What we have
Architecture: Any building interior or exterior, roof, supporting structures, walls etc. One image each Colour, Black and White, Digital Art. Due February 20
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.
June’s Assignment is an opportunity to lash out with colour and your imagination. Your choice or both a sunrise and sunset.
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.
Astrophotography
Our speakers this month are coming from the Nanaimo Astronomy Society – https://www.nanaimoastronomy.com/
Chris Boar and Tony Puerzer are well known photographers with a keen interest in astronomy. They will be speaking about this aspect of their photography and the activities they organize through their club.
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip
There will be coffee at $1!
loonie for coffee
Our speaker this month is Kerry Dawson, a Comox based teacher and photographer – https://www.kerrydawsonphoto.com/ Kerry’s presentation is entitled, “The Importance of Creative Personal Projects in Photography”.
A quote from Kerry’s webiste – “My first love is nature, landscape and wildlife photography. I love to capture the beauty of the world around me. More recently I’ve become interested in creating creative portraits and composite works by combining images using photoshop. I’m always learning new things”
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip
There will be coffee at $1!
loonie for coffee
Our speakers this month are new members Gillian (Gill) and Clay Ross who moved to the Island from Calgary this year. They are originally from South Africa and have travelled extensively. They have done a great deal of photography and enjoy talking about their travels. Their presentation will have two components, the main portion is about travels in the southern area of South Africa while a second part will be about rodeos. The Coombs Rodeo is coming here in August so they will have some tips for us.
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip.
Reminder 1 – we will be asking for your ‘Best of the Year’ photos later in the Fall
Reminder 2 – we will be entering the Lions’s Gate Nature Competition in the Fall
Macro in Nature
Get out, get close up and personal. Have fun. Hopefully the weather is better but there are numerous topics even in or because of the snow.
Due date for uploading the March assignment will be March 25th. Voting will be March 26th to 31
‘Action’
Have fun finding people, objects, animals, birds, boats or whatever else that shows action.
When you go to enter your images, you will see a change in the naming of one of the categories. We have replaced the word “Digital” with “Creative” and feel that this will be less confusing.
Due date for uploading the April assignment will be April 24th. Voting will be April 25th to April 29th.
Our speaker this month is Ron Brandner a member of the Port Alberni photo club. The purpose of his talk is to discuss how the hobby of photography has enhanced both his physical and mental health. As a senior, health issues are becoming more and more prevalent and he is finding photography is becoming more of a medication than a hobby.
He has been making images for over 60 years and over that period has garnered a lot of useful information from a great number of sources that have helped him adjust his practice of photography to suit his changing needs.
He is grateful to those who have shared their wisdom with him and has compiled a list of the more important ideas. Hopefully there will be some that will be of benefit to Oceanside photographers.
We will be showing our slideshows from last month’s assignment, the favourites and the field trip.
Bring your loonie for a coffee.
loonie for coffee
