What Is The Digital Diner?
The Digital Diner is a monthly photo challenge open to all ECC members. The aim is to try to improve our ability to create interesting images by taking photos on a given theme, providing a chance to experiment with different techniques and subjects. The images are uploaded to the ECC website and a Zoom meeting is held at the end of each challenge for viewing and discussion. It's not necessary to have contributed any images to take part in the meeting.
The Diner is completely non-competitive and provides an opportunity for members to share with others how and why they took their images, and to get some feedback. Although some images have gone on to ECC competition, many are less polished. The only requirement is to be willing to pick up your camera and experiment!
There are a few standing rules:
- Images are to be taken during the time frame of each challenge - generally one month. The intent is to give some thought to a new project, so submitting older images is not encouraged.
- Unless otherwise specified, you can upload up to three images per challenge.
- Maximum image size is 1600 x 1200 pixels.
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Theme For March 4th Meeting - 7:00-9:00 PM EST
The theme for March's Digital Diner is "Hidden Treasures".
One person’s junk is another person’s treasure. This Digital Diner is an opportunity for you to relive memories or begin your spring cleaning up. The task is to find and photograph hidden treasures by rummaging through your basement, storage cupboard, locker or even looking under your bed. It could be a toy from your childhood, a figurine from your grandmother’s house, a piece of camping equipment or clothing. The object may have little monetary value but great emotional value. Anything goes if it is not currently on display in your main living space.
In this Digital Diner, the story behind photos is as important as the photos themselves. Why do they have meaning to you?
If you are fortunate enough not to have a cluttered basement or locker, Tom Driedger has offered to have some members to come to his place, one or two at a time for an hour or so, to view and photograph his accumulation of oddities.
There will be a table in a well-lit area for photographing the objects. If you're interested in taking Tom up on his offer, email contactetobicokecameraclub@gmail.com.
Images can be taken anytime between now and March.
For upload, images can be no larger than 1600 x 1200. Viewing and upload links can be found below, or under the Program tab for the Digital Diner (you must be logged in, in order to upload).
Images must be uploaded before the Digital Diner Zoom meeting begins (7:00pm EST) on Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2026.
Upload/View Your Images
Meeting Zoom Link
- Go to the menu Zoom Links, Digital Diner Zoom Link, and click on the current date to join this month's zoom meeting. As this is only available to ECC club members, you must be logged in to gain access to this link.
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