February 9th Meeting of the WAPC and 2026 Membership Drive
Meeting discussion items: Club Meetings are held at the Cokesbury United Methodist Church, 5725 N. 9th Ave across from the Pensacola State College. Members entrance are the doors at the church’s drive thru on 9th Ave. Speaker for the meeting will be Tim McEver to discuss possible member benefits. Club President Mel McEver will be…
January 12 WAPC Meeting with Speaker Ms. Tonya Dalhaus
Ms. Tonya Dalhaus will discuss animal photography with examples of her work. Ms. Dalhaus is President of the Emerald Coast Writers, formerly West Florida Literary Federation, that has sponsored literary programs for over 30 years in northwest Florida including free writing workshops for high school students, with visits from real world writers as newspaper columnists,…
December 8th Meeting
The December 8th meeting of the Wide-Angle Photo Club has been cancelled. The next regular meeting will be January 12th at 5-6 pm for the club’s board and 6-8 for the regular meeting to elect new officers for 2026 and additional discussions. If new officers can’t be elected due to lack of applications then the…
September 8 Meeting Guest Speaker – Steve Hand of Blue Nose Aerial Imaging will discuss drone photography
The Wide Angle Photo Club speaker for June 9th will be Steve Hand, a local expert on drone and aerial photography, He will speak on the state of drone photography from the consumer/user perspective. A professional Drone Pilot with experience in aerial photography and videography. Steve provides drone services in the Florida Panhandle in real-estate,…
October 13 Meeting – Guest Speakers from UWF Dept. of Archaeology to discuss the use of photography in their research.
Biography Dr. John Bratten, professor of anthropology, teaches archaeology, maritime studies, shipwreck archaeology and artifact conservation. As co-principal investigator of the Emanuel Point II shipwreck, Bratten combines his passion for science and archeology by overseeing the excavation and artifact conservation of the second vessel from Tristán de Luna’s 1559 colonization fleet. He utilizes a state-of-the-art freeze-dryer…
July 14 Meeting of the WAPC
Rob and crew from Gulf Coast Camera will be making an appearance at the July Meeting to discuss what’s happening at Gulf Coast Camera and provide Q&A on general photography. We will also be discussing B&W vs Color photography and DSLR vs Mirrorless, the pros and cons of both.
2025 Power of Photography Contest is Cancelled
June 2025 Meeting
June 9, 2025 The Wide Angle Photo Club speaker for May 12th will be Kelsi Adams, a well known local photographer in the Florida Panhandle. Kelsi’s work is best described as a fine art / montage that draws on her experiences in photography and graphic arts to produce unique artwork. She earned an AS degree…
April Photo Shoot
Thursday, April 24, 2025Bellengrath Gardens Doors open at 5PM. (This is the inaugural event and seems to be very popular so I don’t know how long the entry line will be.) Sunset is at 7:23. I visited the Gardens in March and they were already starting the set up. It was daylight and nowhere NEAR…