Calendar

Opening Night

• Monday, September 14th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Welcome back! The 64th season of LCC will be one for the books. Barring a miracle, this season will be completely online. So the officers, execs and chairs have put together an exciting program which includes among other things, many field trips and outings in an effort to meet the social needs of our members.

Tonight we will give you a summary of what the upcoming season has in store. Plus there will be a presentation of images called From Your Gardens which consists of members' submissions of flora from their own gardens or from gardens in their travels. Great way to celebrate summer and to kick off the season. See you then!

Expressions Presentation

• Monday, September 21st, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Nuts and Bolts

• Monday, September 28th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

At the beginning of the season we think it's a good idea to review some of our technical stuff like how to submit images online either to competitions or challenges; how to navigate the LCC website and Dynamic Range as well as what's new in those platforms; our new communication tool, Slack; how to use the online Field Trip system, etc. This year we're adding how to troubleshoot issues with Webex online meetings both as a participant and as a host. Be there and be aware!

Still Life / Tech Talk / What is Photography?

• Monday, October 5th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

In an effort to keep ourselves engaged and stimulated for two hours in front of our computers, we will try and combine two or more topics per evening whenever possible. Tonight our very own Eduardo Barbosa will give us a presentation on Still Life photography. There will also be a Tech Talk by Marianna and a new series called "What is Photography?" where we will showcase a famous photographer or genre of photography. Sounds like a great evening, n'est-ce pas?

Thanksgiving

No meeting.

Landscape Challenge Reveal

• Monday, October 19th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Reveal of the results of a field trip that was held in September.

Architecture Reveal

• Monday, October 26th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Our Architecture chairs have put together an exciting program for this season that includes field trips and challenges. Tonight they will reveal the results of their first field trip from late September with images concentrating on the geometric shapes found in architecture. Plus we will see images from two other challenges. More details to come.

Still Life Challenge Reveal

• Monday, November 2nd, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

TBD

Natural Landscape Competition

• Monday, November 9th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

The first competition of the year is an LCC favorite - Natural Landscape. Last year there were no less than 142 submissions by over 50 members - an LCC record. (Not 100% sure about that but I defy you to contest it!).

Since most of us spent our summer and half the winter in Montreal, it will be interesting to see what is submitted this year!

A Natural Landscape is a medium to wide field of view image—as opposed to a detail or closeup—of outdoor environment incorporating elements such as mountains, canyons, lakes, snow, rivers, forests, fields, the sea, and natural geological formations. Evidence of human presence such as structures or cultivation—even people—is welcome, provided the presence of these elements complements and contributes to the natural content of the image—as opposed to dominating it—by helping the image convey a stronger sense of the scale, wonder, beauty, and power of the outdoor world.

Chris Dodds - Guest Speaker

• Monday, November 16th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Holding our meetings online enables us to bring in some amazing guest speakers from anywhere in the world. Tonight, however, we have an amazing Montreal-based nature photographer called Chris Dodds. Chris has combined his life-long passion for nature with highly technical expertise to become one of the top nature photographers of the time. He has over 35 years experience as a full-time freelance nature and wildlife photographer, nature photography workshop & safari leader, photography educator, blogger, and lecturer.

Not to be missed.

Reveal: The World Of Alice In Wonderland

• Monday, November 23rd, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

This challenge will require your childhood memories of the adventures of Alice In Wonderland. Picture yourself as Alice when she transformed into a small person, now look “up” at all the flora. Imagination is key in this challenge. Your own composites can be used, no presets allowed! Go low and look up into gardens, forests, bushes, fungi etc. (small insects if they appear on flora are acceptable but it shouldn’t take over the image).

This is a fantasy project… when editing - pay close attention to colour, blurred backgrounds or anything that will make us believe that we are with Alice in her travels!

“I’m late, I’m late for a very important date … . “

Deadline for submissions: November 17th 2020

The Left Brain, Right Brain and Floral Photography

• Monday, December 7th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

In floral photography, it's said the right side of the brain is where the creative spark is kindled. The left side is concerned with the technical details. Discover which side of your brain is dominant, and some tips for balancing the two in your photography.

(note): Lori will have online tests that will be given during the talk… determining if the individual members are left or right minded.

Should be an enlightening evening!

People Competition

• Monday, December 14th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Our New Normal. Results from a field trip in October. More details to follow.

Christmas

No meeting.

New Years

No meeting.

TBA

• Wednesday, January 6th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Fauna Competition

• Wednesday, January 13th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Theme to be announced soon.

