The club will meet in the Vail room at LFP on the first and third Tuesdays of the month with the following exceptions - June, July, and August when we only meet on the 3rd Tuesday. The Vail Room is located on the first floor of Lake Forest Place, 1100 Pembridge Dr, Lake Forest, IL 60045.
Please note there could be changes to the scheduled events.
2023 Dates
September 8 Breakfast, 10:00 am Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
September 19 Program -7:00 pm, Sheri Sparks: Landscape shooting- gearing up for the fall shooting season , Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
October 3 Competition, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
October 13 Breakfast, 10:00 am Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
October 17 Program 7:00 pm – Frog Lady - Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
November 7 Competition, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
November 10 Breakfast, 10:00 am Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
*November 28 Program, 7:00 pm, Critique Night on previous competition images
Vail Room, Lake Forest Place *- Please note this date has been moved back one week due to Thanksgiving.
December 5 Competition, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
December 8 Breakfast, 10:00 am Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
December 12 Holiday Party, 6:00 – 10:00 pm, White Deer Run Golf Club, 250 W. Greggs Parkway, Vernon Hills, IL
December 19 No meeting on this date – Enjoy the holidays!
2024 Dates
*January 9 Competition, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place *- Please note this date has been moved back one week due to New Year’s.
January 12 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
January 16 Critique Night, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
February 6 Competition, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
February 9 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
February 20 Program, 7:00 pm Scott McNeill/Venu Tummalapalli - Preparing for the Total Eclipse/Milky Way/Solar Eclipse on April 8th- Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
March 5 Competition, 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
March 8 Breakfast, 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
March 19 Program – 7:00 pm Hank Erdmann – Shooting Flowers, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
April 2 Competition – 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
April 12 Breakfast – 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
April 16 Program – 7:00 pm Ralph Durham, Scott McNeill, Liz Rose Fisher - Portrait/Cosplay,
Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
May 7 Members’ Choice Competition – 7:00 pm, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
May 10 Breakfast- 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
May 21 Program – 7:00 pm “How did I get that shot” with 10-15 on Solar Eclipse, Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
June 14 Breakfast- 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
June 18 Program – 7:00 pm, Michael Kirkland - LR/PS/RAW Tips- Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
July 12 Breakfast – 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
July 16 Program – 7:00 pm Greg Metzler - Travel Photography from Preparation to Execution,
Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
August 9 Breakfast – 10:00 am, Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
August 20 Program – 7:00 pm, TBA – Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
December 5 - Competition night 7:00 pm - Vail Room, Lake Forest Place
December 8 - Breakfast - 10:00 am Country Kitchen, 446 Central Ave., Highland Park, IL
December 12 - Holiday Party - White Deer Run Golf Club, 250 W. Greggs Parkway, Vernon Hills, IL - reservations should be sent to Jack Ingold