Inside this issue: _________________

Focused on Gladys 2

Captured 3

Prez Sez 4

Field Trips - April 5

Captured 8

Celebration of Nature 9-10

Captured! 11

Image Expressions 12

For Sale/Shoot for Cover 13

CVPS Meetings -April 2015

Little Red Church, Comox

7 - 9pm

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April 8 - Education Night.

Steve Ray on green screens and Ernst Vegt on colour correcting, sharpening and sizing your images.

April 22nd - Image Expressions Night

Competition – Water, Water Everywhere; Challenge – Seeing Red

Taken last month during the

Union Bay field trip, Diana

Pohl spent time shooting the

Union Bay Post Office, one

of her favorite local build-

ings. Diana loves photo-

graphing architecture -

while others headed to the

trails along the creek and

through the forest to the

coal fields and the coast,

Diana headed straight to this

beloved building to capture

it from many angles. Not her

first time shooting the post

office, Diana was very partial

to having the opportunity to

capture it again. Thanks

Diana!

April 2015 - Volume 4, Issue 4

Here’s a smile we’re all familiar with - Gladys Dawson, always upbeat, smil-

ing, and forever positive! The club was shone upon when Gladys first be-

come a member over 3 years ago. Gladys followed hubby, Peter Sinclair, to

the club, and like Peter, Gladys delved right into several volunteer position

within the CVPS: Social Committee for two years and Greeter and Coordi-

nator for two years. The club provides the social aspect that Gladys loves -

spending time with friends who enjoy the art of photography like her.

Gladys is also partial to the educational opportunities that the CVPS pro-

vides each month - she loves to always learn about one of her favorite past

times - photography.

Gladys sports an

accent that sug-

gests east coast

roots. Born in

Harbour Breton,

Nfld., her family relocated to St. John’s when Gladys was

15 years old. After growing up in Newfoundland, Gladys

lived in Calgary, Halifax, Kitchener, and Waterloo before

her and Peter moved to the Comox Valley four years ago.

Gladys came to photography at the young age of eight -

perhaps younger. Gladys funded her first camera - a

Brownie Box, by selling greeting cards door-to-door! I

cannot imagine many, if any at all saying ‘No’ to this

pretty little blonde selling cards at their door! At that

time Gladys practiced her photography on her little

brother as well as on scenery. By the time Gladys was 21

she had retired the Brownie Box and was shooting with

a manual Minolta SLR along with a small point and

shoot. Seven years ago Gladys set down her film cameras

and graduated to the digital age - today she shoots with

an Olympus EM-5.

Gladys is moved to photograph street photography,

mainly people - she loves to capture the expressions and

emotions of the people she encounters on the streets!

She also loves to photograph the in-fashions, recording

what is currently hip! However, her favorite subject to

photograph is her grandchildren - simply the greatest

joys of her life! Her photos have caught the eye of others;

Gladys has sold three of her prints to date!

Gladys spent many years as an administrator in an ar-

ray of areas: oil industry; medical and dental offices

and boutiques. Prior to retirement Gladys worked in

marketing.

Now retired, Gladys enjoys photography as well as

knitting, reading, cycling, walking, and traveling! She

also dedicates a lot of her time as a volunteer - two

hospital departments, Sid Williams Theatre, and the

Filberg Lodge. Gladys additionally devotes time help-

ing others in any way she can.

Gladys is like a ray of sunshine wherever she goes - her

broad smile and buoyant personality are one-of-a-kind.

It has been such a pleasure to write about Gladys this

month and to call her a friend! ~ JMM

Focused on...Gladys Dawson 2

IMAGE BY PETER SINCLAIR

IMAGE BY GLADYS DAWSON

Captured 3

Looks as though Tracy Pick-

ton got up - close and per-

sonal with this beauty - that

or he has a really great lens!

These are by far my fav birds

- so prehistoric in appear-

ance. Lately there has been a

heron swooping down into

the pond on the farm where

all the ducks and geese are -

the birds make quite the

commotion when he comes

to visit! Love this one Tracy -

a stellar shot!

