Q: What is your group about?
A: Photography. Our goals are to create art and help members grow and have people value their photos. We love to make great photographs and share and discuss them in a monthly meeting. We usually have a theme and try to create images that suit the theme. We discuss what makes a good photograph and how a given image might be improved. We also discuss techniques for shooting a photograph and how to improve it in post processing. Several active members have a history of selling their works in the form of prints. Some prints have been acquired by museums.
Q: Do you produce any community events or initiate special projects? If so, what do you typically sponsor or promote?
A: We openly invite anybody from the Pender community to participate and attend our meetings.
Q: How often do you get together, and typically when? Can new members join anytime?
A: Monthly, usually on the first Monday of the month, at 7 pm via ZOOM. The club is open to new members. An invitation to participate is always included in the monthly article in The Pender Post.
Q: Are any of the original founders still taking part, or still on Pender? If so, tell us a bit about them.
A: The club was started in about 2006 by three persons on Pender who all had a love of images created by photography. Of the three, only one still lives on Pender, Hans Tammemagi. Hans is still an active member of the club.
Q: How many volunteers are involved in running it? Are you currently looking for more?
A: We hold most of our meetings via Zoom. Participants will submit their images for the night to one central collector, who assembles them into a folder and then runs the Zoom meeting. There are usually eight to twelve members who participate.
Q: What gets your members most excited in your meetings or activities?
A: Sharing our works and discussing them. Occasionally we bring in an outside presenter.
Q: What’s in the future for your organization? Anything exciting in the works, or dreams you would like to fulfill?
A: We invite the general public on Pender to participate. We would like to have more active members.
Q: Are there any special contributions you would like to highlight?
A: We always place an article in The Pender Post.
Q: How can people get in touch with you?
A: E-mail to ursboxler@gmail.com