SALTSPRING PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

             JULY 8, 2026 NEWSLETTER

                        By Terri Wyllie

Membership:

New members: Raazi Ahmadi and Chas Belknap who both introduced themselves.

Announcements / Upcoming Events:

       Hub Roasters Café:

       July show:  Sylvia Beech

       September show: Ellen Vesterdal

       November show: Larry Citra

Well-known SSI photographer, Michael Wall, is showing at Salt Spring Gallery, July 10^th to 29^th. His special interests include street, landscape and portrait photography. This show focuses on B/W images with details that the casual observer may not notice.

Seth Berkowitz, Gillian McConnell, and the late Michael Robb are showing at The Gallery at 353 West Eagle Friday-Sunday, 11am to 4pm until the end of July.

Seth also announced that he and Amy Melious are showing at the annual juried Sooke Fine Arts Festival in Sooke, July 25^th to August 3^rd

Julianna Slomka is showing at Salt Spring Coffee until the end of July.

A reminder to provide sample photos to Claudia for the Fall Show by the end of July. Her email address is cschroderadams@gmail.com

Upcoming  Speakers: 

         August: Fernando Garcia Vicario, on Focus Stacking

         September: Jana Zachariou – probably about flower photography

Reports:

       Steering Committee: The Steering Committee is a new entity tasked with drafting policies for membership approval and addressing issues requiring timely decision-making. The first meeting was held July 2^nd. Members include Judy McPhee, Wendy Rosier, Pierre Mineau, Curt Firestone, Gwen McDonald, Pat Page and Terri Wyllie. Going forward, there will be regular reports from the committee, including recommendations for membership approval.

Pierre and Wendy set up today’s meeting both in person and by Zoom to test the feasibility of using both approaches for future in-person meetings. The main issue reported by Wendy was muffled sound, especially problematic when attendees did not use the mic when speaking.  If deemed successful, we may adopt this hybrid format for meetings.  

Pat Page, our club treasurer, will begin submitting quarterly financial reports to the Steering Committee,  plus an annual financial report to the membership at our January AGM.

Speaker: Amy Melious

Amy spoke from the heart about her personal journey in photography dating back decades, and about how her love of science has influenced her work over the years. She started with a focus on darkroom work, black and white photography, and photojournalism, using her images to tell a story.

She spoke about the language within the photo and showing who someone is.

By processing and adding hand-painted colour (Marshall’s Oils) in the darkroom, she produced a unique effect and was able to translate this to the digital world.

We saw some examples of her work on different print “paper” mediums such as linen and selenium following the slideshow.

Member Slideshow:  Abstract Photography was our theme for the July meeting. 

The theme for August will be “Music”.