What we have
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
Our meeting will feature Tofino photographer Christopher Pouget. More info will be added when it is received.
Check Christopher’s fabulous website at this link
We’ll start with the club business, then see the results of the Motion assignment, the field trip to DemXX and our favourite shots from February.
There will be coffee and tea at $1!
loonie for coffee
It is finally time – we are going outside to play. Using another suggestion from one of our members we are going to head to Naniamo and Maffeo Sutton Park
I have gone to check it out and there is something for everyone here.
Our Landscape people have the water and its views plus New Castle and Protection Island
Our macro enthusiasts there are flowers blooming and lots of spots for close up photography
For our texture assignment there are so many things here that you will find it hard to choose only three.
I think it will be a fun and exciting trip for all.
Lunch is right next door at Lighthouse Bistro and Pub.
50 Anchor Way
You can walk from the from our field trip or move your car over to the parkade next to them.
For our gluten free members they actually have a special menu just for you
Our speaker for this month is TJ Watt , an award-winning nature and conservation photographer from Victoria, BC. He combines his passion for rainforest conservation with professional photography, TJ sheds light on BC’s endangered old-growth forests in an effort to help see them saved. A self-described ‘big-tree hunter’, he can often be found driving rough backroads and exploring remote regions of Vancouver Island in search of the last old-growth giants. TJ is also a co-founder, campaigner, and photographer with the Ancient Forest Alliance, a non-profit organization that works to protect BC’s old-growth forests and ensure a sustainable second-growth forest industry.
TJ will present an overview of the ecology and politics of BC’s endangered old-growth growth forests and the role conservation photography plays in the fight to protect them. He will include photographs from across Vancouver Island and BC, including the spectacular Great Bear Rainforest. Click here for TJ’s website. Click here for the Ancient Forest Alliance.
We will show the slideshows from our field trip in Nanaimo, the texture assignment and our March favuorites.
There will be coffee and tea at $1!
loonie for coffee
No the location is not a typo. We are going on an adventure to see the many treasures that are on the property of Sheilds Industrial in the Comox Valley.
There is something for everyone here. They have a large property with treasures that have arrived throughout the years. It should a lot of fun
Here are some directions to our location
Using the inland highway-
Take exit 117 toward Courtenay/Comox (Courtenay Connector)
Pass the Lafarge plant on your left
Left at set of lights – Cumberland Road (don’t go straight or you go into Courtenay)
follow past an “S” curve
Left on Marsden Road
at stop sign Left onto Lake trail
next stop sign Left onto Comox Logging Road and they are on the left side
Lunch will be at the White Spot in Courtenay at noon
If you back track the instructions to get to Shields Industrial then follow down to Cliffe Ave
(T intersection)
Left past Canadian Tire and it is in the next mall- Driftwood – Shell on the corner)
2299 Cliff Ave
Our Annual General Meeting night is on Wednesday May 1st.
Elections for our new management team will be held at this meeting. Kathy will offer her final message and we will hear from each of the management team. Our slideshows from the month of April will be run and then Kathhy will announce our photographer of the year and conduct the elections.
Remember that all positions are open, we are all volunteers on the board and we all welcome the opportunity for new members to join us and bring their new ideas. Once the new team has been voted in, announced and introduced we will have a social evening.
As a BC Society, we are required to review the rules under which we operate (check here). Take this opportunity to meet with the new group and discuss any changes that you think would offer improvements to any aspect of the club’s activities.
There will be coffee and tea at $1!
loonie for coffee
