March 8, 2009

Hi Club,

Here's your monthly list of what is going on at the Club during March.

1. Calendar

Wednesday, March 11 - Evaluation Night. 
Our theme is Beautiful British Columbia. This also happens to be the theme for the Fraser Valley Invitational, which is coming soon (May 9).
Submit your images by Monday night. Remember to indicate if you are level 1 or 2. Also, please let us know if you do not want or need the judges to comment.
You do this as follows:

To indicate your experience with photography: 
$Theme$My Dog$Jane Doe$1$             Add a 1 or 2 at the end with a $.

To indicate if you don't want the judge's comment
$Theme$My Dog$Jane Doe$N$          Simply add N at the end with a $.

Wednesday, March 18 - Members' Showcase
This is the evening that was cancelled in February due to a power failure. On tap are:

Member Joy Gerow who will demonstrate some of her skill with photoshop and printmaking.
Guest Horst Siegler who will guide us in evaluating and discussing our photographs.

Wednesday, March 25 - Program Night
Our guest this month is Ron Long. Ron has been involved in photography for well over 30 years. Until his recent retirement, he worked as a photographer for Simon Fraser University. He has taught many classes and led many workshops, both locally and in other locations. When he comes this month, he will talk about traveling with digital photo gear and his trip to Death Valley.

2. We need your images!

A number of competitions are coming up so please pay attention to the details below:

Prints are needed for (for info on any of these, please contact Joy Gerow, interim Print Chair):
1. CAPA competition which closes on March 20. These can be black and white or color, can be any size but must be mounted on 16x20 white mattes. The theme is open. Please give your prints to Joy as soon as possible. You can also contact her with questions.

2. Pacific Zone Print Challenge
The Pacific Zone Print Challenge is hosted by Richmond Photo Club and will be held on Saturday, April 25 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. The theme is open, prints may be any size and mounted on 16x20 black or white matte. We need your prints before the end of March so please bring them in along with the competition above.

3. Crescent Beach Black and White Print Challenge - Thursday May 7
Just two days ahead of the FVI, we will soon be looking for your very best b&w prints, open theme, mounted on 16x20 white matte.

4. Fraser Valley Invitational
We are planning a print display at the FVI. Your prints are wanted! Everyone will have a chance to vote on their favourite images and you could win a prize. Please submit your prints to Lionel Adams. Note: prints of any size or media will be accepted for display (this is a correction to an earlier message saying they had to be 16x20 matted prints only).

Projected - Contact Glen Newby or Zoltan Erdesz for info.
The CAPA Spring Nature competition (no hand of man whatsoever) and the Spring Open Creative (anything goes!!!) competition are fast approachiing.  We’ll be choosing 6 images for each and our selection committee with be meeting the week of March 16 – 20, 2009.  So expect the deadline to be Sunday March 15th. Send your digital images to comps@langleycameraclub.com

3. Congrats!

At last week's PPABC (Professional Photographers Association of BC), two of our members were recognized. Rianna Stackhouse and Deborah DeVille each received recognition for three images. Way to go!

Celebration of Nature
The Lions Gate Camera Club hosted this competition in the Fall. The Langley Camera Club earned third place and we have a large ribbon to show for it. Also, Glen Newby receives a third place ribbon for his photo, "Aspen Grove".

4. Welcome

We have two new members that have signed up in the past while. Please greet, welcome and get to know, Daryl Wilson and Glen Mackenzie. Welcome, Glen and Daryl!

5. Inspiration

Darwin Wiggett, well known Canadian photographer and contributor to Outdoor Photography Canada (my absolute favorite magazine), recently said that the two main things he looks for in his images are light and simplicity. Check out this photo, a grand prize winner from another Canadian photographer, whose image illustrates very well what Darwin was saying.

http://images.nikonians.org/galleries/showphoto.php/photo/105587/size/big/cat

Photographically yours,

Dennis