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The upcoming Car Rally / Scavenger Hunt on Saturday July 12th will be an afternoon of fun filled with photography, riddles and so much more ending with a BBQ at Karen’s.  Depending on the number of teams we get the event will kick off around noon with each team starting 10 minutes apart. To best organize this we need you to create your teams and send us the information on or before Friday the 11th of July.  The rules are simple all we need is: A driver and three other team members who can be spouses, friends, relatives or anyone else you would like on your team.  In a pinch we can make do with three but four is better. Some photo gear so you can take your pictures.  The Car Rally does not finish until you hand in your pictures at the end and timing is part of the score.  Hint, if you just shoot JPG and copy your images to the USB we will give you at the end you will save you a lot of time.  Also, we will have computers and card readers ready for you to use at the finish line Anyone on the team is allowed to shoot but you may find it advantageous to not have the driver do some or most of the photography A smart phone might come in handy (another hint). What we need from you: Team Name – come up with a fun name for your team (think of a cleaver name for your team, like “What the F’ Stops!”) Members of the team and the name of the driver (3 or 4 people) An email address of one of the teams members so we can send you further instructions Send this information to Jannik: jannik@jannik.ca or Karen: kmpfoto@sasktel.net. This will be a lot of fun and I really encourage you to come out and participate.  Also, if you bring some non-camera club members it would be a great way to introduce them to the club.  After spending the afternoon, figuring out the clues to destinations, collecting required images, you will end up in a secret location to socialize the evening and share your stories of how you ‘legally’ got your images.

We have been invited for a special visit to Courtney Milne’s home just outside the city of Saskatoon on July 27th at 1pm.  We will be meeting at the Walmart on the West End (225 Betts Avenue) in the Southeast corner of the parking lot at 1pm and then caravan out to his property about 10 minutes West of the city. Bring your walking shoes, a bottle of water and your camera to shoot around the property of about 80 acres and also the pool that has been made famous by Courtney’s photos.  Courtney’s wife, Sherrill Miller will be giving a tour of the Milne gallery of images in the house and don’t miss her presentation.  We are welcome to spend the afternoon shooting his home and property. Special Presentation by Sherrill Miller: Beyond the Third Note re-weaving the texture of a life We all have the opportunity to reinvent our lives every day.  However when we are thrust into a journey of major life change – through illness, a death, divorce, retirement, relocation or other loss – it is no longer a choice, but becomes a necessity. In this presentation portraying wonder and beauty of spirit, Sherrill’s commentary is woven between sound-slide segments of Courtney’s mystical images with music by Ann Mortifee, Connie Kaldor and other inspirational musicians, on an excursion to recreate a life full of texture, grace and enchantment.

You are Invited to attend a Fantastic Photo Seminar in Regina, Saskatchewan on November 1st & 2nd.

We will be meeting on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each summer month along with having a special outing once a month.  All outings are open for everyone to join. June Tuesday, June 10th, 7pm: An evening at the Forestry Farm & Zoo. Sunday, Jun 22nd, 1pm: Live shoot with Models and cars. We will be coordinating this outing with the Mopar Club along with some local models. Location: TBA. Leaders: Karen Pidskalny. Tuesday, June 24th, 7pm: Saskatoon Haunted, Humorous, Historic Tour. It is a 90 minute walking tour of Downtown Saskatoon. Participants meet in front of the Senator Hotel (243 21st St E, Saskatoon) at 9:30 p.m. 243 21st Street E. The cost is $13.00 per person. July Tuesday, July 8th, 7pm: Photo Walk around Riversdale. We will explore the architecture, alleys and other features of Riversdale.  Meet at the Farmer’s Market at 414 Avenue B S, Saskatoon. Saturday, July 12th, 1pm: Scavenger Hunt. We will be put into teams with clues to the photos that we have to shoot throughout the day.  Submit your teams by July 11th.  More info  Leaders: Karen Pidskalny & Jannik Plaetner Tuesday, July 22nd, 7pm: Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral Parish of St. George, 214 Avenue M South. Explore the church, shrine, museum and more. Sunday, July 27th, 1pm:  We have been invited for a special visit to Courtney Milne’s home just outside the city of Saskatoon.  We will be meeting at the Walmart on the West End (225 Betts Avenue) in the Southeast corner of the parking lot at 1pm and then caravan out to his property about 10 minutes West of the city.  More info. August Tuesday, August 12th, 7pm: Saskatoon Sunsets and Night Photography. We will meet at the Broadway Roastery (614 Broadway Ave, Saskatoon) at Broadway & 12th and then venture down to the river to capture some iconic sunsets and twilight shots of our beautiful city. Saturday, August 16th, 7pm:  Rural Night Photography: We will be going out of town to capture the Northern Lights, do some light painting and spend a night under the stars (if it’s clear out). Location: TBA. Leader: Karen Pidskalny. Tuesday, August 26th, 7pm: Live shoot with Models. We will be meeting at the Agriculture Building (51 Campus Drive) at the U of S campus to photograph models both indoors and outdoors. Leaders: Karen Pidskalny & Jamie Cleveland. Rainy Day Alternative We will meet at the Western Development Museum if we get rained out.

Branimir will have a talk “Iceland – a Photographer’s Dream” at the Mayfair Branch Library in Saskatoon, 602 – 33rd St West on Thursday, April 24, 2014 at 2 pm. “In the summer of 2012, I joined a group of 14 photographers on a photo tour of Iceland. This island country in northern Atlantic is relatively small, but offers an amazing array of opportunities for landscape photography: vast glaciers with calving icebergs, stark volcanic lava beds, bubbling hot mud pools and countless waterfalls. My presentation includes highlights from the trip, and tips for anyone planning to visit this fantastic photo destination.” – Branimir Gjetvaj