Thanks for your interest in the K-W Highland Glen Camera Club!
If you’re looking for other photography enthusiasts in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, then we would like to invite you to come out to one of our meetings. The Highland Glen Camera Club (HGCC) offers its members a number of ways to improve their photography, see the work of other photographers and speakers, get feedback on images, engage in competitions, participate in workshops, get new ideas, and spend time with other people who share their interest in photography.
Our members’ photographic interests are quite diverse, with favourite subjects including landscape, street photography, macro, nature, travel, and fine art topics. Moreover, members utilize a wide spectrum of tools, from 40-year old twin-lens reflex cameras to point-and-shoots to phones to instant film cameras to the latest in digital SLR and mirrorless technology. The club offers a variety of competitions and non-competitive events to showcase digital images and prints.
The club is affiliated with the Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA). HGCC members receive a digital copy of CAPA’s Canadian Camera magazine quarterly. The club is also a member of the Ontario Council of Camera Clubs (O3C).
Meetings
Meetings are the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month excluding holidays, starting with the third Monday in September and going until the end of May. The club holds two social events in December and June.
Please check the Event Calendar for any changes or announcements regarding meeting dates, locations and further event details. The Event Calendar always has the most current event information.
For the 2024-25 season, we will be meeting in person with the option for members to join in virtually via Zoom. Members, guests, or speakers joining us via Zoom will receive virtual meeting login information via email. In the case of bad weather, the club will meet on Zoom rather than cancelling the meeting.
If you are interested in joining the club, you are welcome to come and try out a meeting. You may show up in person or you may join us virtually on Zoom. If you are interested in joining us via Zoom, please complete the Guest Registration Form. We will be in contact and will invite you to a virtual meeting. For speaker nights, the guest fee is $10 and will be applied to membership fees if you decide to join.
If you are interested in hearing a guest speaker, please complete the Guest Registration Form. We will be in contact and will invite you to a virtual meeting. The guest fee is $10.
In person meetings are held in the theatre in the basement of
Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty
508 Riverbend Drive
Kitchener, Ontario
N2K 3S2
View from parking lot; not the street view.
There is free parking and the building has an elevator and is wheelchair accessible. The main entrance has stairs at the front and left sides; however, there is a ramp on the right side. It is best to park toward the far right of the entrance or the back of the building to access the start of the ramp.
Aims and Objectives
- To foster and promote image making through the art of photography.
- To provide an opportunity for the sharing of ideas, the improvement of photographic skills and to enjoy fellowship through photography.
- To encourage membership participation in the many different kinds of club activities.
- To receive monies, whether from membership fees, donations or through other means and to expend same for the advancement of the club.
- To promote and foster friendly relationships with other photographic clubs and like organizations.
History
Since its inception in the late 1960’s the Highland Glen Camera Club has seen many changes. The name of the club has been changed at least once and its location five times.
The name Highland Glen was instituted when the club held its meetings in the basements of the Highland Baptist church and Glen Acres Baptist church, on alternating weeks. Formally, the club name was changed to K-W Highland Glen Camera Club in 2004; informally, the club is referred to Highland Glen or HGCC. Electronically, the club is also referred to as the Waterloo Camera Club.
For many years the club held its meetings at the Albert McCormick Community Centre. The club moved to the Waterloo Community Arts Centre in 2006, to Rim Park in 2009, to Keatsway Public School in 2011, and to Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty in 2019.
The membership base has fluctuated a great deal since its humble beginnings – the club was begun by a group of six photographers. Today the club boasts a much broader membership representing all levels of photographic skill and knowledge, from beginning amateurs to career professionals and all levels in-between. The club is governed by a Board of Directors, elected annually by the membership, under the club’s Constitution.