What we have
‘Action’
Have fun finding people, objects, animals, birds, boats or whatever else that shows action.
When you go to enter your images, you will see a change in the naming of one of the categories. We have replaced the word “Digital” with “Creative” and feel that this will be less confusing.
Due date for uploading the April assignment will be April 24th. Voting will be April 25th to April 29th.
Our speaker this month is Ron Brandner a member of the Port Alberni photo club. The purpose of his talk is to discuss how the hobby of photography has enhanced both his physical and mental health. As a senior, health issues are becoming more and more prevalent and he is finding photography is becoming more of a medication than a hobby.
He has been making images for over 60 years and over that period has garnered a lot of useful information from a great number of sources that have helped him adjust his practice of photography to suit his changing needs.
He is grateful to those who have shared their wisdom with him and has compiled a list of the more important ideas. Hopefully there will be some that will be of benefit to Oceanside photographers.
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Ryan Tidman
After finishing school in 2017, Ryan spent over three years working with National Geographic photographers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier and their ocean conservation non-profit, SeaLegacy. During his time with SeaLegacy, he developed a deep understanding of documenting the natural world, sharing conservation issues, and, most importantly, conveying science communication effectively through photography and film. Fortunately, as part of the expedition team, he had the opportunity to travel the world documenting ongoing conservation efforts.
Since 2020, he has split his time between photography and cinematography. He recently completed projects in our Great Bear Rain Forest and also in the Antarctic.
Visit Ryan’s website to see some of his amazing photography https://www.ryantidman.com/
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Cindy Powell a long time member of the Comox photography club. She has been involved with photography for many years and enjoys a wide variety genres from wildlife to action to closeup. She has been a contributor to her club’s annual Imagefest show at the Sid Williams theatre. You can see some of her photography on her website – https://cindypowell.zenfolio.com/
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Glen Halverson a member of the Comox photography club.
Inspiration, creativity for what’s in front of my lens is the discipline I use which brings happiness to the eye.
Exploration of photography daily.
You can see some of his photography on Facebook (Glen Halverson Photography) or Instagram (glen halverson photography).
We will be showing our slideshows from the summer months (assignments, the favourites and field trips).
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
This month’s assignment is ‘still life’. Take advantage of the turning weather and set up your indoor studio. Channel your favourite inner renaissance painter. Flowers, fruit, veg, pumpkins, Hallowe’en corpses, vampires in coffins, etc.
Our speaker this month will be Brian Argyle on the topic of ‘Christmas Portraits‘.
Brian is a Canadian freelance photographer based on Vancouver Island, in beautiful British Columbia.
You can find his bio and gallery at his website argylephoto.com.
We will be showing our slideshows from the previous month (assignment, the favourites and field trip).
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
This competition hosted by the Lions Gate Camera Club of Vancouver is fast approaching. We have to have images selected from your entries prior to this time and we will set the time when the entry category is added to the website. Although an individual may only have one of their images selected for submission, we are encouraging all members to enter one image in each of the four categories within our own club. The categories are listed below.
There are four categories in this competition:
01 – Botanical – subjects such as wild-flowers, plants, trees, fungi and algae. Germinated and grown without human assistance.
02 – Nature – animals, birds, insects, reptiles and marine subjects – under the control and feeding of humans if not obvious – such as zoos, game farms, animal preserves, aquarium, etc…
03 – Landscape – subjects such as weather phenomena, geological formations, landscapes, seascapes and natural phenomena, planets, stars and astronomical events – no hand of man.
04 – Wildlife – ONLY living and untamed mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and marine subjects – no hand of man.
Please check the criteria included in the last Contact Sheet as it is quite specific in what is required. .
You may enter your images in the usual manner on our website and voting will occur by our entire membership to chose the entries that will represent our club. As we will be voting on your submissions, do NOT put your name or any identifying marks on your image. We are looking forward to seeing your wonderful submissions Let’s get all four of your images into this contest….REMEMBER ONLY ONE OF YOUR IMAGES MAY GO ON TO THE FINAL COMPETITION AND THAT WILL BE DETERMINED BY THE TOP VOTE COUNT FROM YOUR FOUR ENTRIES…
We are allowed to enter 6 images as a club and we are looking for a broad choice in what our club will have to vote on and compete with in the Lions Gate Competition.
Remember to vote for the monthly assignment entries.
