The Camera Club will have its next meeting on Thanksgiving Day, October 13^th at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Tim and Maggie.

The Camera Club has meetings on the second Monday of the month at 3:00 p.m. on an ongoing basis.

Contact Donna Thomas at 416-622-7154 for more information.

The next meeting of the Camera Club will be on December 8^th to review photos of “Sculptures and Art”. We will meet to review members photographs, address member questions and problems and discuss ‘did you knows’ brought to the table. Contact Donna Thomas at dthomae032@gmail.com to learn more.

Previous Meetings

November 2025

The November 10^th meeting of the Camera Club focused on photos of “The Unusual”.  See the Gallery below for the best 15 photos of The Unusual from that meeting.

October 2025

Six members of the Camera Club met at the home of Tim and Maggie on Thanksgiving Day, Monday October 13^th  to share photos of early Autumn. Four members went to dinner after the meeting. For the best 12 photos of birds from that meeting, see the Gallery below.

September 2025

Nine members of the Camera Club met on Monday, September 8 to review photos on Birds. See the Gallery below for the best 14 photos of birds from that meeting.

July 2025

On Monday, July 14^th the Camera Club met at the home of Tim and Maggie to view presentations on Flowers. 7 people attended. See the Gallery below for photos on that subject.

June 2025

On Monday, June 9^th the Camera Club met to view photographs on Shadows and Relections. This webpage features photos on that subject.

May 2025

The Camera Club had its latest meeting on Monday, May 12^th at the home of Tim and Maggie with 8 people attending. The subject was Markets. The subject for this assignment was inspired by the opening of the North Building of the St. Lawrence Market.

If you scroll down to the Gallery, there are 14 photographs that explore the theme of Markets in the section called May 2025 Photos.

April 2025

On Monday April 14^th, 8 people attended the Camera Club meeting to review ‘Still Life’ photographs. We also investigated the steps how to transfer a photograph from a camera to Windows 10 using a connecting cable. This webpage features 14 photos on the subject of Still Life. To see a copy of them, scroll to the bottom of the page.

March 2025

On Monday March 10^th, 2025, the Camera Club met to review ‘creative’ photograph presentations (modified by special effects and filters), and were given a demonstration on how to download a photograph from a PowerPoint presentation. To see a copy of 11 of the best photos presented, scroll to the bottom of the page.

February 2025

Eight members were present on Monday, February 10^th at the Camera Club and eight presentations were reviewed and evaluated on the theme of H²O. The website features 16 photos on this subject. Scroll to the bottom of this webpage to view them.

January 2025

Nine members were present on Monday, January 13^th and eight ‘Holiday Celebrations’ presentations were reviewed and evaluated.  It was a great meeting and festive event with interesting photographs on a surprisingly challenging topic. Tim gave a presentation on HEIC files. Click on the Download button below to get a copy of it:

The Gallery section of the website below features 12 photos on this subject.

December 2024

On Monday, December 9^th at 3:00 p.m., the Camera Club met to review ‘Around the House’ photograph presentations. Ten members were present and eight presentations were reviewed and evaluated.  It was a great meeting with almost full attendance and interesting photographs on a difficult subject.  A social event was held after the meeting. Several members expressed positive comments to Tim about the meeting.

There are 16 of the best photographs from 8 different photographers that explore our subject of Around the House that appear in the Gallery section below.

November 2024

The Camera Club’s meeting on Monday, November 11^th reviewed ‘Strange Signs’ photographs. Nine members were present at that meeting. There are 16 of the best photographs from 8 different photographers that explore our subject of Strange Signs that appear in the Gallery section below.

October 2024

Eight members were present on October 7 and seven presentations about Autumn were reviewed and evaluated. The best of these photos appear the Gallery section below called October 2024 photos.

Tim discussed some of the photography formats available; i.e., jpg which we are used to, jpeg and heic, and how to convert from one to another to avoid getting stuck with an unusable format for publication.

September 2024

The meeting on Monday September 9^th reviewed photographs of the Sky. We had one new member join the Camera Club to make eleven members in total who attended. Nine presentations were given. To enjoy the best twenty photos of the Sky taken by the Camera Club, see the gallery below.

August 2024

In August, photographs of Summer were featured. The meeting was held on Monday August 12^th at the home of Tim and Maggie and had six people attending with eight presentations .To enjoy the best twenty photos of summer taken by the Camera Club, see the gallery below.

July 2024

The July 8^th meeting of the Camera Club at the home of Tim and Maggie focused on interesting photos of Insects. 7 people attended the meeting and there were 5 fascinating presentations on this subject. The best of these photos are posted below for your viewing.

