BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//192.124.249.52//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Vancouver BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3513@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder\,Upcoming Ac tivity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:
June’s Assignment is an opportunity to lash out with colour and your imagination. Your choice or both a sunrise and sunset.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210605 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210626 LOCATION:Sunrise and Sunsets SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:June Assignment Sunrise and Sunsets URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/june-assignment-sunrise-and- sunsets/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-2503@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Upcoming Activity CONTACT:president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the secon d Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending\, please contact the club president.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210408T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210408T130000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230713T110000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230810T110000 GEO:+49.346459;-124.442122 LOCATION:Qualicum Foods @ 705 Memorial Ave\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V9K\, Cana da RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=2TH SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Monthly Management Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/monthly-management-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3506@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:This is new for the club\, as most members are retired\, we are meeting on a Wednesday at 10am in Parksville Community Park. Open spac es\, no enclosed areas and lots of activity. At present Chesipeek Shores i s filming and most of their equipment is being stored behind the curling r ink with lots of filming crew activity. Or you may see the ball players or Tia Chi practitioners or skateboarders. Enjoy yourselves.
\nRememb er the the health guidelines and safety protocols.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210512T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210512T120000 GEO:+49.322574;-124.309351 LOCATION:Parksville Community Park SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:May Field Trip Wednesday May 12 at 10am URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/may-field-trip-wednesday-may -12-at-10am/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3511@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:This is an interesting Field Trip that Gail and Lynn have o rganized for June. We are touring around Qualicum Beach village on a Sunda y evening at 7 pm\, meeting at TOSH. Local and familiar\, doesn’t get any better. See you there.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210613T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210613T210000 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Village @ Meeting a TOSH SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:June Field Trip URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/june-field-trip-4/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3519@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Parksville ph otographer\, Bob Christopher who is a member of the Oceansid e Photography Society.
\nHe is going to share with us some of his ph otographs with his unique style and the some of the stories behind his pho tographs.
\nBob’s biography and his fantastic website can be foun d at Bob Christopher – Official Website (pixels.com)
\nWe will be showi ng our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.< /p> DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210707T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210707T210000 GEO:+49.347238;-124.449212 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 727 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Jul 2021 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/jul-2021-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/B-AltaMix-May_025-nik-HDR-lotta-umbrellas-4MB-300x145.jpg\ ;292\;141\,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads /2018/09/B-AltaMix-May_025-nik-HDR-lotta-umbrellas-4MB-300x145.jpg\;292\;1 41\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09 /B-AltaMix-May_025-nik-HDR-lotta-umbrellas-4MB-300x145.jpg\;292\;141\,full \;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/B-AltaMi x-May_025-nik-HDR-lotta-umbrellas-4MB-300x145.jpg\;292\;141 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3537@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder\,Upcoming Ac tivity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:
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Symme try in photography is achieved when two halves of an image hold the same weight and give a perfect balance between two sides of your p hotograph.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210708T201200 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210722T234500 LOCATION:Any location SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:July Assignment “Symmetry in the image” URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/july-assignment-symmetry-in- the-image/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58 24673c2e69cfc8ac1e3cd3/1602674789788-KQRGIT5T4HQF2T2FWHGU/Vertical+Symmetr y+though+a+forest+during+autumn?format=1500w\;546\;364\,medium\;https://im ages.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5824673c2e69cfc8ac1e3cd3/1602674789788 -KQRGIT5T4HQF2T2FWHGU/Vertical+Symmetry+though+a+forest+during+autumn?form at=1500w\;546\;364\,large\;https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5 824673c2e69cfc8ac1e3cd3/1602674789788-KQRGIT5T4HQF2T2FWHGU/Vertical+Symmet ry+though+a+forest+during+autumn?format=1500w\;546\;364\,full\;https://ima ges.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5824673c2e69cfc8ac1e3cd3/1602674789788- KQRGIT5T4HQF2T2FWHGU/Vertical+Symmetry+though+a+forest+during+autumn?forma t=1500w\;546\;364 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3536@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip\,Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:\nHere is a wonderful opportunity to e njoy the beach midweek. Hopefully not too congested. Wednesday 14 July at 10:00 meeting around the coffee hut on the Beach. There are many opportun ities to to shoot a variety of subjects from the seascapes to portraits or street photography. People\, cars motorcycles and boats in abundance\, use your imagination.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210714T120000 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach 'Beach' SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:July Field Trip to Qualicum Beach “Beach” URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/july-field-trip-to-qualicum- beach-beach/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/ima ger/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/hero-images/sandd ollar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28.jpg\;341\;341\,medium\;https://www. visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/park sville-2020/images/hero-images/sanddollar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28 .jpg\;341\;341\,large\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager /s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/hero-images/sanddoll ar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28.jpg\;341\;341\,full\;https://www.visit parksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksvill e-2020/images/hero-images/sanddollar_57ecc2e4a12f3779091251c064b9ce28.jpg\ ;341\;341 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-1479@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:General Meeting\,GM Agenda\,Other Club Activity\,Upc oming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Our general meet ings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduc t the club’s business\, then review the slideshows from the previous month ’s assignment\, field trip and favourite shot of the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentati on or discuss some aspects of their photography
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210804T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210804T210000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230405T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230503T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230607T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230705T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230802T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230906T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231004T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231101T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240103T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240207T190000 EXDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240306T190000 GEO:+49.345651;-124.449209 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones Street\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V9K 1S4 RRULE:FREQ=MONTHLY;BYDAY=1WE SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:General Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/general-meeting-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2013/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceansid ephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;15 0\;150\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/201 3/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotographer s.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pagephoto1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3540@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Field Trip Outing\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:< /p>\n
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Here’s a wonderful opportunity to participate in a walk or hike while photographing great vistas. Your choice of seascapes\, fores ts or beaches. There may be some opportunities to do a little street photo graphy. Either way we certain you’ll enjoy yourself.
