DMCC Outings - Looking Back
The majority of camera club members became members
primarily to advance their photographic skills.
I am sure that this fact applies to most clubs.
During the regular season of September to May
we at the Don Mills Camera Club attempt to achieve
this goal through our Workshops. However the
learning does not have to stop just because
the Spring flowers are starting to bloom. Bring
on the warm weather and the Outing (field trip)
Season begins, when groups of club members get
together to enjoy the photographic experience,
and if they so desire, learn by example. The
venues and subjects have been as varied as the
members preferences, and I am sure will continue
to be so.
Now let's look back and reminisce as we
look at images of members past and present
enjoying Club Outings, where the emphasis
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Morningside Park (April 1972)
Morningside Park, located in Scarborough on
Morningside Avenue, south of Highway 401, was
and still remains a favourite for the Club's
first nature photography outing of Spring. This
outing often occurs the day after the Club's
annual banquet, and serves to "blow away"
the cobwebs from the evening's festivities.
The stalwart group shown here, including Past
President Oliver Dell, was hot on the trail
of the years first skunk cabbages. (Photograph
courtesy of David Barr.) |
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Burns Conservation Area (July
1977)
Burns Conservation Area, located near the town
of Milton in Halton Region, is on the headwaters
of Bronte Creek. It includes some interesting
wetlands, and this outing gave the nature photographers
something to raise their spirits.
Both Betty Greenacre and past president David
Broadhurst seem too pensive to be disturbed.
While the worried gentlemen below seem to have
lost their shirts. Maybe at the nearby racetrack.
Paul Clarke (on the right) donated the club's
Clarke Trophy, the first for Colour Prints.
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Port Carling - A Visit to the Walkers (May 1981)
John and Grace Walker (shown below left relaxing (?)
on very hard rocks) hosted this outing to their
home and the surrounding area in the Muskokas. John
was best known for his sense of humour, and his
donation of the Club's 'Walker Trophy'
for the Most Humorous Slide was most appropriate.
Below, are three other participants in that
outing. Evelyn Mitchell (deceased), Gord Mitchell
(deceased), and Honora Dalton (now married and a
member of Country Images Camera Club). |
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The Ontario Agricultural Museum (June 1983)
The Ontario Agricultural Museum, visible from
Hwy.401, is located adjacent to the Kelso Conservation
Area, near Milton. It covers the history of agriculture
in Ontario from the pioneer days of 1830 to the
time when electricity first became readily available
in the area. It features a collection of historic
farm buildings and machinery. This group of contemporary
people was seen in a barn on the museum site, and
faithfully recorded for posterity by means of a
photographic image. |
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Black Creek Pioneer Village (March 1984)
Black Creek Pioneer Village located in the north-west
corner of Metropolitan Toronto, at Jane Street and
Steeles Avenue West, has long been a Club favourite
as an outing venue.
Its collection of pioneer buildings with period
furnishings, the village staff and artisans in period
costumes, and the farm animals and gardens offer
something to satisfy the tastes of all photographers.
This particular outing held on a chilly March Sunday
morning ended with hearty pioneer fare in the village's
Halfway House Inn. |
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Harbourfront, Toronto (July 1984)
Harbourfront on Toronto's lakeshore
is a good place for photography, especially on those hot
Summer days when the cool lake breezes blow. There are many
interesting subjects to be captured on film, both nautical
and human . On this particular day tall-masted sailing ships
from all over the world had converged on Toronto. Below,
dockside, Mike Mathias looks up to a female Club member,
while Walter Dorlandt strains to see a mast top. |
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Picture Chase (June 1990)
The Picture Chase has always been a popular concept
for a Club outing. The participants are all given
a designated route that includes a number of venues
of photographic merit. On this day the area covered
was the rural area to the north and north-west of
Toronto, and included Holland Marsh.
The final stop was the home of Raf and Brenda Ollivierre
in Richmond Hill, where they graciously hosted
a "pot luck " barbecue which was much
enjoyed by all present. |
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Credits and Acknowledgements
Research: Vincent Sheridan
Photographs:
David Barr and Vincent Sheridan
Acknowledgements:
The past and present members of the Don Mills
Camera Club, whose images appear above, for
just being there. |
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