What we have
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, 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 presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography
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.
There are four categories in this competition:
- 01 – Botanical – subjects such as wild flowers, plants, trees, fungi and algae. Germinated and grown without human assistance.
- 02 – Nature – subjects such as 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…
- 03 – Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena, geological formations, landscapes, seascapes and natural phenomena, planets, stars and astronomical events – no hand of man.
- 04 – Wildlife – ONLY living and untamed mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and marine subjects – no hand of man.
Link to the CAPA checklist for each category
Link to the Lions Gate specifications
Images have to be uploaded by October 25th followed by voting. You can vote for six images including your own image. The top six images will be forwarded to the Lions Gate club by November 1st.
Look 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 pixels.
This is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.
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.
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.
Education Meetings until October 19 are cancelled due to public health directives and previous bookings. October 19, 2021 will be our first education meeting
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, 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 presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography
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.
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, 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 presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography
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.
