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What we have

 

Feb
6
Wed
February Meeting
Feb 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Our meeting will feature a Taz Tally workshop which we have downloaded from Lynda.com.  The workshop is entitled Exploring Composition.  Andy Lessard has offered to guide us through the portions that several club members have found relevant in a Lightroom interest group.

This link is to the document that is Andy’s summary of the course that could be used as a quick reference.

 

Our speaker Dave Hutchinson had to cancel due to the weather and road conditions.  He has offered to come back in the next few months.

We are pleased to have Dave Hutchison, an Accredited Nature and Pictoral / Scenic Photographer for a seminar on “Beyond the Basics of Wildlife Photography”.  Dave will share his experience from recent trips to The Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, Yellowstone NP, Tetons NP, etc.  Check Dave’s website here.

Topics will include: composition, planning & research, and interactions we have with our equipment and environment.

Photography is a vast field that encompasses a wide variety of techniques to create that unique captivating image. Add to that the complicated camera gear and post processing techniques in today’s technology age.

Dave can help you make efficient use of your time and quickly learn techniques to tap into your creativity, figure out your camera gear, and create wonderful images.

With over 20 years of business experience, Dave has over 40 images published in books, magazines, calendars, art cards, and various gift products. Dave is continuously inspired by both landscape and wildlife photography and has photographed across Western Canada and the Yukon, eight Western US states and recently Europe.

We’ll start with the club business, then see the results of the assignment, the field trip and our favourite shots from January.

There will be coffee and tea at $1 but bring your own popcorn!

loonie for coffee

Feb
9
Sat
February Field Trip
Feb 9 @ 10:30 am – 11:45 am

Following another member suggestion we are going to the new Demex Wharehouse.  This is not the Demex store we went to previously but is on Price Road.  You can see it from the Alberni Highway and if coming from Parksville it is just before the Coop gas station.

We have over 20,000 square feet and two floors to explore.  The upstairs is set up with one main large area and several rooms off that area which are decorated in specific themes.

It should be a fun and very interesting

 

Lunch will be at the Bayside Bistro and Lounge at 12:00pm

240 Dogwood Street, Parksville BC

 

Mar
6
Wed
March Meeting
Mar 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Our meeting will feature Tofino photographer Christopher Pouget.  More info will be added when it is received.

Check Christopher’s fabulous website at this link

We’ll start with the club business, then see the results of the Motion assignment, the field trip to DemXX and our favourite shots from February.

There will be coffee and tea at $1!

loonie for coffee

Mar
10
Sun
March Field Trip
Mar 10 @ 10:30 am – 11:45 am

It is finally time – we are going outside to play.  Using another suggestion from one of our members we are going to head to Naniamo and Maffeo Sutton Park

I have gone to check it out and there is something for everyone here.

Our Landscape people have the water and its views plus New Castle and Protection Island

Our macro enthusiasts there are flowers blooming and lots of spots for close up photography

For our texture assignment there are so many things here that you will find it hard to choose only three.

I think it will be a fun and exciting trip for all.

 

        

Lunch is right next door at Lighthouse Bistro and Pub.

50 Anchor Way

You can walk from the from our field trip or move your car over to the parkade next to them.

For our gluten free members they actually have a special menu just for you

 

 

Apr
3
Wed
April Meeting
Apr 3 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Our speaker for this month is TJ Watt , an award-winning nature and conservation photographer from Victoria, BC. He combines his passion for rainforest conservation with professional photography, TJ sheds light on BC’s endangered old-growth forests in an effort to help see them saved.  A self-described ‘big-tree hunter’, he can often be found driving rough backroads and exploring remote regions of Vancouver Island in search of the last old-growth giants. TJ is also a co-founder, campaigner, and photographer with the Ancient Forest Alliance, a non-profit organization that works to protect BC’s old-growth forests and ensure a sustainable second-growth forest industry.

TJ will present an overview of the ecology and politics of BC’s endangered old-growth growth forests and the role conservation photography plays in the fight to protect them. He will include photographs from across Vancouver Island and BC, including the spectacular Great Bear Rainforest.  Click here for TJ’s website.  Click here for the Ancient Forest Alliance.

We will show the slideshows from our field trip in Nanaimo, the texture assignment and our March favuorites.

There will be coffee and tea at $1!

loonie for coffee

Apr
13
Sat
APRIL FIELD TRIP
Apr 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

No the location is not a typo.  We are going on an adventure to see the many treasures that are on the property of Sheilds Industrial in the Comox Valley.

There is something for everyone here.  They have a large property with treasures that have arrived throughout the years.  It should a lot of fun

Here are some directions to our location

Using the inland highway-

Take exit 117 toward Courtenay/Comox (Courtenay Connector)

Pass the Lafarge plant on your left

Left at set of lights – Cumberland Road (don’t go straight or you go into Courtenay)

follow past an “S” curve

Left on Marsden Road

at stop sign Left onto Lake trail

next stop sign Left onto Comox Logging Road and they are on the left side

 

Lunch will be at the White Spot in Courtenay at noon

If you back track the instructions to get to Shields Industrial then follow down to Cliffe Ave

(T intersection)

Left past Canadian Tire and it is in the next mall- Driftwood – Shell on the corner)

2299 Cliff Ave

May
1
Wed
May Meeting – Annual General
May 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm


Our Annual General Meeting night is on Wednesday May 1st.

Elections for our new management team will be held at this meeting. Kathy will offer her final message and we will hear from each of the management team. Our slideshows from the month of April will be run and then Kathhy 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.

There will be coffee and tea at $1!

loonie for coffee

May
18
Sat
May Field Trip
May 18 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

 

BUTTERTUBS MARSH-

Buttertubs Marsh is a bird and wildlife sanctuary.
There is a 2 km very easy loop around the marsh and a few observation decks and a tower perfect for photographing birds
The pathway is groomed so easy to walk on. Besides birds we may see spring flowers, shadows for our May assignment and so much more
We will be meeting at the entrance of Jingle Pot Road -1780 Jingle Pot Road

If you would like to or need to car pool please contact me

From Woodgrove Mall -Nanaimo, BC
Stay on Highway 19 S – 9.7 km
Turn left onto Jingle Pot Rd (signs for Jingle Pot Road/City Centre) – 750 m
Turn left to stay on Jingle Pot Rd – 95 m
Turn left – 43 m – Buttertubs Marsh Parking Lot

Lunch will be at Original Joes at noon
3280 N Island Highway

Jun
5
Wed
June 2019 Meeting
Jun 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer, Judy Hancock-Holland.  Judy has presented to the club previously and we received excellent feedback about her spiritual approach to her photography.  Judy has a new presentation and we are looking forward to her visit.  Visit Judy’s website here.

We will be showing our favourites, field trip outing and the monthly assignment.

Bring your loonie for a coffee.

loonie for coffee

Jun
9
Sun
June Field Trip
Jun 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

 

Moorecroft Pond in Nanoose is a great gem on the island.  It was originally a United Church Camp but was purchased by the RDN in 2011.  It is being kept very natural and you will see so much with the logs and rocks that have been washed for so long by the ocean creating fantastic designs.  Lots of flowers, eagles, trees with very interesting fungus on them plus a pond full of bull rushes and trees.   There will something here for every kind of photographer. Walking can be as easy or a little challenging, there are trails but you can explore out  onto the rocks

 

Weather permitting we would like to have a picnic in one of the picnic areas in the park so pack a lunch and come and join us. We will meet at noon

There will be extra for those who forget

If the weather doesn’t cooperate we will be going to the Kicking Horse Pub