Sierra Club SD Photo Section

The Photo Section of the Sierra Club San Diego Chapter began in 1984 and has grown to be among the largest photo clubs in San Diego County. Our members are artists, travelers, humanitarians, and conservationists. We support most genres of photography and welcome new members to our group. Photo Section meetings are held once a month between January and November, with additional club activities throughout the year. For more information, please visit our club calendar page.

October 2021 Activity: Dawn at the Tide Pools

October 20, 2021October 16, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

Please join our president Alexander S. Kunz for our October 2021 photography activity, for which we’ll meet in La Jolla to make photos at the tide pools of Hospital Point, at dawn.

October 2021 Meeting: Minimalist Photography with Judy Hancock Holland

October 4, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

We invite all members of the Sierra Club San Diego’s Photo Section to our October 2021 online meeting with photographic artist Judy Hancock Holland and her presentation on Minimalist Photography. Meeting date and time are at the end of this invitation. Please continue reading if you’re interested.

Photo Quest October 2021: Opposites

October 4, 2021October 1, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

October has arrived and the days are getting shorter. The light is more gentle, the days are getting shorter, the weather seems more unstable, the spell of summer is broken. The Photo Quest theme for this month is: OPPOSITES.

Gallery: Small Projects (Photo Quest September 2021)

October 4, 2021September 30, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

Our monthly Photo Quest for September 2021 was “Small Projects” and we asked our members to submit between 3 and 5 images that would be tied together in various ways (here’s the announcement). In the galleries that follow, you can see the small projects that our members worked on.

September 2021 Meeting: Exploring Photography in Texas with Inge Johnsson

October 2, 2021September 6, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

We invite all members of the Sierra Club San Diego’s Photo Section to our September 2021 online meeting with landscape and travel photographer Inge Johnsson and his talk “Exploring Photography in Texas”. Meeting date and time are at the end of this invitation. Please continue reading if you’re interested.

Photo Quest September 2021: Small Project

September 4, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

Inspired by an element of Jennifer Renwick’s talk last month, our September 2021 Photo Quest theme is a little bit different: we want you to slow down, think more, and create a small project.

Gallery: Summer Nights (Photo Quest August 2021)

September 4, 2021August 31, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

The theme for our Photo Quest in August 2021 was “Summer Nights” and in this gallery, you can see our member’s submissions and how they interpreted the theme.

August 2021 Meeting: Slow Photography with Jennifer Renwick

October 2, 2021August 6, 2021 by Sierra Club SD Photo Section

We invite all members of the Sierra Club San Diego’s Photo Section to our August 2021 online meeting with landscape and nature photographer Jennifer Renwick and her talk “Taking the Slow Approach: Techniques for more impactful and compelling nature photography”. Please continue reading if you’re interested.