French Creek marina and estuary; 20 February, 10:30; Pub is open but no group lunch. Please remember the Health Directives.
For an extra challenge use a single focal length lens or a telephoto lens with a set focal length. Or if you are inclined, and in adventuresome mood, use your cell phone camera.

Light and shadows in any form and any source of light.

Note: we are voting on the assignment images again. Many members have requested that we re-start voting again, so we will try it. The reason we stopped voting was to determine if this affected the member of members participating in the assignments. Some members dropped out and others began participating.

So, participate.

Please join us for our third presenter in the BC/Yukon Speaker’s Series.  Laura Letinsky will present on Friday, March 26th, 7:00 – 8:30 pm. Registration is open at  https://tinyurl.com/y2brpxh6,  I have attached the PDF profile for Laura

Symmetry in photography is achieved when two halves of an image hold the same weight and give a perfect balance between two sides of your photograph.

Our general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduct the club’s business, then review the slideshows from the previous month’s assignment, field trip and favourite shot of the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography

Our general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduct the club’s business, then review the slideshows from the previous month’s assignment, field trip and favourite shot of the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography

The Lions Gate Nature Competition is on again this year and there are a number of changes.  The rules have been clarified inline with CAPA and there is a image size limit of 1.8 MB.

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 – subjects such as 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.

Link to the CAPA checklist for each category

Link to the Lions Gate specifications

Images have to be uploaded by October 25th followed by  voting.  You can vote for six images including your own image.  The top six images will be forwarded to the Lions Gate club by November 1st.

Look through your best shots, be certain there is no ‘hand of man’ in the image, ensure it is less than 1.8mb and submit it.  Images have a maximum width of 1400 pixels and maximum height of 1050 pixels. 

This is a unique opportunity for the photography produced by your members to be judged by some of the best nature photographers in Canada.

Our general meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month in the West Hall of the Qualicum beach Civic Centre from 7:00 pm until 9:00 pm. We normally conduct the club’s business, then review the slideshows from the previous month’s assignment, field trip and favourite shot of the month. The last half of the meeting is dedicated to having a speaker come and make a presentation or discuss some aspects of their photography