BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:302@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240903T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240903T203000 DTSTAMP:20240827T173718Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/opening-night-social-2/ SUMMARY:Opening Night Social DESCRIPTION:Opening Night\nTuesday September 3\, 6:30 PM\nWelcome back to a nother club year. We will begin the evening with having members go around the neighbourhood and hunt for photos of subjects with their cell phones. The results will be shown at a meeting later in the club year. At about 7: 15 we will return to Edithvale and have some refreshments. Finally\, we wi ll present the trophies for the winning images from last year.\n\nWe look forward to seeing you all at Edithvale to kick off another great year. CATEGORIES:Socials LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:296@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240910T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240910T210000 DTSTAMP:20240815T154038Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/online-speaker-david-duchemin-the-heart-of-the- photograph/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker David duChemin - The Heart of the Photograph DESCRIPTION:The Heart of the Photograph by David duChemin CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:303@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240917T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240917T210000 DTSTAMP:20240914T021330Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-sally-stone-butterflies/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Sally Stone (Butterflies) DESCRIPTION:butterfly photography CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:304@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241001T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241001T203000 DTSTAMP:20240924T015821Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/outing-tbd/ SUMMARY:Outing - Downtown Architecture DESCRIPTION:TDPC Outing\nTuesday\, October 1\, 6:30 PM\nDowntown Architectu re\n \;\n\nPlease join us on Tuesday October 1 at 6:30 PM for an outin g to shoot downtown architecture and scenes. We will meet at the clock tow er in front of Union Station at 6:30. In the event of rain\, we will meet just inside the entrance to the station behind the clock. Optionally\, you can join us for a quick bite at the Union Food Count in the lower level o f the station. If interested\, we will meet at the clock at 5:45 PM and th en go to the food court.\n\nOnce we meet at the clock\, we will proceed to look for architecture\, street scenes and the lit up city as the blue hou r and darkness take over the city. Bringing a tripod is recommended if you plan to photograph after dark. Members who were not able to eat should fe el free to stop and grab something along the way. CATEGORIES:Outings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:325@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241002T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241002T220000 DTSTAMP:20240730T141610Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/photographers-choice-freedman-patterson/ SUMMARY:Photographer's Choice - Freeman Patterson\, Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:\n\nMembers’ 4 images to be entered in the Freeman Patterson Competition must be uploaded by 10:00pm.\n\nIf you are logged in\, you can access the competition upload page here CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:305@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241008T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241008T210000 DTSTAMP:20240929T011314Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-kevin-pigney-wildlife/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Kevin Pigney (Wildlife) DESCRIPTION:My PASSION FOR WILDLIFE presentation is my story so far spannin g 7 years. I not only share some of my favourite images\,\nbut discuss my approach to wildlife &\; show how I get the shots. CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:307@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241015T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241015T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T135204Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/freeman-patterson-photographers-choice-competit ion-results-2/ SUMMARY:Freeman Patterson (Photographer's Choice) Competition Results DESCRIPTION:Competition Results\n\nJudges' results for the Freeman Patterso n (Photographer's Choice) Competition will be presented.\n\n \;\n\n[sc name="online_meetings_reminder"]\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:335@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20241020 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20241021 DTSTAMP:20241006T003705Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/algonquin-fall-colour-outing/ SUMMARY:Algonquin Fall Colour Outing DESCRIPTION:We will meet just before sunrise at 6:30 a.m. in the parking lo t at the west gate. From there\, we will travel to the Lake of Two Rivers campground to catch the sunrise.\n\nYou can plan for a short 2-3 km walk in the early afternoon.\n\nAs for what we hope to photograph\, plan for th e landscape\, macro if there are mushrooms around and hopefully\, some wil dlife if we are lucky enough.\n\nYou will need a park pass and to book you r spot for that day. You can do this five days beforehand. A reminder will be sent to all who sign up.\n\nAlso\, there will be a $20 per person fee to attend this club outing\, it will run with a minimum of 10 participants .  Carpooling is always encouraged!\n\nFor tips on 'How to Photograph the Fall Colours'\, you can read these in the September newsletter.\n\nIf yo u would like more information or would like to book your spot you can emai l us at sigs@tdpc.ca\n\nLink to book your pass: https://reservations.onta rioparks.ca/\n\nBook your pass for the highway 60 corridor.\n\n CATEGORIES:Outings END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:297@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241022T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241022T210000 DTSTAMP:20240920T003003Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-jennifer-king-black-and-white/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Jennifer King - Black and White DESCRIPTION:The Fine Art of Black and White Photography by Jennifer King CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:298@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241105T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241105T210000 DTSTAMP:20240920T003124Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-frank-smith-architecture-the-art-of-gra phic-elements/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Frank Smith - Architecture &\; The Art of Graphi c Elements DESCRIPTION:Frank Smith - Architecture &\; The Art of Graphic Elements CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:326@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241106T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241106T220000 DTSTAMP:20240610T014019Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/landscape-naomi-cohen-competition-submission-de adline/ SUMMARY:Landscape (Naomi Cohen) Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:Members' 4 images to be entered in the Naomi Cohen Landscape Co mpetition must be uploaded by 10:00 p.m.