NOTE:  This month the field trip is on a Saturday and is the third week of February instead of the second

This field trip will have several opportunities for some great photography with many areas open to the public and with so many areas none of them are crowded which makes it nice for us.

Our event will be going from 10:30 – noon but for your information I have listed the days complete agenda below

Heritage Faire will be running from 10 am to 4 pm at the Cumberland Recreation Centre.

Cumberland’s Heritage Faire was originally launched by a group of community volunteers in 2003 and was modeled on the folk festival that ran from 1949 to 1958 celebrating the diverse heritage of Cumberlanders. Each year over 50 families, clubs and other organizations set up displays of antique tools, unique collections, photos and demonstrations of crafts and folklore from the early days of Cumberland and the Comox Valley.

Heritage Day at the Museum is open by donation if you would like to go in and take photos there

Lantern Festival and Parade
Indoor Labyrinth at the Cultural Centre from 10 am to 4 pm.
At 6pm join the Lantern Parade from Village Square at Third Street to Village Park
Entertainment and sky lanterns at Village Park after the parade, weather permitting.

Lunch  will be at 4 Quarters Restaurant  in Cumberland

2744 Dunsmuir Ave Cumberland

It is located on the main street. (across from the Cumberland Bakery)

This month we will be meeting on Sunday

Buckerfields is not just a feed store.  It has so  many items for your home and garden, your pets and yes even the farm.

Come and join with to explore this local store and see how many unique and different photos you can find.

Lunch will be at the British Bobby Restaurant at noon

1209 East Island Highway, Parksville BC

(it is approximately 7 minutes from Buckerfields)

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

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!

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

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.

Our coffee meeting is the last Friday of the month.

An email will let us know the location

Hope to see you.

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.

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.

With the rain still falling we will be doing an inside event for January.   We will be going to the Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre which is sure to be a fun time.  There is so much to see here from fossils to history of the Comox Valley and the island.  There are two floors for you to explore and photograph.  I did see several areas where you can also find the collections assignment opportunities.  If you are familiar with Courtenay this is in the old Post Office.

If you would like to car pool please let me know and we can try and help you out.

Lunch will be at the Union Street Grill at noon

477- 5 st  Courtenay (only a few blocks from the museum)