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CALENDAR 2023-2024

*** Please note that the Calendar is still a work in progress.  We guarantee that there will be changes to this calendar but we will work as hard as possible to try to finalize the schedule before the first meeting.

Meeting Location: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM - From September to June at the Université de Moncton - Édifice Rémi Rossignol - Salle D002 - rue Notre Dame du Sacré Coeur - Moncton, NB



Thursday, March 14th, 2024
ZOOM MEETING
6:00 - 6:05   Meet and Greet
6:05 - 6:15    Welcome message from Club President
6:15 - 7:15     Visualizing the Unseen - ICM

                           Presented by Kaisa Siren from Finland

Thursday, March 28th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15    Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:00    Portrait Photography and Cosplay - Pierre Gautreau Details here
8:00 - 8:15    Break

8:15 - 8:50    Contest result - Audio-Visual Presentation and Macro 

Friday, March 31st, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: Nature (Follow CAPA Guidelines)
Details on Focus contests page 
 
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15    Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:30    Internal Speaker 
 
SUNDAY, April 14th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: FREEMAN PATTERSON FINE ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
https://focuscontests.com/
 
SUNDAY, April 14th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: KEN DUNPHY LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
https://focuscontests.com/

SUNDAY, April 14th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: BRIAN TWONSEND ILLUMINATOR AWARD
https://focuscontests.com/

Thursday, April 25th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15 Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:15 Guest Speaker
8:15 - 8:30 Q&A

 
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: BLACK AND WHITE (CAPA)
https://focuscontests.com/

Thursday, May 9th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15    Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:30    Internal Speaker - Gordon MacDonald - Why 

Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15 Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:15 Guest Speaker 

8:15 - 8:30 Q&A


Friday, May 31st, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: OPEN 
https://focuscontests.com/

Thursday, June 13th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15    Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:30   Internal Speaker

Thursday, June 27th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15    Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:30    Annual General Meeting (AGM) 

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Thursday, September 14th, 2023
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00 Meet & Greet
7:00 - 7:10  Welcome Message from Club President - Presentation of the 2023-2024 executive member
7:10 - 7:20  
Presentation of the budget 2023-2024
7:20 - 7:45 Presentation of the certificats and gift cards to the winners of 2022-2023 season
7:45 - 8:00 Socializing break
8:00 - 8:30 Competition themes - Mathieu Chiasson
                    Education series - Mathieu Chiasson
8:30 - 8:35 Scott Kelby's Photo Walk Oct 7th - Jocelyne Gagnon

Thursday, September 28th, 2023
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:10    Welcome message from Club President - Tony Holland
7:10 - 8:00    Guest Speaker - Darren Mackinnon - Point and Shoot Approach
8:00 - 8:15    Break - Stretch legs and socialize
8:15 - 8:45     Lens Compression or distortion - Mathieu Chiasson
8:45 - 9:00    Freeman Patterson Award result - Mathieu Chiasson

Saturday, September 30th, 2023
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: SUMMER TONES
Details on Focus contests page 

Saturday, October 7th, 2023 
OUTING
Scott Kelby's Photo Walk
Where: Irishtown Park
Time: 10:00 - 12:00
Details 

Thursday, October 12th, 2023
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:10  Message from Club President
7:10 - 8:00  Capturing Vietnam memories aka Travel Photography - André LeBlanc

8:00 - 8:10  Break
8:30 - 8:40  55th Anniversary Book - Participants - Mathieu Chiasson
8:40 - 8:50  Samples Audio Visual - Competition - Mathieu Chiasson
8:50 - 9:00  Freeman Patterson Award Theme Details
 

Saturday, October 14th, 2023 
DEALINE PHOTO FOR VIEW
We will be doing our first Photo for View on October 26th.  Please submit your photos (maximum 3) in the link below. Please make sure to identify yourself in the comment box.
Submit photos here

Thursday, October 26th, 2023
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:15 - 7:30 Welcome Message from President Stella D’Entremont

7:30 - 7:45  CAPA - What our membership covers: Conference, Competitions, Library, etc. - Stella D’Entremont
7:45 - 7:50  Photos for view
7:50 - 8:00  Break
8:00 - 8:30  Mobil Photography - Stella d’Etremont
8:30 - 8:45   1st Competition results Summer Tones

Monday, November 1st, 2023
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: SHADOWSDetails on Focus contests page 
 
Thursday, November 9th, 2023
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00 Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:20 Welcome message from Club President
7:20 - 7:45  History of Focus Camera Club - Stéphan Reeb
7:45 - 8:00  Break
8:00 - 8:45. Exploring Alaska by Cruise Ship - Jocelyne Gagnon

Friday, November 10th, 2023PHOTO

PRINT CONTEST DEADLINE

We will be doing our first Photo Print Contest on November 23th 2023.  

