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This month is our Christmas social evening. We are taking a different approach this year, we are going to buy cookies/food items and will ensure that we have some Gluten free and peanut free items BUT we are instead asking something from you.
You know that we are trying to be more connected to the community and with that in mind we are asking that you, if you are able, bring a food item or two for the Food Bank
Most needed food bank items
Pasta (canned or dry) and pasta sauces.
Canned meats and fish.
Meat alternatives (peanut butter, soy, assorted nuts)
Canned goods (beans, soups, and stews)
Dairy (canned, and powdered milk)
Canned vegetables and fruit.
Whole grain cereals.
Infant foods and baby formula
Coffee and tea will be available so bring your loonie!!
We do not have a speaker and will have a short business review followed by slideshows of the field trip to the Shelter Point Distillery, the Old Buildings assignment. We will also show the Best of 2016 images that our members have sent in.
This is a reminder to upload your assignment photos to the member database by the 20th.
Robert Held Art Glass
708 E. Island Hwy
Parksville, BC, Canada
V9P 1T8
NOTE: This event is scheduled for Saturday 17 December between 10:00 and 12:00. There will be several glass artist on site during the tour giving demonstrations.
Lunch is schedule for Boston Pizza in Parksville at 12:00 Noon.
Send a maximum of 6 photos to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com. Keep in mind the club’s size limitation for each image.
Have fun and see you SATURDAY 17 December.
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Our speaker to start the year off is former club member Randy Hall. Randy has developed a style that shows enhanced colours and contrast. When many people think of contrast, they think colours and tones. There can also be contrast in content. An example of this can be seen in some of Randy’s early morning images of Parksville Bay. Towering or threatening clouds can instill the feeling of unrest, while the calm waters of the bay say serenity. “It’s this type of scene, and the incorporation of weather, that interests me the most”.
Fire in the Sky
Randy will be speaking to us about his style of photography and HDR. Click on Randy’s photo or the Fire in the Sky image to see more of his images.
Following our business portion of the meeting we will see the results of the Portraits and People assignment and the field trip to Robert Held glass works.
This is a reminder to upload your assignment photos to the member database by the 20th.
This month we will be meeting in the lower parking lot at 10:00am to walk the beach and many forest trails. There’s plenty of wildlife, birds and scenery to photograph.
Float Fairies – Keep your eyes open while on the beach or while beach combing for the glass balls. Over the eight-month period, “float fairies” will be hiding these glass floats along the coast for people to find and keep. Some of the floats will be starred and can be taken to the Parksville Visitor’s Centre to win prizes donated by local merchants. Those without a star can still take their floats to the centre to enter a prize draw.
Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park is located 3 km south of Parksville on Hwy 19a, on central Vancouver Island. Take exit #51 from the Inland Island Highway (Hwy #19) and follow signs to the park. The closest communities are Parksville, Qualicum and Nanaimo.
Lunch: Confirmation: Is at the Cedars restaurant in Tigh-na-mara Seaside Resort at 12:00 Please note there is an automatic 15% surcharge attached to the meal bill to cover gratuities.
Your field trip photos are now uploaded to the website using the upload in the member database. Up to 8 images can be uploaded
This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.
