What we have
We generally meet at the venue at 10am and shoot until 12 then those who wish to do so gather at the chosen lunch venue. Check the details for the field trip outing.
Meet with other members and try a range of different shots. Test some new post processing techniques. Pick about 6 of the most interesting and size them to within 1600 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high. When you have your field trip photos ready, send them to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com
We generally meet at the venue at 10am and shoot until 12 then those who wish to do so gather at the chosen lunch venue. Check the details for the field trip outing.
Meet with other members and try a range of different shots. Test some new post processing techniques. Pick about 6 of the most interesting and size them to within 1600 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high. When you have your field trip photos ready, send them to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com
Maffeo Sutton Park is Nanaimo’s signature park overlooking our world famous harbour. The park is a central point along the Harbour Front Walkway. The park hosts countless community special events. It is a great year round destination for walking, playground playdates and picnics. Veiw and map
The Noon Canon will be fired from the Bastion at 12 o’clock precisely, preceded by all the pomp and ceremony Nanaimo can muster.
There’s plenty of parking free parking (up to 3 hours). Main parking lot is off Comox Rd and Cliff Street Nanaimo.
Lunch will be at the Lighthouse Restaurant, 50 Anchor Way, Nanaimo, which next to the float plane departure lounge. NOTE: Lunch is at 12:15, This is to allow you time to shoot the firing of the Noon Canon. Please let Rick (email)know if you’ll be participating in lunch so he can inform the restaurant.
Pick about 6 of the most interesting and size them to within 1600 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high. When you have your field trip photos ready, send them to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com
Activities and facilites can be viewed at https://www.mountwashington.ca/downloads/brochure/summer2016/Default.html
Lunch will be on the mountain at Teds Restaurant 12:00. Please let Rick (email)know if you’ll be participating in lunch so he can inform the restaurant.
Pick about 6 of the most interesting and size them to within 1600 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high. When you have your field trip photos ready, send them to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com
Direction: – Take Hwy #19 north to Exit #130 (Dove Creek Rd & Strathcona Parkway). Turn left at the lights (Exit #130) and follow Strathcona Parkway up the mountain for 18 km’s. Mount Washington Alpine Resort is located at the end of Strathcona Parkway.
We generally meet at the venue at 10am and shoot until 12 then those who wish to do so gather at the chosen lunch venue. Check the details for the field trip outing.
Meet with other members and try a range of different shots. Test some new post processing techniques. Pick about 6 of the most interesting and size them to within 1600 pixels wide and 1200 pixels high. When you have your field trip photos ready, send them to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com
NOTE: This field trip now has the Old Country Market’s management approval to photograph inside the market in addition to the open areas. The question was raised during the general meeting 5 October.
October’s trip is to the Old Country Market in Coombs (Goats on the Roof). Lunch to follow will be at The Cuckoo Restaurant which is on site.
To extend our educational program which John Critchley worked very hard to produce and deliver, apply some of those compositional techniques to the images created during the field trip. This is not a contest but an opportunity to explore and expand our photographic skills. These included but not limited to:
- Composing with colour
- Composing with light
- Uses of horizontal or vertical planes
- Uses of horizontal or vertical lines
- Leading Lines
- Use of negative space
- Diagonal rules
- Rule of Thirds or breaking the rule
- Simplicity
- Filling the Frame
- Use of a different perspective
Demonstrate these techniques by applying a different and single technique to each of the 6 images you submit from your field trip photos. Send a maximum of 6 photos to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com. Keep in mind the club’s size limitation for each image.
Have fun and see you Sunday 16 October.
Please note: For this trip only the start time at the distillery is 12:00 noon and lunch will be at 1:00 pm
Shelter Point Distillery website
Shelter Point Distillery is, and always will be, an artisan distillery. Right from the start, the concept has been quality over quantity, coexisting with nature and sourcing locally. This local-first philosophy extends beyond just building materials. In fact, Shelter Point is one of only a handful of distilleries that grow their own barley and distill on the same site. Virtually the only things that aren’t local are our oak barrels, which were sourced from Kentucky bourbon distillers, and the massive copper pot stills which came from Scotland. As far as our methodology goes, well, when you wait five years for a whisky to mature, you can’t help but learn to be patient. As a result, nothing is particularly hurried here. We took our time to get the distillery right, and we’re doing the same with everything else.
Directions:
People who visit us say that the journey is almost as delightful as their stay with us, so please, won’t you stop in? We’re located just south of Campbell River off the “Oceanside Route” or the Old Island Highway that winds its way along the eastern side of Vancouver Island.
4650 Regent Road
Campbell River, BC
V9H 1E3 Canada
Lunch: Salmon Point Pub about 4 minutes away from the distillery.
Send a maximum of 6 photos to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com. Keep in mind the club’s size limitation for each image.
Robert Held Art Glass
708 E. Island Hwy
Parksville, BC, Canada
V9P 1T8
NOTE: This event is scheduled for Saturday 17 December between 10:00 and 12:00. There will be several glass artist on site during the tour giving demonstrations.
Lunch is schedule for Boston Pizza in Parksville at 12:00 Noon.
Send a maximum of 6 photos to fieldtrip.opc@gmail.com. Keep in mind the club’s size limitation for each image.
Have fun and see you SATURDAY 17 December.
This month we will be meeting in the lower parking lot at 10:00am to walk the beach and many forest trails. There’s plenty of wildlife, birds and scenery to photograph.
Float Fairies – Keep your eyes open while on the beach or while beach combing for the glass balls. Over the eight-month period, “float fairies” will be hiding these glass floats along the coast for people to find and keep. Some of the floats will be starred and can be taken to the Parksville Visitor’s Centre to win prizes donated by local merchants. Those without a star can still take their floats to the centre to enter a prize draw.
Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park is located 3 km south of Parksville on Hwy 19a, on central Vancouver Island. Take exit #51 from the Inland Island Highway (Hwy #19) and follow signs to the park. The closest communities are Parksville, Qualicum and Nanaimo.
Lunch: Confirmation: Is at the Cedars restaurant in Tigh-na-mara Seaside Resort at 12:00 Please note there is an automatic 15% surcharge attached to the meal bill to cover gratuities.
Your field trip photos are now uploaded to the website using the upload in the member database. Up to 8 images can be uploaded
