Club meetings are on the first and third Wednesday of each month (other than July and August), at 10 am, via Zoom – the link is emailed to all paid-up club members a few days before each meeting. Watch this page for updates on meeting topics, speakers, monthly Photo Walkabouts and other club events.
- Wed. Jan. 3: Club meeting – photo sharing, “Fungi Finds”.
- Wed. Jan. 17: Club meeting – photo sharing, Your 10 Faves from 2023.
- Fri. Jan. 19: New Club exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre: “Nature Calls Us” (Group Show - on until March 7)
- Wed. Feb. 7: Club meeting – photo sharing: “Glass”
- Mon. Feb. 12: Field trip, “Spring is in the Air” – Sandwell Prov. Park (Gabriola)
- Wed. Feb. 21: Club meeting – photo sharing: “Symmetry”
- Fri. Feb. 23: Nanaimo waterfront/marina Photo Walkabout. Plan on taking the 8:40 ferry to Nanaimo as a foot passenger. Click for details.
- Wed. March 6: Club meeting. Guest speaker: Lee Nordbye, “Making Monochrome Magic” – click for details.
- Fri. March 8: New exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre – Laurie MacBride, “Images from the Great Bear Sea” (on until April 25)
- Wed. March 20: Club meeting – mini-presentations: “Bird Photography” (Linda Blokhuisen) and “Shooting from One Spot” (Romeo Rossi), plus photos from our two recent field trips.
- Thurs. March 28: Nanaimo waterfront/marina Photo Walkabout #2
- Wed. April 3: Club meeting. Guest speaker: Judy Hancock Holland, “Getting to WOW: 7 Strategies for Photographers” – click for details.
- Wed. April 17: Club meeting – photo sharing: “Monochrome”
- Fri. April 26: New exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre – Sher Falls, “Stalking Shadows & Stealing Light” (on until June 13)
- Fri. April 26: Decourcey Loop (Gabriola) Photo Walkabout, starts 10 am
- Wed. May 1: Club meeting – photo sharing of images from our Feb. and March Photo Walkabouts (Nanaimo harbour and waterfront)
- Sat. May 4: Gear & Gadgets Galore Fundraising Sale: click for info & inventory
- Wed. May 15: Club meeting. Guest speaker: Liron Gertsman, “Planning in Nature Photography”.
- Thurs. May 16: Photo Walkabout – Sunset at the Galleries. Meet at 7 pm, parking lot at Twin Beaches. Bring a flashlight.
- Wed. June 5: Club meeting – photo sharing: “Herring Chasers”
- Fri. June 14: New exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre (Steve Struthers)
- Wed. June 19: Club meeting – photo sharing: “Spring”, plus images from our April and May Photo Walkabouts.
- Fri. June 21: Photo Walkabout – Protection Island. Take 8:45am ferry to Nanaimo, with option for lunch at Dinghy Dock Pub. Here’s all the info.
- Thurs. July 25: Photo Walkabout – Degnen Bay. NOTE, this is the corrected date. Here’s all the info.
- Fri. Aug. 2: New exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre (a group show by painters from the Palette People)
- Sat. Aug. 17: Photo Walkabout – Huxley Skatepark & The Commons. For info check our Blog as date draws near.
- Sat. Aug. 24: Great Gear & Gadgets Sale – 10am to 2pm, at 780 Ross Way (across from Arbutus Building Supplies). Wide array of lightly-used camera gear, all proceeds to Gabriola Photography Club. No early birds please!
- Wed. Sept. 4: Club meeting – welcome back, and sharing of images on “How I spent my summer”. Yes, we know it’s a cliche, but it can be fun all the same!
- Thurs. Sept. 5: Photo Walkabout – Newcastle Island. For info check our Blog as date draws near.
- Wed. Sept. 18: Club meeting – photo sharing, “Weather”, plus images from our June and July Photo Walkabouts.
- Fri. Sept. 20: New exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre – “Anything Goes!”, group show by Gabriola Photography Club (on until Nov. 8)
- Wed. Oct. 2: Club meeting – photo sharing, “Geometry”. As well, Jason Duncan, new Pacific Zone Director of CAPA, will be speaking to us about CAPA and its initiatives and how our club can get involved.
- Wed. Oct. 16: Club meeting. Guest speaker: Colin Harrison, “My Journey in the Audio Visual World”. Here’s all the info.
- Wed. Oct. 23 (NEW DATE): Photo Walkabout – Coats Marsh. Here’s all the info.
- Tues. Nov. 5: Photo Walkabout – Old City Quarter, Nanaimo, Here’s all the info.
- Wed. Nov. 6: Club meeting – photo sharing, “Capturing the Moment”
- Fri. Nov. 8: New exhibit opens downstairs at Medical Centre – Diane Green, ““She’s Messing About Again…!” (on until Dec. 27).
- Wed. Nov. 20: Club meeting CANCELLED due to power/internet outage. Guest speaker: John Barclay has been rescheduled to Oct. 15, 2025.
- Fri. Nov. 22: New exhibit opens UPSTAIRS at Medical Centre, to tun until Jan. 10/25 (Corinne Flaws, photography)
- Sunday, Nov. 24: Gabriola Photography Club’s Fall Show & Sale at Rollo Centre, 12pm to 4pm.
- Wed. Dec. 4: Club meeting – presentation, “A Journey through the Working Salish Sea”. Join club member Peter Vickery on a photographic retelling of a five-day cruise aboard a working cargo boat, up the Salish Sea through the Broughton Archipelago with multiple daily stops, picking up and dropping off goods that are critical to the survival of the working coast. (“Capturing the Mood”, previously planned for this date, is postponed to a later date TBA.)
- Sat. Dec. 7: Photo Walkabout – Drumbeg Park. Here’s all the info.
- Wed. Dec. 18: Club meeting – seasonal social & photo sharing, “Make Us Laugh”
Note: our Jan. 1, 2025 meeting is cancelled due to the holiday. Meetings will resume on Wed. Jan. 15 when we’ll be sharing each of our 10 favourite photos from 2024.
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