Prince George Photographic Society

We are interested in all forms of photography, including black & white prints, colour prints, slides, digital technology, and the use of computers to enhance our photo taking experience. We like to participate in national and regional photo competitions (check out our Galleries page), and we try to get out in the field as often as we can. We share our knowledge of cameras, lenses, filters, flashes and accessories, photographic techniques, and computers. We are open to suggestions from members / attendees regarding meeting agendas and field trips. Our members span the range from beginners to experts who make their living from photography. Come on out and give us a try, even if all you have is a simple point and shoot camera.

The PG Photo Club exists officially as the "Prince George Photographic Society". This "officalness" offers members transparency and a sort of guarantee about our intent. It also allows us to collect membership fees that we use for hosting events like the ones on our Events page. Regardless, we're just people who like capturing and sharing great images.

Our Constitution and Bylaws

• Our 2020 AGM was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19
• Our 2018 AGM Minutes and 2018 Presidents Letter
• Our 2017 AGM Minutes and 2017 Presidents Letter
• Our 2016 AGM Minutes and 2016 Presidents Letter

The annual membership fee is $45 for an individual and $80 for a family. This fee covers the period from July 1 to June 30 of the following year. * * *

A lower introductory fee for new members is available from January 1 to May 31 each year. It is $25 for an individual and $40 for a family.

All membership fees received in June will be applied to both the current year and the next membership year. Membership renewals are due as of September 1 each year. A member who doesn't renew by December 31 ceases to be a member.

Members are entitled to participate in club challenges and contests. Non-members are welcome to attend a few club meetings to see if the club is for them.

Membership benefits include:

• Enjoy good company at meetings and on field trips.
• Share your photos and videos at club meetings.
• Access the BC/Yukon online Speaker Series free of charge.
• Participate in monthly club challenges and competitions.
• Participate in external contests at the provincial and national level.
• Participate in public shows where your work is seen by the public.
• Access the club’s google discussion group that allows for back-and-forth discussion.
• Participate in a shared interest group (SIG) — the Wildlife Photography SIG meets once each month.
• Club members qualify for a free CAPA limited membership.

Sandra Hay, a member of the club since 1981 (thats forty years!) put together the history of the club as she recalls it. The list below are the highlights and if you wish to read her whole recollection you can do so here. Thank you Sandra!

• Likely founded sometime in the sixties
• In the eighties the club met at Studio 2880 and had around thirty to forty members
• Moved to the Connaught Youth Centre and set up a darkroom space and in exchange for free rent each year the club photographed cadets for their ID's
• In the late eighties the club participated in the Photogenesis, held weekend workshops about photography and for a number of years had a month long display of photos on the stairwell at the library
• In 1996 the club was asked to start paying rent, as it was too much for the club budget the club moved to our present location at The First Baptist Church. There Lance Morgan had already setup a darkroom and the club made use of it until the digital revolution took over
• Photography contests required the use of slides for members to participate until digital was more mainstream
• Through the years the membership ebbed and flowed and around 2000 through 2005 the membership began to grow again
• The club had let it's status as a society lapse and began work on regaining it and writing a new constitution (dated November 27th, 2007 which was again updated in 2018)
• The club began annual weekend field trips in 2005 which continue today - except in the case of road washouts and pandemics!

Members, former members and anyone else that knows interesting tidbits of information about the Club's history ‐ please Contact Us with what you know.

The club would like to thank David Fidler for hosting this website in one form or another from 2002 through to November of 2020. David's contribution to the Prince George Photographic Society was and is greatly appreciated. Thank you David.
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