Remember to upload your favourite photo for this month in the member database.
Our speaker for March is Stan Novotny. Stan is a Vancouver Island-based photographer who is in love with nature and the peacefulness it brings. He has had a camera in his hands from a very young age questioning how it worked, but not really understanding the creative influence it would have on my future. Over time, his interests took him to attending workshops with some of North Americas best photographers and he has become a mentor to other photographers as he has learned and mastered his own techniques. Check Stan’s website at this location.
We will be showing our Favourites from February, our field trip outing to Cumberland and the Broken assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
This is a reminder to upload your assignment photos to the member database by the 20th.
This month we will be meeting on Sunday
Buckerfields is not just a feed store. It has so many items for your home and garden, your pets and yes even the farm.
Come and join with to explore this local store and see how many unique and different photos you can find.
Lunch will be at the British Bobby Restaurant at noon
1209 East Island Highway, Parksville BC
(it is approximately 7 minutes from Buckerfields)
This is a reminder to vote for the current assignment. Voting usually starts on the 21st of the month and continues until the 28th of the month. Vote in the member database and check the dates for the specific assignment.
Price $45.00 includes entry to the museum.
The bus leaves Qualicum Beach from the Civic Centre at 8am and will pick up at Wembley Mall returning to Qualicum Beach at 6pm. Click on the image to visit the museum website.
Please register with Sally Shivers by Jan 31st. Payment is due at the February general meeting
This is an introductory wildlife workshop. Steve is looking forward to meeting everyone and helping to improve your photography along the way, whilst hopefully learning one or two things himself!
Please feel free to bring any other food or refreshments with you if you wish. The schedule is tight. There will be a lunch break, however, no lunch is provided.
The core of the workshop is shown below, but it will remain flexible to address specific questions, understanding or areas of wildlife photography that people need.
Areas to be covered include –
Introductions
What is wildlife photography
Ethics of wildlife photography
Getting Started – Research & Equipment
Locations & things to consider
Wildlife & things to consider
Working in the field – Setting up, positioning & equipment consideration/care
Core settings
Photography Rules
Exposure
Composition
Problems/things to watch for
Practice & creativity
Any other Q&A’s
If anyone has any questions ahead of time, please contact Steve at steve@stevewphotogrpahy.ca or 250 941 3010. Anything not listed above you would like covered or touch on, again please let him know and, if time allows, if anyone would like to bring an image or two along for critique either privately or by the group please feel free to do so.
Steve’s website can be viewed from this link or by clicking on the photo above
See you on the 28th!
Remember to upload your favourite photo for this month in the member database.
Our speaker for April is Lorna Zaback. Lorna picked up her first SLR camera as a teenager and immediately fell in love with taking pictures. For Lorna, photography is not only about attempting to create beautiful and inspiring images, it is also a journey of discovery, of striving to find her artistic voice.
While she will always appreciate and endeavour to capture the beauty of the world around her with her camera, her goal is to also use some of her photographic images as the foundation for creating works of art that are rich in colour, texture, and movement.
Be certain to visit Lorna’s website at this link.
We will be showing our Favourites from March, our field trip outing to Buckerfields and the Round assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
NOTE: This month the field trip is on a Sunday
Spring at Tiger Lily Farm is such an exciting time with the birth of lambs, calves, pigs, and sheep providing us with fantastic photo opportunities.
Not into the animals?? There are many other things for you to see and photograph from inside the store, the old and new farm machinery and tools plus so much more
This is a field trip that will have something for everyone.
As a special for the photo society they are not going to charge us but ask if there are any photos you that you really like the way they turn out if you could share them with them for their website and Facebook page. They will give you full credit for your work. You can make a donation if you would like but it is not compulsory.
Lunch will be at Trees
1385 Alberni Hwy, Parksville BC V9P 2B8
(across the street from the Coop service station on the highway)