Fellow Delta Photo Club Members,

As 2011 rolls to an end, I thought I'd write a short summary of some of the club's events to date and highlight a few events we can look forward to in 2012. The club began this year with an executive/coordinators' meeting in August. Altogether we've had three of these meetings in order to ensure the club is running smoothly, to discuss various issues as they arise and to approve purchases. A new laptop was approved and purchased thanks to Larry Leslie assisted by Frances Dorsemaine. Jack MacDonald, our treasurer, kept tabs of the club's finances and also handled membership duties.The club began with a mixer and a presentation of what happens at club each week. The following week members brought in prints and table discussions led by veteran photo club members, took place about 'what makes a good image'. After that, the usual scheduled rotation unfolded with a digital night run by Larry Leslie and print night usually conducted by Lorne Koroluk. Francois presented his popular Tripod-ology 101 as our first official workshop, coordinated by Roger Lasell, followed again by the usual rotation as indicated in our weekly newsletters thanks to George Pierce and Matt King and our website thanks to Matt King and Francois Cleroux. Of course, our resident award winning Canadian Commercial Photographer of the Year, Greg Schurman, conducted his monthly Photo Critiques at the Tsawwassen Alliance Church. As well, members were invited to attend the very worthwhile Photography 101 sessions thanks again to Francois Cleroux. Over the summer Outings Coordinators Ray Goddard and Val Hider organized field trips to Minter Gardens, Bridal Veil Falls and the North Shore. Our club participated in the annual Scott Kelby Walk for the first time thanks to Frances for the many hours he spent communicating with the Kelby folks and to Val Hider for route planning. I think you get the theme of this writing....there are so many dedicated volunteers who offer up their time and talent to make this club a great one. We are very fortunate to have them. Laurie Laing ensures that we have minutes of the meetings, Karoline Cullen communicates with the media and manages to get free press publications. John Ostaf organized a delightful Christmas social for about sixty folks. The food, activities and good cheer were enjoyed by all. I know that I've likely left off a few... Please know that you are appreciated, you add value to our club. To you all a GIANT THANK YOU!

The excitement continues as we head into 2012. Our start back workshop will be Francois Cleroux's Black and White Photography, part 2. We are fortunate to have Francois present this workshop free for members. Greg Schurman will conduct Critique Night on Jan. 9th. On Jan. 11th Heather and Mike Latondresse, our digital competition team, will kick off the year with the CAPA 'open' competition on Jan. 11th. Bob Grand-Scrutton, our print competition chair, who has collected, packaged and transported several member prints to the Surrey Taxation Office, will be running some print competitions such as the Crescent Beach Black and White. Roger has organized a workshop for us on Lightroom for Feb. 1st. The Delta Photo Inspirations (DPI) team of Sharon Wright, Rhoda Brooks and Francois Cleroux have already began and will continue to work on the giant task of organizing this event. Last year this event was a great success and I'm sure this year will be even better (if possible). Mark your calendars for Friday, April 20th (reception) and Saturday, April 21st (workshops and keynote speaker). And I know that Ray and Val will be coming up with some super photo destinations. Stay tuned to your weekly newsletters.

I wish you all a healthy, fulfilling year. Looking forward to the images that tell your 2012 stories.
Happy New Year!

Karen Pacheco,
President,
Delta Photo Club

president@deltaphotoclub.com