Next Meeting: May 20, 2025 7:00pm - Loose Moose 

Speaker List
2024-2025

Sept 17 - Wendi Forster
                Looking for the Light
Oct 1 - Stephen Dolha
            Botanical Brilliance: Mastering the Art of Wild Plant and Flower Photography
Nov 5 - Lori Lankford
             Master Creative Editing with Photoshop
Dec 3 - Wendi Forster
             Wildlife - Is your Image a Capture or a Picture?
Jan 7 - Rafal Wegiel
            Portraits - Mastering Headshots: Faces That Tell Stories
Feb 4 - Peter Baumgarten
            Seeing Things Differently: Creating More Interesting Compositions
March 4 - Debbie Flynn
                 What if Your Photography Expertise Met Playfulness With Your Phone Camera?
April 1 - Scotty Roxburgh
               What Makes a Good Bird Photo and What's Out There

• Thanks for a great presentation from the Yellowknife Group at the last meeting

• Mini Essay Presentations - get yours in!

Upcoming Competitions, Challenges & Events

• Mini Essays due May 19, 2025 - if yours is ready please submit early so Keith can starting presenting them
• Calgary Stampede Photo Gallery:  Final deadline is May 15th but you will need to email Cathy at the Stampede (and cc Keith) prior to that date so she can set up .the contract. Please contact Keith with any questions.
• FCC Awards Night Banquet - Friday June 6^th, 2025, 6pm at the Austrian Canadian Cultural Centre (new venue @ 3112, 11 Street NE)
  • Please register in the FCC Events Calendar by Wednesday May 29, 2025
  • Neil has sent an email to the membership with the details
    
• Image of the Year (IOTY) - submit your favourite photo of this season by mid-May
• Previous Mini Essays - some great videos to view
  

Monthly Challenges

Welcome to FCC! As we embark on this season, let's think about what we’re going to focus on and the new skills we’re excited to explore. Whether it's mastering a new technique, diving into creative projects, or simply honing our craft, this is the perfect space to collaborate and inspire one another. Together, we'll capture moments, share insights, and grow as photographers. Here’s to a season filled with creativity and discovery!

What's New

• Congratulations to Kristin Duff for winning "Best In Show" in the Nature Zoology for Ursus arctos horibilis - Grizzly Bear
  
• We would love to see your photos! Check out the galleries and feel free to add to them. 
  
• Do you have a special interest or passion in photography? Is it listed under our Special Interest groups? If not consider starting one of your own. Just send an email or make an announcement at the next meeting.
  

Membership: For new or returning members see our step by step guide.

Calendar: Check for meeting times, competition deadlines and upcoming Field Trips.

Field Trips: Field Trips will be organized by our Field Trip coordinator BUT you don't have to wait for that. If you have an idea, and want to invite others out, feel free to send a email to the members outlining your idea. If you contact a member of the executive we can add it to the calendar as well.

Education: We are looking at traditional as well as non-traditional ways that we can bring presenters and speakers to our members.  We are researching opportunities for local in-house speakers as well as Zoom speakers. Zoom speakers will be presented at the in person meeting. 

Competitions:  Competitions are ongoing.  See the Competition Summary for dates and the FCC Handbook for competition categories. Visit News and Information for competition results.

Images for these two competitions must be taken between June 8, 2024 and the close of competition in May, 2025.

Special 5 Themes

• High Key, Low Key, Backlit, Harsh Light, and Diffused Light. 
• Throughout the season there are plans for presentations and Challenges for each technique so everyone has a chance to submit and see challenge images before the final Special 5 deadline
  

President's Theme - Tranquility - The definition is: A peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, worry, etc

Newsletter:  "Organization/News and Information" *for members only

Social Media: Join our private Facebook Group  You can use it to post images, and talk with other club members and past members. It is a private group so if you haven't been to it before you will need to "Join" the group.  Please note that you need to be a current or past member of FCC or have been a speaker at a club meeting to join this group.

Sponsors:   2024-2025 Sponsors  Thank you to all of our sponsors! Sponsor representatives will join us at the meetings throughout the season.

2024-2025 Competitions & Challenges

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