\nTraditionally \, the club has organized a group lunch after the Field Trip. During the p andemic most cafes and restaurants are reluctant to accept a large group\, HOWEVER\, there’s nothing to prevent you and your friends from going to l unch in a small group. Keep in mind new members and introduce yourselves. who knows you may make a new friend.
\nSubmission deadline for your images is August 31.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210814T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210814T120000 LOCATION:Rathtrevor Provincial Park @ 1240 Rath Rd\, Parksville\, BC V9P 2E 2 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:August 2021 Field Trip to Rathtrevor Park URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/august-2021-field-trip-to-ra thtrevor-park/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/ima ger/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/spencermengual-In stagram-2309-ig-18067631455011120_15386db5b065e9d911314d9c37f30f0a.jpg\;50 7\;507\,medium\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca- central-1_amazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/spencermengual-Instagram-23 09-ig-18067631455011120_15386db5b065e9d911314d9c37f30f0a.jpg\;507\;507\,la rge\;https://www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca-central-1_a mazonaws_com/parksville-2020/images/spencermengual-Instagram-2309-ig-18067 631455011120_15386db5b065e9d911314d9c37f30f0a.jpg\;507\;507\,full\;https:/ /www.visitparksvillequalicumbeach.com/imager/s3_ca-central-1_amazonaws_com /parksville-2020/images/spencermengual-Instagram-2309-ig-18067631455011120 _15386db5b065e9d911314d9c37f30f0a.jpg\;507\;507 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3387@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Education Details\,Education Meeting\,Upcoming Activ ity CONTACT:Oceanside Photography\; education.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:\n
Education M eetings until October 19 are cancelled due to public health directives and previous bookings. October 19\, 2021 will be our first education meeting< /span>
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210817T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210817T210000 LOCATION:On line Zoom meeting RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210817T190000 RDATE;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210921T190000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Education meeting – URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/april-education-meeting-2020 / X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3552@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Other Club Activity\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:The Lions Gate Nature Competition is on again this year and there are a number of changes. The rules have been clarified inline with CAPA and there is a image size limit of 1.8 MB.
\nThere are four categories in this competition:
\nLink to the CAPA checklist for each category
\nLink to the Lions Gate specifications
\nImages have to be uploaded by Octobe r 25th followed by voting. You can vote for six images including your ow n image. The top six images will be forwarded to the Lions Gate club by N ovember 1st.
\nLook through your best shots\, be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image\, ensure it is less than 1.8mb and submit it. Images have a maximum width of 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pix els.
\nThis is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Can ada.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210908T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211025T100000 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Lions Gate Nature Competition – 2021 URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/lions-gate-nature-competitio n-2021/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,medium\;https://oce ansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x2 00.jpg\;300\;200\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/u ploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,full\;https://oceans idephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/S20200922092320-300x200. jpg\;300\;200 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3546@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Upcoming Activity CONTACT:rjhorte@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION:The September General Meeting has been moved from September 1 at 7:00 to September 8 at 7:00 in the Civic Centre. this is due to a previous booking 2 years ago. strong>
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210908T210000 LOCATION:Civic Center Qualicum Beach SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:September General Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/3546/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3569@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Rick Horte His presentation is on photography projects.