\n\nIf your are logged in\, you ma y enter the Naomi Cohen  (Landscape) Competition here CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:308@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241112T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241112T203000 DTSTAMP:20240524T140037Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/members-showcase-1-tbd/ SUMMARY:Members Showcase 1 - "TBD" DESCRIPTION:Information to follow.\n\nProgram Committee CATEGORIES:Members Showcase LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:309@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T140351Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/naomi-cohen-landscape-competition-results-2/ SUMMARY:Naomi Cohen (Landscape) Competition Results DESCRIPTION:Competition Results\n\nJudges' results for the Naomi Cohen Land scape Competition will be presented.\n\n[sc name="online_meetings_reminder "] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:327@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T003324Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/lorne-rose-architecture-competition-submission- deadline-3/ SUMMARY:Lorne Rose (Architecture) Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:Members' 4 images to be entered in the Lorne Rose Architecture Competition must be uploaded by 10:00pm.\n\nIf you are logged in you may e nter the Lorne Rose (Architecture) Competition here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:328@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T003714Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/kay-mcgregor-nature-competitions-submission-dea dline-2/ SUMMARY:Kay McGregor (Nature) Competitions Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:Members' 4 images to be entered in the Kay McGregor Nature Comp etition must be uploaded by 10:00pm.\n\nIf you are logged in\, you may e nter The Kay McGregor (Nature) Competition here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:299@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241203T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241203T210000 DTSTAMP:20241202T153140Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-stephanie-johnson-the-art-beauty-of-icm -photography/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Stephanie Johnson - The Art &\; Beauty of ICM Ph otography DESCRIPTION:Speaker Stephanie Johnson - The Art &\; Beauty of ICM Photog raphy CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:310@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241210T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T141252Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/lorne-rose-architecture-and-kay-mcgregor-compet ition-presentations/ SUMMARY:Lorne Rose (Architecture) and Kay McGregor (Nature) Competition Pre sentations DESCRIPTION:Competition Results\n\nTonight's presentation is the Lorne Rose (Architecture) and Kay McGregor (Nature) Results.\n\n \;\n\n[sc name= "online_meetings_reminder"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:311@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241217T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241217T203000 DTSTAMP:20241129T213831Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/holiday-social-night-2/ SUMMARY:Holiday Social Night DESCRIPTION:As we enter the holiday season our Holiday Social provides a gr eat opportunity to see everyone where we can enjoy some music\, some finge r food\, celebrate our photography accomplishments and chat about our plan s for the New Year.\nWe encourage you to:\n\n Pizza &\; Refreshments\n Bring a guest (spouse or friend)\n\nREFRESHMENTS  •  MUSIC  •  S LIDE SHOW \nPlease sign up in the form below so that we know how many mem bers and guests to expect: CATEGORIES:Socials LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:330@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250108T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250108T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T004657Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/russell-gee-harry-cartner-stuart-freedman-compe tition-submission-deadline-2/ SUMMARY:Russell Gee\, Harry Cartner &\; Stuart Freedman Competition Subm ission Deadline DESCRIPTION:If you are logged in:\n\nNovice members may enter 4 images in t he Russell Gee (Novice Division\, Photographer's Choice) Competition here. \n\nIntermediate members may enter 4 images in the Harry Cartner (Intermed iate Division\, Photographer's Choice) Competition here.\n\nAdvanced membe rs may enter 4 images in the Stuart Freedman (Advanced Division\, Photogra pher's Choice) Competition here.\n\nAll images for the respective competit ions must be uploaded by 10:00pm. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:337@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250111T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250111T123000 DTSTAMP:20241222T180901Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-nick-veasey-x-ray-photography/ SUMMARY:Speaker: Nick Veasey - X-Ray Photography DESCRIPTION:Saturday January 11\, 2025\n11:00 AM\nPlease join us for a pres entation by Nick Veasey as he describes his work and process for creating X-Ray photographs. Nick is a UK based photographer and we have moved his p resentation to the weekend so that he does not have to be awake late to pr esent to us. Nick's work is unique and demonstrates a very different appro ach to the production of photographic art.\n\n[caption id="attachment_3084 6" align="alignnone" width="300"] Photograph by Nick Veasey[/caption]\n\n& nbsp\; CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:300@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250114T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250114T210000 DTSTAMP:20240826T135534Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-jana-zachariou-flower-art/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Jana Zachariou - Flower Art DESCRIPTION:Jana Zachariou - Flower Art CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:338@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250119T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250119T130000 DTSTAMP:20250106T235846Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/tdpc-outing-rom/ SUMMARY:TDPC Outing - ROM DESCRIPTION:Visit the Royal Ontario Museum with members of the TDPC and fri ends for three inspiring exhibits. \nROM exhibits include:- Wildlife Phot ographer of the Year 2024 - Nature in Brilliant Colour\n---Meet for coffee at 9:30 a.m. - Tim Horton's across from the ROM (Bedford Rd and Bloor) 24 6 Bloor St. W.