Activities: May 2021

Saturday, May 1, 2021 - Virtual Photography Gear Trade Show (presented by The Camera Store)

The Alberta Camera Club Alliance and The Camera Store present a Virtual Photography Gear Trade Show. Explore vendor booths from your favourite photography equipment and accessory brands, talk to reps, receive special day-of-event promos and enjoy a keynote presentation by Nikon Ambassador Kristian Bogner! This one-of-a-kind event will give you access to experience a trade show from the comfort of home!

The Alberta Camera Club Alliance is a group of six clubs in Alberta representing approximately 625 members that collaborate on events involving high-reputation speakers and sharing ideas about how to better serve our members digitally.  read more...

"Kristian is a pro photographer, speaker and ambassador for Nikon Canada, Broncolor, Lowepro and Manfrotto. Kristian was recently awarded 2018 International Photographer of the Year as well as 2-time Commercial Photographer of the Year with the Master Photographers International Association. He is also a 3-time Commercial Photographer of the Year for Canada with the Professional Photographers of Canada Association along with numerous other awards for his work."

Tuesday, May 4, 2021 - Member Showcase: "Hodge Podge"

Recording of presentation: click here (members only)

Originally, I was asking for volunteers to present images they had taken as part of a social action oriented project. There were too few members that offered to rise to this challenge and several presentations were left unseen during the Collective Obsession showcase. So, we have one clearly social action project, one community activity documentary and two presentations left over from the collective obsession showcase evening. Four club members will show and tell us about their photo projects in presentations covering different topics of interest to them:

• Colleen Sayer – The Beauty Of Hands
• Allan Reich – The Red Coat Trail
• Steve Ricketts – Backyard Rinks and Ponds In Strathcona County
• Mufty Mathewson – The REDress Project

Thursday, May 13, 2021 - Guest speaker: Preparing for and Photographing in Kruger National Park, South Africa (Kathryn McGarvey)

(Note: this presentation was not recorded.)

This 75-minute presentation is about Kathryn’s personal photographic journey from NEVER having taken any wildlife photos to realizing a dream come true by photographing on safari in Kruger National Park in South Africa.

•  What steps she took to get ready?
• What gear she took?
• Travel arrangements?
• What was a typical safari day?
• What are the Big 5? Shots of the Big 5
• What are the Big 10? Shots of the Big 10
• Other shots from South Africa
• What were some of her Photoshop tricks used to process her images?

Kathryn took up photography seriously 6 years ago while spending a summer in a wheelchair.  Her husband encouraged her to take a course so that she wouldn’t drive him crazy. So, she took an intro to digital photography course, joined North Shore Photographic Society and CAPA, and never looked back.

She is passionate about photography although her accounting career keeps her from spending as much time on it as she would like.  She currently shoots with Fujifilm gear.

Her photography interests are landscape, long exposure, black and white, and macro. She is starting to become more comfortable with wildlife but still have a long way to go. She loves the learning process on her photographic journey.

She has won awards in both international and CAPA photography competitions and twice been published in Canadian Camera magazine.

Thursday, May 27, 2021 - Year-end Meeting (Annual Awards)

Recording of presentation: click here (members only)