Wildflowers in Alberta are a treasure, so when the camera club was invited to photograph these beauties at Back to Nature Retreat, we jumped at the chance. Our morning started out cold and windy on our first stop at Owen’s Slough. We took the back roads north from Cochrane in hopes of seeing some wildlife. …
Kananaskis outing
Cochrane Camera Club photo outing to Upper Kananaskis Lake and area: Fall weather is unsettled, to be kind—unpredictable! Our eleven club member plus a visitor from Britain were undaunted and were rewarded with dramatic fall colors accented by atmospheric conditions that ranged from snow to fog and mist to cloud banks, all surrounding the majestic …
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF COCHRANE
http://www.makeithere.ca/a-day-in-the-life/Cochrane’s Camera Club and other local photographers spent all day Saturday June 2, 2018 recording life in our community. They spent 24 hours capturing a wide cross-section of people and groups in Cochrane, from merchants to artists and athletes, to non-profit groups, family events and everyone in between as they worked, lived and played. These …
Cochrane Classic Bull Riding
Our photo challenge for the September 2018 meeting is “Riding”. We had a Cochrane Camera Club outing to the Cochrane Fair on August 18 to the Bull Riding Classic to get one interpretation of “Riding”, or as many photos will show “No Longer Riding”. Four members attended as part of our event, though there were …
Sheep River Falls Outing
Sunday, May 27 – Sheep River Falls Provincial Park On Sunday, May 27, 12 of us headed down to Sheep River Falls, located about 35km west of Turner Valley along the Sheep River. We left our usual muster point in Cochrane about 8:45 am, and took a winding backroad route down to the Sheep River …
Reader Rock Gardens outing
Reader Rock Garden is a hidden gem near the Stampede grounds of Calgary, and a tribute to William Roland Reader, the Superintendent for Calgary Parks, Cemeteries and Recreation from 1913 to 1942. Once a wind-swept hillside, he transformed it into an internationally acclaimed garden. Given National Historic Designation by the Government of Canada this year, …
Calgary Bridges Outing
Friday evening, April 20th - Calgary Bridges Tour Our photo challenge for the May meeting was Bridges. Ten of our members met at Denny's for supper prior to the outing. We first went to the Peace Bridge where we managed to get some sunset photos along with the last of the snow and ice. Unexpectedly, …
Cochrane Camera Club Photo Outing: Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary
The outing in March started with a visit to the Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary, located 10 minutes west of Cochrane on the 1A. It is a fabulous place for photographers at any time of the year. The group arrived at 10 and we were greeted by the howls of the packs saying, “good morning”. Amazing!! The …
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“Exposure” field trip to downtown Calgary
Seven CCC members met up near the very photogenic Peace Bridge in downtown Calgary to view a traveling photographic exhibition that has been presented in many North American cities. It consists of large images printed on a weatherproof material, hung outside, in this case on some construction safety fencing along the Bow River pathway near …
Cochrane Camera Club Photo Outing: Banff Park
We, the hardiest of souls, were ready to meet up in Pat’s Parking Lot at 0545 a.m. to head off to Banff National Park for a dawn photo safari! With our leader Pat, we eleven grabbed our morning coffees from McD’s, sorted out our carpool rides, and drove west to the far shores of Vermillion …
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