Cumberland is...well, FUNKY! And

this FUNKY shot inside the ’Patch’

clothing store by Bill Turnbull is in-

dicative of just some of the FUNKI-

NESS of Cumberland! I heard the

’Cumberland Merchant March’ last

month was an excellent outing with

several members taking part and en-

joying themselves tremendously!

Thanks Bill for the FUNKY shot!

That is what ImageFest 2015 was all about. The best entertainment always comes in surprise packages or in this

case slideshows, for only $15 - it felt like a real night out! What a great way for families, friends, and individuals to

have a special evening out.

The Sid Williams Theatre again proved to be the place that an event like this works. People arrived, mingled, met

old friends and some new. CVPS members proudly displayed their photos on the lower level. Some sipped wine up-

stairs, while others made their way to their seats.

The evening lasted about two hours with door prize draws from various local sponsors after the intermission. It

was another evening of great promotion for our club.

Could we have done some things differently? Absolutely. We can only improve on what we did, how we did it,

make changes along the way and learn each time we do this kind of an event. The Sid has to make improvements to

their air conditioning system and, finally, I could learn to turn off the mic so that the battery doesn’t run down -

having said that, the incident gave Patrick something to do!

I think that most who attended had a good time, enjoyed the presentations, and would do it again. So, we will see

what the future brings! Thanks everyone!

Cecile Turnbull - President

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Garage Sale: Heads Up! Our CVPS annual Garage Sale is just around the corner and we are seeking dona-

tions. This is a great opportunity to spring clean your household. All donations are welcome except for cloth-

ing. Please ensure that any electrical devices are in working order.

The Garage Sale will be held on May 30th, 2015 at Leona Murray's house on Noel Ave. This is one of our two

major fund raising events, so please think about what you have to contribute to make this year`s sale a suc-

cess. Details about drop-off location and dates will be provided in the next issue of Reflections.

Prez Sez - ImageFest 4

We travelled around the world from Asia, to the exotic

Middle-east, touched down in Paris, visited the streets of

London, made various stops in the United States, on to

Eastern Canada, back across the prairies all the while

heading to beautiful British Columbia.

We were amazed by beautiful landscapes, water worlds,

architecture, small things and big things, creepy things,

and sweet things.

Right from vivid scenes in black and white or colour, to

amazing abstracts, to people, places and things we left the

audience with an urge to take up photography - an amaz-

ing and wonderful art form. PHOTO BY BILL TURNBULL

RHODOS: The next photography display change at

Rhodo’s Cafe is on April 7 at 3pm. Come down for a cof-

fee and visit with fellow society members. If you would

like to show your framed images in upcoming months,

please contact Ron Brown: cvccphotographydis-

plays@gmail.com .

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This month`s Hanging

1 - Left curved wall by entrance ( 3 images 11x14 horizontal, or 1 horizontal & 1 vertical) 2 - Right curved wall by entrance ( 2 im-ages 16X20 horizontal) - Deb Paterson 16x20; Deb Paterson 16X20 3 - Main room short wall (1 image) Christie Derek 4 - Brick wall (10 images 16x20 or 18x24 )¸ Bill Jorgensen (16x20); Bill Jorgensen (16x20); George Bowron (16x20 H); George Bowron (16x20 H); George Bowron (16x20 H); Shawna Kirby 18x24; Peter Sinclair 18X24; Peter Sinclair 18X24; Gladys Dawson 16X20; Deb Paterson 16x20 5 - Side room (6 images, 16x20 horizontal or ver-tical, or 18x24 horizontal) Ron Brown 20X24; Ron Brown 20X24;- Ron Brown 20X24; Terry Thormin 16x20; Terry Thormin 16x20; Terry Thromin 16x20

Saturday, 11 April - Little Qualicum Falls

Enjoy a trip to Little Qualicum Falls. We’ll travel there

via Baylis/Corcan Road - the back way. After an easy

five minute walk to the upper falls, we’ll enjoy about

two hours wandering the trails and taking photos of

the falls, then we will head to the Shady Rest Pub for

lunch! Following lunch we will start back to Cour-

tenay, stopping at Cook Creek to explore the new

Salmon Enhancement Channels. Those pressed for

time could return to Courtenay directly.

