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What we have

 

Mar
24
Sat
Bus Trip to Victoria
Mar 24 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Bus trip to Victoria to the Museum to see the Wildlife Photographer of the year Exhibition

 

Price $45.00 includes entry to the museum.

The bus leaves Qualicum Beach from the Civic Centre at 8am and will pick up at Wembley Mall returning to Qualicum Beach at 6pm.  Click on the image to visit the museum website.

Please register with Sally Shivers by Jan 31st.  Payment is due at the February general meeting

Mar
28
Wed
Wildlife Workshop with Steve Williamson
Mar 28 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

This workshop is limited to the first 15 applicants

This is an introductory wildlife workshop.  Steve is looking forward to meeting everyone and helping to improve your photography along the way, whilst hopefully learning one or two things himself!
Please feel free to bring any other food or refreshments with you if you wish. The schedule is tight. There will be a lunch break, however, no lunch is provided.

The core of the workshop is shown below, but it will remain flexible to address specific questions, understanding or areas of wildlife photography that people need.
Areas to be covered include –
         Introductions
         What is wildlife photography
         Ethics of wildlife photography
         Getting Started – Research & Equipment
         Locations & things to consider
         Wildlife & things to consider
         Working in the field – Setting up, positioning &  equipment consideration/care
          Core settings
          Photography Rules
          Exposure
          Composition
          Problems/things to watch for
          Practice & creativity

Any other Q&A’s
 
If anyone has any questions ahead of time, please contact Steve at steve@stevewphotogrpahy.ca or 250 941 3010. Anything not listed above you would like covered or touch on, again please let him know and, if time allows, if anyone would like to bring an image or two along for critique either privately or by the group please feel free to do so.

Steve’s website can be viewed from this link or by clicking on the photo above

See you on the 28th!

May
25
Fri
Photo Salon 2018
May 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

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

Jun
2
Sat
Approaching the Scene with Hudson Henry
Jun 2 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

Island Photography Workshop – Hudson Henry

IPW is pleased to present a day with Hudson Henry.  Click on the image to see all the information.

It’s certain to be a valuable learning experience.

Jun
29
Fri
Coffee Meeting
Jun 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am

Our coffee meeting is the last Friday of the month.

An email will let us know the location

Hope to see you.

Sep
8
Sat
Lions Gate Nature Competition – 2018
Sep 8 @ 12:00 am – Oct 27 @ 10:00 pm

We are participating again this year.  Upload your best image, pay close attention to the rules.  Voting will be open until early November and you will be permitted to vote for your own image.   There may be some additional judging to choose the top 8 images.

The categories are:

  1. – Birds
  2. – Mammals
  3. – General (not 1 or 2)

Look through your shots and be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image.  Images have a maximum width of 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pixels.  Images have to be uploaded by October 17th.

Lions Gate Camera Club of Vancouver, British Columbia

When the current year rules are prepared, they will be added.  Click on the image or here to see the rules

This is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.

Oct
27
Sat
Foto Fun Fair 2018
Oct 27 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm

Our friends from the Nanaimo club are hosting an all-day event of sharing / learning / friendships.  Our experienced and excellent members will teach and share exciting topics.

Presenters 2018:

  • Brad Powell:    Exploring Dance through stroboscopic photography
  • John Young:    How to prepare for travel and sharing your experiences in a blog.
  • Wally Roth:     Playing with Panoramas
  • Doug Bell:        Exploring Creative Opportunities with Intentional Camera Movement and Multiple Exposures    
  • Wayne Buhr:   Travel photography          
  • Bill Saffin:        Digital Photography Basics for Beginners         
  • Sucha Sollik:    Luminosity Masks    

Each presentation will be 75 minutes except Brad’s, which will be a full morning (covering two time slots). You will be able to choose between presentations. I am attaching the sign-up sheet so you can pick your sessions and let us know.

Feb
21
Thu
Imagefest 2019
Feb 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Our friends at the Comox Valley club are hosting Imagefest 2019 in February.  It’s a two hour festival of images from club members and also a submission from students. The evening includes an exhibition of members’ prints in the lower gallery and door prizes donated by our local sponsors. 

 

Make an evening of it an head up to the area for supper and then make it to the show.  Buy your tickets in advance, follow this link

Feb
28
Thu
Photo Salon 2019
Feb 28 @ 2:00 am – 3:00 am

The Harbour City Photography Club is hosting Photo Salon again this year.  Your image(s) need to be submitted by the end of the month.

There are four categories – Nature, Black & White, Digital Art and Open.  The digital images submitted via email to be judged in each category.  Prints for selected salon images are required in May.  There is a $10 fee for each submission and a $10 hanging fee if your image is selected.

Full details for image sizes and print sizes, dates and timeline are on this link.

Jun
15
Sat
IPW Workshop – John Barclay
Jun 15 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Club members Brad Powell and Inge Riis McDonald are principals of Island Photography Workshops and are bringing another talented international photographer to the Island for a seminar.

John Barclay is an award winning freelance photographer based in Bucks County PA. He is a passionate and enthusiastic workshop leader. His work has been published in a number of magazines and books and has been used by Nik Software, Topaz Labs and Lensbaby in their advertising campaigns. John is also an inspirational speaker sharing his program Dream – Believe – Create to audiences around the Country.

Look at the IPW site here for links to get ticket information and further information.