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:20240329T113123Z 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.\n 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
\\nJune’s Assign ment is an opportunity to lash out with colour and your imagination. Your choice or both a sunrise and sunset.
\n\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3730@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder CONTACT:Education\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Macro in Nature\nGet out\, get close up and personal. Have fun. Hopefully the weather is better but there are numerous topics even in or because of the snow.\nDue date for uploading the March assignment will be March 25th. Voting will be March 26th to 31 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230301 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230326 LOCATION:Macro in Nature SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:March Assignment Macro in Nature URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/march-assignment-macro-in-na ture/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/06/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-12.08.20-AM.png\;753\;524\,medium \;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screensh ot-2023-03-09-at-12.08.20-AM.png\;753\;524\,large\;https://oceansidephotog raphers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-12.08.20 -AM.png\;753\;524\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/u ploads/2021/06/Screenshot-2023-03-09-at-12.08.20-AM.png\;753\;524 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Get out\, get close up and perso nal. Have fun. Hopefully the weather is better but there are numerous topi cs even in or because of the snow.
\nDue date for uploading the Marc h assignment will be March 25th. Voting will be March 26th to 31
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3771@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder CONTACT:Education\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:‘Action’\nHave fun finding people\, objects\, animals\, birds\, boats or whatever else that shows action.\nWhen you go to enter your imag es\, you will see a change in the naming of one of the categories. We have replaced the word “Digital” with “Creative” and feel that this will be le ss confusing.\nDue date for uploading the April assignment will be April 2 4th. Voting will be April 25th to April 29th.\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230425 LOCATION:Macro in Nature SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:April Assignment ‘Action’ URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/march-assignment-macro-in-na ture-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2018/01/Banner15-700x420.jpg\;700\;420\,medium\;https://oceansidep hotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Banner15-700x420.jpg\;700\;4 20\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01 /Banner15-700x420.jpg\;700\;420\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/w p/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Banner15-700x420.jpg\;700\;420 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nHave fun finding people\, objects\, animals\, birds\, boats or whatever else that shows action.
\nWhen you go to enter your images\, you will see a change in the naming of one of the categories. We have replaced the word “Digital” with “Creative ” and feel that this will be less confusing.
\nDue date for u ploading the April assignment will be April 24th. Voting will be April 25t h to April 29th.
\n\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3519@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Parksville photographer\, Bob Christo pher who is a member of the Oceanside Photography Society.\nHe is going to share with us some of his photographs with his unique style and the some of the stories behind his photographs.\nBob’s biography and his fantastic website can be found at Bob Christopher – Official Website (pixels.com)\nW e will be showing our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourit es slideshows. 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
Our speaker this month is Parksville photographer\, Bob Chri stopher who is a member of the Oceanside Photography Society.
\nHe is going to share with us some of his photographs with his unique style and the some of the stories behind his photographs.
\nBob’s biography and his fantastic website can be found at Bob Christopher – Official Website (pixel s.com)
\nWe will be showing our previous months fie ld trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3537@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder\,Upcoming Ac tivity CONTACT:Gail Courtice and Lynn Page\; gailcourtice@shaw.ca DESCRIPTION: \nSymmetry in photography is achieved when two halves of an im age hold the same weight and give a perfect balance between two sides of y our photograph. 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\n
Our general meetings 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 conduct the club’s business\, the n 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 presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3387@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Education Details\,Education Meeting\,Upcoming Activ ity CONTACT:Oceanside Photography\; education.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION: \nEducation Meetings until October 19 are cancelled due to pub lic health directives and previous bookings. October 19\, 2021 will be our first education meeting 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\n
The Lions Gat e Nature Competition is on again this year and there are a number of chang es. 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 a>
\nImages have to be uploaded by October 25th followed by voting. You can vote for six images including your own image. The top six image s will be forwarded to the Lions Gate club by November 1st.
\nLook t hrough 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 widt h of 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pixels.
