IMAGES ALBERTA CAMERA CLUB

Images Alberta Camera Club (IACC), based in Edmonton, AB, is a well-established organization with 170 members (from beginner to advanced) who share a passion for photography.

Our three pillars: to learn, support the community, and have fun.

WHAT WE DO

We offer a variety of activities for our members: workshops, outings, and special interest groups.
We also lend our support to community events, promote our members' work and host exhibits.
See highlights from our past 2021-2022 season.
All upcoming member activities are found in our calendar.

WHEN WE MEET

Our summer break runs from June to August.
From September to May, we meet at 7:00 p.m. on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month.
On the 2nd Thursday, we have a guest speaker and a member showcase.
The 4th Thursday is competition night, which is a golden opportunity for members to show their work and also to learn about the art of critiquing images.

WHERE WE MEET

Pleasantview Community Hall
10860 57 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6H 0Y8

*Fall 2022 - TBD if we are holding in person meetings, online or a hybrid option.

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER

See details on joining us and membership benefits.
You may attend two meetings as a guest (for free). You can attend either in-person or online (email Mary Hughes, the Memberships Chair, with details of the meeting that you'd like to attend.)

Petroleum Plaza Exhibit: "Beautiful Canada" selection

Wanna Be Tree @ Janice KRETZNER-PRYSUNKA.

PHOTO OPS - JUL

Jul 8-17: Edmonton Street Performers' Festival
Jul 15-17: Wild Mountain Music Festival in Hinton
Jul 21-31: Taste of Edmonton
Jul 22-31: K-Days
Jul 23: Demolition Derby in Barrhead
Jul 28-31: Big Valley Jamboree in Camrose
Jul 29-31: Blueberry Bluegrass Festival
Jul 30-Aug 1: Edmonton Heritage Festival

PHOTO OPS - AUG

Aug 2-6: Rock'n August in St. Albert
Aug 4-7: Edmonton Folk Festival
Aug 5-7: Cariwest
Aug 11-21: Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival
Aug 13-14: Blue Heron Fair in Barrhead
Aug 19-21: Edmonton Blues Festival
Aug 19-21: Together Again YEG rock music festival

WHAT’S NEW

Monthly competition themes for 2022-23 Season (theme applies to both digital and print unless otherwise noted):
Sep:  Swings
Oct:  Enthusiasm
Nov:  Rows of Things
Jan:  Music
Feb:  Urban Nature
Mar: Digital:  Tiny World / Small World || Print:  Neon
Annual competition: winning photos and all entry scores available for viewing
Editing SIG demo June 22 - expand your sky or foreground area with photoshop
A gift for members: the heart of the photograph (a virtual evening with David duChemin)
Petroleum Plaza exhibit: "Beautiful Canada." See chosen entries for summer

FOTO FRIDAY - July 8 (St. Albert Grain Elevator Park)

LOCATION: Explore St. Albert’s past at the Grain Elevator Park,
4 Meadowview Drive, St. Albert
TIME: 10:00 am
LUNCH: 12:30 pm. Bring your picnic lunch.

CHALLENGE: True Colour
Cameras have really stepped up the colour science game…let’s create images that are closer to reality…and play with muting colours and toning down the saturation.

St. Albert Grain Elevator Park is an open-air museum which features two restored historic grain elevators and a reconstructed railway station. St. Albert’s 1906 and 1929 Albert Wheat Pool Elevators were constructed in the golden age of Canada’s grain trade. They remain distinctive symbols of our heritage and stand as icons of a way of life and of the province itself.

PHOTOGRAPHING GRAIN ELEVATORS:

Veteran journalist and photographer Johnny Bachusky made a commitment to shoot every standing grain elevator in Western Canada. "The way they are aging is so noble. Their demise is so perfectly natural with the elements beating against it. To see these structures takes me back to a beautiful, more simple time."
Join photographer Chris Attrell and author Christine Hanlon for the virtual launch of their collaborative book Grain Elevators: Beacons of the Prairies
Also check out the top 20 grain elevators in Alberta to photograph listed under the map. These elevators are judged on how interesting they are to a photographer based on original logos, appearance and environment.

~ have a joyful week Barry & hedy