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Our old website, while functional, was old, and the effort and cost to maintain it was increasing. The new website is built on a platform that should be much easier to maintain, especially for someone without a lot of website experience. The new website will also be simpler, with less content. The content that had built up over the years with the old site, made it slow. The new site is quicker to load and get around. Our hope is that these steps will safeguard continuity as we won't have to rely on the presence of one person for all website issues and we will be able to more easily transition the webmaster duties to another member willing to assume this role in the future.

Top left corner, or click on the Member's Area and you'll be asked to log in.

Try entering some key words in the search box in the top of each page.

You can find a contact form on the About Us page. Just scroll down. That form will send an email to the webmaster by default, and if you check off the other officers and coordinators they will also be notified. The officers are shown with their photographs and below, there is a tabbed section with the various committees and the names of the coordinators. We don't put their contact information on this page because the page is public, and don't want the information "harvested" for unscrupulous purposes. To contact officers and coordinators directly, members can log into the website and find the contact information for these officers and coordinators on the first Members Area page...scroll down. If all else fails, contact the webmaster using the form on the About Us page.

Before the site was launched we entered member's information as we received notices that they renewed or joined the club. That process was a manual process as memberships were paid on the old site. What we did was simply enter them in the new site and mark their membership as "paid" with a renewal date 12 months after that renewal transaction date. You most likely received an email for the new website notifying you that your membership was paid. This process meant that the Email used to renew membership or join the club was used as the ID for the new website. If you go to the new website and attempt to log in, you must use the same email used to pay for the membership. You can change it after you log in, if you want to. If it is the first time going to the new website you'll have to reset your password (Click on Forgot my Password), by having the system send you a reset link. We want you to set up your own passwords for security reasons. Please use a hard password because your lack of care could lead to someone getting into the site that shouldn't be there.

Have you paid your annual club dues? Memberships expires annually, a year after you paid. You should be getting a reminder. If your membership has expired you will not be able to see restricted content. Your ID for the website is the email you used to pay for your membership. That's important because that's what grants you access to the members only content. The system will allow you to set up another account but it won't have access to any of the restricted content so it'll do you no good. PLEASE use the same email that you paid for your membership with and then if you want to change it, go into your account and do that. If you have paid and you are sure you are using the correct email ID, and have reset your password, and are still having trouble, then use the webmaster contact form on the About Us page.

Is the site telling you your ID is wrong? Your site ID is the same email you used when you paid for your membership. In the past, some members went through the process to pay for their memberships using one email then attempted to sign in using another. Access to member only content is triggered by the membership payment process. Is the site telling you your password is wrong? Try resetting it. If the reset doesn't seem to work, make sure again that the email you use is the same as the one you paid your membership with. We don't want you to go completely insane...if you still can't get in and the reset doesn't work, or work like you think it should, we can help you. Use the contact form on the About Us page to contact the webmaster.

We hope many. Here are a few: Be a part of a special community: Probably the hardest thing to describe and quantify is that you'll be part of a special group of your neighbors. We all love photography and learn from each other. This benefit is not only about learning photography, but we also enjoy each other's company in many of our social gatherings. Field Trips: Join our field trips. If you dream one up, you can contact our events coordinator and suggest it. Even better, offer to lead it. Trips: Join us on club trips. Want to help or lead a club trip? Step up. Suggest one and get going. Workshops: Our workshops are generally public, but do you know who learns the most at workshops? It’s the teacher. Contact the workshops coordinator to plan and conduct your own. Club positions: Once a year our board members and officers go through the same ritual. Many of us would like to step aside but can’t think of anyone who’s voluntarily stepped forward to express an interest. Our club only works because some members step up. Look at our “who we are” page. Chip in. Our Site Mailing list: A critical tool for communicating with our members. You'll be on our site mailing list and get a heads-up on all our events and activities. We use Mailchimp as a second mailing list to broadcast to a broader audience of members and non-members, You can see a link to get on this mailing list, if you want, at the top of the news page. Special Interest Groups: Our club has had a couple of “SIG's” over the years. We currently have only one group; our Post Processing SIG. This group meets monthly to talk about what you do to your images after you’ve taken them. Some photographers do nothing, we’re not a group for those people. If you do anything from editing, to culling and organizing, to printing, to posting, then this group might be for you. We’re not a workshop series to teach post processing, but we will dive into all sorts of different software and techniques. We get together to discuss and teach each other. Most meetings are online (Zoom). To join our PP SIG, contact our webmaster. If you’d like to see another special interest groups created, bring it up to our president. SIG’s can be almost anything photography related. Birding, travel, camera (Canon, Nikon …), studio, etc. We’ll help you try to get your SIG rolling. Share and Learn: We share images with each other every month at our meetings. Here is your chance to show off, and/or simply learn from others. Website Member Content: As a paid-up member you'll have access to exclusive content on the website, including as of this writing, The Membership directory, our mentor program, Locations and suggestions for photo opportunities around the Houston area, a list of member recommended tour companies and photo guides, and finally access to recorded videos from our past monthly speaker series. Site Chat: As a member you can participate in the chat groups on the website. Through that function you'll be in contact with other club members.

