What we have
Our speaker for July is Jurgen Schwerdt. Jurgen is a macro photographer from Nanaimo. His topic is “Macro Maniac” and will be very informative for all enthusiasts in the club.
As he says, “Macro photography gives me the ability to photograph at home or away in virtually any light and weather condition. That is one of the reasons it has become my favourite pastime.”
We will be showing our Favourites from June, our field trip outing and the Funny assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker for August is former club member and President Randy Hall. Randy will be talking to us about getting more out of your camera.
Randy is a Vancouver Island photographer, specializing in landscape and nature photography. A past member of the club, he started into a business venture about 5 years ago, taking part in local markets, craft and artisan shows and in 2016, joined TOSH as a resident artist.
Randy’s photography is described as “his interpretation of works of a true master… Mother Nature”. He firmly believes there are several tools involved in digital photography. Postprocessing software is one of those tools. Depending on the raw image and the desired output, its use could be a minor or major component. The camera is considered more important, in that it’s needed to capture the high quality raw material (image) you start with. Most important however, is the person behind the camera and in front of the computer, for imagination and skill.
We will be showing our Favourites from June, our field trip outing and the Lazy Hazy Days assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is member Brad Powell. Brad has been doing a lot of night photography over the summer and will talk to us about his adventures. He has some amazing shots and great stories to share.
There have been questions on voting for images and Jack Harynuk will review how that is handled.
We will be showing our Favourites from August, our field trip outing and the Abstract assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer, Judy Hancock-Holland. Judy has presented to the club previously and we received excellent feedback about her spiritual approach to her photography. Judy has a new presentation and we are looking forward to her visit. Visit Judy’s website here.
We will be showing our Favourites from September, our field trip outing and the “Fall is in the Air” assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Every photograph tells a story; capturing a moment in time in order to preserve and honour it. A photograph can be a tangible connection to our past, to our family, and to our own unique experience. Dirk Heydemann, our November speaker, is a successful Nanaimo based photographer who specializes in family and corporate photography.
His talk will be going over his family portrait business, from planning, consolations, shooting and presentations and pricing of the art work that is created. Since he took on this approach to his family portrait sessions, his sales had substantial increases in value.
We will be showing our Favourites from October, our field trip outing to Stamp Falls and the “Anything Orange” assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our December meeting will have Olivia Mah from London Drugs in Nanaimo coming to our club and hosting a mini trade show. We plan to set up four stations for people to visit. One showcasing the Premium Compacts such as the Nikon P1000 and Sony RX100MKVI; one with long lenses such as the Sigma 150-600mm, Nikon 200-500mm; one with some equipment from Fujifilm and some of the Instax products. Our Photo Lab will also be present showcasing some of the large format and Fine Art products we carry. There will also be a number of different photo accessories to demonstrate as well.
Bring a guest, it’s the time for Christmas shoppers, You can never have too many gadgets!!!
More details will be added as the club’s management reviews the plans for the evening.
We will be showing our ‘Best of 2018’ images and the results of our field trip, assignment and November favourites.
Slideshow Night – The new year meeting is going to be quite exciting with slideshows from many of our members. This past year our members have traveled and will be sharing their memories. The last slideshow night was a huge success.
So far, we’ve heard from Wayne Buhr (Street Photography), Ed Dunnett (Asia Trip), Jack Harynuk (Swing), Vivienne Bearder (Art in Rome), Rick Horte and Brad Powell. It
If you are planning to add a slideshow, please contact Jack Harynuk – technical.opc@gmail.com
You can bring your slideshow to the meeting or send it in using wetransfer.com
To submit a slideshow, you pick the + sign to locate the file, fill in the fields and click Transfer. It can take up to 10 minutes to send the show, depending on its size and your upload speed to the Internet.
Before the show gets going, we’ll get the club business out of the way, then see the results of the assignment, the field trip and our favourite shots from December.
There will be coffee and tea at $1 but bring your own popcorn!
loonie for coffee
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)
Our meeting will feature a Taz Tally workshop which we have downloaded from Lynda.com. The workshop is entitled Exploring Composition. Andy Lessard has offered to guide us through the portions that several club members have found relevant in a Lightroom interest group.
This link is to the document that is Andy’s summary of the course that could be used as a quick reference.
Our speaker Dave Hutchinson had to cancel due to the weather and road conditions. He has offered to come back in the next few months.
We are pleased to have Dave Hutchison, an Accredited Nature and Pictoral / Scenic Photographer for a seminar on “Beyond the Basics of Wildlife Photography”. Dave will share his experience from recent trips to The Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary, Yellowstone NP, Tetons NP, etc. Check Dave’s website here.
Topics will include: composition, planning & research, and interactions we have with our equipment and environment.
Photography is a vast field that encompasses a wide variety of techniques to create that unique captivating image. Add to that the complicated camera gear and post processing techniques in today’s technology age.
Dave can help you make efficient use of your time and quickly learn techniques to tap into your creativity, figure out your camera gear, and create wonderful images.
With over 20 years of business experience, Dave has over 40 images published in books, magazines, calendars, art cards, and various gift products. Dave is continuously inspired by both landscape and wildlife photography and has photographed across Western Canada and the Yukon, eight Western US states and recently Europe.
We’ll start with the club business, then see the results of the assignment, the field trip and our favourite shots from January.
There will be coffee and tea at $1 but bring your own popcorn!
loonie for coffee
Following another member suggestion we are going to the new Demex Wharehouse. This is not the Demex store we went to previously but is on Price Road. You can see it from the Alberni Highway and if coming from Parksville it is just before the Coop gas station.
We have over 20,000 square feet and two floors to explore. The upstairs is set up with one main large area and several rooms off that area which are decorated in specific themes.
It should be a fun and very interesting
Lunch will be at the Bayside Bistro and Lounge at 12:00pm
240 Dogwood Street, Parksville BC
