About Us

MPC is a non profit organization, founded in 1953 for the promotion of the art and science of color photography. Over the years, MPC has achieved recognition locally, statewide, nationally, and internationally in Color, Nature, Contemporary, and Travel slides. We are affiliated with the New Jersey Federation of Camera Clubs (NJFCC) and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). Members (...currently around 70) range from point and shoot hobbyists to talented professional photographers.

Competitions

Competitions not only allow you to "show off your stuff", they are a learning experience. Judge's comments help you to improve your photographic techniques. It's also a good inspirational opportunity to see what other people are doing.

MPC has 11 regular slides competitions throughout the year: 3 each in Open Pictorial, Nature, and Assigned Subject, plus one each in Travel and Contemporary. There are also 4 print competitions this year which are Open Pictorials.

• Open Pictorial - Any subject.
• Nature - Photographs which tell a story about nature. Slides which show the hand of man, including artificially produced hybrid plants and animals, do not qualify.
• Travel - Captures the feeling of a time and place, and portrays a land, a people, or a culture in its natural state.
• Contemporary - Photographs that depart from realism, including abstracts, montages, multiple exposures, lens tricks, posterization, solarization, etc.
• Assigned Subject - MPC members choose competition topics which challenge them to go out and find new photographs. Bet you didn't know that homework could be fun!

In the MPC Annual Salon, members of all three classes (Entry, Advanced, and Salon) compete together. Slides are judged outside the club in 2 categories, Nature and Open Pictorial. After judging, the entry is assembled and shown in the club at the end of the year.

MPC is active in NJFCC & PSA competitions (both interclub and individual) including Color Slide, Nature, Phototravel, and Contemporary. And if you enjoy printing, MPC also enters four NJFCC Maker and Trade Processed print competitions per year.