Outing – Pipers Lagoon

Pipers Lagoon 3600 Place Rd, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada

Join Irene on Saturday, March 29th at 11:30AM for a stroll around Pipers Lagoon. The Nanaimo Park and Rec's site has the following to say about this great spot:  "Pipers Lagoon Park features scenic trails with ocean viewpoints making it a perfect place to enjoy sunrises and sunsets. Built on an isthmus that extends out […]

Photograph of the Week #170 – Reflections

Reflections use the reflective surfaces like water, glass or metal to create a unique and often symmetrical composition, adding depth and intrigue to images. Your challenge this week is to make an image using reflections in a creative and unique way and as always have fun! Post your photograph on our club Facebook page by […]

BC / Yukon Speakers Series – Top 10 Tips for Wildlife Photography with Dave Hutchison

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In this session, Dave will share is Top 10 Tips for Wildlife Photography, offering practical advice and techniques to help you capture breathtaking shots of animals in their natural habitats. From composition to timing and ethical considerations, Dave's expertise will provide valuable insights for photographers of all levels.  Dave Hutchison is an award-winning photographer celebrated […]

Photograph of the Week #171 – Growth

Spring has sprung and with it comes growth, whether it is a plant sprouting, a new baby animal or flowers in a tree everything is growing. The challenge for this week is to photograph something that represents growth to you.  Post your photographs on our website by next Sunday, April 13th and as always have […]

Outing – Englishman River Falls – RSVP Required

Englishman Falls Provincial Park 2245 Errington Rd, Errington, BC, Canada

On Saturday, April 12th, Irene will lead photography adventurers on an outing to Englishman River Falls in Errington. Meet up at 1:00PM at the main parking lot at 2245 Errington Rd.  The park features 2 waterfalls, some river views, a lush forest, and the possibility for mushrooms.  To see both falls, we take a 1.3km […]

Photograph of the Week #172 – Signage

"Signs, signs everywhere a sign" - Remember the song from the 70's? Well this week your challenge is to make a photograph of some sort of signage, it can be poster, a street sign, something in a building that caught your eye, or even a sign you create in post. Just have fund with this […]

Club Meeting – Beban Park – Print Competition – Review & Discussion

Beban Park 2300 Bowen Rd, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

This will be the final print competition of the season.  The categories are:  Still Life - Still life depicts mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human made (glasses, books, vases, jewellery, coins, pipes, etc.)  Literature - Use a phrase, a poem, […]

Outing – Stone Hills Farms – RSVP Required

Location: Approximately 45 minutes from Nanaimo off the Maple Bay Rd.  It is a dystopian ambience; the disarray of what was a lovely house, the ruin, and the graffiti. There are mixed stories about this house and the surrounding structures: pool house, mill, barn, greenhouse etc... Well within walking distance, is a waterfall that may […]

Photograph of the Week #173 – White

There are many arguments about whether white is a colour, and I don't have an answer, but the objective of this challenge is to make a photograph where white plays a part of the composition. The photographs can be colour or black and white, and although the white portion does not have to be the […]