Simply click on the "Become a Member" page and follow the instructions. You'll be taken to a page to set up your ID and password, then to another page offering you two membership types, individual and family. Choose which one you want; pay through our payment provider, PayPal, and you're good to go. You should receive an email confirming your annual membership subscription.

We have annual memberships that renew every year. You should get a reminder from our website when your membership renewal is due.

We can manually add members to the website. If you have another member of your family who needs website access, then use the contact form on the "About Us" page and ask the webmaster to add this member. They'll have full access with their own ID and password.

We have a membership coordinator for the club. You can find out who that is and contact them using the form on the About Us page.

We have numerous of events of different sorts: Monthly Club Meetings (6:30pm, Third Tuesday each month) Workshops - Usually at the library. Schedule varies Club day trip - Local outing around the Houston area Pop up Events - Events that happen on short notice...look in Facebook Overnight trips - Two or more days out of town Lunch Bunch - Informal monthly lunch at local eatery

A bunch of us meet online every Wednesday at 12:30pm, and once a month we meet at a local eatery for an in-person lunch. The link to the Zoom event can be requested from kwphotoclub@gmail.com. Once on our Lunch Bunch List you can reuse the same link every week, and you’ll receive reminders when we meet in-person once a month. It’s a fun group that may talk photography but usually just tries to solve all the problems of the universe. We recently added a Lunch Bunch "group" on the web site as an experiment to see how it works. You should be able to joint that group and be kept informed as to where we're meeting.

Every month at our monthly meetings we close with a share and learn session where everyone who wants to gets to talk about three of their images. Each month has a different share and learn theme, which you may follow…or not if you really want to share something else. The monthly theme can be found on our website under the Galleries Menu link. The sessions are totally non-judgmental and we only provide the feedback you request. Most people just show their pictures and enjoy the accolades. Submitting your share and learn images is easy. Guidelines for sizing the images can also be found under the Galleries menu link. Submission is done in one of two ways. 1) Sign into the website and you’ll see a link on the Members Area Page. 2) Save the link to the Dropbox folder somewhere you can find it and use it every month. It doesn’t change.

For club outings, if you are a paid up member you may join us. To do that we prefer that you access the events page, find the event you are interested in and RSVP (it's free). If the event includes a link for attending virtually (Zoom) the system should send you the necessary link. For monthly meetings we allow non-members, interested in joining, to attend so they can find our more about us. Workshops are generally open to the public and are held at the Kingwood Public Library. In the off chance we have a paid event, you will be asked to pay online when you register.

Members can attend any of our monthly meetings simply by showing up at 6:30pm at the First Baptist Church on Woodland Hills on the third Tuesday of the month, or by logging into our website and using the zoom link on the Resources Page. No need to register ahead of time. We invite non-members to come and check out a meeting before joining. In that case, we would appreciate that they RSVP using the event form on the website. If you cannot attend in-person, you can find the Zoom link under the Resources button when you sign into the Members-only area of the website, or if you prefer find the Monthly Meeting event in the events section and RSVP. The system will send you the link.

We have an Events Coordinator on our Key Contacts page after you sign in. Let them know. We love new ideas. You can discuss your ideas with our coordinator and decide how it will be organized and led. Thanks in advance.

Clever name...Pop up. Well, that's because the event wasn't posted and promoted too much ahead of time, but came up with short notice. When someone has an idea for an outing to take advantage of something with a short time fuse, we call it a pop-up event, and do our best to get the word out. Please stay tuned to the website and to our Facebook group for notices on Pop-up events. With our new website we hope the notification process will improve significantly.

We are always looking for topics as well as workshop leaders. Please let our workshop coordinator know if you have topic ideas (Contact form)

Workshops, like our other events, are found in the Events section of the website. Signing up is done by simply clicking on the RSVP button and filling in your contact information.

To date, we've held most of our workshops in one of the meeting rooms in the Kingwood Public Library. There have also been occasions when we conduct the workshop over Zoom, in which case you will receive a zoom link when you register. Locations are stated on the Event form.

No problem. We need people to step up and help us lead these workshops. Use the contact form on the About Us page to contact either the webmaster or the workshop coordinator and we'll be back to you quickly.

At Kingwood Photo Club, we greatly value member contributions and encourage you to get involved with a variety of tasks. You can assist in organizing and setting up events, workshops, and photo walks. You can also volunteer to handle administrative duties such as membership management or social media updates. Contribute your expertise by leading a photography workshop or mentoring newer members. Additionally, you can help with community outreach by collaborating on local projects or exhibitions. Your involvement not only enriches the club’s community spirit but also enhances your own skills and networking opportunities. To assist with a specific task, please contact any of our club officers or attend our next club meeting for more details.