gallery-2015-2016 – MDI Photo Club

2016 Student Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Student Photo Contest. First Place: The Broken Road by Delanie Shepard, 11th Grade, MDI High School ($75 prize) The judging committee appreciates the photographer’s effort of creating this image using the technique of… Read More

2016 Annual Photo Exhibit

The second Annual Photo Exhibit featuring images by members of the MDI Photo Club hung proudly in the Mellon Room of the Northeast Harbor Library during the month of June 2016. Special thanks to Dorothea Eiben and her helpers Anne… Read More

May 2016 Meeting – John Putnam

Presentation John Putnam was the speaker for our May meeting which also featured club member’s “Great Eight” photographs. John is an editorial, outdoor, and documentary photographer who also teaches photography workshops here on MDI. Since 2005, his work has been… Read More

May 2016 Outing – “Soundings”

Our May 2016 Outing occurred at the Dickey Family Cottage in Northeast Harbor. The impending rain (and then the rain) kept the group small and the outing short, but it was a fun afternoon and a great place to shoot.… Read More

April 2016 Meeting – David Westphal

Independent filmmaker David Westphal spoke at our April meeting. David’s films include “Spirits of the Polar Night” about the aurora borealis’; “So We Shall Stand and Fight,” a film about Passamaquoddy Native American land claims; a documentary about the ancient… Read More

April 2016 Outing – Mill Dam at Norwood Cove

Our April outing took us to what Southwest Harbor locals call The Causeway. Geologists Duane and Ruth Braun joined us to discuss the unique geology of the area and showed us the shatter zone.… Read More

March 2016 Meeting – Earl Brechlin

Our March speaker was Earl Brechlin. Earl has been writing and taking photographs on Mount Desert Island and in Maine for more than 35 years. His photographs and articles have appeared in Newsweek, the New York Times, Downeast Magazine, Maine… Read More

March 2016 Outing – Highseas and Callender House

For our March meeting we met at Highseas, an old estate on Schooner Head designed by Fred Savage and built by Professor Brunnow in 1912. We met at the very early hour of 5:15 a.m. in hopes of shooting the… Read More

February 2016 Meeting – Colleen Miniuk-Sperry

Our February speaker was freelance photographer and writer, Colleen Miniuk-Sperry — who didn’t use to be a photographer — or a writer. Back in 1997 Colleen graduated from the University of Michigan and took her Bachelor of Business Administration and… Read More

February 2016 Outing – Criterion Theater

In February we met indoors at the historic 1932 Criterion Theatre in Bar Harbor. The theatre has been completely restored to its original art deco grandeur. We were able to photograph the theatre and got a backstage tour.… Read More

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