Our general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduct the club’s business, then review the slideshows from the previous month’s assignment, field trip and favourite shot of the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography
Our speakers this month will be Clay and Gill Ross on the topic of ‘Travels in India‘.
Clay and Gill are two of our own members and you will have seen many of their photographs in our monthly slideshows.
You can take a peek at their extended galleries and biographies on their personal website (CGI Photography).
We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment, favourites and field trip).
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Our presenter this month is Brad Powell on the topic of ‘Exploring Portrait Photography With The iPhone‘.
“I will explain features and settings in the Portrait Mode for the iPhone. I will also set up a posing chair, backdrop, and lighting for people to take some shots with their iPhones”
Brad is one of our own members and you will have seen many of his photographs in our monthly slideshows. You can take a peek at his extended galleries and biography on his personal website (BPFOTO.CA).
Our speaker this month will be Stan Novotny on the topic of ‘Wildlife Photography‘.
Stan Novotny is a talented photographer, videographer, and workshop leader who has made a significant impact in the field of visual storytelling.
You can take a look at his extended biography and fantastic photography on his personal website (STAN NOVOTNY).
We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment, favourites and field trip).
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
There will be a brief 20-25 minute meeting of some of the SIGs people have expressed an interest in. The purpose is to touch base with each other and discuss objectives, exchange contact information, decide on a date and time to get together as a group. Meetings of the SIGS will be at the discretion of the group.
After the SIGS have had their meeting, the entire group will take a look at the topic of “Bokeh”.
Examples of images will be shown and discussed. Bob Christopher will lead the discussion. Our next Assignment is “Bokeh” so this will get everyone up to speed for some interesting images. John Potter will also be involved in the discussion further explaining what we are looking for in the upcoming images.
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For March we are putting together a series of short 10-to-15-minute member discussions.
Ricke Horte, Jack Harynuk and Bob Christopher will each present.
We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment, favourites and field trip).
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Rick Horte is planning on having a “Night Shoot” following Jack Harynuk’s talk from the General Meeting. We will be using Jack techniques for night time photography, so bring your camera and tripod. Come fully prepared to be OUTSIDE for a portion of this meeting. Also, come prepared with any ideas for SIGs you may wish to be involved in.
The agenda for the night is simple, start the meeting, SIGs for 15 minutes, review of night shooting and then head out. We won’t be returning to the Civic Centre and will disperse from the shooting location. No coffee! Photos from the night shoot to be sent to Rick Horte at rjhorte@shaw.ca I’ll attempt to show them at the General Meeting in April.
Ensure you are warmly dressed
The meeting will consist of slide shows of the Favourites and Field Trips prepared by Jack Harynuk and the assignments prepared by John Potter. Thank you to both for your efforts in preparing these for our members viewing pleasure. John will also conduct the voting on the assignments.
John Kinos will give a presentation on the website and how we will be able to utilize it.
Rick Horte will give a presentation about making a slide show so if you have not done yours yet or have done one and it still needs a bit of tweaking, there will be information that will assist you. The Deadline is coming up soon – April 22, 2024.- three weeks away! These can be submitted by WeTransfer to technical.opc@gmail.com
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Come and soak up the activities and ambience around the Goats-not-yet-on-the-Roof on Hwy 4 in beautiful downtown Coombs.
Map & directions: Old Country Market
We can partake of refreshments either in the market or down the road a short way at the Creekmore Coffee Roastery.
This is our yearly AGM and we will hold elections for all the management positions.
As well as showing our monthly assignment, favourites, and field trip videos we will show our member slideshows. It will be a fantastic night of entertainment!
Bring your loonie for a coffee.