The Victoria Camera Club is bringing photographer Bryan F. Peterson to Victoria for a special two day event in September 2017.  If you’re not familiar with Bryan’s work – he has written nine books on photography, including Understanding Exposure, which is the number one best selling photography book on Amazon; and over half a million people subscribe to his photography series on Adorama TV.  The group organizing this promise that you will come away entertained and inspired.

Our speaker this month is portrait photographer Lisa Graham.  Her interest in fashion and lifestyle photography on land slipped into the underwater realm where few photographers venture. She specializes in the niche market of underwater fine art portraits and she loves how water adds a surreal touch to everyday elements

Lisa is going to share her some images from her “Impossible Worlds” collection and talk about some of the aspects of an underwater photo shoot.

You can check Lisa’s website on this link

We will be showing our Favourites from September, our field trip outing and the Inspirational assignment

Bring your loonie for a coffee.

loonie for coffee

Photos taken by Vina Johnson

The Raptors offers a compelling interactive experience with amazing birds of prey. Get closer than you ever imagined to these exciting, intelligent birds and learn about their world and how we all benefit when they survive and thrive.  This will an opportunity to see and photograph some of those birds you have never seen or have never been able to get close enough for that one good photo.

There may be some carpooling available.

Lunch will be at the Shipyard Restaurant and Pub about 8 minutes from the Raptor Centre

6145 Genoa Bay Rd-Maple Bay Marina

Directions via Herd Rd and Genoa Bay Rd

Head east on Herd Rd toward Pioneer Rd – 4.1 km

Turn left onto Maple Bay Rd- 120 m

Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Chisholm Trail- 550 m

Turn left onto Genoa Bay Rd – Destination will be on the left -1.9 km

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Our major exhibit of the year opens officially on November 1st with a reception at 2:00 pm. There are about 40 images on display from our members.

Ron Hadley, who is a regular with Tosh’s Sunday music, will be playing piano during the reception.

Encourage your friends and neighbours to come out and visit this very exciting exhibit for the club.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS MEETING IS ON NOVEMBER 8th!

Our speaker for November is Gordon Howe.  His presentation is “From Sea to Sky- A natural history journey from British Columbia to the high deserts of the American southwest.”

Gordon is a prize-winning photographer who has lived all over British Columbia. He currently resides near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.

He attended the School of Modern Photography and has worked professionally as a Portrait and Wedding Photographer. Throughout his life Gordon has always had a camera in hand but his love of photography was shared with a love of horticulture and landscape design. Both of these disciplines share a need for a comprehensive understanding of light, colour and composition. Training in both fields has served to complement each other.

 
We will be showing our Favourites from October, our field trip outing to the Raptor Centre and the Fall Colours assignment

Bring your loonie for a coffee.

loonie for coffee

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This month is our Christmas social evening. We are repeating last year’s approach and assisting the Food Bank. 

You know that we are trying to be more connected to the community and with that in mind we are asking that you, if you are able, bring a donation for the Food Bank.  The Food Bank prefers receiving money and they have excellent buyers.  Nick Bosma will have a collection box for cash and cheques.  Please make cheques to the Food Bank.

The club is providing coffee, tea and snacks.

We do not have a speaker and will have a short business review followed by slideshows of the field trip to the Bowser Antique Yard, the Emotion assignment. We will also show the Best of 2017 images that our members have sent in.

Cabela’s is a sporting goods store that has lots for everyone.  You will see taxidermied animals (I asked and none were killed just for the display), sporting good items of all shapes and sizes, Christmas displays and you may even see Santa Claus.  The only request they have is that you don’t take photos of the employees or prices of items.

Lunch will be at 12:30 at Lantzville Village Pub

7197 Lantzville Road | Lantzville

from Cabela’s Nanaimo

23 m Turn right at the 1st cross street onto Dover Rd

100 m Turn left at the 1st cross street onto Dickinson Rd

2.2 km 7197 Lantzville Rd.

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