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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

The most recent club information is available on SLACK,  # Monthly-meetings-and-news.

Below are some upcoming PhotoClub events planned for April 2026. If you haven't had the opportunity to join us on an outing or submit a photo yet this year, we suggest making it your personal goal to do so in the month of April

Monday April 13, 2026 - 7:00 pm

Canadian Photographer Monique Campbell is a Photo-journalist, who specializes in Travel, Fine Art and Humanist Photography. Monique will be making her presentation ‘Faces in the Streets, Candid and Camera Aware People Photography’. Join us as Monique shares her passion, techniques and experiences in photographing people in their natural environment.

Friday April 17, 2026 - 7:00 pm Photo Walk - Vancouver City Centre 

Join us for an evening stroll as we set out to capture the bright lights in and around the Vancouver City Centre. David Stewart will lead us and demonstrate the essentials of creative night-time photography. We will then have a post-walk refreshment at a local establishment. Please rsvp by email or on Slack #field-trips-and-informal-meetups channel so we know the number of participants to expect. This video will give the viewers premier Low Light introduction.  The first 5 minutes are a preamble, so please skip over it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy_21e-ta6s

Monday April 27, 2026 - 7:00 pm

Member Photo Review - Travel Photography and/or Infra-Red Photography. 

Inspired by the recent presentations of Ian Braidwood and Rob Shea, this month's challenge is either travel photography and/or Infra-Red. Members are encouraged to submit images taken on their vacation or travels. Rather than typical beauty spots, we suggest presenting images that tell a story, or have a personal significance or meaning to you as the photographer. If you have ventured into the surreal world of infra-red photography, we would love to see your work in any genre. Please submit your images to submit-images@photoclubvancouver.com no later than Thursday April 23, 2026. Details on image specifications can be found on the Club's homepage.

Monthly Challenge

Inspired by the March presentation by Richard Sandler, this month's challenge is Street Photography. Members are encouraged to submit images taken on the street or other public place (think festivals, street parties etc.). Members are encouraged to find that “Decisive Moment” where all elements in the scene (subject, background, light and composition) combine to make the story. Images will be showcased at our meeting on Monday 25 May April 2026.

Spring Exhibition

Please mark your calendar for the Club's Spring Exhibition to be held at Gallery George from May 6 - 31, 2026. This year’s exhibition theme is “Motion” and we have received many excellent submissions from members. We hope to see you at the gallery, and please stay tuned for details of our opening reception.

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!

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.