
Billings Camera Club
The Billings Camera Club is the oldest club of its kind in Yellowstone County. Since 1947 the BCC has supported amateur and professional photographers in their quest to create art through the capture of light.
Our goal is to build skills through education, workshops, field trips, and competitions, to create incentives to shoot subjects new to you, and to foster new friendships.
We meet monthly at 6pm, usually on the first Tuesday of the month, from September to May, in the Billings Public Library Community Room. During the pandemic, we switched to virtual meetings using the Zoom platform. We are currently meeting in person again, but have continued to stream meetings for members unable to attend in person.
INTERESTED? Great! Come to our next meeting and check it out. You can sign up for free as a guest for limited access to this website. (Click 'Join' at the top right of this screen.) Everyone is welcome--introduce yourself! Our meetings might include informative discussions by guest lecturers or fellow club members on subjects ranging from equipment, framing, lighting, and composition, to mastering post-processing software such as Photoshop and Lightroom, digital printing and more. Or see the results of in-club and national competitions, or enjoy evenings of show and tell.
Competitions Our club competes with other clubs around the nation and the world in the Photographic Society of America's interclub competitions 3 times per year. Challenge yourself by submitting images to be chosen as part of our club entry. We also have intra-club competitions 4 times a year with topics picked to motivate you to broaden your range of photographic subjects. Our topics this year are
- Insects
- Leading Lines
- Through my window
- Abstracts
DUES this year are $15 per person (dues are good for one calendar year)
Click HERE to pay online
Club Activity
Events
Billings Camera Club monthly meeting - MONDAY, Nov 3, 2025
Nov 03, 2025 6:00 pmContests
Insects -- competition
Insects -- comments only
2025-26 PSA Color Interclub Competition, ROUND 1
Galleries
'What I Did Last Summer-- 2021'
August 2025
September 2025
Club Gallery: Photo Editing Levels
Club Gallery: August 2025
Summer storm
Bob Ruble
stamen (filament and anther) male begonia
Steve Hubbard
pistils, styles, stigmas of female begonia
Steve Hubbard

Astrology at the Pictograph State Park
Robert Abzug
Contest topics for 2025-2026
Competitions for
2025-26
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- Due Oct 1- Insects and Spiders
- Due Nov 1- PSA Round 1
- Due Dec 1- Leading Lines
- Due Jan 1- PSA Round 2
- Due Feb 1- Through my Window
- Due Mar 1- PSA Round 3
- Due April 1- Abstracts
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Intra-Club competitions:
Each of the intra-club competitions will be judged in two categories: Contest images and Critique Only. Your choice.
A member can enter 1 or 2 images in each contest. In addition, you can enter 1 or 2 images in Critique Only by itself or in addition to the images to be judged. Images in Critique Only should fit the same topic.
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PSA PID Competitions:
The Photographic Society of America Projected Image Division inter-club competition, Open. Any subject, any processing or editing.
There are two divisions: Color and Monochrome. You may enter the same photo in both divisions (i.e., one in color and a duplicate edited to monochrome), but they need to have the same title/file name.
In order to compete, you must have a permission form on file with the PSA. See message from Fran Nunn, Secretary.
This is a competition between PSA member clubs from around the US and the world. We will vote to choose 6 images to send as our club's entry. PSA will give each image a numerical score, and each club's total score is tabulated over the year to assign its relative place within its group.
Member clubs are divided into 6 groups, A through F, according to their cumulative score over the year. Currently we are in Group A for Monochrome and Group B in Color. Our Monochrome images did very well last year and advanced the Club's standing where we currently remain.
BCC meeting minutes April 2025
Billings Camera Club Meeting Minutes- April 1, 2025
Meeting was called to order at 6:05 pm by President Diane Erhart. The meeting was attended by 18 members in person at the Billings Public Library and 5 members online via Zoom.
Announcements:
- There will be an extra meeting this month to be held at Senior High on April 8. We will meet with the Photographer Teacher; PSA Round 3 results will be announced.
- There will also be a Photo Safari on April 27 at John H Dover Park. There may be assignments and then a gallery for photo submittals.
Program:
- Ken Conger, professional wildlife photographer, gave a talk on his life as a photographer and his 2024 trips photographing wildlife and Big Cats.
- He shared tech info on his cameras and settings that he uses.
- Ken will be holding a Wildlife Class on his property near Columbus on April 19. You can sign up on his website.
- The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm. The next meeting is scheduled for May 6, 2025, at the Billings Public Library.
Submitted by Fran Nunn Sec/Treas
BCC meeting minutes May 2025
Billings Camera Club Meeting Minutes- May 6, 2025
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 pm by Bob Ruble. There were 8 attendees at the Library and 4 members on Zoom.
Announcements:
- The Photo Safari scheduled in April was cancelled, primarily due to inclement weather.
Program:
- The results of the Solitude Competition were revealed and discussed by the judges. The images were displayed on screen and discussed by judges from the Great Falls Camera Club: Robyn Mehmke, Chris G and Kathy Myers. Many thanks to them.
- HM- Lone Tree by Patrick McDonald
- HM- Introspection by Larry Bean
- 3rd- Alone on the Prairie by Sheila Ruble
- 2nd- Quiet Place by Sheila Ruble
- 1st- Quiet Night by Patrick McDonald
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 pm.
That's it for this year.
See you in September.
Submitted by Fran Nunn Sec/Treas