Crutchfield is full of enthusiasts — audiophiles, gamers, car audio lovers, you name it — and it has become apparent that a solid population of photographers exists here as well. So we decided to form a club that could share photos, talk about photography, and bounce ideas around. Here's what we do:

On a rotating basis, members choose a topic. We then shoot that topic for 2-3 weeks. Each member submits up to three or four images shot during that timespan, which we collect on our Shutterfly site. Then we have a lunchtime meeting, and take over a conference room so we can bring up the slideshow and talk about what we did, how we did it, what gear we used, etc.

Here's a photo taken with a Canon 40D, because you just can't post to this blog without including a photo.

One thing that we stress is that this is a photography club, not a camera club. We have members who shoot with DSLRs, point-and-shoots, even film cameras. What matters most to us are the pictures we take, no matter how we choose to take them.

We'll post the results of each project as we complete it, as well as announce our next assignment. Our first project was "Patterns." More about that in our next post.