\nWe will be showing our 2021 Best of Year and the results of our field trip\, assignment and monthly favourites slideshows.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211201T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211201T210000 GEO:+49.346249;-124.450293 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 727 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dec 2021 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/dec-2021-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3581@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photogra pher\, Gordon Howe. Gordon has spoken to our members previously and we we re very impressed with his photography expertise.
\nThis presentatio n is a travelogue of an area mostly untapped by British Columbian tourists \, the Northwest. It is an area rich in indigenous culture\, history\, spe ctacular mountains and some of Canada’s great rivers such as the Skeena\, Nass and the Bulkley.
\nIn addition to photos Gordon will share tips on how to capture this rich indigenous culture in an appropriate and sens itive manner. Learn how to photograph totem poles within their environment for better impact.
\nThe Northwest wildlife\, scenery and culture i s spectacular in any season as this multi-season presentation will demonst rate
\nWe will be showing our previous months field trip\, assignmen t and favourites slideshows.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220105T210000 GEO:+49.347238;-124.449212 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 727 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:January 2022 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/january-2022-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/gHowe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,medium\;https://oceansideph otographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gHowe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200 \,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/g Howe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/w p-content/uploads/2018/09/gHowe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3607@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer\, Gordon Howe. Gordon ha s spoken to our members previously and we were very impressed with his pho tography expertise.
\nThis presentation is a travelogue of an area m ostly untapped by British Columbian tourists\, the Northwest. It is an are a rich in indigenous culture\, history\, spectacular mountains and some of Canada’s great rivers such as the Skeena\, Nass and the Bulkley.
\nIn addition to photos Gordon will share tips on how to capture this rich i ndigenous culture in an appropriate and sensitive manner. Learn how to pho tograph totem poles within their environment for better impact.
\nTh e Northwest wildlife\, scenery and culture is spectacular in any season as this multi-season presentation will demonstrate
\nWe will be showin g our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows. p> DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220202T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220202T210000 GEO:+49.347238;-124.449212 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 727 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:February 2022 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/february-2022-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/gHowe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,medium\;https://oceansideph otographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/gHowe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200 \,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/g Howe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/w p-content/uploads/2018/09/gHowe-1-300x200.jpg\;300\;200 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3625@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:
Our speaker this month is recent club member Tom Truss. Tom moved here from Langley last year and joined last fall.
\nTom w as on a trip to Iceland a few years ago and has spoken about his trip in t he past. There will be some wonderful images of Iceland and auroras. His image o Vestrahorn Aurora in the Lions Gate Nature competition placed sec ond in the landscape category
\nWe will be showing our previous mont hs field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220302T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220302T210000 GEO:+49.347238;-124.449212 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 727 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:March 2022 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/march-2022-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/F20220216022943-300x188.jpg\;300\;188\,medium\;https://oce ansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/F20220216022943-300x1 88.jpg\;300\;188\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/u ploads/2018/09/F20220216022943-300x188.jpg\;300\;188\,full\;https://oceans idephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/F20220216022943-300x188. jpg\;300\;188 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3643@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is club member David Cotton.
\nDav id is a long term member and former board member of the club. David recen tly won awards in Qualicum Beach’s Our Town photography contest. David e mbarked on a very interesting long term project over the past two years an d will talk about his photography and thoughts on Grandon Creek During the Pandemic
\nWe will be showing our previous month’s field t rip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.
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\nCoffee and te
a service is resumed for this meeting. Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Elections f or our new management team will be held at this meeting. Our slideshows f rom the month of April will be run and Rick Horte will conduct the electio ns.
\nRemember that all positions are open\, we are all volunteers o n the board and we all welcome the opportunity for new members to join us and bring their new ideas.
\nWe will have Olivia Mah the Tech Manag
er from London Drugs talking to us about the
\noffers and services from London Drugs. The new equipment that is
coming along and some thoughts on making our camera bags lighter. There w
ill also be some demonstration gear to see some new stuff.
There w ill be coffee at $1!
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Our field trip this month is to Schooner Co ve. Details to follow
\nSubmission deadline for your images is May 27
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220514T120000 LOCATION:Schooner Cove Yacht Club @ 3521 Dolphin Dr\, Nanoose Bay\, BC V9P 9K1 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:May Field Trip to Schooner Cove Marina and Yacht Club URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/may-field-trip-to-schooner-c ove-marina-and-yacht-club/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/schooner-300x202.jpg\;300\;202\,medium\;https://oceansidep hotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/schooner-300x202.jpg\;300\;2 02\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07 /schooner-300x202.jpg\;300\;202\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/w p/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/schooner-300x202.jpg\;300\;202 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3674@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Upcoming Activity CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:\nFavourites and field trip image de adline…
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220524T203700 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220527T213700 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Last Three Days for Images URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/last-three-days-for-images/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2022/05/deadline-300x108.png\;300\;108\,medium\;https://oceansidep hotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/deadline-300x108.png\;300\;1 08\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/05 /deadline-300x108.png\;300\;108\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/w p/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/deadline-300x108.png\;300\;108 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3678@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speak ers this month are coming from the Nanaimo Astronomy Society – https://www.nanaimoastronomy.com/
\nChris Boar and Tony Puerzer are well known photographers with a keen interest in astronomy. They will be speaking about this aspect of their p hotography and the activities they organize through their club.
