VCC Events/ Key Dates
Click on the date to go to the VCC website for more info and to register when required.
Nature SIG – More info to come
7 – 9 PM
ZOOM
External Competition Deadline: Wednesday, February 1, 11:30 PM |
Competitions Night – Weather
7 – 9 PM
Hybrid: Norway House and ZOOM
Workshop: Fundamentals of Black and White (Part 1 of 4)
Instructor Ed Moniz
Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus Room F200
10 AM – 1 PM
Registration for all four parts is required.
Workshop: How to Use Lightroom’s New Masking Tools
Instructor: Elizabeth Gray
7 – 9 PM
ZOOM
Please register.
Alternate Tuesday Photo Shoot – Centre of the Universe
10 AM – Noon
Dominion Astrophysical Laboratory
5071 W. Saanich Rd. Victoria
Please register.
Creative SIG – Theme TBD
7 PM – 9 PM
ZOOM
Presenter’s Night: Eileen Rafferty
Seeing in Black and White, Mimicking the Darkroom
Black and white photography still inspires and fascinates us today. Where once the darkroom was our playground, now we have powerful processing tools such as Adobe Photoshop. In this presentation we will explore creative methods for crafting a unique photographic image mimicking darkroom techniques and historical processes. We will cover various types of toning, adding custom borders, layering with textures, adding text and exploring custom brushes. Bring your curiosity and imagination!
7 – 9 PM
ZOOM

Workshop: Fundamentals of Black and White (Part 2 of 4)
Instructor: Ed Moniz
Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus
10 AM – 1 PM
Novice Image Reviews
VCC novices can get feedback on their favourite images with David Clow, one of VCC’s advanced members.
ZOOM
Tuesday Photo Shoot – One Colour
Fill the frame with one colour.
Meet at: Bastion Square at Wharf Street
10:00 AM – NOON
Please register.
Members’ Night
7:30 – 9:30 PM
Hybrid: Norway House and ZOOM
Workshop: Fundamentals of Black and White (Part 3 of 4)
Instructor: Ed Moniz
Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus
10 AM – 1 PM
Alternate Tuesday Photo Shoot – Ogden Point
Ogden Point was named for Peter Skene Ogden (1793-1854) a fur trader and explorer employed by the Hudson Company. Completed early in 1917, Ogden Point Breakwater was marked the following year by a square, white pyramidal concrete tower erected by the Parfitt Brothers at a contract price of $1,655.
211 Dallas Road, Victoria
10 AM – Noon
Please register.
Workshop: Intermediate/Advanced Image Review (Nick and Kathryn Delaney)
The objective with the workshop is to help Intermediate and Advanced members learn what makes a strong image and how to take it to the next level – whether for internal competitions, external competitions or simply for your own enjoyment. Along with constructive review/criticism, we will use the PSA study group scoring criteria to help members better understand how competition images are judged.
6:45 – 8:00 PM
ZOOM
Please register.
BC/Yukon Inter-Club Speaker Series
Dianne Bos
VCC will host the third speaker in this four-part series, beginning with a half hour showcase of some of our best photos.
Dianne Bos has evolved various thematic bodies of work, merging technical innovations to create new visual hybrids: her innovative uses of home-made pinhole cameras, film, camera obscura, photogram, installation and cyanotype all explore the world around us. “The excitement for me lies not in photographing and reproducing something I can see, but in revealing the imperceptible (and maybe only the imagined) using the physics of light and time and traditional darkroom techniques.
Workshop: Fundamentals of Black and White (Part 4 of 4)
Instructor: Ed Moniz
Camosun College, Lansdowne Campus
10 AM – 1 PM
Tuesday, February 28
Tuesday Photo Shoot – Polished
Polished: smooth, glossy, shiny, cultured, elegant, refined or…
Meet at: Bastion Square at Wharf Street
10:00 AM – NOON
Please register.
Workshop: Intro to Luminosity Masks with Greg Benz
Registration opens on January 28 at 9 AM
7 – 9 PM
ZOOM
Registration required.