\nThis is a uni que opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3569@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z 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 pho tography projects.\nWe will be showing our 2021 Best of Year and the resul ts 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker t his 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 slidesho ws.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3581@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:This month’s meeting is cancelled due to the outbreak\nOur spea ker this month is Nanaimo photographer\, Gordon Howe. Gordon has spoken t o our members previously and we were very impressed with his photography e xpertise.\nThis presentation is a travelogue of an area mostly untapped by British Columbian tourists\, the Northwest. It is an area rich in indigen ous culture\, history\, spectacular mountains and some of Canada’s great r ivers such as the Skeena\, Nass and the Bulkley.\nIn addition to photos Go rdon will share tips on how to capture this rich indigenous culture in an appropriate and sensitive manner. Learn how to photograph totem poles with in their environment for better impact.\nThe Northwest wildlife\, scenery and culture is spectacular in any season as this multi-season presentation will demonstrate\nWe will be showing our previous months field trip\, ass ignment 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer\, Gordon Howe. Gordon has spoken to our members previously and we were very impressed with his photography expertise.
\nThis presentation is a travelogue of an are a mostly untapped by British Columbian tourists\, the Northwest. It is an area 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 ric h indigenous culture in an appropriate and sensitive manner. Learn how to photograph totem poles within their environment for better impact.
\nThe Northwest wildlife\, scenery and culture is spectacular in any season as this multi-season presentation will demonstrate
\nWe will be sho wing our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows .
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3607@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our meeting is back on!\nOur speaker this month is Nanaimo phot ographer\, Gordon Howe. Gordon has spoken to our members previously and w e were very impressed with his photography expertise.\nThis presentation i s a travelogue of an area mostly untapped by British Columbian tourists\, the Northwest. It is an area rich in indigenous culture\, history\, specta cular mountains and some of Canada’s great rivers such as the Skeena\, Nas s and the Bulkley.\nIn addition to photos Gordon will share tips on how to capture this rich indigenous culture in an appropriate and sensitive mann er. Learn how to photograph totem poles within their environment for bette r impact.\nThe Northwest wildlife\, scenery and culture is spectacular in any season as this multi-season presentation will demonstrate\nWe will be showing our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourites slidesh ows. 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer\, Gordon Howe. Gordon has spoken to our members pre viously and we were very impressed with his photography expertise.
\nThis presentation is a travelogue of an area mostly untapped by British C olumbian tourists\, the Northwest. It is an area rich in indigenous cultur e\, history\, spectacular mountains and some of Canada’s great rivers such as the Skeena\, Nass and the Bulkley.
\nIn addition to photos Gordo n will share tips on how to capture this rich indigenous culture in an app ropriate and sensitive manner. Learn how to photograph totem poles within their environment for better impact.
\nThe Northwest wildlife\, scen ery and culture is spectacular in any season as this multi-season presenta tion will demonstrate
\nWe will be showing our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3625@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Looking forward to this meeting\n\nOur speaker this month is re cent club member Tom Truss. Tom moved here from Langley last year and joi ned last fall.\nTom was on a trip to Iceland a few years ago and has spoke n about his trip in the past. There will be some wonderful images of Icel and and auroras. His image o Vestrahorn Aurora in the Lions Gate Nature c ompetition placed second in the landscape category\nWe will be showing our previous months 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speak er this month is recent club member Tom Truss. Tom moved here from Langle y last year and joined last fall.
\nTom was on a trip to Iceland a f ew years ago and has spoken about his trip in the past. There will be som e wonderful images of Iceland and auroras. His image o Vestrahorn Aurora in the Lions Gate Nature competition placed second in the landscape catego ry
\nWe will be showing our previous months field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3643@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:A very interesting evening\n\nOur speaker this month is club me mber David Cotton. \nDavid is a long term member and former board member o f the club. David recently won awards in Qualicum Beach’s Our Town photog raphy contest. David embarked on a very interesting long term project ov er the past two years and will talk about his photography and thoughts on Grandon Creek During the Pandemic\nWe will be showing our previous month’s field trip\, assignment and favourites slideshows.\n \nCoffee and tea ser vice is resumed for this meeting. Bring your loonie for a coffee. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220406T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220406T210000 GEO:+49.347238;-124.449212 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 727 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:April 2022 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/april-2022-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-5.43.40-PM-300x218.png\;300\;218 \,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/ Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-5.43.40-PM-300x218.png\;300\;218\,large\;https:/ /oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2022- 03-18-at-5.43.40-PM-300x218.png\;300\;218\,full\;https://oceansidephotogra phers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-5.43.40-P M-300x218.png\;300\;218 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker this month is club member David Cotton.
\nDavid is a long term member an d former board member of the club. David recently won awards in Qualicum Beach’s Our Town photography contest. David embarked on a very interesti ng long term project over the past two years and will talk about his photo graphy and thoughts on Grandon Creek During the Pandemic
\nWe will be showing our previous month’s field trip\, assignment and favour ites slideshows.