June 2024

The meeting of the Camera Club on June 10th at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Tim and Maggie focused on interesting photos of Animals and Birds. 10 people attended the meeting and everyone gave an interesting presentation on this subject.

Some of the best photos in these presentations about Birds and Animals by the Camera Club are available in the Gallery and are called the June 2024 Photos.

If you click on a photo, it will allow you to see the Gallery as a slideshow as well as the title of the photo and the name of the photographer. 

May 2024

The meeting of the Camera Club on May 13^th at 3:00 p.m. was held at the home of Tim and Maggie when 9 people attended and viewed 10 photo presentations. There were many creative and interesting photos of Trees or parts of Trees. 

The best of the 10 presentations about Trees viewed by the Club are available in the Gallery and are called the May 2024 Photos.

April 2024

The April meeting of the Camera Club was on April 8^th  at 3:00 p.m. with 11 people attending. The meeting started with several people trying to watch the eclipe through heavy clouds. This was complimented by socializing and discussion of issues related to photography. During the second half of the meeting, photos of Transportation from 8 people were reviewed.  This assignment brought the creativity of our members as they presented interesting and unusual photos of various modes of transportation.

The best of the 8 presentations about Transportation are available in the Gallery and are called the April 2024 Photos.

March 2024

The March 11^th meeting of the Camera Club was at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Tim and Maggie. The meeting was fully attended with all 11 members showing up. 9 members had slideshows ready that featured photos on the ‘Signs of Spring”. This was a challenging assignment for some of our members due to winter vacations spent in the south, and weather which was uncooperative.

The best of the 9 presentations on Signs of Spring are available in the Gallery and are called the March 2024 Photos.

February 2024

The Camera Club met on Monday February 12^th at 3:00 p.m. when the subject was ‘Creative’.  This was a great opportunity to demonstrate our artistic abilities and cleverness by either employing our camera’s capabilities or using our computer’s photographic tools and available commercial photographic software. 

The comments made at the meeting, with 7 in attendance, was that it was fun photographing and producing the meeting presentations.  As usual, everyone was pleasantly surprised at the ingenuity to generate photographs to address the broad theme, ‘Creative’. To see best of the 8 presentations (including from one member vacationing in Florida), go to the Gallery and view the February 2024 Photos.

January 2024

At our January 8^th 2024 meeting, the subject for review was ‘Good Times and Winter’. It was a great meeting with 9 members present.  We reviewed 9 presentations and, as expected, there were interesting interpretations of the subject, ‘Good Times & Winter’.

You are encouraged to look at the best of the photographs from our January meeting in the Gallery below from nine different photographers.  One of the photographers, June Musselwhite is in Florida so her pictures show winter from a different perspective.

December 2023

Our December 11^th meeting was attended by 8 people, including a new member, Bertie Vonghia.  In addition to meeting several new Probus Kingsway -Islington members, she participated in a  birthday celebration for our hosts, Maggie and Tim.  The 7 presentations did, as expected, entertain, surprise and cause much conversation.

Tim Sulisz and Donna Thomas share the running of this club held in the home of Maggie and Tim one afternoon a month year-round. The agenda of the meetings includes addressing member questions and problems, listening to any ‘did you knows’ and reviewing and evaluating member photographs on the subject agreed upon at the previous meeting. Contact Donna Thomas at 416-622-7154 or dthomae032@gmail.com for more information.

Attending the Camera Club is open to every Probus Kingsway-Islington member subject to space limitations in Tim and Maggie’s home, being fully vaccinated and having signed the Club’s waiver.

Benefits of belonging to the Camera Club

Perhaps the biggest benefit is that the Camera Club members get to meet and make new friends with others interested in digital photography to discuss their hobby and to socialize over a cup of tea or coffee

Belonging to the Camera Club is one way of learning through doing; namely, from taking photographs relating to an assignment, putting together a slide show and learning from the critique of other club members and their identification of the best in the presentation.  Members are then encouraged to submit their best photographs to the monthly Newsletter and to this Website for publication to the Club membership. 

Members also have an opportunity to take other photographs to support various sections of the Club’s Newsletter and Website.

As well, members are encouraged to improve their presentation, post-processing and creative skills by using software; such as, PowerPoint, Windows 10 Photos, Microsoft Clipchamp for videos, Photoshop and other programs being used by different members to develop their creative side and perhaps discover applications for the final product; i.e., framing, greeting cards, storytelling, then join us to learn from and share with other photographers.

Upcoming Meetings

The Camera Club meets on the second Monday of the month year-round at 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. 

Our Members

There are currently 10 members of the Camera Club with most members attending the monthly meeting.