Over the past few weeks are lives have been turned upside down and inside out.  We want to provide you with an opportunity to do what we all love to do – take photos so until the virus pandemic ends we will be having two field trips per month that can be in your own yard or on social distancing walks if you choose.  Enter your photos as always under field trips and we will produce a slide show at the end of the two weeks with the entries and send you a link.    Have fun and let’s use this time as one to enjoy and if only for a few minutes escaping the daily stresses

Field trip number 1 description

SPRING HAS SPRUNG – It really is spring even though I know that the weather hasn’t always seemed like it. Let’s go outside and see what signs of spring we can find. It could be new flowers, birds arriving – eg, I had 10 robins feeding in my yard one day last week, gardens getting readyor yes even your themometer showing the heat is coming. As in all field trips you can use your imagination however your want

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.

Assignment number 2 – April 16-April 30 2020

Our second topic is How Close Can You Go????

Dust off your macro lens and have fun in and out of the house. You don’t have a macro lens – no problem just go as close as your camera will allow you to get. The ideas here a endless and it doesn’t just have to be flowers.

You can enter a photo for each of the categories – one black and white, one color and one digitally enhanced.

  Like field trips we will be doing assignments twice a month instead of one and there will be no voting at this time.  Please enter your photos on the website following the sizing and category specifications.  If you entered in the assignment #1 please send them to president.opc@gmail.com and I will make sure they are included in the slide show.  Let’s have some fun with this since we are asked to stay at home or keep social distancing.

Keeping Spring in mind –   Introduce us to your neighborhood

Take a walk around your neighborhood and see what interesting photos ops you can find. Birds nesting, flowers blooming, interesting trees, rocks, water – whatever you can find. You can enter up to 5 photos for field trips.  If you have entered for field trip number one or unsure of how to size the photos for uploading please send them to president.opc@gmail.com and I will make sure they are included.

Have fun with this and we are looking forward your photos

Location: Your refrigerator, cupboards, or where ever you keep your fruits and veggies
Topic: Still Life
Description: This topic is very loose so you can have lots of fun with it. You can do a very traditional and serious still life or if you wish have fun and dress them up in things like sunglasses and hats. You can use cut, partially eaten, skins, or shells. You can add other items with it as long as your fruit or veggie stays the main feature. You are allowed to post five photos for field trips

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.

Description: It can be of shiny, rusty, new or old metal.  Let your imagination be your guide and you can be as creative as you like as long it is metal.  Try to use different photos in
each category.  There are three categories and you may place one photo in each category – color, black and white, and digitally enhanced.  This final category of digitally enhanced you can adjust with filters, styles or any changes you would like.  Photos must be taken May 1 – July 28  Please do not put your signature on your photos in this category

The Monthly Management Meeting is normally held on the second Thursday of the month in the boardroom of Qualicum Foods. If any members are interested in attending, please contact the club president.

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We will be hosting a field trip but doing it two different ways so everyone can take part and feel safe. For those who want to come and see others I will be there in the main parking lot Sunday July 12th at 10:30 am at Mount Washington with a focus on the boardwalk for Paradise Meadows.  We ask if you come to please respect social distancing. If you do not feel comfortable being in a group with social distancing then you can go on your own from now til June 28th

Topic and description: Photograph anything you would like there is no specific topic for this

Trail is rated as EASY

Entries: You are allowed to post five photos for field trips on the website

You are invited to join us for lunch but it is bring your own and your lawn chair so we can social distance

If you have any questions you can contact me at 250 937 8221 or president.opc@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing many of you there