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WELCOME!

PhotoClub Vancouver is a group of keen amateur and professional photographers who meet regularly to share our knowledge and ideas about photography in order to help and inspire each member to realize his or her artistic visions. Members have a wide range of photographic interests and levels of experience.

Visitors and new members are always welcome.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1.     October Meetings

a.     Peter Koelbleitner – TUESDAY OCTOBER 15 @ 7 pm will give a presentation on his photo expedition to the Antarctic. Peter is an award-winning member of the Victoria Camera Club.

b.     BC/Yukon Photography Clubs presentsabout the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in photography and image-making.  Friday October 18^th. The Zoom meeting opens at 6:30 with the presentation starting at 7 pm. Sign up at this link:   Register for Sheldon Boles: Artificial Intelligence in photography, image-making, and competitions

c.     October 26 @ 2 pm. Bring your physical print to the Roundhouse in Yaletown for an in-person critique. Minimum print size 8x10.

2.     November Meetings

a.    Julia Coddington – Tuesday November 12 @ 7 pm will give a presentation on street photography. Julia is an Australia-based street and documentary photographer who leads workshops around the world, and whose work has been shown internationally. You can learn more about her at her website ABOUT - Julia Coddington Photography 

b.    Monthly Challenge and Annual General Meeting – November 25 @ 7pm. 

                                                            i.      The theme for the monthly challenge is “Places of Worship”

                                                         ii.      The Annual General Meeting will commence at the end of the Challenge and hopefully will be over fairly quickly.

3.     NOMINATING COMMITTEE – 

a.  The directors have struck a nominating committee to propose directors for the coming year. If you are interested in helping out please contact Barb Kaiser or Brenda Maitland-Whitelaw via communication@photoclubvancouver.com  

4.  Display at the London Drugs store downtown

a.     It’s Time to refresh our display at the London Drugs store downtown. We have chosen “Raincouver” as the theme for this display – which you have to admit is pretty wide open.  Please send your submissions to: submit-images@photoclubvancouver.com and use the following format for your file name: LD-Raincouver_myname_title.jpg

Image Submission Format and email address:

Submit a maximum of 2 images per photo review to: submit-images@photoclubvancouver.com a minimum of 4 days before the review date, usually a Thursday.

• File type: JPG, recommended 2048 or 4096 pixels on the long end
• File Name: XX[yyyymm of field trip] [Photographer] [sequence] - [title].jpg (e.g FT202202 Alexa Siri 1of2 - 49 Parallel.jpg)
  • Where XX equals MC for Monthly Challenge Submissions
  • Where XX equals FT for Field Trip Submissions
  • Where XX equals HB for Henry Ballon Submissions
  • Where XX equals APAC for APAC Submissions
• Compiling the Images for the Photography Reviews takes a fair bit of time.  Please use the preceding format as it makes it easier for everyone.