The Eastside Camera Club (ECC) is an active in-person year-round club that provides a friendly and positive environment for anyone interested in photography in Macomb County and surrounding areas of Michigan. Our informal and relaxed monthly meetings and frequent group shoot activities allow members with all levels of skill, interest and equipment to share and enhance their photography skills while enjoying the club's comraderie. Please see our About Us page to learn more about our club and what it has to offer you.

Upcoming Events

Color key:   [Monthly Meeting]   [Group Shoot]

Saturday, April 27, 2024, 9:30 AM: Germaine Finley is leading a Seven Ponds Group Event (which ECC Members can attend for free) at the Kensington Nature Center, see SPPC Kensington Park Fun Shoot.

Saturday, April 27, 2024: Windsor night shoot of Detroit skyline.

• Passport or enhanced driver's license required for entry into Canada and back to USA.
• Detroit should be brightly lit-up due to this being the last day of the 2024 NFL Draft
• 4:00 PM Meet in the Walmart parking lot at M-59 and Mound Rd, right behind Arby's, for carpool
• For those driving themselves, get to the Detroit-Windsor tunnel by taking I-375 all the way to Jefferson Avenue East, turning right onto Randolph Street, Making the first U-Turn, then going straight across Jefferson and into the tunnel.
• 5:30 Park at Riverside Parking Area, GPS Coordinates 42.32022, -83.03913
• 5:30 Walk 600-feet to supper at The Loose Goose
• 7:00 Return to Riverside, photograph Detroit (or whatever you want). Sunset is at 8:25 PM. The view from Riverside Parking area is this or this.
• After a while we could drive east 3/4 mile to the Parent Avenue parking area, where the view will be this or this.
• And then west 1.8 miles to the lot across from McEwan Avenue, where the view will be this or this.
• From there it's another 1/2 mile west to the Askin Rd parking area (similar view of Detroit, but with a this view of the Ambassador Bridge), and another 1/4 mile to the Ambassador Bridge.
• At perhaps 9:30 PM or 10:00 or 11:00, depending on the group's feelings, we'd return back to Walmart.

Thursday, May 16, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Color Creative, Very Best, Special Assignment "HDR".

• Where: Room 1 of the Shelby Township Activities Center, 14975 21 Mile Rd (north side of 21 Mile Rd, just west of Hayes)
• Photo Categories (please read and follow these guidelines):
  • Color Creative (up to 2 pairs of photos can be submitted in this category)
  • Special Assignment "HDR" (up to 2 photos can be submitted in this category, for each one, please submit your final HDR photo with an 02 at the end of the filename, and the best single-exposure photo with an 01 at the end of the filename, like we do for Color Creative)
  • Very Best (up to 1 photo can be submitted in this category)
• Email photos to jeff.bondono@gmail.com by 11:59 PM the night before the meeting.

Saturday, May 18, 2024, 10:00 AM: Ren Cen / People Mover (People Mover is free for all of 2024) (might add Monroe Street Midway, near Campus Martius Park to this Group Shoot)

Thursday, May 30, 2024: Last day to email your digital 1920x1080 photo for the PSA Photo Evaluation competition to Bill Buchanan.

Friday May 31, 2024: Free Day watching the Detroit Grand Prix practice runs. Contact Pete for more information or to meet up with him downtown.

(tentative) Friday-Sunday, June 7-9, 2024: 33rd Annual Antique Tractor Show & Pull at Fowlerville Fairgrounds, 8800 W Grand River Ave, Fowlerville, MI

Thursday, June 13, 2024: Eastern Market Murals, in support of August's "Abandoned" special assignment, with a 5:00 PM meal at Vivio's Eastern Market. (might add Michigan Central Station before or after this if it's now open)

Thursday, June 20, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Monochrome, Very Best, Special Assignment "Farm Animals".

(tentative) July, 2024: Bedrock Properties Tour in Downtown Detroit. Bill has a contact for Bedrock. (might add Michigan Central Station before or after this if it's now open)

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Group Shoot, Very Best, Special Assignment "Bridges".

(tentative) August, 2024: Ann Arbor / Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum / possible photo-tour of Michigan Theater or State Theater

Thursday, August 15, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Nature, Very Best, Special Assignment "Abandoned".

(possible) August 24-25, 2024: Jackson Civil War Muster - 2024.

(tentative) September, 2024: Detroit Night Shoot (might add Michigan Central Station before this if it's now open).

Thursday, September 19, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Color Creative, Very Best, Special Assignment "Landscapes or Seascapes".

(tentative) Saturday, October 12, 2024 (Rain date October 19): Belle Isle, Conservatory, Fountain, Dossin Great Lakes Museum

Thursday, October 17, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Monochrome, Very Best, Special Assignment "Street Photography" [definition]. Also, your prints for the 2024 Annual Print Competition are due at this meeting.

(tentative) Saturday, November 9, 2024: The Parade Company: theparade.org/tours/

Thursday, November 21, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting: Group Shoot, Very Best, Special Assignment "Night or Nighttime".

Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 7:45 AM: Pere Marquette 1225 - the North Pole Express from Owosso to Ashley - ECC's fifth (almost) annual extravaganza! (and a stop at the Holly Dickens Festival on the way home) [Our 2023 itinerary] [Photos from our 2023 trip] [Photos from our 2019 trip] [Photos from our 2018 trip]

Thursday, December 19, 2024, 6:30-9:00 PM, Monthly Meeting for Members Only: Holiday Pizza Party, submit 10 photos taken (preferably) during 2024.