Want some colour and inspiration as the darker days of the year close in? Gabriola Photography Club’s Annual Show & Sale will provide a welcome lift for your spirits!
Club members will be on hand to greet, you with an array of gorgeous prints, cards and other photographic items – perfect for shaking away any seasonal blues you might be feeling.
We’ll also have a Silent Auction and a door prize to add to the fun.
In addition, the Show offers a good opportunity to “talk photography” with some of the folks involved in the Gabriola Photography Club, and learn more about our group. We welcome new members and will have sign-up forms on hand for anyone who would like to join.
This fun, free event runs from 12 noon to 4:00 pm at Gabriola Island’s Rollo Centre (685 North Road, in the Village, across from the school).
See you there!
River otters image by John Konovsky. Look for a print of his photo at the show.
As an ongoing project, Gabriola Photography Club curates the art display space downstairs at the Gabriola Medical Clinic on Church Street, Gabriola Island. Club members take turns having solo exhibitions or taking part in group exhibitions.
We are pleased to present a new exhibit, with a variety of prints by seven club members: Linda Blokhuizen, Sally Bullas, John Konovsky, Sher Falls, Corinne Flaws, Laurie MacBride and Vicky Scott.
The show is on now and will run until February 26, downstairs at the Gabriola Medical Centre, Mondays through Fridays during daytime hours.
Linda BlokhuizenSally BullasCorinne FlawsJohn KonovskyLaurie MacBrideVicky ScottSher Falls
As an ongoing project, Gabriola Photography Club curates the art display space downstairs at the Gabriola Medical Clinic on Church Street, Gabriola Island. Club members take turns having solo exhibitions or taking part in group exhibitions.
We’re delighted to present a new exhibit by Blair Mann, entitled “Gabriola Artists: A Review in Black and White”.
Blair says the new exhibit is a sampling of work in his ongoing project to capture artists absorbed in their creative process, and that his has chosen to process the images in black and white “because colour can distract the viewer from seeing the connection an artist has to their work”.
Blair is skilled at photographing people. Before moving to Gabriola, he worked as a commercial photographer in the Lower Mainland for almost 15 years, creating portraits and headshots of actors, singers, dancers, public speakers and authors, along with corporate executives, boards of directors and staff of numerous companies. As well, he photographed products made by light manufacturing companies for use in their sales catalogues and websites.
In Blair’s own words:
Having come to digital photography in my early 50’s, I realized I needed some help if I was going to be successful. To this end I hired two mentors. Peter Hurley in New York City and Don Giannatti in Phoenix, Arizona.
Over three years of weekly critiques, Peter taught me lighting, portrait and headshot photography and how to interact with my subject.
From my two years of every-other-week online meet ups with Don, I learned the business side of Photography; i.e. how to acquire clients, marketing, how to write proposals and contracts – how to get paid. Also, Don taught product photography.
From this experience, I learned to love photographing people. There wasn’t, and still isn’t, anything more exciting for me.
After retiring and moving full time to Gabriola about nine years ago, I looked for ways to still capture images of people. With the support of Gabriola artist Gwen Spinks, I was able to connect with other artists on the island who kindly allowed me to capture their moment in time. The personal project is still ongoing.
I wish to thank the Gabriola Photography Club for asking me to display a sampling of my work at LifeLabs.
It is my hope you have an opportunity to view my work.
Gabriola Photography Club’s annual Show & Sale will take place on Sunday, November 23. It’s a great antidote to the dark days of late fall.
This fun, free event runs from 12:00 to 4:00 pm at the Rollo Centre (685 North Road, in the Village, across from the school).
In addition to the gorgeous prints, greeting cards and other photographic items you’ll find on hand, the Show offers a good opportunity to talk photography with some of the folks involved in the Gabriola Photography Club, and learn more about our group, which welcomes new members.
As an ongoing project, Gabriola Photography Club curates the art display space downstairs at the Gabriola Medical Clinic on Church Street, Gabriola Island. Club members take turns having solo exhibitions or taking part in group exhibitions.
The coming of the new year turns out to be a busy time for Gabriola Photography Club! Eight or our members are displaying their work in two separate print exhibitions here on Gabriola Island.
Downstairsat the Medical Centre on Church Street, a new exhibit hosts a variety of prints – both colour and monochrome – by club members Linda Blokhuisen, Sally Bullas, John Konovsky, Laurie MacBride and Joan Owen. The show is on now and will run until February 20, Mondays through Fridays during daytime hours.
Meanwhile, over on North Road, patients of Gabriola Chiropractic will be in for a visual feast, with 32 prints on display from January 1 until March 31 during business hours. Seven club members are involved, including Linda, Sally, Laurie and Joan, along with Sher Falls, Corinne Flaws and Steve Struthers.