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\nCoffee and tea service is resumed for th
is meeting. Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Elections for our new management team will be held at this meeting. Our slideshows from the month of April will be run and Rick Horte will conduct the elections.
\nRemember that a ll positions are open\, we are all volunteers on the board and we all welc ome the opportunity for new members to join us and bring their new ideas.
\nWe will have Olivia Mah the Tech Manager from London Drugs talkin
g to us about the
\noffers and service
s from London Drugs. The new equipment that is coming along and some thou
ghts on making our camera bags lighter. There will also be some demonstrat
ion gear to see some new stuff.
There will be coffee at $1!
\n< div id='attachment_1951' style='width: 146px' class='wp-caption alignleft' > \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3678@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Astrophotography\n\nOur speakers 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 ast ronomy. They will be speaking about this aspect of their photography and the activities they organize through their club.\nWe will be showing our s lideshows from last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip \nThere will be coffee at $1!\nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220601T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220601T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:June Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/june-meeting-5/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Tony.jpeg\;640\;427\,medium\;https://oceansidephotographer s.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tony.jpeg\;640\;427\,large\;https://oce ansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tony.jpeg\;640\;427\, full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Tony .jpeg\;640\;427 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speakers this month are coming f rom the Nanaimo Astronomy Society – https://www.nanaimoastronomy.com/
\nChris Boar and Tony Pu erzer are well known photographers with a keen interest in astronomy. The y will be speaking about this aspect of their photography and the activiti es they organize through their club.
\nWe will be showing our slides hows from last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip
\nThere will be coffee at $1!
\n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3689@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Kerry Dawson\, a Comox based teacher and photographer – https://www.kerrydawsonphoto.com/ Kerry’s presentation is entitled\, “The Importance of Creative Personal Projects in Photography ”.\nA quote from Kerry’s webiste – “My first love is nature\, landscape an d wildlife photography. I love to capture the beauty of the world around m e. More recently I’ve become interested in creating creative portraits and composite works by combining images using photoshop. I’m always learning new things”\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nWe will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field tr ip\nThere will be coffee at $1!\nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220706T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220706T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:July Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/july-meeting-6/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Crow-Girl.jpg\;476\;372\,medium\;https://oceansidephotogra phers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Crow-Girl.jpg\;476\;372\,large\;htt ps://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Crow-Girl.jpg \;476\;372\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/ 2016/04/Crow-Girl.jpg\;476\;372 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker t his month is Kerry Dawson\, a Comox based teacher and photographer – https://www.kerrydawsonphoto.com/ Kerry’s presentation is entit led\, “The Importance of Creative Personal Projects in Photography”.
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\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3699@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Other Club Activity\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Alan Smith DESCRIPTION: \n\n \nThe club picnic is an old tradition being revived after an absence of many years. This should be a fun event scheduled for Wednes day July 27 at the number 2 Picnic shelter in Rathtrevor Provincial Park. \nBring a chair drink and your lunch. The highlight of the picnic will be a photographic scavenger hunt. This event is outside and should be save f rom Covid.\nNumber 2 shelter should be marked as “Oceanside Photographers” or it may be in my name “Roderick (Rick) Horte” We will attempt to put u p club signs to mark the way. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220727T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220727T150000 LOCATION:Rathtrevor Provincial Park @ 1240 Rath Rd\, Parksville\, BC V9P 2E 2 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Club Picnic at Rathtrevor Provincial Park URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/club-picnic-at-rathtrevor-pr ovincial-park/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.j pg\;500\;373\,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uplo ads/2021/07/rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.jpg\; 500\;373\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2 021/07/rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.jpg\;500\; 373\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07 /rathtrevor-beach-autumn_af512fced1a346f80d06df3e00b1acfd.jpg\;500\;373 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n\n
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The club pic nic is an old tradition being revived after an absence of many years. This should be a fun event scheduled for Wednesday July 27 at the number 2 Picnic shelter in Rathtrevor Provincial Park.
\nBring a chair drink and your lunch. The highlight of the picnic will be a photographic scavenger hunt. This event is outside and should be sav e from Covid.
