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Join the Sidney Camera Club

If you enjoy capturing moments through your lens and sharing your photographs, our club is the perfect place for you. By joining, you will have the opportunity to meet other passionate photographers who share your interests.

Learn more about our club here.  

COMING SOON: Mary Winspear Centre 25th Anniversary Open House:
Saturday, September 19  11:00am-3:00pm.  Sidney Camera Club will have a booth in the Beaudoin Hall. Rod and Greg will be manning the booth, however, if you can spell them off please send Rod an email at rbj8869@gmail.com if you wish a specific time, or drop by on the day and offer any time you wish.

https://marywinspear.ca/events-and-programs/mary-winspear-centre-25th-anniversary-open-house/

 

Next Meeting: 

Tuesday, September 22nd, 7pm Mary Winspear Centre, Room 4: 

The main feature will be the live judging of the submissions to the Judges’ Eye competition “Nature/Wildlife”. The “Show and Share” that will focus on members’ summertime photos.  You are invited to submit one photo to the gallery "My Favourite Photo, Summer 2026” which you feel captures some memorable aspect of your summer activities.  We know a picture tells a thousand words but we would like you to expand on that by telling us what prompted the photo and how it is significant to you.

Please Remember: 2026-2027 membership fee of $75 is now payable. You may pay through e-transfer to sidneycameraclub.ca@gmail.com, or by cheque/cash at either our Tuesday meeting or at Wednesday morning coffee.

Location Shoot:

2026 CAPA Coast-to-Coast Photo Walk, and Location Shoot, September 19th: 

The Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA) is thrilled to announce the 2nd Annual 2026 CAPA Coast-to-Coast Photo Walk, happening all day on Saturday, September 19th. As part of this national event the Sidney Camera Club invites both members and non-member photographers of all levels to join in a two hour walk through Sidney to the waterfront for street photography and sea-side shots to capture images of our beautiful hometown to share with others across the country. The walk will begin at the Mary Winspear Centre at 3:30 pm and end at the bandshell at the waterfront at 5:30 pm.

To register for the walk click here.  The link is https://capacanada.ca/photo-walk/

Dinner after the Location Shoot: Jacks on the Water at 5:30 pm. Please register if planning to attend.


 

Competitions:

* September Theme Competition is“Nature/Wildlife.”

The competition is now closed. These images will be discussed and critiqued by three knowledgeable judges Michael Murchison, Nick Delaney and Leah Gray at our first Judge's Eye Evening on Sept 22 . These choices will help determine our club entry to the CAPA competition. 

* SPAC: Artist's Point of View: Competition is open.

Closing date October 13th. The "Point of View" (POV) Competition is a competition & exhibit, sponsored by the Saanich Peninsula Arts and Crafts (SPAC) Society.  Through this competition, SPAC seeks an image from the Sidney Camera Club that sparks artist imagination & becomes part of a subsequent artists' exhibit at the Mary Winspear Centre.

Members: Please refer to the Competition Portal for additional information.

 

Club News:

Everyone is welcome to join us for Wednesday morning coffee at the Shoal Centre, 9:30-11:00 am in the Craft Room.


External News:

 

* Leah Gray and Steve Smith are pleased to offer the following photography classes through Panorama Recreation:

  1. Photography Weekend Workshop September 19-20, 2026 (detailed pdf available – contact Leah)
  2. Photography: Light is Everything November 15, 22, 29, 2026 (1 class, 3 sessions)
  3. Photography: An Introduction January 17, 24, 31, 2027 (1 class, 3 sessions)

Please contact Leah for further information and registration dates:

https://spirithills.ca/photography-classes/

 

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“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels,

in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed and is,

thereby, a true manifestation of what one feels about life in its entirety.”

.......Ansel Adams

                          

     


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