Meet: 8:45am, Target parking lot. Depart 9am

Registration: A Must

Contact Jamie Chartrand: jghchart@telus.net

Bring: A tripod would be a good idea

Note: A certain level of fitness would be expected as

there is a some hiking required at the falls.

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Date to be Determined - Look Up - Look Way

Up!

Their coming back! The annual Snowbirds spring

training program will be back this month and we

plan to get out with our cameras to get them in ac-

tion.

Meet: Time to be determined - Airport Beach Park

Registration: Not Required

Contact JoAnne McElroy: jazzruvan@hotmail.com

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Your Fieldtrip Team

Peter Sinclair - Coordinator

Jamie Chartrand

Bob Ell

Don Tait

JoAnne McElroy

Cecile Turnbull

Field Trips –April 2015 Rhodos 5

ImageFest - A Great Night Out! 6

Once a year, every year, for the last five years, my friend

Caroline and I have a date - it has been an annual event

for her and I to go to the CVPS ImageFest together. We

always enjoy the event; we look forward to it! Caroline

appreciates photography equally as I. We both ‘OOH’

and ‘AW’ over the spectacular imagery before us, taking

note of our favs! Last month’s show did not disappoint -

what a grand line-up of slide presentations! Simply a

feast for our eyes - there were landscapes that never

ended, guitars, people, architecture, culture, travel, col-

our, wildlife, cars, farms, and even dinosaurs! Each slide-

show as great as the previous! The ImageFest Team de-

serves a huge round of applause for a bang-up job. Caro-

line and I left the theatre saying to one another, ’That

show made me want to do more photography!’ Thanks

team for inspiring us and for the great night out - Caro-

line and I look forward to next year’s date! ~ JMM

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IMAGES BY PETER SINCLAIR

SIG - Available Light #2 Nimisha Jimenez 7

My Available Light SIG was formed last December when Ron

Racine's group was full. Initially, I had no idea what ‘available

light’ meant, but since then I have done a lot of research and

have learnt a lot through online video tutorials I have shown to

the group.

We have agreed that ‘available light’ includes low light condi-

tions, natural diffused light, golden hour, blue hour, interior

light coming through windows and door passages - with or

without light modifiers. Exploring available light in portraiture,

in nature and landscape, and in still life, we have shot photos at

Goose Spit, Air Park, and at my Courtenay home. We had a

fabulous portrait photography session with John Sanzana where he taught us tips and techniques on how to

establish rapport with a model and the various angles that we could use for portraiture.

There are 10 members in the group, six who have been attending regularly on Tuesday nights since Decem-

ber. During our meetings we view online tutorials on Understanding Light, Portrait Photography, and Natural

Light Photography. We also share and view photos all the while giving feedback - this generates a lot of dis-

cussion. In April we are moving the meetings to a later time, from 6:30-8:30 pm due to Daylight Savings Time.

We have had regular photo shoots once a month and we have also initiated an ‘Impromptu Photo Shoot

Group’ that meets when weather conditions are appropriate. Future photo shoots are in the works: Photo-

graphing Horses; Little Qualicum Falls; and Elk Falls Provincial Park.

The group is open to new members. It is a supportive group that encourages photographic experimentation.

Anyone wishing information contact Nimisha Jimenez: 250.871.6278 or shaktistar@yahoo.com

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I always seem to be drawn to Kathy

Paynter’s images, and this one is no

different. I love the burst of yellow

and the touch of pink in this other-

wise muted image. It is a hopeful

shot, reminding us that spring is in-

deed here! Thanks Kathy, another

great one!

IMAGE BY LAURA TAIT

Captured 8

During a trip last December to Seattle, Werner Heinrich and wife made a stop to view Dale Chihuly’s work, one of the finest Master glassblowers in the world. Yup, this is all glass! Dale’s pieces can be found in sev-eral places around the world, including a mighty chandelier seen at the VIc-toria & Albert Museum in London, England. Grand im-ages Werner - thanks!

Magnificent! Looking over the edge of the Kilauea Calders

on the Big Island, Hawaii, Shawna Kirby shot this cool im-

age. The lava gives a fantastic glow throughout the eve-

ning! Splendid Shawna!