\nNumber 2 shelter should be marked as “Oceans ide Photographers” or it may be in my name “Roderick (Ric k) Horte” We will attempt to put up club signs to mark the way.< /p>\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3703@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activity CONTACT:Rick Horte\; president.opc@gmail.com DESCRIPTION:Our speakers this month are new members Gillian (Gill) and Clay Ross who moved to the Island from Calgary this year. They are originally from South Africa and have travelled extensively. They have done a great deal of photography and enjoy talking about their travels. Their present ation will have two components\, the main portion is about travels in the southern area of South Africa while a second part will be about rodeos. T he Coombs Rodeo is coming here in August so they will have some tips for u s.\n \n\n \nWe will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment \, the favourites and the field trip.\nReminder 1 – we will be asking for your ‘Best of the Year’ photos later in the Fall\nReminder 2 – we will be entering the Lions’s Gate Nature Competition in the Fall DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220803T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220803T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:August Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/august-meeting-6/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/clay1-scaled.jpg\;556\;499\,medium\;https://oceansidephoto graphers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/clay1-scaled.jpg\;556\;499\,larg e\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/clay1-s caled.jpg\;556\;499\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content /uploads/2016/04/clay1-scaled.jpg\;556\;499 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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We will be showing our slideshows fr om last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip.
\nRe minder 1 – we will be asking for your ‘Best of the Year’ photos later in t he Fall
\nReminder 2 – we will be entering the Lions’s Gate Nature C ompetition in the Fall
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3728@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Education Details\,Education Meeting CONTACT:Oceanside Photography\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Get to Know Your Camera\nIf you are well-versed in your model o f camera\, please consider volunteering to help on March 21st for the Educ ation meeting. Vivian will be moderating an evening of learning about your cameras and will NEED to have people to help beginners or others just wan ting information about the operation of their camera model. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230321T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230321T210000 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:March Education Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/march-education-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nIf you are well-versed i n your model of camera\, please consider volunteering to help on March 21s t for the Education meeting. Vivian will be moderating an evening of learn ing about your cameras and will NEED to have people to help beginners or o thers just wanting information about the operation of their camera model.< /p>\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3720@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Ron Brandner a member of the Port Alb erni photo club. The purpose of his talk is to discuss how the hobby of p hotography has enhanced both his physical and mental health. As a senior\, health issues are becoming more and more prevalent and he is finding phot ography is becoming more of a medication than a hobby.\nHe has been making images for over 60 years and over that period has garnered a lot of usefu l information from a great number of sources that have helped him adjust h is practice of photography to suit his changing needs.\nHe is grateful to those who have shared their wisdom with him and has compiled a list of the more important ideas. Hopefully there will be some that will be of benef it to Oceanside photographers.\nWe will be showing our slideshows from las t month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip.\nBring your loon ie for a coffee.\nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230405T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230405T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:April 2023 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/august-meeting-7/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/ron-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceansidephotog raphers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ron-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,large\ ;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ron-150x1 50.jpg\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/up loads/2016/04/ron-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n
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h is Ron Brandner a member of the Port Alberni photo club. The purpose of
his talk is to discuss how the hobby of photography has enhanced both his
physical and mental health. As a senior\, health issues are becoming more
and more prevalent and he is finding photography is becoming more of a me
dication than a hobby.
\nHe has been making images for over 60 years
and over that period has garnered a lot of useful information from a great
number of sources that have helped him adjust his practice of photography
to suit his changing needs.
\nHe is grateful to those who have share
d their wisdom with him and has compiled a list of the more important idea
s. Hopefully there will be some that will be of benefit to Oceanside phot
ographers.
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s ass ignment\, the favourites and the field trip.
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\nMorningsta r Farm\, Parksville
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\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3739@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Ryan Tidman\n\nAfter finishing school in 2017\, Ryan spent over three years working with National Geographic photographers Paul Nicklen a nd Cristina Mittermeier and their ocean conservation non-profit\, SeaLegac y. During his time with SeaLegacy\, he developed a deep understanding of d ocumenting the natural world\, sharing conservation issues\, and\, most im portantly\, conveying science communication effectively through photograph y and film. Fortunately\, as part of the expedition team\, he had the oppo rtunity to travel the world documenting ongoing conservation efforts.\nSin ce 2020\, he has split his time between photography and cinematography. He recently completed projects in our Great Bear Rain Forest and also in the Antarctic.\nVisit Ryan’s website to see some of his amazing photography h ttps://www.ryantidman.com/\n \nWe will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip.\nBring your looni e for a coffee.\nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230503T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:May 2023 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/may-meeting-2/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/bear-300x192.jpg\;300\;192\,medium\;https://oceansidephoto graphers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bear-300x192.jpg\;300\;192\,larg e\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/bear-30 0x192.jpg\;300\;192\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content /uploads/2016/04/bear-300x192.jpg\;300\;192 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nAfter finishing school in 2017\, Ryan spent over three years working with National Geographic photographers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier a nd their ocean conservation non-profit\, SeaLegacy. During his time with S eaLegacy\, he developed a deep understanding of documenting the natural wo rld\, sharing conservation issues\, and\, most importantly\, conveying sci ence communication effectively through photography and film. Fortunately\, as part of the expedition team\, he had the opportunity to travel the wor ld documenting ongoing conservation efforts.
