Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer, Judy Hancock-Holland. Judy has presented to the club previously and we received excellent feedback about her spiritual approach to her photography. Judy has a new presentation and we are looking forward to her visit. Visit Judy’s website here.
We will be showing our Favourites from September, our field trip outing and the “Fall is in the Air” assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Every photograph tells a story; capturing a moment in time in order to preserve and honour it. A photograph can be a tangible connection to our past, to our family, and to our own unique experience. Dirk Heydemann, our November speaker, is a successful Nanaimo based photographer who specializes in family and corporate photography.
His talk will be going over his family portrait business, from planning, consolations, shooting and presentations and pricing of the art work that is created. Since he took on this approach to his family portrait sessions, his sales had substantial increases in value.
We will be showing our Favourites from October, our field trip outing to Stamp Falls and the “Anything Orange” assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
With the rain still falling we will be doing an inside event for January. We will be going to the Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre which is sure to be a fun time. There is so much to see here from fossils to history of the Comox Valley and the island. There are two floors for you to explore and photograph. I did see several areas where you can also find the collections assignment opportunities. If you are familiar with Courtenay this is in the old Post Office.
If you would like to car pool please let me know and we can try and help you out.
Lunch will be at the Union Street Grill at noon
477- 5 st Courtenay (only a few blocks from the museum)
Following another member suggestion we are going to the new Demex Wharehouse. This is not the Demex store we went to previously but is on Price Road. You can see it from the Alberni Highway and if coming from Parksville it is just before the Coop gas station.
We have over 20,000 square feet and two floors to explore. The upstairs is set up with one main large area and several rooms off that area which are decorated in specific themes.
It should be a fun and very interesting
Lunch will be at the Bayside Bistro and Lounge at 12:00pm
240 Dogwood Street, Parksville BC
It is finally time – we are going outside to play. Using another suggestion from one of our members we are going to head to Naniamo and Maffeo Sutton Park
I have gone to check it out and there is something for everyone here.
Our Landscape people have the water and its views plus New Castle and Protection Island
Our macro enthusiasts there are flowers blooming and lots of spots for close up photography
For our texture assignment there are so many things here that you will find it hard to choose only three.
I think it will be a fun and exciting trip for all.
Lunch is right next door at Lighthouse Bistro and Pub.
50 Anchor Way
You can walk from the from our field trip or move your car over to the parkade next to them.
For our gluten free members they actually have a special menu just for you
Our speaker for this month is TJ Watt , an award-winning nature and conservation photographer from Victoria, BC. He combines his passion for rainforest conservation with professional photography, TJ sheds light on BC’s endangered old-growth forests in an effort to help see them saved. A self-described ‘big-tree hunter’, he can often be found driving rough backroads and exploring remote regions of Vancouver Island in search of the last old-growth giants. TJ is also a co-founder, campaigner, and photographer with the Ancient Forest Alliance, a non-profit organization that works to protect BC’s old-growth forests and ensure a sustainable second-growth forest industry.
TJ will present an overview of the ecology and politics of BC’s endangered old-growth growth forests and the role conservation photography plays in the fight to protect them. He will include photographs from across Vancouver Island and BC, including the spectacular Great Bear Rainforest. Click here for TJ’s website. Click here for the Ancient Forest Alliance.
We will show the slideshows from our field trip in Nanaimo, the texture assignment and our March favuorites.
There will be coffee and tea at $1!
No the location is not a typo. We are going on an adventure to see the many treasures that are on the property of Sheilds Industrial in the Comox Valley.
There is something for everyone here. They have a large property with treasures that have arrived throughout the years. It should a lot of fun
Here are some directions to our location
Using the inland highway-
Take exit 117 toward Courtenay/Comox (Courtenay Connector)
Pass the Lafarge plant on your left
Left at set of lights – Cumberland Road (don’t go straight or you go into Courtenay)
follow past an “S” curve
Left on Marsden Road
at stop sign Left onto Lake trail
next stop sign Left onto Comox Logging Road and they are on the left side
Lunch will be at the White Spot in Courtenay at noon
If you back track the instructions to get to Shields Industrial then follow down to Cliffe Ave
(T intersection)
Left past Canadian Tire and it is in the next mall- Driftwood – Shell on the corner)
2299 Cliff Ave
BUTTERTUBS MARSH-
Buttertubs Marsh is a bird and wildlife sanctuary.
There is a 2 km very easy loop around the marsh and a few observation decks and a tower perfect for photographing birds
The pathway is groomed so easy to walk on. Besides birds we may see spring flowers, shadows for our May assignment and so much more
We will be meeting at the entrance of Jingle Pot Road -1780 Jingle Pot Road
If you would like to or need to car pool please contact me
From Woodgrove Mall -Nanaimo, BC
Stay on Highway 19 S – 9.7 km
Turn left onto Jingle Pot Rd (signs for Jingle Pot Road/City Centre) – 750 m
Turn left to stay on Jingle Pot Rd – 95 m
Turn left – 43 m – Buttertubs Marsh Parking Lot
Lunch will be at Original Joes at noon
3280 N Island Highway
Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer, Judy Hancock-Holland. Judy has presented to the club previously and we received excellent feedback about her spiritual approach to her photography. Judy has a new presentation and we are looking forward to her visit. Visit Judy’s website here.
We will be showing our favourites, field trip outing and the monthly assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
Moorecroft Pond in Nanoose is a great gem on the island. It was originally a United Church Camp but was purchased by the RDN in 2011. It is being kept very natural and you will see so much with the logs and rocks that have been washed for so long by the ocean creating fantastic designs. Lots of flowers, eagles, trees with very interesting fungus on them plus a pond full of bull rushes and trees. There will something here for every kind of photographer. Walking can be as easy or a little challenging, there are trails but you can explore out onto the rocks
Weather permitting we would like to have a picnic in one of the picnic areas in the park so pack a lunch and come and join us. We will meet at noon
There will be extra for those who forget
If the weather doesn’t cooperate we will be going to the Kicking Horse Pub