Welcome to the Delta Photo Club,

I would like to personally welcome everyone to the Delta Photo Club and the Delta Photo Club Website. Last year we saw the club move into newer and better facilities and we also saw the club grow in both membership and photography skills. We also launched this Website which has proven to be a success with over 60+ members now registered on the site and also a great way for members to share photos within a community and in a non-competitive way.

The Delta Photo Club is an established club with many excellent photographers including the 2008/2009 BC Photographer of the year, Greg Schurman. This great collection of talent is an invaluable resource to other members and especially to new members and beginning photographers alike.

The Club meets every Wednesday evening starting in September and continues to meet until May for the summer break. The club is very active socially within the club with outings and trips and also very active within the BC and Canadian Photography Communities.

Regular meetings include Print Image Nights, Projected Image Nights, Guest Speakers, Instructional Evenings and Judged Competition Evenings. These meetings are rather informal and have scheduled coffee/tea breaks. These breaks provide a great opportunity for personal introductions, general socializing and to ask other members and guests questions that can help you with your photographic aspirations.

In my first year with the Delta Photo Club I met many wonderful Members, Guest Speakers and other members of the Canadian Photographic community including members of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA). I have taken the CAPA Judging Course and helped Judge several competitions including a Canadian CAPA event.

Most importantly however, has been the wealth of information, tips and techniques that I have learned from club meetings, outings and other members. This has made me become a better photographer which was why I joined the Delta Photo Club in the first place. Task accomplished.

I have since been elected as President of the club and I would like to personally invite all current members back for another great season of club evenings and events and would like to extend an invitation to any other photographers including beginners to come and check us out. Check the schedule on this site and drop in one evening. We invite members from anywhere in the Lower Mainland.

As President of the club I also would like everyone to pass along any comments or suggestions regarding the Club and its activities so that we may continue to make the club even more successful than it already is.

Unfortunately I will be away the first few weeks of September shooting in Nova Scotia and will not have the chance to greet returning and new members but I do look forward to meeting everyone when I return. I will leave the first few meetings in last year’s President and very capable Wayne Wilton.

Until then I wish you all a very successful Fall Photographic Season.

Francois Cleroux
President
Delta Photo Club

MEETINGS & OUTINGS

MONDAY NOVEMBER 16TH – PHOTOGRAPHY 101 NIGHT - THE CAMERA

This is the second “Photography 101 Night” of the year which will be held on the third Monday of every month. This evening is a must for all beginners and those wanting to brush up on the basics of “The CAMERA”. We will cover Camera Types, The Digital Sensor and Basic Camera Settings. Bring your Camera and your Manual for this Hands-On class! Meet in Dogwood A Room. Bring your own coffee!

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18TH – PRINT NIGHT

Print Chair is Lorne Koroluk. Guest Critique is Ron Long. Please bring up to three (3) mounted prints for display and critique. A great learning oppertunity and a chance to see some great work.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21ST - POCKETWIZARD SEATTLE FIELD TRIP

More information just posted under events!

Tickets are limited (but free) and required for this event. Check out the Events Page on our Web Site for more information! Hosted by Francois Cleroux.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22ND - DELTA PRINT CHALLANGE

This is an annual event our club hosts at McKee. There are a total of 6 clubs invited (Delta, New Westminster, Langley, Richmond, Crescent Beach & this year Surrey has also been invited). There will be a total of 60 prints judged with ribbons awarded. Judging starts promptly at 1:00.

Members who are attending, please bring a snack/sweet that can be easily picked up (not messy). This can be a great learning opportunity to see how competitions are judged and processed. Coffee and tea will be provided!

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25TH – DIGITAL IMAGE NIGHT (with THEME)

Projection Image Chair will be Lowell Holland (filling in for Larry). You may submit one (1) image for the Theme and two (2) others. The theme for this evening is "A Letter of the Alphabet" Not using any traditional letters, come up with your version of any letter of the Alphabet, get really tricky and spell a word. Please E-mail up to 3 images at a maximum resolution of 1024x768 pixels to Larry Leslie at handyhol@dccnet.com. Name your images with Your Name, a number 1 to 3 and the Image Name (e.g. FrancoisCleroux-1-BirdOnStick.JPG). Your name will keep your images together for the presentation and the numbers will specify the order they are displayed in. An Image name is not required. Please submit images to Lowell by Tuesday November 24th at 8:00 pm.

For UP COMMING EVENTS, check out the EVENTS page.

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* The normal rotation of Wednesday programs will be:

1st Monday of the month is Critique Night. This is a wonderful and casual evening of informal critique hosted by Greg Schurman. Bring prints or digital images and discuss whats good, bad and how to make it better. The place to learn. Meet in the lounge at McKee.

1st Wednesday of the month will be Workshops. Speakers will include outside experts and those with expertice from within the club. Chairpersons of this program are Ursula Easterbrook and Franl Pali

2nd Wednesday of the month will be Competition Image Judging. There are several competitions with images and prints due in November. Sharon Wright is the chairperson of this program.

3rd Monday of the month is Photography 101 Night. Meet in the Dogwood A room for a variety of classes. Check the schedule.

3rd Wednesday of the month is Print Night. A very popular evening. Generally
the prints will be judged by outside judges and from time to time judges will
come from within the club. The chairperson for this evening will be Lorne
Koroluk.

4th Wednesday of the month will be Digital Image/Slide evenings. A chance to show your finest images. This year there will be some theme evenings. The chairpersons for this program are Chris Hopkins and Ian Logie.

5th Wednesday of the Month will be open for other items/events and so on but an emphasis will be to help New Photographers learn the basic skills.