\nWe will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment\, the favouri tes and the field trip
\nThere will be coffee at $1!
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240103T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240103T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Jan 2024 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/jan-2024-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/tvl-ain004-houses-of-parliament-new-delhi_orig-150x150.jpg \;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/upload s/2016/04/tvl-ain004-houses-of-parliament-new-delhi_orig-150x150.jpg\;150\ ;150\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/ 04/tvl-ain004-houses-of-parliament-new-delhi_orig-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,f ull\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tvl-a in004-houses-of-parliament-new-delhi_orig-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3988@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Education Meeting\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our presenter this month is Brad Powell on the topic of ‘Exploring Portrait Photography With The iPhone strong>‘.
\n“I will explain features and settings in the Portrait Mode for th e iPhone. I will also set up a posing chair\, backdrop\, and lighting for people to take some shots with their iPhones”
\nBrad is one of our own members and you will have seen many of his photographs in our mont hly slideshows. You can take a peek at his extended galleries and biograph y on his personal website (BPFOTO.CA).
DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240116T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240116T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Jan 2024 Education URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/jan-2024-education/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/ios15-iphone12-pro-camera-portrait-mode-148x300.png\;148\; 300\,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/ 04/ios15-iphone12-pro-camera-portrait-mode-148x300.png\;148\;300\,large\;h ttps://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ios15-iphon e12-pro-camera-portrait-mode-148x300.png\;148\;300\,full\;https://oceansid ephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ios15-iphone12-pro-camera- portrait-mode-148x300.png\;148\;300 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4007@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:General Meeting\,GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activi ty CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month will be Stan Novotny on the topic of ‘Wildlife Photography‘.
\nStan Novotny i s a talented photographer\, videographer\, and workshop leader who has mad e a significant impact in the field of visual storytelling.
\nY ou can take a look at his extended biography and fantastic photography on his personal website (STAN NOVOTNY< /a>).
\nWe will be showing our slideshows from the pre vious month (assignment\, favourites and field trip).
\nBring your l oonie for a coffee.
\nThere will be a bri ef 20-25 minute meeting of some of the SIGs people have expressed an inter est in. The purpose is to touch base with each other and discuss objective s\, exchange contact information\, decide on a date and time to get togeth er as a group. Meetings of the SIGS will be at the discretion of the group .
\nAfter the SIGS have had their meeting\, the entire group will ta ke a look at the topic of “Bokeh”.
\nExamples of images will be shown and discu ssed. Bob Christopher will lead the discussion. Our next Assignment is “Bo keh” so this will get everyone up to speed for some interesting images. Jo hn Potter will also be involved in the discussion further explaining what we are looking for in the upcoming images.
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\nFor March we are putting together a series of short 10-to-15 -minute member discussions.
\nRicke Horte\, Jack Harynuk and Bob Chr istopher will each present.
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We will be sh owing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment\, favourites and field trip).
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\n DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240306T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240306T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Mar 2024 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/mar-2024-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/01-B-Maui09-8a_252-resized-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\; https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/01-B-Maui0 9-8a_252-resized-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,large\;https://oceansidephotograph ers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/01-B-Maui09-8a_252-resized-150x150.jp g\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads /2016/04/01-B-Maui09-8a_252-resized-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4132@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240328T215009Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Education Meeting\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Ri ck Horte is planning on having a “Night Shoot” following Jack Harynuk’s ta lk from the General Meeting. We will be using Jack techniques for night ti me photography\, so bring your camera and tripod. Come fully prepared to b e OUTSIDE for a portion of this meeting. Also\, come prepared with any ide as for SIGs you may wish to be involved in.
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The agenda for the night is simple\, start the meeting\, SIGs for 1 5 minutes\, review of night shooting and then head out. We won’t be return ing to the Civic Centre and will disperse from the shooting location. No c offee! Photos from the night shoot to be sent to Rick Horte at rjhorte@sha w.ca I’ll attempt to show them at the General Meeting in April.
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