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Feb
1
Sat
Photo Salon 2020
Feb 1 @ 12:00 am – Feb 15 @ 1:00 am

The Harbour City Photography Club is hosting Photo Salon again this year.  Your image(s) need to be submitted by February 15th/2020.

Photo Salon is part of a worldwide system of recognized forums to showcase the commitment, achievement and outstanding work of photographers in the region. It is open to club and non-club members on Vancouver Island. A panel of judges adjudicates the digital entries and, if accepted, the photographs are printed, hung and evaluated for 1st -, 2nd -, and 3rd -place recognition. There is also a ‘People’s Choice’ award. Photo Salon is hosted by the Harbour City Photography Club in Nanaimo and is endorsed by the Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA), the prime photography group in Canada.

Full details for image sizes and print sizes, dates and timeline are detailed in INVITATION-INFORMATION 2020.

Feb
22
Sat
FEBRUARY FIELD TRIP
Feb 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:45 am

Photo by Kathy Desjardins

 

Come and join with us at Englishmen River Falls. With all of the rain that has been falling the falls are running extremely fast and should make for some incredible photography opportunities.

 

We will be having lunch at Trees Restaurant – 1385 Alberni Highway – at noon.

Following the field trip don’t forget to enter 3 of your photos on the field trip page on the website.

 

 

Mar
12
Thu
Monthly Management Meeting
Mar 12 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.

Mar
14
Sat
MARCH FIELD TRIP
Mar 14 @ 10:00 am – 11:45 am

French Creek Harbour

With the herring in the marina will be a bustle of action giving lots of opportunity for fantastic photos.  There are so many seagulls and other birds along the beach in Qualicum, it should make for some incredible photography opportunities.

Lunch will be at the French Creek Pub at noon.

Following the field trip don’t forget to enter 3 of your photos on the field trip page on the website.

Apr
1
Wed
April field trip #1
Apr 1 @ 12:00 am – Apr 15 @ 11:45 pm

        

 

Over the past few weeks are lives have been turned upside down and inside out.  We want to provide you with an opportunity to do what we all love to do – take photos so until the virus pandemic ends we will be having two field trips per month that can be in your own yard or on social distancing walks if you choose.  Enter your photos as always under field trips and we will produce a slide show at the end of the two weeks with the entries and send you a link.    Have fun and let’s use this time as one to enjoy and if only for a few minutes escaping the daily stresses

Field trip number 1 description

SPRING HAS SPRUNG – It really is spring even though I know that the weather hasn’t always seemed like it. Let’s go outside and see what signs of spring we can find. It could be new flowers, birds arriving – eg, I had 10 robins feeding in my yard one day last week, gardens getting readyor yes even your themometer showing the heat is coming. As in all field trips you can use your imagination however your want

Apr
9
Thu
Monthly Management Meeting
Apr 9 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.

Apr
16
Thu
April Assignment number 2
Apr 16 @ 12:00 am – Apr 30 @ 11:45 pm

 

           

 

Assignment number 2 – April 16-April 30 2020

Our second topic is How Close Can You Go????

Dust off your macro lens and have fun in and out of the house. You don’t have a macro lens – no problem just go as close as your camera will allow you to get. The ideas here a endless and it doesn’t just have to be flowers.

You can enter a photo for each of the categories – one black and white, one color and one digitally enhanced.

  Like field trips we will be doing assignments twice a month instead of one and there will be no voting at this time.  Please enter your photos on the website following the sizing and category specifications.  If you entered in the assignment #1 please send them to president.opc@gmail.com and I will make sure they are included in the slide show.  Let’s have some fun with this since we are asked to stay at home or keep social distancing.

April field trip #2
Apr 16 @ 12:00 am – Apr 30 @ 11:45 pm

        

 

Keeping Spring in mind –   Introduce us to your neighborhood

Take a walk around your neighborhood and see what interesting photos ops you can find. Birds nesting, flowers blooming, interesting trees, rocks, water – whatever you can find. You can enter up to 5 photos for field trips.  If you have entered for field trip number one or unsure of how to size the photos for uploading please send them to president.opc@gmail.com and I will make sure they are included.

Have fun with this and we are looking forward your photos

May
1
Fri
May Field Trip
May 1 @ 12:00 am – May 15 @ 11:45 pm

 

    

 

Location: Your refrigerator, cupboards, or where ever you keep your fruits and veggies
Topic: Still Life
Description: This topic is very loose so you can have lots of fun with it. You can do a very traditional and serious still life or if you wish have fun and dress them up in things like sunglasses and hats. You can use cut, partially eaten, skins, or shells. You can add other items with it as long as your fruit or veggie stays the main feature. You are allowed to post five photos for field trips

May
14
Thu
Monthly Management Meeting
May 14 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.