer Review - Clocks - Learn from the feedback of your peers prior to submitting an image to the Monthly Critique for October on the topic of Clocks. Click here to Register
10/12/2026 - Presentation: How to use the Blurb Book Module in Lightroom - This presentation will show you how to turn your Lightroom images into a quality photo book. A photo book provides another creative output you can use to share your work. You can place the books on your coffee table to share your experiences, or give them as gifts. Our presenter, Sue Hall, will take you through the process. Click here to register
10/14/2026 - Critique: October Clocks - Learn from a monthly judged critique of members' images for the month of October on the topic - Clocks. Each month has a different judge and a different theme. Click here to register
10/21/2026 - Safari: Morro Bay - Only three hours away from Ventura County, Morro Bay is a wonderful place for photography. We will shoot a couple sunrises and sunsets and in between enjoy the sights and sounds of San Luis Obispo County. Click here to register
10/28/2026 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
10/29/2026 - Q4 Competition Peer Review - Quarterly Competition Image Peer Reviews enable image critiques before Image Competition submissions. Peer feedback is typically more friendly and constructive. It's a great way to learn from others. Click here to register
CCP August Newsletter
Below is a copy of the monthly newsletter "Coastal California Journal." Enjoy the content, and share feedback on how we can improve our newsletter. Many thanks to Ken MacGregor and Chris Martens for their continued hard work on the newsletter.
CCP September Newsletter
Addendum
New Members in 2026
Here is a list of CCP's new members this year. Let me know if I missed anyone. Please introduce yourself at events and make our new members feel welcome.
Name | Camera | Genre | |
Rick Husted | Nikon | Portrait, Nature, Landscape | |
Bryon Brooks | Nikon, Canon, Fujifilm, Sony, Mobile Phone | Nature, Landscape, Travel, Portrait | |
Mary Reeves | Canon | Portrait, Nature, Landscape, Photojournalism Travel | |
Jack Nesbit | Nikon, Canon, Mobile Phone | Nature, Landscape, Travel, Other | |
Nikon, Mobile Phone | Portrait, Photojournalism, Other | ||
Canon | Nature, Travel, Landscape | ||
Nikon, Mobile Phone | Portrait, Travel, Nature, Landscape | ||
Nikon, Olympus | Nature, Travel, Landscape | ||
Nikon, Olympus, Mobile Phone | Nature, Travel, Landscape | ||
Nikon | Nature, Travel, Other | ||
Nikon | Nature, Travel, Landscape | ||
Canon, Mobile Phone | Nature, Travel, Photojournalism | ||
Sony | Other | ||
Canon | Nature, Portrait, Landscape, Travel | ||
Canon | Nature, Landscape, Photojournalism, Other | ||
Mobile Phone | Nature, Travel, Landscape | ||
Nikon, | Nature, Travel, Photojournalism | ||
Mobile Phone | Nature, Travel, Photojournalism | ||
Nikon | Nature, Landscape, Travel | ||
Canon | Portrait, Nature, Landscape, Photojournalism, Travel | ||
Richard Sprague | |||
Jim Doyle | Canon, Fuji | Architecture, Photojournalism | |
Tim Mathiesen | Canon | Landscape, Product, Architecture |
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