\, Toronto\, M5S 1V4\n10:00 a.m. - Royal Ontario Museum\n12: 00. - Photography and brunch\n\nPurchase your tickets using our 15% off pr omo code:\nTDPCROM (expires May 4\, 2025)\nhttps://www.rom.on.ca\n\nPlease sign up for this event by making a booking. CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:ROM\, 100 Queens Park\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada GEO:43.66771;-79.394777 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=100 Queens Park\, Toronto\, ON\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=ROM:geo:43.66771,-79.394777 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:313@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250121T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T143044Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/russell-gee-harry-cartner-stuart-freedman-divis ional-competitions-results-2/ SUMMARY:Russell Gee\, Harry Cartner &\; Stuart Freedman (Divisional) Com petitions Results DESCRIPTION:Competition Results\n\nJudges' results for the Russell Gee (Nov ice Division)\, Harry Cartner (Intermediate Division) and Stuart Freedman (Advanced Division) Competitions will be presented.\n\n[sc name="online_m eetings_reminder"]\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:314@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250204T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250204T210000 DTSTAMP:20250131T152632Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/members-showcase-2-2/ SUMMARY:Members Showcase 2 - Philip Jessup DESCRIPTION:M E M B E R  S H O W C A S E   Feburary 4\, 2025\n \;\n\n This is our second member showcase of the season. This presentation will b e by club member Philip Jessup who is passionate about the environment and using photography to help preserve it. He has a unique photographic style \, equipment and printing process.\n\n\nYou can visit his website at jessu p.ca\n\nThis is an online Zoom meeting\, 7:30 - 9:00 pm\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\; CATEGORIES:Members Showcase END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:339@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250209T084500 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250209T110000 DTSTAMP:20250108T190142Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/tdpc-outing-60th-annual-orchid-show/ SUMMARY:TDPC Outing - 60th Annual Orchid Show DESCRIPTION:SOOS 60th Annual Orchid Show\nPhotographers' ONLY session (Uni and Tripods permitted)\nSunday\, Feb 9\, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.\nDetails\nTo ronto Botanical Gardens\n\n 777 Lawrence Avenue East Toronto\, ON M3C 1P2 \n\nMeet at 8:45 a.m. \n\nSession starts at 9:00 a.m.\n\nDuration: 2 hr\n \nPurchase your ticket on Eventbrite. $22.63\n\nhttps://www.eventbrite.ca/ e/photographers-only-session-uni-and-tripods-permitted-tickets-10675370951 89?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\n\nAlso\, please register on this page so we know who will be attending. CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:Toronto Botanical Gardens\, 777 Lawrence Ave East\, Toronto\, ON\, M3C 1P2\, Canada GEO:43.734164;-79.360545 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=777 Lawrence Ave East\, Tor onto\, ON\, M3C 1P2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Toronto Botanical Gardens:geo:43.734164,-79.360545 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:315@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250211T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250211T210000 DTSTAMP:20240826T135745Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-hub-hou-black-white-landscape/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Huibo Hou (Black &\; White Landscape) DESCRIPTION:\n\nPersonal Expressive Black and White Landscape Photography       \n\n\nBlack and white photography has a timeless appeal\, often can touch viewers in a more profound level.  Some landscape photographer s may find it difficult to work without color. In the first half of this t alk\, Huibo will delve into the development of one’s personal vision\, d rawing from her own evolution in B&\;W landscape photography. In the se cond half\, she will explore various compositional and tonal control techn iques\, including her postprocessing flow\, with the aim of improving one ’s vision of seeing and editing in black and white. \n\n\n\n \;\nBi o\nHuibo Hou (https://www.huibohou.com)\, is a landscape photographer bas ed in San Diego\, California. She fell in love with photography about 25 y ears ago as a hobbyist while working in the wireless communication industr y. Then life got in the way\, and she had to set aside her photography pur suit for quite some time. In early 2015 she rekindled her love for photogr aphy and gradually became more serious about the craft. Her work has been recognized internationally in recent years with multiple awards and public ations. Landscape photography\, especially in black and white\, is the art medium that she is passionate about. It serves as her creative outlet to express how she observes\, interprets\, and connects with nature.\n\n  \;\n\n \;\n\n[sc name="online_meetings_reminder"] CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:316@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250218T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250218T210000 DTSTAMP:20250108T192634Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-louie-palu-tbd/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Louie Palu DESCRIPTION:Louie Palu\nArctic Imagination\nFeb 18\, 7:30 PM\n\n\nLouie Pal u is a documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on social political issues such as war\, human rights and poverty.\n\nHis work has appeared in festivals\, publications\, exhibitions and collections interna tionally. His project covering politics in Washington from 2019-2021 was s elected for a World Press Photo award.  He is a 2016-17 John Simon Guggen heim Foundation Fellow and a Harry Ransom Center Research Fellow in the Hu manities at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the recipient of nume rous awards including Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Grants\, 2011-12 Bernard L Schwartz Fellowship with the New America Foundation and Milton Rogovin Fellowship at the University of Arizona. He is well known for his work which examines social political issues such as human rights\, conflic t and poverty. He is currently working on a long-term project on the Arcti c partnered with National Geographic Magazine\, National Geographic Societ y and is a National Geographic Explorer. In 2019 his work was selected for the Arnold Newman Prize for New Directions in Photographic Portraiture. H is work is held in numerous collections including the Smithsonian\, U.S. L ibrary of Congress and National Gallery of Art.\n\nAward winning photograp her Louie Palu will be sharing a selection of images and experiences from working on stories internationally over the course of 30-years including i n the wars in Ukraine and Afghanistan\, Arctic and more. Palu is widely kn own as a documentary photographer\, author\, and filmmaker who utilizes hy brid approaches to image making using journalism and art.