Nikon 18:200  $400

Sigma150-500 (for Nikon) $450 

Tokina 11:16 (for Nikon)  $500…

Photo Club Minutes

March 9, 2016

Opening: It was a Dark and Stormy night... a few hardy souls managed to swim their way in...  a small but significant group... Man was it ugly out there... Wendy has a new bell for calling order... it’s pretty cute... but who could get order with this group.... think herding cats, noisy cats... lovable cats...   Bigger Bell !!!!

New Members: no new…

Here is a link to some superb, minimalistic photos:

http://brightside.me/creativity-photography/18-mind-blowing-minimalistic-photos-114805/

http://brightside.me/creativity-photography/18-mind-blowing-minimalistic-photos-114805/

March 9, Regular Club meeting presentation

Jana Zachariou

How does Jana, our latest prize winning photographer do it?  Turns out that she has a wealth of skills and methods to share.  We all have had the opportunity to witness her love of Sunrise/Sunset photos plus vivid landscapes on this website.

From: Fiddler on the Roof

Sunrise, sunset

Sunrise, sunset

Swiftly fly the years...."photograph…

Camera uses, tripods, flash and ambient lighting in the outdoors. 

A Simon Henson led field trip on Salt Spring Island.  This educational experience will focus on technical aspects of outdoor photography.

Date:  Saturday 28 May

Time:  9-11:30 AM

Fee: $20

Maximum number of participants:  eight SS Photo Club members

If the weather necessitates cancelling the field trip, there will be no substitute offered, so…

Going to photo an event: wedding, sports, party, any group activity

http://digital-photography-school.com/the-not-so-decisive-moment-how-to-increase-your-chances-of-getting-the-best-shot

Want to photo through a window?…

roger ballen

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

FYI w/o comment

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

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:…

wildlife/civilisation

be astonished.

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.

when conditions are perfect - 

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

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

Salt  Spring  Island  Photography  Club   Meeting   February  10,  2016  MINUTES

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

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.…

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…

Photo Club Minutes

January 13, 2016

Opening: Another amazing turnout... there must have been 30-35 friendly folks... the room was a humming and lots of new faces... and young faces too... it was great...

New Members: Gary Blake, Bruce McPhee, Ann Holt, Halanna Bradley, Giz Blazeka, Lindsey Patterson...   Oh we are looking to getting to know you and your work... show us what…

Today, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Long Thanh, Vietnam's most famous photographer.  His website: www.longthanhart.com  Hundreds of images are on his site plus a bio.

Long Thanh says:

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I received this little video from Serge Ramelli titled "Does Size REALLY Matter?" I thought it was quite funny. Have a look at the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAI74w8kmjM