Our club is taking a breather from exhibiting this month at our gallery space downstairs at the Medical Centreon Church Street. We’ve loaned the space to The Palette People for a painting exhibit, which will run until April 11, when our next photography show will start. You can see The Palette People’s exhibit, Mondays through Fridays during business hours.
Meanwhile, over on North Road, Gabriola Photography Club’s group exhibit continues at Gabriola Chiropractic, where patients have until March 31 to see the 32 prints on display . Participating photographers are Linda Blokhuisen, Sally Bullas, Laurie MacBride, Joan Owen, Sher Falls, Corinne Flaws and Steve Struthers.
Harbour City Photography Club is hosting a free presentation in Nanaimo by David duChemin on Tuesday evening, March 18. Click here for all the details.
With special guest presenter, Silvana Della Camera
Time-lapse photography can produce stunning images that give viewers a glimpse of the world as they rarely see it, With digital photography now a daily part of our lives, this art of capturing change over time has become more accessible than ever before. In this presentation, Silvana will demonstrate how anyone can do this now, with gear they already own.
Silvana is passionate about photographing what the eye can’t perceive. A software engineer by trade, her fascination with photography began at a very early age and grew into a lifelong obsession as her view of the world evolved.
Silvana has received many photography awards, has had images published in a number of magazines and has presented and judged at camera clubs and art associations throughout North America. She has authored three books on photography, and offers photography workshops, photo walks, photo tours and private instruction,. Her presentations to camera clubs focus on the topics she is passionate about, including infrared, Milky Way, black & white, nightscapes and deep space photography as well as time-lapse.
Silvana believes here is much more in a scene than what is visible to the human eye, and challenges photographers to tap into the power of their cameras to discover it.
Below are a few of Silvana’s images (click to enlarge). You can learn more about her and see more of her work on her website.
The meeting will be held via Zoom, on Wed. March 5, 2025, at 10 am PDT. The link will be sent by email to all Gabriola Photography Club members on the weekend before the meeting. Make sure your membership is up to date so that you receive this.
Creative image processing doesn’t need to be limited to our desktop and laptop computers. In our first guest speaker presentation of 2025, we’ll learn how to create exciting, creative images right on our smart phones.
Special guest Hazel Meredith will explore some of her favorite apps for creative processing, including Snapseed, DistressedFx+, Image Blender, Retouch, and the JixiPix suite of apps. (The session will be relevant for both iPhone and Android users.)
Hazel is an award-winning photographer and a sought-after teacher, speaker, and competition judge. She began teaching in 2007, and now does seminars at camera clubs and conferences – both in-person and virtual – and offers her own workshops and webinars. She has written two eBooks on working with textures and released two creative courses. She and her husband, Dave, produce the “Virtual Creative Photography Conference” with attendees from around the world.
Hazel loves the creative aspect of photography and post-processing, especially the use of textures and software to create unique images.
She is actively involved with the photographic community and has held leadership orles and received honorary distinctions from several organizations. In the fall of 2020 she was the recipient of the Ashbrook Award for Digital Imaging Instruction from the Photographic Society of America.
You can see a few of Hazel’s smart phone images below (click to enlarge), and you’ll find more info about her and many more of her images on her website.
The meeting will be held via Zoom, on Wed. February 5, 2025, at 10 am PDT. The link will be sent by email to all Gabriola Photography Club members on the weekend before the meeting. Make sure your membership is up to date so that you receive this info.
2024 was a good year for our Club! A few of the highlights…
Membership: 27 members in January 2024—38 in December 2024 (40% increase)
Members who displayed prints in our shows: 13 (34% of club)
15 in-person events:
10 photo walkabouts
2 field trips
2 gear sales
Annual Fall Show
Learning & Inspiration at our 19 Zoom meetings:
4 guest presentations – one more postponed to 2025 due to internet outage
3 presentations by club members
1 presentation from CAPA
10 themed photo assignments
16 members shared about 950 images from assignments & walkabouts
Amount of budgeted revenue raised: 253%. This was made possible thanks to generous donations of used gear by three Gabriola Islanders. Our heartfelt gratitude to each of them!
Website: 1200 visitors, 3200 views in 2024.
Passed milestone of 10,000 all-time views since site began in Nov. 2018.
Added video site, so as to upload all shared photo slideshows and recorded presentations from Club meetings (over 20 such items now accessible from password-protected Members page).
32 new posts (club news, speakers, events, shows etc) & many additions to existing pages.
Top 5 posts in 2024 (# views):
Remembering Sharron” (103)
“She’s Messing Around Again” – Diane’s show (88)
Photo Walkabout – Decourcy Loop” (78)
“Stalking Shadows & Stealing Light” – Sher’s show (63)
“Gear & Gadgets Galore” – Gear Sale (63)
Best wishes from the Executive to all Club members, for a wonderful 2025, filled with many more exciting opportunities for learning and growing creatively!
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