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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

Monthly Newsletter - June 2026

 We hope you are enjoying the longer days of late Spring, and spending time outdoors with your camera. Here are some events that your PhotoClub has planned for the month of June:

Monday June 8, 2026, 7:00 pm - Speaker Dennis Ducklow will take us through the process and steps in creating a Photographic Series of Images.

Saturday June 13, 2026 10:00 am - Field Trip, 

Former Riverview Lands, Coquitlam, BC. Join us for an afternoon of photography in the former Riverview Lands which is rich with historic buildings, First Nation traditions and landscaped gardens and arboretum.Meet at Penn Hall parking lot - 62 Fern Terrace, Coquitlam BC.Post-refreshments at the Gillnetter Pub, 1864 Argue St., Port Coquitlam, BC. For car-pooling, please email Barb at kaiserbuns_6@yahoo,ca or Tel. (778) 878-0245Monday June 22, 2026 7:00 pm - Photo Review, Evening Hours in the City - show us the mood of the City during the evening and blue hours

Our monthly challenge for the Month of July will be FIFA World Cup / Action Sports. Send us your images taken during the FIFA World Cup festivities through June and July as the City celebrate the beautiful game. Think fans, flags and celebrations. If you are located in an area where festivities are not occurring, or if football is not your thing, please feel free to submit images relating to other action sports - the choice is yours! All images will be showcased at our meeting on Monday July 27, 2026Happy shooting!

The Board is interested in hearing from you - are there speakers you would like us to schedule? Are there monthly challenge topics of special interest to you? Do you have suggestions for field trips? Please email the Board at communication@photoclubvancouver.com with your ideas.

Happy shooting and enjoy the colourful days of Spring and the beginning of Summer!

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.

Guidelines for PCV regarding AI in Challenge  and Exhibition Photographs

A photographic image is defined “as being a captured image on a light-sensitive device (e.g. film camera, digital camera, smartphone, tablet, etc…) and recorded on media or in a digital format.

1.      No text generated photos or parts of photos is allowed.

2.      Removal of unwanted elements is allowed using generative fill.

3.      Replacements are allowed providing your own photo is used (eg. sky replacements)

4.      A new challenge category may be introduced to facilitate the use of AI if the need is warranted

5.      These guidelines will be reviewed annually.