February 2016 Blog Posts (10)

B&H Photo being sued by US Govt.

http://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/20160225-2

FYI w/o comment

Added by Curt Firestone on February 28, 2016 at 8:33am — 1 Comment

Willow Sky McDonald

Willow Sky has an exciting show at Barb's which comes down on Monday. She has sold 4 pieces.

Furthermore she is moving to Victoria in April where she intends to pursue her photography incluing taking some courses.

She works at Barbs. Say hello. She is one of the successful GISS students sponsored by the Photo Club

Added by Curt Firestone on February 25, 2016 at 11:48am — 2 Comments

I've been following the work of the French photographer Jean Fracois Rauzier for some years now. He creates very detailed photo-collage panoramas that you can navigate with the mouse or by pressing buttons.

Link to his 'City Never Sleeps':

http://www.hyper-photo.com/hyperpano/ballade_ba/index.html

His website:…

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Added by Uri Cogan on February 23, 2016 at 6:28pm — 1 Comment

Nick Brandt

wildlife/civilisation

be astonished.

Added by timothy gibbon on February 23, 2016 at 12:36pm — 1 Comment

Conservation/wildlife photography

Our guest speaker in April or May is Isabelle Groc. More on her later. In the meantime, she has asked if I would post those request for donation.

I am working on a new film project with the Wilderness Committee, called Toad People. We have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds needed to finish the film, and we have a week left to meet our goal. Please take a look at the trailer and the campaign when you have a moment and see if you can share among your…

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Added by Curt Firestone on February 22, 2016 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Firefalls

when conditions are perfect -

http://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/a37657/yosemite-firefall-photo/

Added by Patricia Page on February 19, 2016 at 11:46pm — 1 Comment

February 10th Meeting Minutes...

Salt Spring Island Photography Club Meeting February 10, 2016 MINUTES

(minutes written by Colleen Barnes

in Margaret Benmore's absence)

Wendy Rosier, announced three

and a tenth …

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Added by Margaret C. Benmore on February 14, 2016 at 4:02pm — 1 Comment

THE LAB: DECOY - A portrait session with a twist

A photograph is shaped more by the person behind the camera than by what's in front of it.
To prove this we invited six photographers to a portrait session with a twist. ‘Decoy’ is one of six experiments from The Lab, designed to shift creative thinking behind the lens.

Click to see Video

Added by Uri Cogan on February 13, 2016 at 6:08pm — 2 Comments

Susan Huber Video

As those of you who were able to be at our last regular meeting know, Susan Huber gave us an inspirational presentation. She is a teacher and sharer. Here is a video of her in Finland teaching the use of large format film cameras. The words in the video were written by Susan. For those of us that are strictly into digital, a look back at film is an inspiration in of itself. Photography has an interesting history.…

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Added by Curt Firestone on February 13, 2016 at 11:14am — 1 Comment

Congratulations Jana

Jana Zachariou won third place in the Ladysmith bi-annual art show in the digital section for her image: "Oneness With Nature". Most club members only show on island; most club members do not enter judged competitions. Jana is not most club members. She took the chance. And it paid off. We are a very talented group of photographers and now one more member has shown her talent behind our island shores.

Jana shows her talent all the time on our web site. Yesterday she…

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Added by Curt Firestone on February 9, 2016 at 1:30am — 5 Comments