Woodland Camera Forum

04/08/2026

04/08/2026

04/07/2026

DATE CORRECTED!!! APRIL 20th !!!!

The Woodland Camera Forum will present a free presentation on photography of the American West on Monday evening, April 20th, at 7:00 pm. Location is the Living Hope Church, 240 N. West St., Woodland.

The photographer, Phillip Venable, will showcase his photos and stories about his travels throughout American West. He will focus, on Arizona, Yellowstone, and South Dakota, with a few images from Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Venable has been shooting photos since he was a kid, when his Dad gave him a Kodak Brownie. He studied black and white photography in college and had plans to be a photojournalist until life intervened. After spending an adulthood in Law Enforcement, he picked up his camera again and began making art.

Venable's preference is Nature/Landscape, but he is drawn to shapes, lines, and shadows found in the urban landscapes. His favorite subjects are old rusted cars, trains, abandoned buildings, and brightly colored doors. He uses several plugins to Photoshop to create surreal images from otherwise ordinary photos. He has used Nikon equipment since the 1970's and creates photos in both color and black and white, depending on subject matter and mood.

Venable is the President of the Napa Valley Photographic Society, and member of the Fairfield Suisun Valley Art Association, the Vacaville Art League, The Art League of Lincoln, Gold Rush Photo Club, and the Lightwriters Photography Club. he is also a member of the Professional Photographers of America and the Photographic Society of America.

His work has been shown at Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento; Yountville Community Center, The Old Sugar Mill, Arata Fine Arts Gallery, and the Roseville Brewing Company, including shows at the Vacaville Art Gallery, the Napa Public Library, Solano Town Center Gallery, the Gallery at Village 360, Lincoln Art Gallery, and is a resident artist at The Little Art Shop in Benicia. He has won several awards at local shows and contests, including a Juror's Choice Award at the 2013 Vacaville Art Gallery Juried Art Show, and a People’s Choice Award at a member show in Fairfield. He has also presented photography programs at Rocklin Arts and the Napa Valley Photographic Society.


For more information about his photography, go to his website at www.philipvenablephotography.net. He is also on Facebook as Philip Venable Photography, and Instagram as philip.venable. Contact him at [email protected].

Contact WCF President Susan Bovey for questions about the WCF or the program, or directions to the meeting (530) 219-0955 .

04/06/2026

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04/05/2026

New Photography Show!
Color/Texture/Pattern at Gallery 625 in Woodland!
The show is hosted by YoloArts in partnership with the Woodland Camera Forum as part of Photography Month Sacramento 2026. It runs from March 19th through April 23rd.
The People's Choice Award voting is now open! Visit the show to see all the great work and then vote for your favorite by visiting
https://yoloarts.org/gallery-625/
Gallery 625 | County Administration Building
625 Court Street, Woodland, CA
Open Mon - Fri 8am-5pm

04/05/2026

Gold Rush is the Sacramento-based local chapter of PSA (the Photographic Society of America). We organize quarterly in-person photo workshops with morning programs and afternoon shoots based on the morning programs, with coffee and cookies! Sounds like fun to me! We also offer occasional online photo programs.

Gold Rush invites you to join an in-person workshop on B/W Photography on Saturday, April 25th. We’ll start with morning programs with two excellent presenters (to give you a variety of approaches) followed by an afternoon photo shoot on the subject. There’s a charge of $15 for guest passes to check us out, no charge for Gold Rush members, and we’ll be renewing Gold Rush and PSA memberships at the workshop. We’ll be meeting at our usual location at the Oakmont of East Sacramento at 5301 F St. Bring your camera or SmartPhone!
You can register now at https://tinyurl.com/BWWagnerGarrett (You can also sign in at the workshop)

Please note that you can still submit up to 8 images from the last workshop on Playing with Light (or images with a similar theme) to [email protected] by April 17th (one week before the workshop) for inclusion in the slideshow, and up to 2 B/W images for a critique by our current presenters by April 17th as well.

Please visit our beautiful new website (psagoldrush.org) for more information.

SCHEDULE (all times approximate):

9:00 Registration (with coffee and cookies)
9:30 Introductory meeting and slideshow of images from Playing with Light workshop
10:00-11:30 B/W programs, with cookie/coffee break in between presenters
11:30-12:00 Critique of B/W images by presenters
12:00 No-host lunch at Panda Express (5801 Folsom) or wherever/whatever you choose
1:30-4:00 B/W shoot at Tower Bridge/Old Sacramento; meet at the front of the parking garage off Capitol Ave,
entrance on the right just before crossing the Tower Bridge. Call Susan @ 530-219-0955 if lost.

GARY WAGNER: BIO & PROGRAM
Gary Wagner discovered his passion for photography early in his life, and studied at the Brooks Institute of Photography. Now based in Southern Oregon, he has spent over four decades photographing landscapes throughout the US and abroad. Working exclusively in black and white, Wagner emphasizes the essential shapes, lines and tonal qualities of landscapes, reflecting how he experiences a scene. His work expresses a deep respect for the natural beauty and order of the earth. Through his photography, Gary continues to explore the expressive possibilities of black and white imagery and share his interpretation of the natural world.

'Seeing in Black and White' explores the art of black and white landscape photography, focusing on inspiration, vision, and the creative process. Gary will discuss how he approaches transforming color scenes into compelling B&W images, and the journey from initial vision to the final print. Through a selection of photographs, he’ll share insights into how light, shape, line and tone come together to create expressive black and white landscapes.

LAURIE GALLANT: BIO & PROGRAM
Laurie lived most of her life in San Francisco where she had a travel portrait/event/headshot job shooting theater and portrait clients as well as portraits of Chevron’s mariners. She moved to Rocklin and is currently an instructor for the Sacramento Photography Group, with bi-weekly field trips covering a variety of subjects.

She will give a talk about the benefits of adding B&W photography to your portfolio of images, and will have some challenges for the photographers when we go shooting.

04/01/2026

This Friday!! Awards will be given! Plus there’s a People’s Choice award, so put your 2 cents in for YOUR favorite!!
First Friday, April 3rd, 5:30-8:00pm
(Gallery is closed on weekends!!)
Hope to see you there!

01/11/2026

The Woodland Camera Forum is hosting a free photography presentation, “Petroglyphs: Native American Art” in the Southwest U.S., by photographer John Garbutt, on Monday, Jan. 19, at 7 p.…

01/02/2026

Gallery 625, with the Woodland Camera Forum, invites photographers to submit up to three artworks that explore the visceral elements of photography through Color, Texture, and/or Pattern for this spring’s Sac Photography Month 2026 exhibition.

Cash prizes, supported in part by the Woodland Camera Forum, will be awarded for “Best in Show”, “Second Prize”, and “People’s Choice”.

⭐️ Submission Deadline: Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 5pm

➡️ For complete submission guidelines, visit our website!