As most of you know, members of our club hang at the Country Grocer Café every other month*.

It's a pleasant venue with lots of exposure.

This is our 2020 schedule:

January - Avril Kirby

March - Maggie Argiro

June* - Sylvia Beech

July - Doug McMillin

September - Maureen Milburn

November -…

Pierre was away in Washington DC talking to Congress -  about ecology, we think. Avril hosted the meeting with her usual grace and humour.

The Club members who were present thanked Judy, Ross and Kahsia for all the hard work they put into the Fall Fair photography section.  Kahsia, in turn, thanked all the club volunteers who helped over the weekend. It was very successful and had more photo entries than other years. Simon was one of the judges, putting in 10 hours at least, and many…

We are invited!

Here's a wonderful opportunity to show your photos to an audience beyond Salt Spring Island.

The show will be from June 1 to June 12, 2020, at The View Gallery, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo.

Further information including submission…

Pierre welcomed two new faces; Pat McMahon, a retired architect, has been on the Island for two years and uses her I-phone to take pictures and enjoys manipulating the images with aps. Ellen Vestigal had heard about the Club just hours before the meeting whilst submitting photos for the Fall Fair. She has been on the Island for 8 days and is married to the new minister of the United Church.

Avril is showing photos at Fernwood Café.

Kahsia is showing bird images at the…

August 2019 minutes

Pierre was off gallivanting around the world somewhere so Avril opened the meeting in his absence. No new members but some old faces attended. Trudy  Sloan stayed…

Eclectic Visions:-  Pierre announced the winners of the People's Choice Award.

  Kahsia and Bruce McPhee tied for first place for their hummingbird and Deer (Taste Test)  photos.

  Kim Stewart came second for her Seahorse (the old tugboat) at Dawn image.

  Simon came third for his 'On Guard' image of an owl blended into a rocky shoreline.

Wendy would like an image of each of these photos to include in her update of the Photofest website - showing…

Pierre welcomed the Club's newest member, David Tabb, who lives in California and Salt Spring - 6 months in each.

Photofest: -  Wendy reported that all the venues and the photographers are on the Photofest website. Jana has worked on a map that is now up, showing the 35 participating venues. Pierre suggested that in coming years we could work on a passbook and a stamp. Everyone is encouraged to visit the sites.

Funding:  -  Judy, Jana, Avril, Anna, Derek and…

I have some mats and frames that I"m not going to be using. All still in original packaging.

1) FCCH143: 16x20 /window size 11x14: 4 ply single mat warm white: $5.90-20% = 4.13 

2) FCCH141: 14x18/window size 10x13: 4 ply double mat bright white: $ 8.30 = 6.64 

3) FCCH2014: 18x24/window size 13x19: 4 ply digital mat warm white: $12.00 = 9.60

4) FCCH206: 14x18/window size 8.5x11: 4 ply single mat warm white : $9.00 =…

Shows:   Bernadette is showing mixed media work about the clear-cut logging that happened last year near Beddis Road, a subject close to her heart.

A bench to commemorate Bob Rogers was installed on the dock by the float plane shelter in Ganges. A small ceremony took place on the dock on Saturday and Photoclub members and Bob's uncle ate and drank and took photos of each other sitting on the bench. This bench will be much enjoyed by people who can now wait for their plane…

Bob Rogers' family wanted a memorial bench to be installed somewhere on Salt Spring. The perfect spot has been found, down on the dock in Ganges where the sea-planes come and go. Bob used to love taking photos of these planes and now fellow photographers and travellers will have a place to sit in the sun while waiting for their plane ride or contemplating the perfect shot. Wendy has, of course, been instrumental in making this happen and it is going to be installed today, Thursday 9th, at…

I have 2 pkgs of file pages for film negatives to give away. They are archival quality. I has been opened and has 15 remaining and the other if a full pk of 25.

Call me at 250-537-6351 if you are interested.

If anyone is interesting in volunteering at the Film Festival on the first weekend in March as a projectionist, please let me know.  The 4 hour + volunteer time will get you a weekend (Sat/Sun) pass to the festival. 

PLUS you get to see some documentaries while sitting as a projectionist.  Duties are simple, if you can turn on a blu-ray player, adjust the focus on a projector, sit for a few of hours watching a couple of films, then this is for you.  Please send me an email at…

January 2019 minutes

Newish member, Shauna Ringquist, joined us for the second time, having come to the Christmas party. She has jumped in with both feet, having two photos up in the…

Hello SSPHOTOG people,

I have been away from this club for some time, and recently re-signed up. Glad to be back.

Hopefully someone reading this, some really good Salt Spring Island Samaritan, can help me.

Story:

I am the main photographer shooting a dance recital at ArtSpring on December 14. Situated firmly in the middle of Row C. Hopefully, you have been at ArtSpring to relate to where this is. Appreciating that this limits focal…

Pierre welcomed returning member Nate Poetker, new member Paul McElroy and checking-us-out visitor Meriel Galloway. Meriel is looking for help downloading and maybe editing her photos from a trip to Africa.

Kahsia is showing photos of South East Asia at Country Grocer this month. Doug will be collecting names soon for 2019 - the café walls are available for Club members to show their work every second month. In the past some people have shared wall…

Anyone interested in taking a photography workshop/ trip to Mexico may be interested in checking out this website..

Avril stood in for Pierre and opened the meeting. The group sat in an informal circle as the educational part of the meeting was given over to a discussion about the future direction of the Club.

Marcia Jeanne's friend Olivia (from France) was a guest at the meeting and she told me afterwards that listening to the discussion was good practice for her English comprehension.

Bernadette has two pieces showing at Artspring as part of the Painters Guild's…

September's Challenge - Panoromas. 

Click this link to view the photos in a Dropbox folder.

Wendy

Pierre opened the meeting by welcoming our newest member, Merv Anderson.

Since the summer some people are not getting Club emails and Doug suggested looking in our spam boxes and, if they are there, adding them to favorites so that they are re-classified. Wendy will chat with Ning about this problem.

Doug show at the library continues until Sept. 29th.

Evelyn Smith's photos are showing all month at Country Grocer.

No report yet on the…

At last night's club meeting, many of us were curious about David Ellingsen's camera, settings, etc.

It reminding me of this article: https://digital-photography-school.com/why-your-camera-gear-doesnt-matter/

That said, David's comments about how he uses his camera helped me.

Curt