What we have
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!
loonie for coffee
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.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Vancouver Island photographer, Chris Istace.
Freelance writer & photographer as well as community leader who calls the Cowichan Valley home. Through written and visual storytelling he strives to inspire others to be mindful of themselves and to embrace ecological wisdom. His photography specializes primarily outdoor pursuits such as hiking, climbing and mountain biking and the beautiful landscapes those activities take place.
Instagram is https://www.instagram.com/stasher_bc/
Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/MindfulExplorer/
Website is www.ChrisIstace.com
We will be showing our favourites, field trip outing and the monthly assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Qualicum Beach photographer, Joan Larson.
Joan’s original passion for horses led to her interest in art
and she has never stopped to look back.
Joan has an extensive CV chronicling 25 years of
professional achievements which include international
shows, awards and documentaries. However it is the
present and future that hold her attention. Her recent
ground breaking series of artworks honouring the RCMP
Musical Ride has been used for exhibitions supporting
non-profit organizations. This was followed by a series
based on her trips to remote and restricted Sable Island to
paint it most famous denizens, the wild horses. Next on
her radar is a series of paintings based on “Life at the Race
Track.”
Joan is a Senior member of the Federation of Canadian
Artists (SFCA), a full member of the American Academy
of Equine Artists (AAEA) and holds the Premier Pastelist
designation with the Pastel Society of Canada (PPC).
Joan and her husband Paul Smith own and operate
Creekside Studio from their acreage in the rural area of
Coombs where they live with their family and assorted
animals, including horses . . . which Joan states “are simply
necessary.”
Website is www.joanlarson.com
We will be showing our favourites, field trip outing and the monthly assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer, Andrea Black of ‘Chasing Whimsy‘.
You can find Andrea’s bio at Chasing Whimsy
Her full website can be found at https://www.chasingwhimsyphoto.com/
We will be showing our favourites, field trip outing, and the monthly assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Courtenay photographer, Boomer Jerritt. His presentation on his Antarctic travels is not to be missed.
Boomer’s biography can be found at Strathcona Photography
His full website can be found at https://strathconaphotography.com/
As usual we will display our favourites, field trip outing, and the monthly assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Nanaimo photographer, Tim McGrath and ‘Grizzlies of the Khutzeymateen‘.
Tim’s biography and information can be found at ITS-PHOTOGRAPHY.CA
As usual we will display our favourites, field trip outing, and the monthly assignment.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
Assignment number 2 – April 16-April 30 2020
Our second topic is How Close Can You Go????
Dust off your macro lens and have fun in and out of the house. You don’t have a macro lens – no problem just go as close as your camera will allow you to get. The ideas here a endless and it doesn’t just have to be flowers.
You can enter a photo for each of the categories – one black and white, one color and one digitally enhanced.
Like field trips we will be doing assignments twice a month instead of one and there will be no voting at this time. Please enter your photos on the website following the sizing and category specifications. If you entered in the assignment #1 please send them to president.opc@gmail.com and I will make sure they are included in the slide show. Let’s have some fun with this since we are asked to stay at home or keep social distancing.
Description: It can be of shiny, rusty, new or old metal. Let your imagination be your guide and you can be as creative as you like as long it is metal. Try to use different photos in
each category. There are three categories and you may place one photo in each category – color, black and white, and digitally enhanced. This final category of digitally enhanced you can adjust with filters, styles or any changes you would like. Photos must be taken May 1 – July 28 Please do not put your signature on your photos in this category
This is your chance to get down and see the life from underneath all of those things we look down at on the ground. Take your photos from the ground up (looking up) to 31cm (12 inches ). This can be alot of fun and challenging all at once.
Remember you can post 3 photos – one color, one black and white and one digitally changed. Photos must be taken in the last three months – June – August
