The Club meets 3 times a month (2nd Tuesday, 3rd Wednesday and 4th Wednesday, September through June, with the exception of December. The 2nd Tuesday and 4th Wednesday Meetings consist of about 20 to 30 minutes of Club business (up-coming events, committee reports, et cetera). Followed by an evening Presentation with a short intermission, and social. Our Tuesday meeting also features our monthly Evening Favourites competition. The 3rd Wednesday Tech Nights are the education component of the three meetings.
Each meeting includes presentations by a respected photographer, including Club members, and industry professionals alike. We try to vary the subject matter, and level of the presentations to take into consideration the level of photographic experience within the club, so as to meet the interests of all club members. Your suggestions for future presentations, or guest speakers are welcome, and greatly appreciated. Please forward any suggestions to the Presentations Chairperson.
Club meetings are held at the Mellor Hall, Cowichan Exhibition Park, 7380 Trans Canada Highway, Duncan BC.
Directions: For a map to Cowichan Exhibition Park click here: 
Agendas for meetings for the 2012/2013 season will be posted as details become available. All meetings start at 7:00 pm sharp, unless noted otherwise.
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Agenda:
Membership Renewal Night
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Flowers"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: Alan Story, President will discuss the basics of PBase as well as importing photo's into Lightroom and creating Presets for export purposes (ie PBase)
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Agenda:
- Presentation: Gail Robertson - Macro Insect Photography
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Agenda:
- Presentation: Patricia Rankin will present "All you ever wanted to know about CAPA!"
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Colourful"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: George and Todd Blumel will continue the training about taking portraits with small flashes - as this is Part ll on flash photography we will not go over the basics we discussed in Part l!
>> We encourage for the members to bring their camera and flash and we will cover:
- >> Reflector Work
- >> Bounce Flash
- >> Pitfalls of Vertical shots
- >> Umbrella shooting w. remote
- >> Multi Flash
- >> Light Painting time permitting
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Presentations:
- Patricia Rankin will present Club members digital entries submitted for CAPA "Open" and "Nature" competitions
- Ed Wiebe will present "How to Create a Blog, Level 101"
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Agenda:
- Presentation: Kris Kann will present "Photography and The Law"
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "In the Rain"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: "Bring your Camera and Handbook" - newbies and experts will combine for a hands-on evening of discovery
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Agenda:
- Presentation: - "Some Favorite Images" - Mr Richard Shapka, Vice President of CAPA
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Agenda:
- This is our annual "Christmas "Snack Luck" (variation of Pot luck!) Social" meeting
Please bring a small plate of goodies to share with members.
- Presentations:
1) 2 "Altered Reality" Showcases by CAPA winners which include some of our own members' work.
2) 4 winning CAPA videos "A trip to Egypt/Nubia", "San Francisco", "Fire on Ice" and "The Lost City of Petra".
3) 43 CVCC entries for "Celebration of Nature"
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Old and New Together"
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Ed Wiebe presents: "Learning to Critique Images (your own and others')"
1) A "Homework" assignment that was sent to all members will be discussed and analyzed to see if our scores, following a protocol used for judging competition entries match with each other.
2) A "hands on" practice run of judging images submitted by fellow members with scores and positive feedback. (Each member who has an entry will be asked for their permission to do this with their submission.)
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Black and White"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: Cim McDonald's workshop on taking tabletop photos using found objects at home.
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Shirley McGuinness of Station Street Framing will do a presentation. Title: "Options and Ideas for Framing".
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Dave Blackey Photography showcases stock photography images and discusses what makes an image saleable.
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Architectural Detail"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: Alan Story presents a Lightroom Workshop concentrating on importing, cataloging, key wording and basic editing if time allows. A complete Keyword List file which can be imported into Lightroom is available here:
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, February, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Jan and Renee de Bree - Topic: Self-directed Learning or DIY
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Will Datene International Professional Photographer - Topic: "as seen through my eyes"
Will has worked in the photography business for 30 years. In recent years, he has focused on Stock Photography for world wide distribution. Since moving to Duncan, he has broadened his interest in fine art photography, and his current work highlights a passion for abstract and surreal photographic compositions.
He will be showing two short slideshows
of his work
Will talk about the evolution of his images from commercial, stock, fine art
Will
talk about the purpose of images ie telling a story, creating a concept and being original
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Laughter"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: Grant Kernan - Topic: TBA
Grant Kernan of AK Photos and Digimagiclée offers the highest quality in photography of objets d'art and in giclée fine art reproductions. Grant Kernan is committed to bring every part of the process very close to perfection. The lens and its camera alignment, lighting, filtering, editing, printing and finishing must all be meticulously performed. If one component fails even a few percentage points then the whole process becomes unsatisfactory.
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Mark Margerison - Topic: TBA
Mark Margerison has been holding a camera since the age of 9. In early 1996 he took this passion for photography and created Highlight Studio. Through Highlight Studio, Mark has provided a variety of services including photographing weddings, sports, scenery and his favorite, wildlife. Mark has had his photographs published in various tourism brochures and Visitor’s Guides as well as Truck Logger magazine.
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Brian Nicol Presenting "Creating Voice for your Vision"
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Clouds"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: Alan Story "Editing in Lightroom" - a followup to his earlier Lightroom presentation he gave February 20.
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Agenda:
- Presentation: Cim MacDonald - Topic: "Shots and Shows"
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, May 14, 2012
Agenda:
- Presentation: Fraser Clark - Nature Photographer
"Fraser Clark has lived at Mill Bay since 2004. He owned a photographic gallery "Moment in Time" in Toronto and will have an exhibit on Granville Street in June. He has travelled to many places including New Zealand and has just come back from shooting in the Colorado desert.
His images use the natural world and explore patterns, textures and symbolic meanings. His approach to photography will stimulate the imagination." featured artist at Imagine That!
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Vehicles"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, May 22, 2012
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
- Presentation: Photoshop techniques by various members.
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, May 29, 2012
Agenda:
- Business Meeting
- ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Election of new Executive for 2013 - 2014
- Presentation: Neil Fatin - Topic: TBA
Photographer and photographic artist in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, Canada. Using the camera and the modern darkroom (the computer and software) as tools, the artist creates images that evoke a sense of place or event as well as expressing content and emotion. He controls and adjusts the images until he has created a unique end result, personalized by the hand of the artist to contain new and often different meaning than the first captured photograph. Neil always remains inspired by the interplay of life, nature and light.
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Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Tuesday, June 11, 2012
Agenda:
- Business Meeting
- Call to order & welcome to new members and guests
- New business, if any
- Announcements
- Evening Favourites - Theme: "Curves and Lines"
Tech Nite - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, June 19, 2012
Discussion / Presentation Topic(s)
Regular Meeting - 7:00 PM - Wednesday, June 26, 2012
Agenda:
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