Submit photo here  

 

Thursday, November 16th, 2023

EDUCATIONAL MEETING

Flash PhotographyTime: 7:00 pm

Where we have our regular meeting, Université de Moncton


Sunday, November 19th, 2023
PROJECT MOBILE PHOTOGRAPHY DEADLINE

  • Pick a theme: Waterfalls, portrait, fall, Christmas, Trees, Skies, Lakes, Rivers, Architecture to name a few. 

  • Use only your iPhone as the camera. All else is fair game!

  • Create four images to present to the Club

  • Presentation date November 23rd, 2023

Please submit your four (4) photos in the link below.
Submit photo here

Thursday, November 21st, 2023
EDUCATIONAL MEETING
Audio Visual - Mathieu Chiasson
7:00 pm  on Zoom check your email for the link

Thursday, November 23rd, 2023

CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:10    Welcome message from Club President
7:10 - 7:30    Open Photo Print Contest in house (Token)

7:30 - 8:00   Presenting Mobile photo project
8:00 - 8:15.   Break
8:15 - 8:35    Presenting Mobile photo project
8:35 - 9:45   2nd Competition Results – Shadows

Sunday, November 26th, 2023
CLUB OUTING
Full Beaver Moon
Location: Fort Beauséjour 
Weather permetting - no rain or overcast date
3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Thursday, November 30th, 2023
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: ON THE HORIZON
Details on Focus contests page

 

Thursday, December 07, 2023 
DEALINE
Photo for View Christmas theme that will be showed at the Christmas Party .  Please submit your photos (maximum 3) in the link below. Please make sure to identify yourself in the message box.
Submit Photos Here
 

 

Sunday, December 10th, 2023

CLUB OUTING

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption/Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral

226 St. George Street

Time: 12:15 - 3:30

Meeting point in the parking lot at 12:00 at Place de la Cathédrale door,

on the right side of the cathedrale

Bring your tripod


Tuesday, December 12th, 2023
CHRISTMAS PARTY

CAVOK Brewing 250 Dieppe Blv, Dieppe
Time: 6:00 - 8:00


Friday, January 5th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: HOT BEVRAGES
Details on Focus contests page 

Thursday, January 11th, 2024
CLUB ZOOM MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Zoom meeting
7:00 - 7:10    Welcome message from Club President  
7:10 - 9:00    Speaker Sheldon Bole - AI Generative Image

8:30 - 8:40    Shadow and On the Horizon  Competition results

Sunday, January 21st, 2024CONTEST DEADLINE

Theme: AUDIO VISUAL PRESENTATION (CAPA)

Details on Focus contests page 


Thursday, January 25th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:10    Welcome message from Club President
7:10 - 7:30    Stephan Reeb - Projector    

7:30 - 8:00   Judging Panel: Stella D’Entremont, Stéphan Reeb, Guy Brun et Isabelle Levesque
8:00 - 8:10    Break

8:10 - 8:45    Ira Crummy

8:45 - 9:00   Horizon Competition 

Wednesday, January 31st, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: CLOSE UP - MACRO
Details on Focus contests page 

 

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

EDUCATIONAL MEETING

Flash Photography Hands on - Mathieu Chiasson

7:00 pm  

Thursday, February 8th, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:15    Welcome message from Club President
7:15 - 8:15     Internal Speaker
8:15 - 8:45   10 minutes of Fame

8:45 - 9:00  Competition Results - Audio visual presentation (CAPA)

Sunday, February 18th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: ATLANTIC ZONE (CAPA)
Details on Focus contests page 

Thursday, February 22nd, 2024
CLUB MEETING
6:30 - 7:00   Meet and Greet
7:00 - 7:10    Welcome message from Club President
7:10 - 7:45    Ivan’s Camera - Products and gear
7:45 - 8:00   Break 
8:00 - 8:30  How to create strong images - Stella d’Entremont

Thursday, February 29th, 2024
CONTEST DEADLINE
Theme: RULE OF THIRD
Details on Focus contests page 

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