\nSince 2020\, he has s plit his time between photography and cinematography. He recently complete d projects in our Great Bear Rain Forest and also in the Antarctic.
\n< p>Visit Ryan’s website to see some of his amazing photography https: //www.ryantidman.com/\n\n
We will be showing our slidesh ows from last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip.
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3834@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Cindy Powell a long time member of th e Comox photography club. She has been involved with photography for many years and enjoys a wide variety genres from wildlife to action to closeup. She has been a contributor to her club’s annual Imagefest show at the Sid Williams theatre. You can see some of her photography on her website – ht tps://cindypowell.zenfolio.com/\n \nWe will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment\, the favourites and the field trip.\nBring your loonie for a coffee.\nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230607T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230607T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:June 2023 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/june-meeting-6/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Screenshot-2023-05-23-at-1.05.25-PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\ ,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/S creenshot-2023-05-23-at-1.05.25-PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\,large\;https://o ceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screenshot-2023-05- 23-at-1.05.25-PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotographe rs.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screenshot-2023-05-23-at-1.05.25-PM-15 0x150.png\;150\;150 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\n
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Our speaker this month is Cindy Powell a long time member
of the Comox photography club. She has been involved with photography for
many years and enjoys a wide variety genres from wildlife to action to cl
oseup. She has been a contributor to her club’s annual Imagefest show at t
he Sid Williams theatre. You can see some of her photography on her websit
e – https://cindypowell.zenfolio.com/
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We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment\, the favouri tes and the field trip.
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\n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3875@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:GM Agenda\,Speaker CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month is Glen Halverson a member of the Comox photography club.\n\nInspiration\, creativity for what’s in front of my le ns is the discipline I use which brings happiness to the eye.\nExploration of photography daily.\nYou can see some of his photography on Facebook (G len Halverson Photography) or Instagram (glen halverson photography).\n \n We will be showing our slideshows from the summer months (assignments\, th e favourites and field trips).\nBring your loonie for a coffee.\nloonie fo r coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230906T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20230906T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Sept 2023 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/sept-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Glen_H-700x700.jpg\;130\;130\,medium\;https://oceansidepho tographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Glen_H-700x700.jpg\;130\;130\, large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Gle n_H-700x700.jpg\;130\;130\,full\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-c ontent/uploads/2016/04/Glen_H-700x700.jpg\;130\;130 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker t his month is Glen Halverson a member of the Comox photogr aphy club.
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We will be showing our slideshows from the summer months (assignments\, the favourites and field trips).
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\n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3939@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder\,Upcoming Ac tivity CONTACT:John Potter DESCRIPTION:This month’s assignment is ‘still life’. Take advantage of the turning weather and set up your indoor studio. Channel your favourite in ner renaissance painter. Flowers\, fruit\, veg\, pumpkins\, Hallowe’en co rpses\, vampires in coffins\, etc. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231001T201200 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231023T234500 LOCATION:Any location SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:October Assignment “Still Life” URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/october-assignment-still-lif e/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-10-02-at-5.45.43-PM-300x300.png\;300\;300\ ,medium\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/S creenshot-2023-10-02-at-5.45.43-PM-300x300.png\;300\;300\,large\;https://o ceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-10- 02-at-5.45.43-PM-300x300.png\;300\;300\,full\;https://oceansidephotographe rs.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2023-10-02-at-5.45.43-PM-30 0x300.png\;300\;300 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThis month’s assignment is ‘still life’. Take advantage of t he turning weather and set up your indoor studio. Channel your favourite inner renaissance painter. Flowers\, fruit\, veg\, pumpkins\, Hallowe’en corpses\, vampires in coffins\, etc.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3891@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:General Meeting\,GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activi ty CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month will be Brian Argyle on the topic of ‘Ch ristmas Portraits‘.\nBrian is a Canadian freelance photographer based on V ancouver Island\, in beautiful British Columbia.\nYou can find his bio and gallery at his website argylephoto.com.\n \n \nWe will be showing our sli deshows from the previous month (assignment\, the favourites and field tri p).\nBring your loonie for a coffee.\nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231004T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231004T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Oct 2023 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/oct-2023-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/BrianArgyle-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceansi dephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BrianArgyle-150x150.jpg\; 150\;150\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2 016/04/BrianArgyle-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotograp hers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/BrianArgyle-150x150.jpg\;150\;150 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker t his month will be Brian Argyle on the topic of ‘C hristmas Portraits‘.