\n\n[caption id=" attachment_30867" align="alignnone" width="300"] Shaft miner at the 2500 f oot level station before mucking and drilling\, Louvicourt Mine\, Val d?Or \, Quebec. From the book Cage Call: Life and Death in the Hard Rock Mining Belt. An in-depth project spanning over 12-years examining communities in one of the richest mining regions in the world located in Northwestern On tario and Northeastern Quebec in Canada.[/caption]\n\n \;\n\n \;\n \n[sc name="online_meetings_reminder"] CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:329@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250219T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250219T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T004444Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/richard-wolf-altered-reality-competition-submis sion-deadline-2/ SUMMARY:Richard Wolf (Altered Reality) Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:Members' 4 images to be entered in the Richard Wolf Altered Rea lity Competition must be uploaded by 10:00pm.\n\nIf you are logged in\, yo u can access the competition upload page here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:331@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250219T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250219T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T005449Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/nancy-fairley-photo-essay-competition-submissio n-deadline-3/ SUMMARY:Nancy Fairley (Photo Essay) Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:Member's photo essay to be entered in the Nancy Fairley Photo E ssay Competition must be delivered to the Competitions Committee by 10:00p m.  \n\nSubmissions are by electronic transfer to the photo essay chair v ia WeTransfer\, Dropbox or similar web transfers.  Send to competitions@t dpc.ca ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:317@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250304T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250304T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T151730Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/richard-wolf-altered-reality-and-nancy-fairley- photo-essay-competitions-results-2/ SUMMARY:Richard Wolf (Altered Reality) and Nancy Fairley (Photo Essay) Comp etitions Results DESCRIPTION:Competition Results\n\nJudges' results for the Richard Wolf (Al tered  Reality) and the Nancy Fairley (Photo Essay) Competitions will be presented.\n\n[sc name="online_meetings_reminder"]\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:333@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250305T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250305T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T010305Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/v-l-richards-monochrome-competition-submission- deadline/ SUMMARY:V.L. Richards (Monochrome) Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:The theme for the 2024-2025 Club Season is: "Monochrome Photogr aphy".\n\nUpload your 4 images for the competition by 10:00pm.\n\nIf you a re logged in\, you can access the competition upload page here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:318@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250311T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250311T210000 DTSTAMP:20250120T044857Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-lewis-katz-abstract-photography-a-perso nal-journey/ SUMMARY:Online Speaker: Lewis Katz (Abstract Photography - A Personal Journ ey) DESCRIPTION: \;\n\n\nABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY : A Personal Journey\nWhat is abstract photography? Just an out of focus image - hardly! Abstract photo graphy can take on so many different forms its hard to pin down an exact d efinition. That is what makes it so fascinating. In this presentation I wi ll cover and discuss the many forms of abstract photography and the techni ques used to create them. Simplicity\, composition\, angle of view\, light ing\, harmony and most importantly mystery. I discuss how to create effect ive abstract images using everyday objects\, using design elements\, using macro lenses\, shooting through objects\, capturing motion\, playing with lighting and how to create a home studio to create and capture abstract i mages.\n\n\n[caption id="attachment_30960" align="alignnone" width="215"] OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_30959" align=" alignnone" width="300"] OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA[/caption]\n\nhttps://www.le wiskatzphotography.com/\n\n[sc name="online_meetings_reminder"] CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:319@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250318T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250318T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T153801Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/v-l-richards-monochrome-competition-results/ SUMMARY:V.L. Richards (Monochrome) Competition Results DESCRIPTION:Judges' results for the V.L. Richards (Rotating Theme) Competit ion will be presented.\n\nThis year's theme is Monochrome.\n\n[sc name="on line_meetings_reminder"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:342@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250327T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250327T200000 DTSTAMP:20250226T012126Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/outing-to-silver-shack/ SUMMARY:Outing to Silver Shack DESCRIPTION:Outing to Silver Shack\n1681 Dundas Street West\nMarch 20\, 6:3 0 PM - 8:00 PM\nWe are pleased to announce a tour of Silver Shack\, a loca l image printing company that has been printing the work of club member Ph ilip Jessup. Those of you who joined us for Philip's presentation will rea lize that these are gum bichromate prints. Silver Shack does gum bichromat e\, gum over palladium\, as well as traditional silver prints and inkjet p rints. They also have a gallery of rotating works that we will be able to see in addition to their printing facilities. We want to thank Philip for contacting Silver Shack and helping us to set up this tour.\n\nYou MUST re gister for this event no later than March 20 at 11:45 PM. They can only ha ndle limited numbers and we must ensure we do not exceed their capacity.\n \n \; CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:Silver Shack\, 1681 Dundas Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M6K 1 V2\, Canada GEO:43.649915;-79.437424 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1681 Dundas Street West\, T oronto\, Ontario\, M6K 1V2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Silver Shac k:geo:43.649915,-79.437424 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:301@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250401T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250401T203000 DTSTAMP:20250330T200355Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-peter-dulis-five-eco-adventures-in-the- caribbean/ SUMMARY:Speaker Peter Dulis - Five Eco-Adventures in the Caribbean DESCRIPTION:Speaker Peter Dulis - Five Eco-Adventures in the Caribbean CATEGORIES:Speakers LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:320@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250408T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250408T210000 DTSTAMP:20250318T000946Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/members-showcase-3-tbd/ SUMMARY:Online Members Showcase 3 - Image Editing Challenge DESCRIPTION:Image Editing Challenge\nOnline Meeting\n• 4 RAW images poste d to our website for members to edit as they see fit.