SaltSpring Photography Club

         June 11th 2025 Newsletter

17 People attended the meeting including one visitor

Around Town:

Country Grocer cafe - Colton Prevost will be showing his work for July

Judy will be showing still life photography on the display wall at Dragonfly Arts for the month of July

The Driftwood's - 'A Day in the Life Salt Spring Island, 2025' takes place between 5am Tuesday July 1st to 5 am July 2nd. Register in advance by sending an email to editor Gail Sjuberg at news@gulfislandsdriftwood.com on how to submit. Photos are generally of people at a specified time of the day.

There is a 2025 Country Grocer "Me and My Pet' Photo contest. Deadline is June 22nd at noon.

To register go to the SS Exchange   first prize is $200 gift card, 2nd - $100, 3rd - $50. https://saltspringexchange.com/2025/06/09/2025-country-grocer-me-my-pet-photo- contest/

No one under the age of 18 can be in the photo.

NEXT Month's talk July 9th, library

Ulana Switucha will show new work. She won a Sony Photo Award, first place in Architecture & Design - The Tokyo Toilet Project. To view her website: https://www.ulanaswitucha.com

August - Speaker is Malcom Carmichael - sports photographer

News:

July is our last month with CAPA as club members. Anyone wanting to continue with CAPA can sign up as individual member. Cost per year is $75 https://capacanada.ca/

Eclectic Visions update:

Sales total $2,118.00, visitors were 775, Last year visitors - 674. Expenses - TBA

Recap:

This year's opening went well. The weather was not great but seemed to keep the visitors staying longer.  The food lasted, not too much waste, except for the crackers. There was 5 bottles of wine left over, 4 were the sparkling rose wine, last year we had three bottles left over, one of each red, white and rose. Again it was nice to have Wilf Davies play piano for the opening night.

We had more visitors and more sales in dollar value but in previous years we had more card sales, this year only 15 + 4 calendars and one puzzle sold, compared to 63 total in 2024. That figure also includes calendars and books.

We spent a total of $TBA on publicity, $TBA on printing, $ 285 - other $TBA

People's Choice winner this year is Colton's 'Breach' with 53 votes, 2nd - Larry's "Feather on the Ocean' 35, 3rd - Bernadette's 'Train Ride' with 31.

More visitors were due to Robert Bateman's show at the same time as ours, plus I think that Curt did a great job at the market handing out flyers to visitors, some people said that they followed the signs and posters.

One comment: more information on labels, ie) where taken. And what Giclee means. One sitter was asked when they did not know themselves....

NEXT year we need to find someone to coordinate the exhibition as Judy will not be available.     This position suits someone that is good at organizing and delegating - it's not too difficult, just time consuming on some stuff. Judy will hand over a timeline when things need to get done and all of the notes on what to do days before the show.

WE ALSO NEED to find a president for the club! My last month is January 2026.

Country Grocer wall

September - Anna

November - Margaret Benmore

2026

January - March - May - etc.

Theme for next month: JULY - Black and White - open

FALL FAIR 2025

Anybody interested in helping out at the Fall Fair with receiving photos on September 2nd, Tuesday from 3:30 - 6 - 6:30 ish Would love to get two or three helpers mainly for the first two hours as it can get busy with people dropping off their photos.

Howard has volunteered for receiving photos.

Of Interest:

https://capic.org     ; Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators

CAPIC is the united voice and advocate for professional photographers and illustrators across Canada. Dedicated to upholding industry standards, fostering community, and championing copyright protection, CAPIC serves as a crucial support system for all professionals in our field. As a professional association, CAPIC is committed to promoting quality, creativity, and ethical business practices within our industry.

You can sign up for their newsletter if you want, or just peruse the website. some very interesting photography on the site.