\nBrian is a Canadi an freelance photographer based on Vancouver Island\, in beautifu l British Columbia.
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We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month ( assignment\, the favourites and field trip).
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\nThis competit
ion hosted by the Lions Gate Camera Club of Vancouver is
fast approaching. We have to have images selected from your entries
\nThere are four categories in this competition:
\n 01
– Botanical – subjects such as wild-flowers\, plants\, t
rees\, fungi and algae. Germinated and grown without human assistance.
\n 02 – Nature – animals\, birds\, insects\, reptiles a
nd marine subjects – under the control and feeding of humans if not obviou
s – such as zoos\, game farms\, animal preserves\, aquarium\, etc…
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03 – Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena\, ge
ological formations\, landscapes\, seascapes and natural phenomena\, plane
ts\, stars and astronomical events – no hand of man.
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Wildlife – ONLY living and untamed mammals\, birds\, insects\, re
ptiles and marine subjects – no hand of man.
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ria included in the last Contact Sheet as it is quite specific in what is
required. .
\nYou may enter your images in the usual manner on our we
bsite and voting will occur by our entire membership to chose the entries
that will represent our club. As we will be voting on your submissions\, d
o NOT put your name or any identifying marks on your imag
e. We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful submissions Let
’s get all four of your images into this contest….REMEMBER ONLY ONE
OF YOUR IMAGES MAY GO ON TO THE FINAL COMPETITION AND THAT WILL BE DETERM
INED BY THE TOP VOTE COUNT FROM YOUR FOUR ENTRIES…
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allowed to enter 6 images as a club and we are looking fo
r a broad choice in what our club will have to vote on and compete with in
the Lions Gate Competition.
Quality Foods Parksville
\nIt’s a great place to socia lize and enjoy your friends and enjoy a coffee.
\n\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3886@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Reminder CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:Remember to vote for the monthly assignment entries. DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231024T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231028T001500 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Assignment voting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/vote-for-the-monthly-assignm ent-entries/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nRemember to v ote for the monthly assignment entries.
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3952@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:Assignment Details\,Assignment Reminder\,Upcoming Ac tivity CONTACT:Bob Christopher DESCRIPTION:There are four categories in this competition:\n 01 – Botanical – subjects such as wild-flowers\, plants\, trees\, fungi and algae. Germi nated and grown without human assistance.\n 02 – Nature – animals\, birds\ , insects\, reptiles and marine subjects – under the control and feeding o f humans if not obvious – such as zoos\, game farms\, animal preserves\, a quarium\, etc…\n 03 – Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena\, geo logical formations\, landscapes\, seascapes and natural phenomena\, planet s\, stars and astronomical events – no hand of man.\n 04 – Wildlife – ONLY living and untamed mammals\, birds\, insects\, reptiles and marine subjec ts – no hand of man.\nYou may vote for up to 6 images in each of the categ ories including your own image\nThe selection of the top 6 images has been explained by the President DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231024T201200 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231028T234500 LOCATION:Any location SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Voting – Lions Gate Celebration of Nature 2023 URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/voting-lions-gate-celebratio n-of-nature-2023/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nThere are fou
r categories in this competition:
\n 01 – Botanical
– subjects such as wild-flowers\, plants\, trees\, fungi and algae. Germin
ated and grown without human assistance.
\n 02 – Nature – animals\, birds\, insects\, reptiles and marine subjects – under the
control and feeding of humans if not obvious – such as zoos\, game farms\
, animal preserves\, aquarium\, etc…
\n 03 – Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena\, geological formations\, landscap
es\, seascapes and natural phenomena\, planets\, stars and astronomical ev
ents – no hand of man.