Story Telling

• Wednesday, January 20th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

More details to follow.

Audiovisual Members' Night

• Wednesday, January 27th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

This great annual event inspires members to create themed slideshows of their images on any topic whatsoever. Come and see how creative we can get. Details on the Challenge page.

Fauna Presentation

• Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Tonight we get to see the fantastic images taken by members on a couple of Fauna field trips. So please join us as we take a walk on the 'wildlife' side.

Urban Landscape Competition

• Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Flora vs Non-Flora Photographers

• Wednesday, February 17th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Are you a Flora photography aficionado or do you just like to dabble in it occasionally? For this challenge, we asked photographers to go out and photograph floral (flowers, fruits, vegetables, seedlings, seed pods, fungi, 1 - 3 trees, etc). When submitting their images they had to state if they are a non-flora photographer or a flora photographer.

Tonight we will view the submissions and ask for audience participation in guessing if the images belong to a non-flora photographer or to a flora photographer. To conclude, we will also see if Lori Kanning Davy’s talk (see the calendar for December 7^th ) was able to help us use both sides of our brains. Can we stump the members?

People - Guest Speaker

• Wednesday, February 24th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

TBA

Architecture Challenge

• Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Reveal from three challenges: Night architecture, Icons of the neighbourhood and Interiors. This will keep us busy!

Expressions Competition

• Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

The annual Expressions competition is where creativity thrives! This year's theme is: Patterns and Textures. The subjects are endless...

Fauna Challenge

• Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

For this challenge we asked for images of animals in movie titles. Let's see... Reservoir Dogs... Cat on a Hot Tin Roof... too easy, yes?

So get creative! We know you can.

People Challenge

• Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Theme: People with Masks. Also 'What is Photography' series : Street photography

Audio Visual Presentation

• Wednesday, March 31st, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

All about publishing.

Series of Four Images

• Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

A series of four images that tell a story.

TBA

• Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Architecture Competition

• Wednesday, April 21st, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

The theme is Montreal Architecture.

Annual General Meeting

• Wednesday, April 28th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Election of officers for 2020-2021; Financial report; What is Photography series; Tech Talk

Cultural Rendez-Vous Selection

• Wednesday, May 5th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Flora & Bokeh

• Wednesday, May 12th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

This year’s competition is Flora & Bokeh. Using your favourite flora (flowers, fruits/vegetables, seedlings, seed pods, fungi, 1-3 trees etc), we ask you to accompany your flora with a background of bokeh.

An explanation of bokeh:

In photography, bokeh (/ˈboʊkə/ BOH-kə or /ˈboʊkeɪ/ BOH-kay; Japanese: [boke]) is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points.

For those who are not familiar with Bokeh, you can research online before attempting to photograph.

NB: No composites allowed in this competition!

TBA

• Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Open Competition

• Wednesday, May 26th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Submit images on anything. Go bananas!

Photo Rally

• Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Awards Night

• Wednesday, June 9th, 2021
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

End of Year Potluck Party & Awards Night

• Monday, June 1st, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Join us to celebrate the end of another season with your fellow LCC colleagues. As usual, awards will be presented to the winners of this year's competitions.

Photo Rally reveal - 2020

• Monday, May 25th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Come and see how each of the teams did at this year's photo rally and find out who will win!

Kumbh-Mela - The Largest Gathering of Humanity on Earth

• Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Imagine spending a week among 100 million Hindu pilgrims, holy men, and gurus who gather together once every 12 years to celebrate and purify themselves by bathing in the Ganges River at the holy Kumbh-Mela festival in India. Join us for this special presentation by Daniel Benn.

Victoria Day

No meeting.

Fauna Challenge Reveal

• Monday, May 11th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

We reveal the submissions to the Fauna Challenge.

Two categories:

1. Young Animals: wild or domestic, young relationships, young feathers, young claws, wildly entertaining puppies, kittens, goslings, kits, cubs, ducklings, etc.

2. Animal abstracts: wild or domestic, in an abstract manner, ie: motion blur, selective focus, minute details, texture, etc. Creative camera work and post processing is encouraged.

Join us for a lighthearted, entertaining evening, with lots of great images from our members!

Cultural Rendez-Vous Selection - 2020

• Monday, May 4th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Tonight we will choose the 60 images that will be framed and displayed for the annual Stewart Hall Cultural weekend held at the end of May. Always a fun evening.