\n• Images were gra ciously donated by several club members.\n• You may edit up to 3 of the images.\n• Use any software you have and edit in any way you wish - have fun\, be creative.\n• For more details\, and to get the images to edit\ , sign into our website tdpc.ca - “Image Uploads/Sandbox”\nSubmission Deadline: Wednesday\, April 2nd.\nResult will be presented at the 3rd Memb ers Showcase on April 8 on zoom.\n7:30 pm - 9:00 pm\nWe had some really in teresting and fun results in our last edit challenge. We learned a lot fro m seeing what ideas our fellow club members had\, and what software and te chniques they used. So we encourage everyone to join in and submit your re sults.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Members Showcase END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:334@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250409T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250409T220000 DTSTAMP:20240612T010542Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/robert-zakrison-climate-change-competition-subm ission-deadline/ SUMMARY:Robert Zakrison (Climate Change) Competition Submission Deadline DESCRIPTION:The theme for the 2024-2025 Club Season is: "Climate Change".\n \nUpload your 4 images for the competition by 10:00pm.\n\nIf you are logge d in\, you can access the competition upload page here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Deadl ine.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:321@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250422T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250422T210000 DTSTAMP:20240524T155202Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/robert-zakrison-climate-change-competition-resu lts/ SUMMARY:Robert Zakrison (Climate Change) Competition Results DESCRIPTION:Judges' results for the Robert Zakrison Themed Competition will be presented.\n\nThis year's theme is Climate Change.\n\n[sc name="online _meetings_reminder"] ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Winne r.png CATEGORIES:Competition Results END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:341@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250424T220000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250424T220000 DTSTAMP:20250504T151812Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/2025-o3c-interclub-open-challenge/ SUMMARY:(DO NOT DELETE) 2025 O3C Interclub Open Challenge DESCRIPTION:2025 OCCC Interclub Open Challenge Competition Information\nDea dline\n\nThe deadline for TDPC Member submission of digital images for the OCCC Open Challenge Competition is today Thursday April 24th\, 2025 at 10 :00 pm.\n\nDigital File Specifications\n\n Format: File must be saved as jpeg (.jpg) using the sRGB color space\n Image Sizing: Either the width o r the height must be exactly the maximum of 1920 pixels wide or 1080 pixel s high\; maximum file size 3 MB\n\nSubmitting Images\n\n To upload your i mages use the Image Upload form below\n Based on the # of images you uplo aded\, calculate the fees due ($2.00 per image\, to a maximum of 12 images )\n Then\, submit your payment using the PayPal payment form below the Im age Upload form\n\nCategories\n\nThere are 11 different categories this ye ar\, detailed below:\n\n As last year\, there will not be a Print Categor y this year\n There is also no pure nature wildlife category this year\n There are 4 separate nature categories with substantially relaxed composi tional/technical rules but the key is the image must fit the category. Han d of Man is permitted. This includes:\n\n Nature Birds\n Nature Animals\ n Nature Botany\n Nature Landscape &\; Geology – does NOT permit Ha nd of Man\n\n\n The Expansive Views category provides for a range of land scape\, seascape\, geology\, astronomy and cityscape images. Hand of Man i s permitted.\n There are 5 pictorial categories comprising of:\n\n Peopl e in Action – intended for sports photography with people substantially visible in the image\n People\n Architecture\n Pictorial\n Creative Vi sion\n\n\n The annual themed category for 2025 is “Canadiana"\n\nDetail s about the various categories and explicit rules can be found on the O3C website here explaining what imagery is appropriate within each category a nd explains further limitations and exclusions. Awards\, medals and certif icates will be presented in these categories to individuals and clubs.\n\n Assistance\n\nPlease make sure you read the rules carefully and place your entries in the correct category. If you are unsure about placement in a p articular category\, you can always request a review by submitting your im age via email to o3c-review@tdpc.ca and our review team will respond.\n\nD etails\n\nThe OCCC Open Challenge is both a club and an individual competi tion. TDPC has performed well in this competition in recent years. Among o ver 35 competing clubs\, TDPC garnered a 3rd place finish in 2018 and a 1s t overall in 2017. One reason for this showing was the high level of parti cipation by our members. We would like to see this trend continue and enco urage you to submit your best photos again this year to help us in this qu est.\n\nAny image\, as long as it\, or one that is substantially the same\ , has not been submitted to the OCCC in the past\, is eligible. There is n o time limit on the creation date of submitted images (so\, you could cons ider entering images that placed well in past internal TDPC competitions). \n\nAs indicated above\, there are 11 categories and you can submit up to 12 entries in total since more than 1 entry per category is allowed. As st ated\, there is no restriction on how many of these entries can be entered in any single category. Once again\, this year’s competition will inclu de a Specialist Award for each category so submitting a high number of ent ries in one category may also give you a better chance at winning the spec ialist award for that category. In addition there is a Diversity Award for makers submitting to multiple categories\n\nRules and regulations for thi s competition can be accessed from the OCCC website here. This site includ es a link so you can download a copy of the 2025 Rules and Guidelines.\n\n Artificial Intelligence (AI)\n\nThere is an increased focus on usage of AI tools:\n\n AI generated imagery that uses Text-to-Image or Image-to-Imag e Generative processes that draw from an external\, cloud-based database o f photographs – content not owned by the maker -- is not allowed for any portion of a photo entry whatsoever (eg. Adobe's 'Generative AI’ featur es in Lightroom and Photoshop). \;  \;\n Programs that allow AI " Remove" and "Expand" Tools WITHOUT the use of Text-Prompts to remove eleme nts (distractions\, wires\, people\, etc.) or expand image area with eithe r local or cloud based processing are acceptable so long as it represents no more than 10% of the final image\, (the only exception being the Creati ve Vision category where there is no specified limit – however\, all ele ments of the CV project must have been created by the maker and not using an cloud-based AI sources).