\n 04 – Wildlife – ONLY livin
g and untamed mammals\, birds\, insects\, reptiles and marine subjects – n
o hand of man.
You may vote for up to 6 images in each of the cate gories including your own image
\nThe selection of the top 6 images has been explained by the President
\n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3903@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:General Meeting\,GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activi ty CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speaker this month will be Rick Leche on the topic of ‘MidJ ourney Digital AI and our photos‘.\nAn avid photographer living in Black C reek (on Beautiful Vancouver Island)\, British Columbia.\nYou can take a p eek at his MidJourney Digital photographs on his Facebook or his 500px Gal leries.\n \nWe will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (ass ignment\, favourites and field trip).\nBring your loonie for a coffee.\nlo onie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231101T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231101T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Nov 2023 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/nov-2023-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Rick-Leche-150x150.jpg\;118\;118\,medium\;https://oceansid ephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Rick-Leche-150x150.jpg\;11 8\;118\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/201 6/04/Rick-Leche-150x150.jpg\;118\;118\,full\;https://oceansidephotographer s.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Rick-Leche-150x150.jpg\;118\;118 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker t his month will be Rick Leche on the topic of ‘Mid Journey Digital AI and our photos‘.
\n< /a>An avid photographer living in Black Creek (on Beautiful Vanco uver Island)\, British Columbia.
\nYou can take a peek at his M idJourney Digital photographs on his Facebook or his 500px Ga lleries.
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We will be showing our slides hows from the previous month (assignment\, favourites and field trip).
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-3962@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en:General Meeting\,GM Agenda\,Speaker\,Upcoming Activi ty CONTACT:Bob Christopher\; bobviv@sasktel.net DESCRIPTION:Our speakers this month will be Clay and Gill Ross on the topic of ‘Travels in India‘. \nClay and Gill are two of our own members and you will have seen many of their photographs in our monthly slideshows.\nYou can take a peek at their extended galleries and biographies on their personal website (CGI Photography).\nWe will be showi ng our slideshows from the previous month (assignment\, favourites and fie ld trip).\nBring your loonie for a coffee.\nloonie for coffee 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 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speakers
this month will be Clay and Gill Ross on the topic of ‘
Clay and G ill are two of our own members and you will have seen many of their photog raphs in our monthly slideshows.
\nYou can take a peek at their extended galleries and biographies on their personal website (CGI Photography).
\nWe will be showing our sl ideshows from the previous month (assignment\, favourites and field trip).
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\n \n END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-4007@oceansidephotographers.ca/wp DTSTAMP:20240329T113123Z 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 ‘Wi ldlife Photography‘. \nStan Novotny is a talente d photographer\, videographer\, and workshop leader who has made a signifi cant impact in the field of visual storytelling.\nYou can take a look at h is extended biography and fantastic photography on his personal website (S TAN NOVOTNY).\nWe will be showing our slideshows from the previous month ( assignment\, favourites and field trip).\nBring your loonie for a coffee. \nloonie for coffee DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240213T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240213T210000 GEO:+49.345385;-124.451801 LOCATION:Qualicum Beach Civic Centre @ 747 Jones St\, Qualicum Beach\, BC V 9K 1S3\, Canada SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Feb 2024 Meeting URL:https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/event/feb-2024-meeting/ X-COST-TYPE:free X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/ uploads/2016/04/Stan_Novotny-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,medium\;https://oceans idephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Stan_Novotny-150x150.jpg \;150\;150\,large\;https://oceansidephotographers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads /2016/04/Stan_Novotny-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\,full\;https://oceansidephotog raphers.ca/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Stan_Novotny-150x150.jpg\;150\;15 0 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\\n\\n\\nOur speaker t
his month will be Stan Novotny on the topic of ‘
Stan Novotny is a talented photographer\, videographer\, and workshop leader who has made a significant impact in t he field of visual storytelling.
\nYou can take a look at his e
xtended biography and fantastic photography on his personal website (STAN NOVOTNY).
We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment\, f avourites and field trip).
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
\nFor March we are putting together a series of short 10-to-15-minute member discussions.
\nRicke Horte\, Jack Harynuk and Bob Christopher will each present.
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We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment\, favourites and field trip).
\nBring your loonie for a coffee.
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