Guides and Reference Material
Just added to the 2025 Guidebook, you can now
pay your PhotoQuest entry fee here online!
Annual Camera Club Exhibit & Contest
PhotoQuest 2025 is almost here! This exciting Members-Only Photo Contest & Exhibition is your opportunity to showcase your best photography and compete for top honors.
Exhibition Details
Location: Kerr Arts & Cultural Center
Exhibit Dates: July 17 – August 16
Important Dates to Remember
July 14 – Check-in (Noon – 2 PM)
July 15 – Club “Awards” Meeting
(Third Tuesday)
July 17 – Exhibit Opens
July 26 – Reception (2 – 4 PM)
August 16 – Exhibit Closes
August 18 – Pick-up Artwork
(9 – 11 AM)
Contest & Awards
This is a judged competition with ribbons awarded in three categories, plus Best of Show and People’s Choice. Winners will be announced at the Club “Awards” Meeting on July 15.
Eligibility & Membership Requirements
To participate, you must be a current HCCC member with membership dues paid by March 31, 2025.
Online Registration Form
Our Judge
Julie Mize of Brownwood will serve as Judge for the Hill Country Camera
Club’s annual show: PhotoQuest 2025. Julie’s career in public education
spans 28 years, both teaching art at the middle school level and as an
adjunct instructor at Howard Payne University, in Brownwood. She is a
member of the Brownwood Art Association and actively participates
in its photographers’ group.
In 2006, Julie graduated from Texas Tech University with a Master’s
of Art Education degree. Since graduating, Julie has had her
photographs accepted for exhibits in Brownwood, Lubbock, and
Granbury. On two separate occasions and in two different venues in
2008, Julie and a colleague presented a very well received joint show
of their photography (“Two Towns: Brownwood & Mason”).
More recently, in 2020, Julie was awarded ‘Artist of the Year’ by the
Brownwood Art Association. While at Texas Tech, Julie focused
primarily on darkroom photography and inter-media processes. Her
personal photography is created using black and white film, and she
processes her own negatives and prints. In addition, she has
experience printing cyanotypes and has led workshops on the
subject at the Brownwood Art Center as well as having taught
the technique to her photography students at the university. For her
own work, Julie typically prefers finding her ‘compositions’ within
smaller portions and/or details of larger scenes, particularly those
found in cities and towns visited while on her travels with husband
Kyle. She is particularly interested in and adept at capturing the
‘characteristics of a place.’
