What we have going on…
Got a favourite shot or two that you’ve taken this year? We are taking two of your favourites and putting them into a slideshow for our December meeting. The images have to be sent in by November 15th
Select two of your favourite images, attach them to your message and send them to :
bestof2014@
Please keep the sizes within the normal ranges for assignments (1600 X 1200)
It’s that time of year and you’ll have to submit your best nature shot by November 4th. The rules have changed slightly for this year, there are 8 images per club, one per photographer. Here is a link to the rules or click on the owl. The categories are:
- – Birds
- – Mammals
- – General (not 1 or 2)
Look through your shots and be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image. An assignment is set up in our member database.
Quick Note: I spoke with a fellow who has done a lot of judging for some comments. He said that when he has several hundred shots to look at and it’s a limited time period, there really isn’t time to study the shots. Within a second or two he has to make a decision so the image has to have impact, sharpness and clarity of purpose to get any extra consideration.
Lions Gate Camera Club of Vancouver, British Columbia
is pleased to invite photography clubs in British Columbia and The Yukon to enter our eighth annual competition.
Celebration of Nature Photography 2014
The theme for this annual competition is nature in all of its splendid diversity. Images must be free of any signs of man’s impact and must not include any domestic animals or cultivated plants.
All images submitted will be judged by renowned Canadian nature photographers who are completely independent of Lions Gate Camera Club.
This is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.
This is the first exhibit of the 4H Snap-shots. This group of very active members from ages 9 to 18 are pleased to exhibit their work in the Nemeth Gallery from November 4th through the 28th.
We have sponsored the annual 4H photo competition and our members have been out to their meetings to speak on occasion.
It’s that time of year and you’ll have to submit your best nature shot by November 3rd. The rules have changed slightly for this year, there are 8 images per club, one per photographer. Here is a link to the rules or click on the image. The categories are:
- – Birds
- – Mammals
- – General (not 1 or 2)
Look through your shots and be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image. An assignment is set up in our member database.
Quick Note: I spoke with a fellow who has done a lot of judging for some comments. He said that when he has several hundred shots to look at and it’s a limited time period, there really isn’t time to study the shots. Within a second or two he has to make a decision so the image has to have impact, sharpness and clarity of purpose to get any extra consideration.
Lions Gate Camera Club of Vancouver, British Columbia
is pleased to invite photography clubs in British Columbia and The Yukon to enter our tenth annual competition.
Celebration of Nature Photography 2015
The theme for this annual competition is nature in all of its splendid diversity. Images must be free of any signs of man’s impact and must not include any domestic animals or cultivated plants.
All images submitted will be judged by renowned Canadian nature photographers who are completely independent of Lions Gate Camera Club.
This is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.
Wayne Buhr and former club member Randy Hall are holding a show at TOSH during the month of November. Please stop by to see some wonderful photography
Club members are being offered a 20% discount on new printing and framing at the gallery. The offer is to current members, you have to show your membership card and you have to place your order by December 4th at 12 noon.
This is a great opportunity for any photo gifts you are thinking about or to update photos at home.
CAPA Canada
Oceanside Photographers Cub , Harbour City Photographic Club and the Comox Valley Photographic Society are co-hosting a CAPA judging course in mid-November. Registration is limited to 5o participants. Registration is handled by CAPA, so use this link to reach their site and register.
Our members who have been on this course have found it to be extremely valuable to them personally as photographers!
Shelley and Jack Harynuk have an exhibit at Island Exposures Gallery during the month of January. A dozen of their photos from Belgium, France and Holland have been printed and are on display in gallery frames.
Please stop by.
The McMillan Arts Centre is delighted to participate in the Brant Wildlife Festival by hosting an exhibition that includes our own John Critchley.
John’s show is all about local wildlife or wildlife that is accessible without traveling too far from home. The bear photos were taken in Bute Inlet which is within a day’s travel there and back from Campbell River. The bird photos are all from walking around the French Creek area and some as far away as Nanaimo River Estuary. Most involved multiple attempts/ visits to the area and some long hours waiting for the right shot to materialize.
John began playing with a camera fifty years ago but only really got serious about ten years ago. Since then he has been shooting at anything that moves and some things that don’t (landscape) but recently has started to focus more on wild life than any other genre. All of these exhibition photos have been taken within the last two years and all were taken on Vancouver Island except the bear shots. Some were taken in his back yard.
As with most amateur photographers, his desire is to take better pictures and in that regard the learning curve for technique and equipment is very steep. He still has a long way to go and many shots to track down, but despite the cost and the disappointment it remains a hobby that intrigues and excites him.
Please vist the opening on March 5 from 1:00 to 3:00
The Brant Wildlife Festival opening night dinner event is being held at the Beach Club Resort this year. There will be a number of wildlife photos on display from our young friends from the 4H Camera club.
This is a great time for all of us to get out and support all the Brant efforts.