Open Competition & Annual General Meeting

• Monday, April 27th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• Open Competition results

Just before we present the submissions and winners of the Open Competition, we will hold our Annual General Meeting where we will elect the officers and chairs for season 2020-2021.

Fred Hore presents top picks from photographing in 50 countries, with detailed explanations. The audience can pose questions in real-time using online chat.

• Monday, April 20th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Tech Talks

• Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Put Netflix on hold and join us tonight when Marianna, Daniel and Peter Gawel take to the virtual stage and give us some Tech-Talks on a variety of topics. (This presentation will be livestreamed... in case you weren't sure)

Easter Monday

No meeting.

Photo Essay and Purposeful Photography Reveal

• Monday, April 6th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

At the beginning of the season, Ness Welham introduced the Photo Essay project and Maria Korab-Laskowska, the Purposeful Photography project. Tonight we'll reveal the creative submissions of members who participated in these two projects. (This evening will be presented online.)

People Competition - Winter 2020

• Monday, March 30th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• People Competition results

ATTENTION: All activities and events at Stewart Hall are suspended until March 30th. This evening will be presented online. Consult the newsletters and Dynamic Range for instructions.

The theme for this year's People Competition is 'Sports'... an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or a team competes against another or others. You may use a fast shutter speed to freeze motion or a slower shutter speed for a blurred effect. Keep in mind that prediction and emotion is the key in sports photography.

Photojournalism Presentation by Phil Carpenter

• Monday, March 23rd, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

ATTENTION: All activities and events at Stewart Hall are suspended until March 30th. TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED VIA WEBEX.

A presentation by Phil Carpenter of the Mtl Gazette; In tandem with this special presentation will be the reveal of our first ever Purposeful Photography project.

Architecture Competition - Winter 2020

• Monday, March 16th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm

ATTENTION: TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE. Read the online meeting instructions. (more info to come via the Newsletter). DO NOT GO TO STEWART HALL. Pointe Claire has suspended all activities and events at Stewart Hall until March 30. Thank you.

The focus of Architecture is on buildings, their structure and shapes whether the images are of the interiors or the exteriors. Evidence of human presence is welcome, provided that these elements complement and contribute to the content of the image—as opposed to dominating it—by helping the image convey a stronger sense of the scale, wonder, beauty, and power of the architecture.

Tech Talk - Time Lapse Photography

• Monday, March 9th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Time Lapse photography and project

5X5 - 5 photographers process each others images

• Monday, March 2nd, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Watch the results when photos straight out a camera are processed
by different photographers. You will be amazed at the resulting images.
Each of 5 members of the club share 5 photographs with the other 4. See
the different interpretations along with an explanation of the how's and
why's. Learn about different styles and processing techniques.

Photographing Sporting Events with Peter McCabe

• Monday, February 24th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Spend an evening learning from Peter McCabe who will present "Photographying Sporting Events: from the Pros to your grandchildren". Peter is one of Canada's leading photojournalists. His work is regularly featured in newspapers and magazines including the Montreal Gazette.

Expressions Competition - Winter 2020

• Monday, February 17th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Expressions Competition - Artistic Effects results

This year's Expressions theme is Artistic Effects.

Still Life Photography Challenge

• Monday, February 10th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Following the great presentation that Eduardo Barbosa gave in January on Still Life photography, tonight he'll reveal images that were done by members. Let's see how well we learned!

Urban Landscape Competition - Winter 2020

• Monday, February 3rd, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Urban Landscape Competition results

Urban Landscape is an image of our man-made environment and the collections of structures in which people live and work. It seeks to capture the larger patterns of the urban environment which surrounds us.

Urban landscapes are images that capture a scene within a city or town. They can be vast (think cityscape or a shot of the city from above) or at minimum it is a medium view.

Urban landscapes are less interested in the building and its architectural style and more interested in in the pattern of buildings and structures and/or what happens in and around it. Evidence of human presence is welcome, provided that these elements complement and contribute to the content of the image—as opposed to dominating it.

Any photograph found not to comply with the rules (or to the given theme if applicable) will be marked as not adhering to theme. Questions about this competition should be addressed to the Landscape group.

Audiovisual Members' Night

• Monday, January 27th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

This is the evening when you can submit a slideshow of your images (max. length 4 minutes) on a topic of your choice.

Flora Competition - Winter 2020

• Monday, January 20th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

The definition of Flora is any type of, plant, tree or fungus whether native, imported, cultivated, naturalized, or growing wild at any stage of its lifecycle but the Flora must be the main subject of the image. Insects may be present as long as they do not dominate the scene.

