What we have
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
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:
- – Birds
- – Mammals
- – 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 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
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.
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
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
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
