Please Join Us For our March Outing!

When: Sunday March 24th 2019 12pm-5:30pm

Where: The ROM, 100 Queenspark, Toronto

Cost:  Adult $28, Senior $23  **OCC 20% Discount when you purchase your ticket with online code "WILDLIFE18"

This is the 6th year the ROM has housed the 54 year running
competition.  The exhibit features 100 new photographs of stunning
landscapes and wildlife.

With your ticket to WPY you have access to the Permanent Art collection.

Other Exhibits to check out at your leisure– The Royal Arts of Jodhpur, India, Designing Asia design, Dawn of Life Preview & Contemporary First Nations art (might effective ticket price).

Parking is available at various locations around the ROM.

Public transit using the GO train from Oakville station to Union station then take the Subway Yonge-University Line.

The club will be meeting at in the main hall where ticket purchases/pick up are located, before moving off to take in the exhibit.

Above Image:  Winner 2014 Challenge

Challenge Themes:

Challenge 1:  Black & White Portraiture

Challenge 2:  Your Best Photograph from 2018 (NEW!!!!)

Challenge 3: Painting with Light

NOTE:  In view of the minimal amount of snow we have had, the original theme "Minimalistic Winter Landscape" will be moved to a later date.

Submission deadline for images: March 6, 2019.

Judging results will be presented at the March 25, 2019 club meeting.

Guests are always welcome - guest fee is FREE for this event

Click here for the complete rules: https://www.oakvillecameraclub.com/program/challenges/challenge-rules

Click here for the descriptions of the challenge themes: https://www.oakvillecameraclub.com/program/challenges/challenge-themes

April 7 09:00-12:00  QEP - Multipurpose Room 4

Jump Start Your Creativity 

This 3 hour workshop of short presentations, practical exercises and personal work critiques will enhance your ability to improve your personal photographic ideas, visual awareness and compositional skills. 

Suitable for all levels of photographers. 

The workshop led by Robin King will be in two parts: 

Part One: Creative Process 

• The stages and practice of creative process 

• Mastering your creative thinking and productivity 

• Experimentation, exploration, and practical idea generation techniques 

Part Two: Beyond the Rule of Thirds 

• Creative compositional techniques 

• Creating the greatest impact 

• Critiquing the photographic image 

Seminar leader: Robin King has been teaching applied creative thinking, photography and animation to students and professionals around the world for over 45 years and his graduates have won numerous honors including Juno, Emmy and Academy Awards. 

Fee: $10 at the door, no registration required 

From a very young age, Arni has had great admiration and respect for the great outdoors.   Since his retirement a few years ago, he has been able to spend the time to improve his photographic skills in the field and in the digital darkroom.  As an award winning wildlife photographer, naturalist and conservationist, he is proud to have had his images published in conservation-themed, international journals including the prestigious Birdlife Australia, Wild Seed Project in Maine, National Audubon Society and Canadian Geographic.

His goal is to tell Nature's story by capturing unique one-of-a-kind images that will resonate with the viewer, stir the soul, invoke an emotion or perhaps stimulate a memory.  The final compositions capture a fleeting moment, one that portrays the beauty, simplicity and fragility of nature.”

Guests are always welcome - guest fee is $10

"A look across Canada shooting Lumix" will take you to places one could only describe as magical. From bears and birds along the shorelines, to whales and an abundance of sea life in the oceans. Landscapes of untouched mountains, beautiful fall colours to northern lights dancing in the sky.

Chris Pepper is wildlife and landscape photographer that has been traveling with his camera for many years now. His accomplishments has landed him images and articles in wildlife magazines, international photo campaigns and a position with Panasonic Lumix as a Storyteller.

Guests are always welcome - guest fee is $10

Neil is a Toronto-based conservation photojournalist and visual artist working to express the inextricable link between people and planet. His work is deeply rooted in a documentary approach that bears witness to humanity’s ecological footprint–the impact of human activities on nature. This work is principally carried out in protected places that celebrate pristine wilderness and in places in peril that draw attention to habitats that still need protection.

Neil collaborates with domestic and international publications, NGOs, charities, corporations, philanthropists, Indigenous nations, fine art galleries, and with a growing community of online advocates who align with his values.

Guests are always welcome - guest fee is $10

Photo Credit:  Henri Cartier-Bresson

Challenge Themes:

Challenge 1: Minimalistic Winter Landscape  (NEW!!!)

Challenge 2: Capture a Great Reflection

Challenge 3: Capture the Decisive Moment  (http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2010/07/01/“how-to-masterthe-decisive-moment”/ ) & (http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2016/08/16/7-tips-how-to-capture-the-decisive-moment-in-street-photography/ ).

Submission deadline for images: May 27, 2019.

Judging results will be presented at the June 24, 2019 club meeting.

Guests are always welcome - guest fee is FREE for this event

Click here for the complete rules: https://www.oakvillecameraclub.com/program/challenges/challenge-rules

Click here for the descriptions of the challenge themes: https://www.oakvillecameraclub.com/program/challenges/challenge-themes