Camera Club & Member Trips

The Camera Club helps members and guests share photography through Club Trips, Member Trips, and Photo Buddies.

Club members, and approved friends of the Club, may list events.

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CLUB TRIPS

Trips organized and managed by the Camera Club.

  • No current trips

 
UPCOMING:

  • Safari Park, San Diego – Camera Club, Feb 2025
  • May 2025
  • Aug 2025
  • Nov 2025

 
COMPLETED:

  1. Hindu Temple, Chino Hills – Camera Club 10/16/24
  2. Cirque du Soleil – Camera Club 07/18/24
  3. Cypress College: Holocaust Portraits – Camera Club 07/30/24
  4. Bergamot Station Art Center – Camera Club 06/25/24
  5. LACP, LA Center for Photography – Camera Club 05/14/24

 
 

MEMBER TRIPS

Trips organized and managed by members. Listings are provided solely as a service for our members.

  • London & Tau Game Lodge, South Africa
    Organizer: Rick Graves
    May 25th – June 6th, 2025 – 13 days
    Flight from LA to London, staying in that great city for 3 days and 2 nights.

    Then fly from London to Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by 5 days at the Tau luxury chalet, with it’s very own game watering hole. Daily sunrise game drives for photography with guides. There will be an afternoon review of the day’s photography with tips on lighting, composition, design, exposure, etc.. Each day has a sunset game drive for more photography, followed by a delicious dinner, and relaxing at the spa.

    This group is a maximum 8 people.

    Cost: $8,750 double occupancy | $9,995 single occupancy
    50% deposit required to reserve, balance due March 1, 2025

    Full Trip Details: at Tau Game Reserve 2025

    Contact Rick

    Rick teaches photography in the Saddleback Emeritus program.

  • 14 Day African Photo Adventure
    Organizer: Ed Postal
    March 19 – April 1, 2025 for 12 nights, 14 days
    Flight from LA to Capetown, return Zanzibar to Los Angeles
    The group will be visiting Cape Town South Africa, the Masai Mara Kenya, Victoria Falls Zimbabwe, and Zanzibar. This small guided group tour comprises of Safaris, helecoptor filght, Five Star accommodation in luxury hotels, lodges and resorts.

    This group is a maximum 8 people.

    Cost: $16,480 per person sharing (includes airfare) – single add $4,975

    Please contact Ed for more information about his trip.

    Ed owns International Travel Planners and travels yearly to Africa.

  • Cuba Trip
    Organizer: Mary Madden
    Saturday 02/15/2025 – Saturday 02/22/2025
    Join Ralph Velasco, former photography instructor at Saddleback College, on a “Support of the Cuban People” trip to Cuba. This trip starts in Miami for a meet and greet, then leaves the following morning as a group to Havana. A deep dive into the neighborhoods of Havana will include guided walking tours, visiting a boxing gym, meeting renowned local photographers, farmers markets, and riding in Classic American cars dating back to the 1950s throughout Havana. A day trip to the tobacco farms in the Vinales Valley will introduce you to the story of tobacco in Cuba and how the business thrives even today.

    Cuba is a fascinating country to visit with super friendly and colorful people who love visitors.

    Cost: $4,000 and $4,500 (not including airfare) depending on how many guests register.
    The minimum number of participants is 12 guests.

    Please contact Mary Madden for more information about this trip.

 
COMPLETED:

  1. Whale Watching – Adriana Greisman 07/27/24
  2. Joshua Tree National Park – Stuart Fried, 06/28th-30/24
  3. Bowers Museum: “The Power of Photography” – Jack Salvador 04/24

 
 

PHOTO BUDDIES

Photo Buddies are friends who meet for one-time photo shoots, or repeated photography outings.
 
CURRENT:

  • No Photo Buddy requests currently listed

 
 

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