Celebration Of Nature Bryan Walwork 9

The Lions Gate Camera Club's

(LGCC’s) annual Celebration of

Nature invitational digital photog-

raphy competition is open to cam-

era clubs in BC and the Yukon. The

CVPS (we were still the CVCC for

the last round) has entered this

competition for the past two years

(2013 and 2014). A number of our

members produce some awesome

nature images and this competition

is a great way for them to receive

recognition from outside the CVPS.

As the name of the competition indicates, the theme is nature, including animals, plants and landscapes. It is bro-

ken down into three categories, which are judged separately: Birds; Mammals; and General. Aggregate scores for

the three categories are combined to give a competing club it's overall score.

Evidence of the “hand of man” must not be

present in any part of the images. The exception is scientific bands or

collars which should be a minor element in the image.

CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Art) guidelines permit

such things as weathered fence-posts and poles, or in some cases wire

Named Bella by the locals, this grizzly mom and one of her cub was captured in Glendale Cove out of Telegraph Cove on a bear photography field trip. Don Tait earned 22.5 points for this nurturing image called, ‘Please Mom.’

This shot, called, ’Naka Falls’ by Wink Richardson earned her 21.5 pts. It is a long exposure of the waterfalls at Naka Creek. Perfectly timed as the light shone through the trees from above.

‘On Handed Catch’ earned Viktor 28 points. Viktor manages to capture these great eagle shots when the tide in running high and fast - the fish come to the surface at this rare time and the eagles are ready for the hunt!

fences in their competitions. This is because some

birds for example, favour roosting on man-made items

like fence-posts. The LGCC has chosen to apply a more

strict set of rules, so images must be carefully in-

spected before submission.

Additionally, photographs of cultivated plants, domes-

tic animals and taxidermy specimens are not allowed.

It is common for cultivated plants to appear in the

wild, as the seeds get dispersed by birds and animals,

therefore, if an image contains a cultivated plant intro-

duced into a natural appearing environment, careful

inspection of the image should be undertaken before

submitting such an image.

Although the guidelines for submitted images are

stringent, the natural environment along our coastlines

and inland provide rich hunting grounds for creating

great photographs of nature. The CVPS will continue submitting images to this competition. We'll be asking you

for submissions in October or November. When you're out-and-about with your camera, keep in mind that one

of your images could be selected as part of our entry in the 2015 Celebration of Nature competition. Happy shoot-

ing! ~ Bryan Walwork

Congratulations to Viktor Davare, Wink Richardson, Don Tait, Rick Reeve, Mike Allard, and Bryan Wal-

work for their entries into the competition this year and their earned scores!

Celebration of Wildlife Con’t 10

Rick Reeve captured this Marmot by the side of the road in Yellowstone National Park, earning him 18.5 points. Fittingly called, ‘Marmot, this little guy kept a close eye on Rick as he composed this great shot.

‘On the Run’ by Bryan Walwork was shot in Tanzania. Bryan purposely left the shutter open to capture the blur of the zebras. It took them 15 minutes to pass while Bryan watched in awe. This shot earned him 20 points.

`Brooding Sky` by Mike Allard - this moody expansive land-scape image is so very West Coast and earned Mike 20.5 points!

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It is nice to see new members com-

ing onboard with the CVPS and

even nicer when they start joining

in on some of the events and field

trips. New member Christie Jeffers

made it out to the Union Bay field

trip last month and composed this

colorful shot. Nice textures and

warm colors Christie - thanks for

submitting it!

Kristy Knowlan and Kerry

Dawson helped Ron Brown

set up another display of

photos at the Phoenix-

Christie Insurance Gallery

last month. Go check it out!!

Image Expressions - Patterns 12

The Image Expressions team is pleased at the level

of participation by club members in our monthly

Competition and Challenge events. In February, we

had 38 competition entries and 32 challenge sub-

missions. This month, we received 40 entries for the

Competition theme of ‘Patterns’ and 33 for the

‘Early’ Challenge theme. It's also good to see that a

number of our newer members are sending in their

images for the first time.