Still Life Photography

• Monday, January 13th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Our very own Eduardo Barbosa will demonstrate his still life photographic skills giving us pointers and suggestions while showing examples of still life photographs.

Architecture: Then and Now

• Monday, January 6th, 2020
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

This special event will focus on photographs depicting how our urban and rural settings and structures have changed over time. Members are asked to submit two photos, of a building, street scene or even a rural landscape. As the title implies one from then and one taken within the past year. The "Then" photo can be from just about any source imaginable (a scanned image from a book or family photograph, for example). The "Now" photograph should been taken by the photographer him or herself.

New Year's Eve Eve

No meeting.

Christmas

No meeting.

Potluck Christmas Party

• Monday, December 16th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Pot Luck Christmas party

Artistic Effects in Photography & Food Photography Workshop Reveal

• Monday, December 9th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

To support our Expressions theme for the year, a few of our members (Darroch, Marg, Ness and Carmin) will show us work they have been doing using artistic effects. We are also asking all members to submit artistic images they have been making to be incorporated into a slide show that we will present this evening.

Fauna Competition

• Monday, December 2nd, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Fauna Competition results

The Fauna Group emphasizes traditional wildlife photography of all species of animals in their natural habitat, expressing their typical behaviour, but also includes domestic, urban and zoo animals.

Ilana Block - Nature Photography

• Monday, November 25th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Ilana Block is a nature and wildlife photographer who has won several local, national, and international awards. She loves to travel, to be out in nature, to discover new places and get to know new birds and other animals, meet great people and share her love of photography. Ilana was the chair of the nature division at the Montreal Camera Club from 2015-2018. She has been exhibiting at local cafés, an art gallery, local universities, has permanent collections in a couple of hospitals and also had an exhibit in Paris. She has been selling her images over the past few years.

Natural Landscape Competition

• Monday, November 18th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

A Natural Landscape is a medium to wide field of view image—as opposed to a detail or closeup—of outdoor environment incorporating elements such as mountains, canyons, lakes, snow, rivers, forests, fields, the sea, and natural geological formations. Evidence of human presence such as structures or cultivation—even people—is welcome, provided the presence of these elements complements and contributes to the natural content of the image—as opposed to dominating it—by helping the image convey a stronger sense of the scale, wonder, beauty, and power of the outdoor world. Deadline for submitting images: November 5th at 11:59 pm.

Artistic Effects in Photography

• Monday, November 11th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

The Expressions theme this year is artistic effects. This evening we’ll discuss how to achieve artistic effects such as multiple exposures, light painting and 360 images. In addition, we’ll learn about how to do infrared photography. All these techniques can be used to create your images for the Expressions competition on Feb. 17.

Mario M. Melillo - Architecture

• Monday, November 4th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Introduction and brief history of architectural photography; Perspective of angles and composition; Optimal lighting; Basic equipment requirements; Lens choice and perspective control; HDR techniques.

Astrophotography with Nick Gialiris

• Monday, October 28th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

By day, Nick Gialiris works in the high-tech industry for a global distributor for networking, telecommunications and cyber security. By night, he's out shooting the stars.

A long-time amateur astronomer (since he was 8 years old!), Nick owns two telescopes and enjoys doing DSLR Astrophotography with his Canon T5i.

Tonight Nick will discuss Wide-Field Astrophotography, camera settings, Critical Focus using Live View, Untracked Star Trailing, Camera Lenses for Astrophotography, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Tracking Mount, Advanced Techniques like “Stacking” light images for increased Total Integration Time to capture more details and post-processing Images.

Should be very educational as well as entertaining!

And if that wasn't enough...

LCC member Maria Korab-Laskowska will present a new project entitled: Purposeful Photography. More details to come.

Double Presentation by Chris Harris; A Sense of Place & Expressive Photography

• Monday, October 21st, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Chris Harris is a professional photo-journalist and narrative photographer, based in British Columbia. Chris will first take viewers to the unique and globally significant Chilcotin Ark; the largest contiguous, and diverse wilderness complex in the temperate world. Chris will then discuss photography as art and and how to expressively interpret the most familiar subjects as new, never-before-seen realities. www.chrisharris.com/home/chris-bio/ But wait, there's more... we also announce another project "The Photo Essay" presented by our very own Ness Welham.

Thanksgiving

No meeting.