\n\nEntry Fees\n\nThe entry fee for the competi tion is $2.00 per image\, to a maximum of $24.00 per entrant. The Toronto Digital Photography Club will collect each member’s entry fee using the Payment Form on the upload page and submit it to O3C on your behalf.\n\nSo if you plan to enter the OCCC Open Challenge Competition you will need to be logged in when visiting the calendar date of Thursday\, April 24 2025. \n\nGood luck!\n\nTDPC Board of Directors\n\n[ewz_show_webform identifier= "OCCC"] CATEGORIES:Competition Deadlines,OCCC Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:322@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250429T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250429T210000 DTSTAMP:20250324T000901Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/outing-tbd-2/ SUMMARY:Outing - East Don River Trail Exploration DESCRIPTION:Outing to East Don River Trail\nApril 29\, 7:00 PM\nPlease join us on April 29 at 7:00 PM for a walk along the East Don Trail to look for wildlife and a few landscape shots. The trail is paved and mostly flat. D epending on what we find\, we might walk up to 8 km but will probably walk less. We will meet at the East Don Trail Parking lot at the end of Old La wrence Ave. Heading east from Don Mills\, the entrance is just past the en trance to the Don Valley Parkway on the south side of Lawrence. Note that there are two parking lots on the way down the hill and we will meet at th e lower parking lot. You can try putting the following code into your GPS: PMQC+F5 North York\, Ontario.\n\nWe recommend you bring your camera plus a lens suitable for birds and other wildlife. You might also want to bring something like a 24-105 for landscapes if this interests you. Tripods are optional but would be useful if you want to blur running water. We will h ave about 90 minutes before dusk so you might want to prepare for some low -light photography. Please be prompt as we will want to start the walk jus t after 7:00 PM. CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:East Don Trail Parking Lot\, PMQC+F5 North York\, Ontario\, York\, Ontario\, Canada GEO:43.738688;-79.329563 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=PMQC+F5 North York\, Ontari o\, York\, Ontario\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=East Don Trail Park ing Lot:geo:43.738688,-79.329563 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:323@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250506T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250506T203000 DTSTAMP:20250506T205512Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-felicity-somerset/ SUMMARY:Speaker: Felicity Somerset ( Nature Narratives ) DESCRIPTION:Nature Narratives\nBy\nFelicity Somerset\nMay 6\, 2025\, 7:00 P M\n \;\n\nOverview\nCuriosity and creativity are watch words for Felic ity Somerset. \; In this presentation\, she will share stories of her creative explorations into the intimate landscapes of the natural environm ent.\n\n\n\n\nBiography\nCuriosity and creativity are watchwords for Felic ity. Her photographic focus is on the intimate and often abstracted image that captures the essence and intricacies of nature and rural landscapes.\ n\nFelicity’s photography is exhibited frequently in galleries and publi c spaces. Her work is in private collections across Canada and internation ally and in the permanent collections of the Lennox and Addington Museum a nd Archives and the Art Gallery of Northumberland. \; Felicity is a Ga llery Artist at 2gallery\, Picton and the Jackalope Gallery\, Toronto. &nb sp\;Her Photo Essays and photographic images have been published in the Ca nadian Camera and PhotoEd magazines\, and she has also published a number of photography books. She is a member of the Arts and Letters Club of Toro nto\, and the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts. CATEGORIES:Speakers LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:324@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250513T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250513T203000 DTSTAMP:20240524T200623Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/2024-2025-year-end-awards-night/ SUMMARY:2024-2025 Year End Awards Night DESCRIPTION:Details TBD! ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/award s2.jpg CATEGORIES:Competition Results,Socials LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:340@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250607T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250607T120000 DTSTAMP:20250423T190418Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/tdpc-outing-ottawa-peony-festival/ SUMMARY:Outing: Oshawa Peony Festival DESCRIPTION:OUTING ORGANIZER: Theresa Moore (for event day texts only: 416- 493-3201)\n\nWHEN?\nSaturday June 7\, 2025 from 9-12 (garden photography b efore crowds arrive\, then indoor and off-site activities).\n\nWHAT?\n\n Peony Gardens (300+ Peony species) &\; Memory Garden\n Indoor Peony Ju dging (300+ entries—access starts at 1100 after judging completed)\n Mu sical Performances &\; Art Activities\n Craft &\; Gourmet Food Vend ors (see festival website for list of craft vendors)\n Free Shuttle to ne arby Parkwood Estate Gardens &\; Mansion with Bonsai show from 10 to 4. (Note: Commercial\, Indoor\, Tripod\, and Drone Photography prohibited wi thout a permit there).\n Festival Photography Contest (with prizes). See festival website for terms and conditions and entry form. https://www.osha wa.ca/en/parks-recreation-and-culture/peony-festival.aspx\n Free admissio n\n\n \;\n\nWHERE?\n\n Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens &\; Kinsmen Valleyview Park\, 155 Arena Street\, Oshawa\n Meet at the entrance to th e Children’s Arena at 0900 then wander the gardens\, visit Parkwood (sta rting at 10)\, and attend indoor events (starting at 11).\n\n \;\n\nPA RKING\nParking at 155 Arena Street is for those with MTO accessible parkin g passes only.\n\nOff-site parking can be found at:\n\n City Hall parking lot: 45 Quenn St.\n Lot 50: South of Robert McLaughlin Gallery off of Qu een St.\n Parkade 2: 117 Bond St.\n On-street parking\, where permitted by law\n Grass lot: North side of Adelaide St. W. between Arena St. &\ ; Kaiser Cres.\n\n \;\n\nATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION: Please confirm your attendance below\n\nReminder: After the event\, please send your best phot os to Margaret Hall by August 21st for the September newsletter at newslet ter@tdpc.ca and to Jacqui Jeruzalski for the club’s social media account s at sigs@tdpc.ca. