April MMPC Meeting – April 1, 2026

The April MMPC meeting will be held on Wednesday April 1, 2026, 6:30 p.m. at Riverview Church – Holt Venue, 3585 E Willoughby Rd, Holt, MI. The meeting and reception will provide MMPC members the opportunity to view the photographs on display in the Gallery Show and to interact with photographers whose work is shown. Please invite family members and others who may be interested in your images and or the images shown by the club members. Guests are encouraged to attend the event. Participants will gather for fellowship at Gravity Smokehouse after the reception and meeting. Please sign up for the event on Facebook to facilitate the reservation at Gravity Smokehouse.

Save The Dates – Upcoming MMPC Meetings

The Mid-Michigan Photography Club planned meeting dates include:

• Wednesday, April 1, 2026 – Riverview Church, 3585 E Willoughby Rd, Holt, MI
• Wednesday, May 6, 2026 – First Presbyterian Church 510 W. Ottawa St, Lansing, MI
• Wednesday, June 3, 2026 – Annual Scavenger Hunt

Big Cookie

Congratulations to Sunny Nayak and Andrea Loomis for participating in the February 2026 Big Cookie friendly photo competition with the theme Still Life. The club will conduct the next Big Cookie friendly competitions in May 2026. The theme for the May 2026 Big Cookie is “Silhouette.” Members are encouraged to bring a (only one) digital image the Big Cookie competition at the May 2026 meeting.

Meijer Garden Butterflies Field Trip

MMPC will host a field trip to Butterflies are Blooming at Meijer Gardens on Saturday April 11, 2026. We will meet at 8:00 a.m. to carpool from the Boot Barn/Michaels lot on Marketplace South of Saginaw near the Saginaw Exit on I-96. Information is available at https://www.meijergardens.org/butterflies-are-blooming/.

Additional upcoming photo-friendly events for the upcoming months include:

• Trilliums at Kate Palmer Sanctuary in Jackson – Late April to Mid-May
• Peonies at Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor – late May to early June
• Michigan Challenge BalloonFest in Howell June 26-18

MMPC Logo Clothing

MMPC clothing items are available to order. You can specify a hoodie as a pullover or zip-up or you can order a t-shirt. You can bring your order form to an MMPC meeting or you can send your order form to the address on the form. Delivery will be at a future MMPC meeting.

A limited number of club emblem patches are available for $15 each. The patches are 3½ inches square, embroidered, three color patches on heavy white cloth. See Glenn Dunn if you are interested.

MMPC Monthly Photo Challenge

Thanks to all who have contributed to the MMPC Photo Challenge. The March theme is From Below. It is great to see the submissions on the Facebook page. If you do not use the Facebook group, send your entry by email to mmpclansing@gmail.com so that we can post it to the Facebook page. Constructive discussion of the photos, beyond simply liking the picture, is encouraged. The current and upcoming monthly themes for the photo challenge are:

• March 2026 – From Below
• April 2026 – Spring

The following list contains events that may be of interest to photographers: