“My Journey in the Audio-Visual World” – October 16

Posted on October 2, 2024 by gabephotoclub

With special guest presenter, Colin Harrison (UK)

Our next speaker, Colin Harrison, is a well-deserved recipient of many international photography awards over the years – and is always an entertaining and engaging presenter.

Colin gave two very well-received zoom presentations to our club in 2020 and 2021, on his creative work in digital exhibitions and flower photography – presentations he made to clubs in 16 countries, raising nearly £4500 for cancer charities around the world.

This time he’s back with a presentation entitled “My Journey in the Audio-Visual World”, featuring some of the AV sequences he has produced over the past three years. We’ll be seeing a variety of photographic subjects including Death Valley, the Grand Canyon, creative flower photography and ghost towns. The presentation will also include his latest AV, based on a musical story of an American trucker.

Colin says his AVs are mainly short and light-hearted, and his mission statement is “to entertain the audience”. He was recently awarded silver medals in the UK and Poland for his AV sequences.

Colin oversaw the Cheltenham International Photographic Salon for a number of years and has judged camera club competitions and salons at home in the UK and abroad, including Norway, Turkey, Australia, Nepal, Montenegro and India. To learn more about him and see some of his images, you can check out his website at www.colinharrisonphotography.uk

The meeting will be held via Zoom, on Wed. October 16, 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 (paid for 2024) so that you receive this info.

A note to non-members of our Club: you are welcome to attend this event as a guest; contact us by October 14 to sign up.

Sat. August 24: Great Gear & Gadgets Sale

Posted on August 10, 2024 by gabephotoclub

This event is open to the public and takes place outdoors, in the Village – an easy walk from the Gabriola ferry terminal for anyone coming from Nanaimo as a foot passenger.

We’ll have a wide variety of lightly-used photographic equipment on offer, in exchange for a donation to Gabriola Photography Club. Hope to see you there!

August 17 Photo Walkabout: Skateboard Park & the Commons Walk

Posted on August 1, 2024 by gabephotoclub

Our August walk is in the heart of Gabriola’s Village, where we plan to catch some action and practice our photography skills!

Meet at 2 pm on Saturday August 17, outside the skateboard park at Huxley Community Park.

For the first hour we’ll watch the skateboarders in action, while we focus on panning, freezing the movement and finding interesting angles for our compositions.

During the second hour we’ll walk to the Timber Frame at the nearby Gabriola Community Commons, photographing whatever details catch our eyes.

We’ll carry on along the boardwalk in the upper Commons grounds, wander through the Labyrinth and then through the trails, before returning to Huxley Park.

We plan to finish at 4pm with the option of meeting at either Mad Rona’s or the Skol Pub for some social time.

As always, this is a weather-dependent event. You’re welcome to simply show up, but it’s great if you can let us know ahead of time if you plan to attend, in case of any last-minute changes.

A cement skateboard park, with a young boy skateboarding in a lower level area, and an adult man in the hgher foreground area., with one foot on his tipped up skateboard. — Photo © Romeo Rossi

July 25 Photo Walkabout: Degnen Bay

Posted on July 3, 2024 by gabephotoclub

This month we’ll be exploring photo opportunities at the south end of Gabriola.

Meet at 9 am on Thursday, July 25. Park near the top of Degnen Bay Road (near where it meets South Rd.), and we’ll walk the narrow road to the Degnen Bay Public Wharf, finding subjects worthy of photographing as we go. As well as the lovely tree canopy along the road, other attractions might include various vistas of the bay with its moored boats and details of the pier and dock area along with the boats tied up there.

If time permits and interest warrants, we might also drive over to Gray Road on the opposite side of Degnen Bay, to photograph details such as the old boats on trailers along the road, boats at the sandstone beach’s launch area, and more shoreline vistas.

For lunch or coffee we can meet afterwards at the Golf Club at 11:30 am (optional).

As always, this is a weather-dependent event. Though you’re welcome to simply show up, we suggest you let us know ahead of time if you plan to attend, in case of any last-minute changes.

June 21 Photo Walkabout: Protection Island

Posted on May 29, 2024 by gabephotoclub

Here’s a great way for Gabriola photographers to celebrate the summer solstice! Meet at the Gabriola ferry terminal at 8:30 am, to catch the 8:45 am sailing to Nanaimo. From there, we’ll walk around the seawall (giving those who missed our earlier Nanaimo Walkabouts a chance to catch some Harbour photos), then ride the Dinghy Dock ferry to Protection Island, where we’ll have plenty of time to explore.

Plan for many diverse photo opportunities, along the seawall, during the ferry ride and during our time on Protection Island – whatever each of us finds of interest is worth photographing!

We’ll head back to the Dinghy Dock Pub at 1 pm for lunch (optional), then catch the ferry back to Nanaimo.

Note that you’ll need $14 for the Protection Island ferry (cash only). For the schedule and info about the ferry: https://www.dinghydockpub.com/protection-island-ferry-schedule/

As always, this is a weather-dependent event (though we have proven to be a hardy bunch, as witness our May Walkabout). Though you’re welcome to simply show up, we suggest you let us know ahead of time if you plan to attend, in case of any last-minute changes.

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