Introduction to Gold Rush

Gold Rush is a chapter of PSA (Photographic Society of America) that has provided quarterly day-long photography presentations in Sacramento for many years. In June 2018, Gold Rush changed its format to offer photography presentations in the morning, a no-host lunch together from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm at a local restaurant, followed by photo shoots of subjects as suggested by the morning program.

Because Gold Rush is a chapter of PSA, membership in the PSA is strongly encouraged, with many benefits of its own, such as an excellent and informative monthly magazine, a variety of educational programs, and a yearly photography conference--thoughtfully located in photogenic places. You can sign up online or at a Gold Rush program. The cost for a Gold Rush day pass is $10, an annual membership is $15, and if you join PSA you get a free first year of Gold Rush! We strongly encourage PSA membership for the reasons above, because we are a PSA Chapter, and PSA membership gives you first choice when we have programs that have limited in participation numbers. The yearly cost of a PSA membership is $45/$65 online/hard copy magazine. 

Quarterly Workshops are held at the:

Oakmont of East Sacramento

5301 F Street

Sacramento, CA 95819

See Event Meeting tab

Check here for Membership Information.

The Gold Rush Chapter covers a geographical area of 31 counties in northern and central California and six counties in Nevada. The counties in California are Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yolo and Yuba. The counties in Nevada are: Churchill, Douglas, Lyon, Ormsby, Storey and Washoe.

There are currently 16 Camera Clubs in the Gold Rush Chapter geographical area. 

The Gold Rush Chapter is a non-profit organization.