The Mile High Wildlife Photo Club (MHWPC) is a photography club based in the Denver, Colorado area. It was founded in 1976 to provide members the opportunity to learn about wildlife and scenic photography, and also to promote personal growth, education, and enjoyment through nature photography.
Mile High is the only photo club to twice win the Nature's Best Photography, Windland Smith Rice International Awards competition in the Camera Club category. You can view the entries in our Gallery area.
Learn about the benefits of membership and how to join.
Next Meetings
| When: | May 19, 2026 from 7:00 to 9:30 pm | ||||||||
| Where: | VIRTUAL ONLY A link to the video conference for this meeting will be provided before the meeting. When we do get together in person again, it will be at: Bethany Lutheran Church 4500 E Hampden Ave Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 Great Room (view map) |
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| Who: | Club members and visitors | ||||||||
| Program: | NOTE: This meeting will be held remotely only. There will be NO meeting at the church that night. Lisa Langell: The New Nature Photography: Letting Go of the Old Playbook Nature photography has changed—and so have the ways people experience it. Gone are the days when bold colors, tight crops, and dramatic action shots were created specifically for magazines and calendars. Today, audiences are looking for something different. They want photography that fits beautifully into the spaces where they live and work—art that feels calming, intentional, and emotionally resonant. In this eye-opening session, award-winning photographer and educator Lisa Langell will guide your group through a fresh approach to photographing wildlife and nature. You'll explore how modern design trends influence the types of images people want to display, and how to shift your creative mindset to match. From soft color palettes and negative space to minimalism and subject placement, Lisa will share the tools and techniques that help photographers create images designed not for the page—but for the wall. This session will expand your thinking and inspire a more artful, intentional approach to nature photography. It’s designed to help you shift your mindset, explore new visual styles, and create work that feels fresh and relevant in today’s world of photography as wall art.  |
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| When: | May 12, 2026 from 7:00 to 9:30 pm |
| Where: | Virtual - A link for this meeting will be sent out before the meeting. Plans are for all digital meetings to be virtual going forward. |
| Who: | Club members only |
| Program: | This Digital Training meeting will be on the topic of noise reduction, sharpening, and upsizing. Peter Batty will cover capabilities of various products including Lightroom, Topaz, DxO, and ON1. If you have expertise in these areas and would be interested in presenting/sharing, feel free to reach out to Peter at peter.batty@gmail.com. If you have RAW images that you think would be good examples for this topic that you would like to submit, please reach out to Peter. We may or may not use all images submitted as there is a lot to cover. |
Learn about our upcoming meetings.
Monthly Meetings
General Meeting With Competition
| When: | Third Tuesday of the month from 7:00 to 9:30 pm |
| Where: | HYBRID Unless specifically noted, we plan on meetings being both in person and streamed online. A video conference link will be provided a few days before the meeting. We meet in person at: Bethany Lutheran Church 4500 E Hampden Ave Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 Great Room (view map) |
Photographers of all ages and levels, as well as guests, are always welcome at our general meetings.
Each meeting has a program typically in the form of a slideshow about an aspect of wildlife or scenic photography. Past presenters include Russ Burden, Charlie Summers, Wendy Shattil, Rick Sammon, and John Fielder. The program is followed by a photographic competition, and competition details are provided below.
Learn about our upcoming meetings.
Digital Training Meeting
| When: | Second Tuesday of the month from 7:00 to 9:30 pm |
| Where: | Virtual - A link for this meeting will be sent out before the meeting. Plans are for all digital meetings to be virtual going forward. |
Club members are welcome and encouraged to attend these meetings to learn how to get the most out of their digital files. At each meeting, a technique will be demonstrated, new software may be highlighted, or a creative process may be taught. Meetings are geared to cover aspects from beginner to advanced.
Learn about our upcoming meetings.
Competitions
The program at the general meeting is followed by a photographic competition where images compete in four different categories:
- Wildlife
- Wildlife - Captive or Controlled
- Scenic
- Creative
The Wildlife and Scenic categories are part of each competition, and the Wildlife - Captive or Controlled and Creative categories alternate. Images compete in two different levels: Club, and Masters. The Masters level is for veteran club members whose past history of competition entries has demonstrated their photographic abilities at an extremely high level.
More information is available in the Competition Schedule and Monthly Competition Guidelines. Digital images must be submitted following the Digital Image Submission Guidelines. The submission window opens the day after the previous meeting and closes at the end of the Saturday before the competition.
not to be downloaded or reproduced in any way without the written permission of the photographer.