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tdpc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Peony .jpg CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:Oshawa Valley Botanical Gardens &\; Kinsmen Valleyview Park\, 1 55 Arena Street\, Oshawa\, Ontario\, Canada GEO:43.900433;-78.872323 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=155 Arena Street\, Oshawa\, Ontario\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Oshawa Valley Botanical Garde ns & Kinsmen Valleyview Park:geo:43.900433,-78.872323 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:345@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250909T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250909T210000 DTSTAMP:20250513T201739Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/opening-night/ SUMMARY:Opening Night DESCRIPTION:Pizza &\; refreshments CATEGORIES:Socials LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:346@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250916T210000 DTSTAMP:20250911T005711Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-ron-clifford-character-matters/ SUMMARY:Speaker: Ron Clifford - Character Matters DESCRIPTION:Ron Clifford\nCharacter Matters\nTuesday September 16\, 2025\, 7:00 PM\nEdithvale Community Centre\n[caption id="attachment_31461" align= "alignnone" width="240"] Ron Clifford[/caption]\n\n \;\nAnyone who kno ws Ron Clifford knows that while he is a skilled\, award-winning photograp her\, he is first and foremost an encourager\, a mentor and an educator. C all him an "Inspirologist"  He has made a career out of encouraging the c reative soul in others. As a result of his commitment to creating powerful images and building strong communities\, he has his work featured on Goog le products\, on National Geographic online and has been featured in posts \, podcasts and interviews around the world. Ron has become well known for his involvement in online and in-person mentoring in photography. Recentl y he was able to share his personal story about overcoming difficulties on the TEDx stage.  Along with speaking and teaching\, Ron is also a Photog raphy Guide on unique photography symposiums\, workshops and tours to some of the most remote places on earth including the Arctic and Antarctica\nI n Ron’s own words:\n"I’m a visual storyteller. I always say\, “Do wh at you can’t help but do“?and for me\, that is to capture the BEAUTY a nd CHARACTER in the people I meet and the places I travel\, and to help ot hers to do the same.??..I have the best job in the world".\n\n"Character M atters" is a presentation exploring how capturing characters in people\, p laces and wildlife will level up your images and help you tell better visu al stories. CATEGORIES:Speakers LOCATION:Edithvale Community Centre - Banquet Hall\, 131 Finch Avenue West\ , Toronto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada GEO:43.7771935;-79.4270914 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=131 Finch Avenue West\, Tor onto\, ON\, M2N 2H8\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Edithvale Communit y Centre - Banquet Hall:geo:43.7771935,-79.4270914 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:379@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250920T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250920T120000 DTSTAMP:20250919T210224Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/capa-photo-walk/ SUMMARY:CAPA Photo Walk DESCRIPTION:CAPA Photo Walk\n10AM - Sept. 20\, 2025\nSouth East corner of S t. Clair Ave. West and Spadina\nIn conjunction with CAPA\, we will be hold ing a photo walk to Sir Winston Churchill Park and Nordheimer ravine. The walk will be led by club member Kat Lovasi and is open to both club member s and members of the public. Please use the registration button below to s ign up for the walk. CAPA also asks that you register on their page: https ://capacanada.ca/Photo-Walk/\n\nYou will want to make sure to join the ded icated Facebook Group at www.CAPACanada.link/Photo-Walk-Facebook to be a ble to share images\n\n\n\n Make sure that you are using appropriate hash tags (#) for your region and walk.\n\n Main Hashtag:  #CAPAWalk\; #l’A CAPMarche\n Zone Specific Hashtag: #CAPAPacificWalk\; #CAPAPrairieWalk\; #CAPAOntarioWalk\; #CAPAQuebecWalk (#l’ACAPQuebecMarche)\; #CAPAAtlantic Walk\n Any club or walk hashtags the club may be using\n\n\n\n\nYou will have the ability to share your images and video clips in our CAPA Photo Wa lk Gallery.  This Gallery can be accessed at:  www.CAPACanada.link/Photo -Walk-Gallery and you will be able to upload tomorrow or in the future as you edit your work.\n\nYou can upload your images through the mobile app by accessing www.CAPACanada.link/Photo-Walk-App for images on your phone \n\nYou can upload your images that you have edited and want to share thro ugh www.CAPACanada.link/Photo-Walk-Upload\n\n\n\n Make sure that you nam e your files as follows:  “LastName-ClubName-Location-PhotoNumber”.  The Photo number is just your personal number to allow for multiple submi ssions from one person.\n Max File Size for Photos:  500 mb and 4 Gigapi xels\n Max File Size for Videos:  3 GB with 20 min Capacity\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\nWe will begin our journey from St. Clair Ave West and Spadina as we wal k through an area called\, Sir Winston Churchill Park and at the far end w ill be a set of staircases leading down to the nature area where forks of pathways will lead in different directions. Here there will be an area tha t is an actual designated 'mini dog walking park' which is fenced in. To t he right of this area are two paths\, both leading to the Nordheimer Ravin e. (We're not going to cover this area as there's not enough time and as i t's also an area that is occupied by quite a few homeless tent persons).\n To the left\, two other paths where both lead to Russell Hill Road at the end but one being a lengthier walk and the other a shorter walk. We will b e doing the shorter path first and then we will double back to the center to take the longer path. When we have done this path we will double back o r if people wish they can just continue to Russell Hill Rd.\n\nThese areas are far more beautiful in the fall when they're filled with color but sti ll very pretty for being right in the middle of a busy city. Enclosed is a pic from the fall of 2023 when it was truly a great fall season.