DSLR vs Mirrorless - Unravelling the Mystery

• Monday, October 7th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Ever wonder what the difference is between DSLR's and mirrorless cameras and which one should you consider buying as your next camera? If so - or if you're just curious - Andrew James Gentile of Gosselin Photo will give us the all the information we need to make an informed purchase. Be there!

TechTalk on Panoramic Stitching & Focus Stacking for Landscape Photography

• Monday, September 30th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Want to learn some new techniques and bring your photography to the next level? Then join us for a TechTalk on Panoramic Stitching and Focus Stacking for Landscape Photography. If that's not enough, there will also be a TechTalk on Making Slideshows.

The Smiling Faces of Africa with Mark Lachovsky

• Monday, September 23rd, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Mark Lachovsky is a Montreal based photographer with a love for Africa. Initial visits were focused on capturing the wildlife which over time took a back seat to Mark focusing in on the wonderfully exotic people. The last two trips to Africa were to the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, a melting pot of numerous tribes some of which continue to live in traditional ways.

Mark will present photographs of the people he captured in the various countries, highlighting the various traditions.

Education & Learning

• Monday, September 16th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

This year's topics will focus on education and learning. Tonight we give you a tour of the LCC Website. We explain how to submit images online. Our Tech-Talk chairs will show us how to re-size images. We will learn how to use the online Field Trip system. But wait...that's not all! We also have a presentation by our CAPA chairs and... the announcement of a very interesting black and white print project by one of our members, Mario Fazio. Not to be missed!

Opening Night - 2019-2020 Season

• Monday, September 9th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Welcome back! Tonight we take a look at what's in store for the 2019-2020 season as well as look back at some highlights from last season. Plus our CAPA chairs will present the results of the Four Nations competition in which LCC did quite well. And not to be missed, a special presentation to one of our members

End of year party/Awards night

• Monday, June 3rd, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Photo Rally reveal

• Monday, May 27th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Victoria Day

No meeting.

Open Competition

• Monday, May 13th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Open Competition results

A competition where you can submit images on any subject matter. Go crazy!

Cultural Rendez-Vous selection

• Monday, May 6th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

All members who attend shall choose the 60 images that will be framed and displayed for the annual Stewart Hall Cultural weekend held at the end of May.

Special and Annual General meeting / Fauna Challenge: Humans Interacting with Animals

• Monday, April 29th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Special and Annual General Meeting, Elections, Special Resolutions; Followed by the Fauna Challenge

Easter Monday

No meeting.

Natural Landscape Competition

• Monday, April 15th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Natural Landscape Competition results

Sasha Onyshchenko

• Monday, April 8th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Shasha is the official photographer for les Grands Ballet de Montreal and was himself a professional ballet dancer. He moved from the Ukraine to Canada in 2006, became captivated by photography and gave up his lifetime passion of dancing to make photography his full-time profession. His focus is on portrait, advertising, editorial and dance photography.

Neil Ever Osborne

• Monday, April 1st, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

From swimming with grizzly bears in the Pacific Northwest, to dropping a 6-million dollar robotic submersible down onto the Gulf of St. Lawrence seafloor, to sitting with an Inuit in the Canadian Arctic wind at -50℃, Canadian Photographer Neil Ever Osborne is a visual storyteller working on conservation campaigns that express the important link between people and planet. . Represented by National Geographic Image Collection and regularly published by Smithsonian and Canadian Geographic Magazines and many other international magazines. Join us as Neil talks about his images, passions and assignments.

In addition, on Sunday, March 31, Neil will be offering an all-day workshop on Visual Storytelling – how to use images to tell a story, alone and in combination. Please register soon as space is limited.

Architecture Competition

• Monday, March 25th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Architecture Competition results

Architecture is a broad subject, encompassing everything from skyscrapers to shacks. Virtually everywhere we go, we are surrounded by some sort of architecture on a daily basis.

Treasures of Iran - Muslim Harji

• Monday, March 18th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Our very own Muslim Harji treats us to another of his highly entertaining and informative presentations. This time he will present "Treasures of Iran" or "Demystifying the Axis of Evil". Muslim has travelled to over 50 countries and is a great photographer and story-teller. Not to be missed!

Expressions Competition-Minimalism

• Monday, March 11th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Expressions Competition-Minimalism results

The theme for this season’s expressions competition is minimalism

Open Your Eyes: The Art of the Everyday - Linda Rutenberg

• Monday, March 4th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

This lecture explores all that we as photographers see every day. "I began my career with street photos and 30 years later have come back to it with a different approach but with the same vision and fascination."

