AUGUST FIELD TRIP LOCATION CHANGE!!!
We have had to change our location due to a rock concert at McLean Mill this weekend, Sorry for the short notice but this should be fun
New location is: Little River Nature park – Comox
1300 Wilkinson Road near the Little River ferry terminal
(detailed directions in a comment below)
At this time of year the water has lots of lily pads in it and draws, frogs, dragon flies, lots of plants and flowers and even some possible wildlife. I am sure you will find lots to photograph.
The parking lot is right beside the water and trail, You can walk around the pond or stay on one side for great photo ops
Lunch is at the Royston Pub
4000 Island Highway Royston BC. (on the old highway going back towards Parksville/Qualicum,

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.

Come and join with us as we find photographic treasures at Demxx on the Alberni Highway.

This month we are going to add to our usual photographic event by inviting you to take part in our scavenger hunt.

Each person will be given a list of items or item styles that they can go and look for on site and then take a photo of it as creative as you would like

You don’t have to take part in the scavenger hunt but I think it will add an extra fun twist to our day

Lunch will be at Trees Restaurant  on the Alberni Highway (across from the Coop gas station) at noon

Demxx has asked that we don’t have an excessive amount of cars to leave room for customers as well as us.  If you could car pool that would be great

Hope to see you all there

Fall has come to the Stamp River Falls.   Come and join with us as we watch the power of falls and maybe fish climbing up to spawn. Wonderful colors that will be in the area and just so much more to see and photograph.  If we are real lucky we may even get to see a black bear fishing

Lunch will be at the Clam Bucket – 4479 Victoria Quay, Port Alberni, at noon

I know many of you have been waiting for this event so bring an friend and I hope to see many of you there

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.

BRING YOUR CAMERA and a tripod !!

The first half of the meeting we will finally be going over the submissions for cropping and critique.  Open discussion.

The second half of the meeting will be hands on with our cameras.   Candlelight displays will be set up.

Many of you have been asking to go to Art Knapp in Courtenay for several months now and this is your chance

With the unpredictable weather of December we will be going inside but will have lots of styles to photograph.   There are Christmas items for those who like Christmas, flowers for the nature and macro photographers, home décor for the still life lovers, and people for those who like to take action or portraits plus so much more.

Lunch will be at the White Spot 2299 Cliff Ave  Courtenay at noon

To add an extra twist for our outing we will be doing some night photography in Parkville to take Christmas lights at 6pm,

It will start on Morrison street  Parksville  More directions to follow by Dec 4th.  Hope to see you there

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)

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

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