Bethany Care Centre Portraits by the Cochrane Camera Club November 23, 2019 What better Yuletide gift for loved ones than a classic portrait of your most senior family members? Just a month before Christmas, Cochrane Camera Club volunteers brought their best photographic gear and talents to the Bethany seniors residence to do those portraits. The …
Photo show and Sale
OUR NOVEMBER ART PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION AND SALE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS! The Cochrane Ranchehouse is nestled in a coulee just north of town in a classic western setting. The building is massive and built as a traditional post and beam log structure—what better place to host a photographic exhibit by local photographers! The venue was …
Golden Eagle Migration Outing
The club’s outing for Oct, 19 was to view and if possible capture a few images of the Golden Eagles on their migration path through the Kananaski valley. We started the day off by driving along the Sibbald Creek road towards Highway 40. We stopped at the Sibbald Creek lookout and then travelled to Sibbald …
Wild Horses, and wild fall colours
The Camera Club had one of its largest turnouts ever for the Wild Horse photo shoot this fall! Pat Johnston, our past president, assembled over 20 members at our usual parking lot early Saturday morning—we car-pooled in 6 vehicles up the forestry trunk road (Highways 40) at first light to catch the early morning sun …
Elbow Falls outing
For this outing to Elbow falls, 5 of the camera club members decided to come out in the wet weather in hopes that it would clear up later in the day. The day started out raining, and kept raining during most of the outing. We started at Forgetmenot Pond, followed by Cobble Flats, and Elbow Falls. …
Cochrane Camera Club Exhibition and Sale
As the saying goes in Star Wars, “May the 4th be with you”!! And it was: over twenty members of Cochrane’s camera club braved snow flurries to take part in a terrific collection of photographic art at the Alliance Church on Glenbow Road. About 260 visitors came to view our framed art works and were …
Banff Park outing
PHOTOGRAPHIC FIELD TRIP TO BANFF PARK, MARCH 2019 Can you believe how cold it’s been?? Undaunted, Wendi led Dennis, Michael, Bruce and Tom on a photo shoot to Vermillion Lakes and sunrise over Mt. Rundle followed by a trek down Johnson Canyon to view the ice falls. We were ready to brave the Elements of …
Abraham Lake outing
COCHRANE CAMERA CLUB JANUARY PHOTO OUTING 18-19 January 2019 Who knew that Abraham Lake, west of Rocky Mountain House, was famous for its unique methane bubbles preserved in ice? Who would guess that at sunrise you would find twenty photographers out on the bare ice, which is polished and exposed in the howling winds-- capturing …
Bethany Care photo outing
Ten members of our Club arrived Saturday morning at Cochrane’s Bethany Seniors Residence with their camera gear ready to take portraits of the residents that volunteered to be our models. We carried in some of our less-used equipment: Speedlight flash guns, reflectors, electronic strobe lights, light meters and various tripods. Pat Johnston, our President, had …
Leighton Art Centre outing
Saturday morning, October 20th, saw bright skies and cool temperatures, about -1C when we left the parking lot. Six (6) brave members ventured out to what would become a fun and beautiful road trip. We started the day with a stop in Bragg Creek. We were on the lookout for an old building and possibly …