For the last thirty years , Linda Rutenberg has been creating images for books and exhibitions. Her work is found in many prestigious collections such as the The National Gallery of Canada and The Bibliothèque National a Paris. In recent years, Linda has been giving master classes and has been the mentor in residence in an Entrepreneurship for Creatives program at Dawson College.. She also regularly gives workshops counselling artists on how to live from their art.

Landscape winter challenge

• Monday, February 25th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Flora Competition

• Monday, February 18th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Flora Competition results

Macro night with Marianna Armata

• Monday, February 11th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Marianna will be presenting 6 AV shows on different types of macro photography including an intro to macro photography (gear, lighting, etc. ), fabulous foliage, marvellous mushrooms, snowflakes and frozen bubbles, diptychs & quadriptychs, and last but not least, paper.

“Beneath the Waves” with Mark Lachovsky

• Monday, February 4th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Come visit the kaleidoscope of colors and amazing wildlife that exists beneath the waves. Mark will take you on a journey of weird and wonderful creatures along with beautiful scenery. Learn about what exists in the world that many people do not get to experience.

Mark will cover the skills required to scuba dive safely and how to effectively and safely capture great images under the water. Come join us on a journey into warm waters on a cold winter night.

Fauna Competition

• Monday, January 28th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Fauna Competition results

My name is Peter, not really

• Monday, January 21st, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Members night

• Monday, January 14th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

5x3 - 5 Photographers process each other's Images

• Monday, January 7th, 2019
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Watch the results when photographs straight out a camera are processed by different photographers. You will be amazed at the resulting images. Each of 5 members of the club share 3 photographs with the other 4. See the different interpretations along with an explanation of the how's and why's. Learn about different styles and processing techniques.

New Year's Eve

No meeting.

Christmas

No meeting.

Christmas party

• Monday, December 17th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Architecture Speaker – Giuseppe Pascale

• Monday, December 10th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Architectural Photography: One Photographer’s Vision of Montreal and the World.

People Competition

• Monday, December 3rd, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• People Competiton results

Still life studio reveal

• Monday, November 26th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

This evening will showcase the results of our hands-on evening creating and photographing still life. What is a still life? A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate items, typically commonplace objects which are either natural or man-made.

Urban Landscape Competition

• Monday, November 19th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
• Urban Landscape Competition results

Minimalism challenge reveal

• Monday, November 12th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

This evening will showcase the results of a field trip where we focus on minimalism in photography.

Minimalist photography draws inspiration from the concept of minimalism in art. The idea is to convey a concept, idea or story where compositional elements are kept to a minimum.

Guest Speaker – Peeter Laurits

• Monday, November 5th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Special presentation by Peeter Laurits, a visiting Artist from Estonia sponsored under a special cultural exchange program. Peter is an extremely gifted multi-media artist who expresses his vision through digital photography and video manipulation. Peeter has had exhibitions in New York, Chicago, London, Berlin, Moscow, Antwerp and Budapest. This is an all evening presentation followed by a question and answer period.

Fauna speaker – Michel Foucault

• Monday, October 29th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Social Media and its impact on Photography

• Monday, October 22nd, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Do you like, love or fave? If you have a Facebook, Instagram or Flickr account then you probably do! But whether you do or don’t, it’s pretty hard to avoid social media these days. So please join us for an enlightening and entertaining evening when we explore the many ways in which photographers - both amateur and professional - have embraced social media for better or for worse. ❤️

Still Life Studio/Vignettes how-to

• Monday, October 15th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Bring your camera, tripod and possibly your flash and participate in a hands-on evening of photographing still life vignettes. Members should bring along items to include in the various vignettes that will be set up in the meeting room. After this evening, you will post-process your images and submit them for our reveal evening.

Thanksgiving

No meeting.

Fortune cookie slideshows

• Monday, October 1st, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

An evening where members of the club will present their slide show that they created in response to two fortune cookies that they received.

They will give a little bit of their thought processes and selection criteria that they had in the slideshow's creation.

Social media/DR/Web/Comp rules/CAPA

• Monday, September 24th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

An overview of our club's presence on social media platforms as well as the official introduction of our new website! Also... learn about our new competition guidelines and scoring method. Bonus: A presentation by the director of CAPA Quebec.

Architecture Retrospective

• Monday, September 17th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada

Opening night

• Monday, September 10th, 2018
• 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• 176 Lakeshore Drive, Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada