Our speaker for April is Lorna Zaback. Lorna picked up her first SLR camera as a teenager and immediately fell in love with taking pictures.  For Lorna, photography is not only about attempting to create beautiful and inspiring images, it is also a journey of discovery, of striving to find her artistic voice. 

While she will always appreciate and endeavour to capture the beauty of the world around her with her camera, her goal is to also use some of her photographic images as the foundation for creating works of art that are rich in colour, texture, and movement.

Be certain to visit Lorna’s website at this link.

We will be showing our Favourites from March, our field trip outing to Buckerfields and the Round assignment.

We encourage all members to consider taking a few hours each month and to contribute to the club’s management in the role of a director or a team player.

Bring your loonie for a coffee.

loonie for coffee

NOTE:  This month the field trip is on a Sunday

Spring at Tiger Lily Farm is such an exciting time with the birth of lambs, calves, pigs, and sheep providing us with fantastic photo opportunities.

Not into the animals?? There are many other things for you to see and photograph from inside the store, the old and new farm machinery and tools plus so much more

This is a field trip that will have something for everyone.

As a special for the photo society they are not going to charge us but ask if there are any photos you that you really like the way they turn out if you could share them with them for their website and Facebook page.  They will give you full credit for your work.  You can make a donation if you would like but it is not compulsory.

Lunch will be at Trees

1385 Alberni Hwy, Parksville BC V9P 2B8

(across the street from the Coop service station on the highway)

This is a reminder to upload your assignment photos to the member database by the 20th.

This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.

Remember to upload your favourite photo for this month in the member database.

Our Annual General Meeting night is on Wednesday May 3rd.

Elections for our new management team will be held at this meeting. Richard will offer his final message and we will hear from each of the management team. Our slideshows from the month of April will be run and then Richard will announce our photographer of the year and conduct the elections.

Remember that all positions are open, we are all volunteers on the board and we all welcome the opportunity for new members to join us and bring their new ideas.  Once the new team has been voted in,  announced and introduced we will have a social evening.

As a BC Society, we are required to review the rules under which we operate (check here). Take this opportunity to meet with the new group and discuss any changes that you think would offer improvements to any aspect of the club’s activities.

This is a reminder to upload your assignment photos to the member database by the 20th.

We have been couped up with all the rain and now it is time to get some outdoor time.  Spider lake is a beautiful  lake with a sandy beach and will be perfect for some great opportunities for landscape shots.

Directions from Horne Lake road on the upper highway then head northeast on Horne Lake Rd toward Thorpe Rd S go  650 m

Turn right onto Spider Lake Rd  go 3.1 km;  Turn right  in 600 m;  Continue onto Lakeview Rd  for700 m;  turn right -Destination will be on the left

Lunch will be at the Sandbar Café at noon and is  located on the old island highway in Qualicum Bay

At the lights for the upper highway continue going straight to the old island highway, turn left and the destination is on the right

This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.

The Harbour City Photo Club has extended an invitation to our members to the opening night of Photo Salon at The View Gallery at VIU. This is an invitation to members and is not open to the general public. Refreshments will be served