To me this is great learning experience in a number

of ways. Firstly, coming up with images to fit the

themes is a real ‘Challenge,’ no pun intended. Sec-

ondly, it's good to get past any apprehensions about

displaying your work in public - that's one of the reasons for trying to create great images in the first place. To

those who might say, ‘I'm just a beginner.’ I would respond that we're all beginners each and every month.

Humphrey does report that a lot of folks struggle with resizing and forget to rename their images, but he says

that everyone is getting better with practice. He says that most members usually get things right after a cou-

ple of tries. So keep on sending in those pictures!

One thing that Humphrey can't fix is images that are too small for good projection quality. Some people have

been caught out by their e-mail program's reducing image size on its own. Somewhere there will be a place to

select image size. Choose ‘actual size’ or ‘original size.’

Congratulations to this month's competition winners: First - Shawna Kirby; Second - Rick Gafuik; Third -

Blanche Mucci

Next month's themes: Competition - Water, Water Everywhere; Challenge - Seeing Red

You can review the rules and upcoming themes at our Zenfolio website http://

comoxvalleycameraclub.zenfolio.com/. Follow the links to ‘Portfolio’ and then ‘Image Expressions.’

For Humphrey and Bruce ~ Bill Turnbull

Thanks to those who submitted images to last month’s ‘Shoot for Cover.’ The theme for this month is, ‘Changing

Season.’ Get out there and shoot proof of the season change. One image will be chosen to be the cover shot for

May’s issue of Reflections. You may send in more than one image.

Send your submission(s) to: cvpsreflections@gmail.com

Submission deadline: April 22, 2015

Shoot For Cover

SHAWNA KIRBY - FIRST PLACE

FOR SALE: Nikon Camera D610. 14 months old with 7863 shutter actuations.16 GB Lexar Profes-sional SD card. Darrel Young: Mastering the Nikon D610 Book. Battery and Charger. Asking: $1100

Contact: Tracy Pickton: 250-334-3734

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FORSALE: GoPro HERO3 Black Edition camera with Wi-Fi Remote and spare battery for sale. Ask-ing: $300. (http://comoxvalley.craigslist.ca/pho/4935338466.html)

Steadicam Merlin. Asking: $300

Nikon Coolpix Waterproof/Shockproof/GPS Sub-mersible/GPS 16MP 5x Optical Zoon Digital Camera - AW100. Asking: $250

Mitsubishi HC3800 1080p Home Theatre Projector(<100 hours) with 2 spare OEM bulbs. Asking: $1250

Mitsubishi XD450U 720p Home Theatre Projector(<2000 hours). Asking: $500

Daiwa 80” 16:9 Floor Standing Pull-Up Projector Screen. Asking: $250

Fractional interests for sale - two display calibration products:

Spyder4Pro - 5 shares at $50 Spyder4TV HD - 5 shares at $25

Contact Paul Atterton: 250.339.4994

Thanks to those who contributed to this month’s issue

of Reflections: Gladys Dawson; Nimisha Jimenez; Cecile

Turnbull; Bryan WalworkField trip Team, Image Ex-

pressions Team.

Thanks to all who submitted images - keep them com-

ing!

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Next issue: May 1, 2015

Submission email: cvpsreflections@gmail.com

Submission deadline: April 22. 2015

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Newsletter Team

JoAnne McElroy - Editor, Publisher

Kerry Dawson - Proof reader

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Enjoy this month’s issue of Reflections. Any comments or

concerns may be sent to:

cvpsreflections@gmail.com

For Sale from the CVPS

FOR SALE: Sony E 10-18 f4 OSS lens. New, never used, just tested. Return was 2 days late and store wouldn't take it back. Asking $650.

Contact Wink Richardson: 250-334-0303

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FOR SALE: Manfrotto 679 Monopod with Giottos MH-1002 Ball head, hand strap, rubber grip, flip lever leg locks, hardly used much at all $60.00

Contact Kathy Paynter: 250-203-6478 OR

katrando@hotmail.com

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FOR SALE: Nikon D90 w/AF-S 18-200mm 3.5-5.6 lens and a Af-S NIKKOR 3.5 1.8mm. 2 manuals, car-rying case, etc. Contact Karen: 250-338-7419 _________________________________