\n\n\n\n[ caption id="attachment_31681" align="alignnone" width="300"] Fall Foliage in Sir Winston Churchill Park[/caption]\n\n \;\n\n\nMeet up Time: 10AM - Sept. 20\, 2025\nPlace: South East corner of St. Clair Ave. West and Sp adina\n(To access the lower area where the walk begins\, there will be mul tiple stair cases going down. I mention this\, as if we have people who mi ght find stairs challlenging due to health impediments....might be an issu e) CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:Sir Winston Churchill Park\, 335 St. Clair Ave. W\, Toronto\, onta rio\, Canada GEO:43.684585;-79.410967 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=335 St. Clair Ave. W\, Toro nto\, ontario\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sir Winston Churchill Pa rk:geo:43.684585,-79.410967 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:377@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250927T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250927T110000 DTSTAMP:20250905T174721Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/foto-walk/ SUMMARY:FOTO Walk DESCRIPTION:FOTO is one of several new apps that are challenging the domina nce of instagram. These apps are being started by photographers who are di sillusioned with what instagram has become and feel that photographers nee d something better. The app is hosting a global photo walk on Saturday Sep tember 27 at 8:00 AM at Starbucks\, 4 King St. W\, Toronto. This is not a club activity\, but might be of interest to club members. To join\, you mu st download and sign up for the app\, which is free. It is called FOTO Inc on Apple and I believe has an Android version as well. When you sign up\, you need to provide the user name you selected when you signed up for the app.\n\nOnce you download the app and join\, you can register for the wal k here: <\;<\; Register for Walk >\;>\;\n\nThe walk is being led b y Graeme Roy\, an accomplished Toronto street photographer. You can click on his name to go to his website and see some of his work. This is an oppo rtunity to try street photography and observe how an accomplished photogra pher approaches the genre. Note that street photography usually involves a LOT of walking and you will be active most of the time.\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\; CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:Starbucks\, 4 king st. w\, Toronto\, Canada GEO:43.649504;-79.378443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4 king st. w\, Toronto\, Ca nada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Starbucks:geo:43.649504,-79.378443 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:378@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250928T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250928T140000 DTSTAMP:20250906T013716Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/port-hope-outing/ SUMMARY:Port Hope Outing DESCRIPTION:Outing to Port Hope\nSunday September 28\, 2025 10:00 AM\nPleas e join us for an outing to Port Hope to photograph the annual salmon migra tion as they jump in the river to reach their spawning grounds.\n\nIn addi tion to the salmon run\, Port Hope has many historic buildings\, a beach a nd waterfront. There is a walking and driving tour you can do of historic buildings as well as the locations of movies that have been shot in the to wn.\n\n<\;<\; Historic Walking Tour >\;>\;\n\nWe will meet at the south-west corner of Queen and Walton Streets\, near the bridge\, at 10:00 AM. Note that Port Hope is about a 1 hour drive from Yonge and 401 and th at you should arrive earlier to get parking and to walk to the meeting loc ation(9:30 arrival is suggested).\n\nWe will meet for an optional lunch at 1:00 PM at Turtle John's Restaurant and Bar\, located at 64 John St. Plea se tell us in advance if you intend to come for lunch so we can make a res ervation.\n\nFree parking is available at 95 Mill St.\, South and on Augus ta St. by City Hall. There is more free parking on Elias St. just north of city Hall and further north at 34 Cavan St. There are also lots available that offer pay parking. We suggest you arrive early to get parking as we might not be the only ones who want to visit at this time of year. Note th at the southern parking lots are a 30 minute walk from the fish ladder\, l ocated near the 401. Our explorations might never get that far but you wil l need to do some walking.\n\nIf you plan to come for the outing only with out lunch\, please register for one of the Outing Only tickets for the eve nt.\nIf you plan to come to the lunch as well get the outing and lunch tic ket.\n\nPlease register by Sept 22\, 2005 so we can make reservations. If you register after that we cannot guarantee there will be space for lunch. CATEGORIES:Outings LOCATION:Walton St. Bridge\, 33 Walton St.\, Port Hope\, Ontario\, Canada GEO:43.950996;-78.292831 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=33 Walton St.\, Port Hope\, Ontario\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Walton St. Bridge:geo:43.9509 96,-78.292831 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:348@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250930T210000 DTSTAMP:20250929T033726Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/speaker-marc-koegel-bw-minimalism/ SUMMARY:Speaker: Marc Koegel - B&\;W Minimalism DESCRIPTION:Marc Koegel\nB&\;W Minimalism\nTuesday September 30\, 7:30\n [caption id="attachment_31467" align="alignnone" width="208"] Marc Koegel[ /caption]\n\n \;\nPresentation\n[caption id="attachment_31474" align=" alignnone" width="300"] Koegel Photo[/caption]\n\n[caption id="attachment_ 31475" align="alignnone" width="300"] Koegel Photo[/caption]\n\n \;\nM arc Koegel has been mesmerized with black and white ever since he first got started with photography. For his entire career\, he has been working in black and white exclusively.\n\n\nIn this presentation\, Marc will talk about the intricacy of black and white photography using his own photogra phic journey as a case study.  He will address questions such as why he c hooses to work in B+W\, how B+W differs from colour\, how to compose for B +W\, and how best to setup your camera for capturing B+W photographs. He will show and discuss many of his award-winning photographs created in Jap an\, Alberta\, Saskatchewan\, Newfoundland and the Pacific West Coast (Tof ino) during the presentation and explain relevant information about how ea ch was created.\n\n \;\n\n CATEGORIES:Speakers END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:343@tdpc.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20251003 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20251006 DTSTAMP:20250903T170014Z URL:https://tdpc.ca/events/outing-to-killarney-provincial-park/ SUMMARY:Outing to Killarney Provincial Park DESCRIPTION:Outing to Killarney Provincial Park\nOctober 3-5\, 2025\nKillar ney provincial park has been described as the jewel of the park system and should be near its peak fall colours during this time.\n\nThe park is abo ut a 5 hour drive from Toronto and you can come for any number of days. No te that the 3 day period includes a weekend to accommodate those who are w orking.\n\nYou have the option of camping or staying in a local hotel. The hotels will be heavily booked at this time and tend to be expensive. Camp sites can be booked starting May 3. The local hotels are:\n\nSportsman Inn .\nhttps://sportsmansinn.ca/\n\nKillarney Mountain Lodge\nhttps://killarne y.com/\n\nIf we have sufficient interest\, we might be able to book multip le rooms and get a better rate. At this point we want to know:\n\n1. Are y ou interested in going?\n2. What dates will you be there for?\n3. Will you be camping or do you want to stay in a hotel?\n4. Do you want us to try t o book a campsite or hotel with other attendees?\n\nPlease send your respo nse to ldurst@rogers.com by April 31 at midnight. 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