Welcome to our Club
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.
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: Please post your images to the gallery.
* October 31st Location Shoot- Esquimalt Lagoon. Details to follow!
Competitions:
* October Theme Competition is "Wet." Closing date for submissions is October 13th.
* 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:
Mary Winspear Display Case Show: October 1-31. Sidney Camera Club will be hosting a display of their photographs throughout the month of October. Members are invited to submit a print. We will be setting up the display on the morning of Thursday, October 1, at 10 am. If you cannot be there for the setup, please arrange with another member to bring your print for the display. Everyone is welcome to come and view our work!
Everyone is welcome to join us for Wednesday morning coffee at thee Shoal Centre, 9:30-11:00 in the Craft Room.
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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