Thursday, May 31, 2007

Community Involvement ~ The PHOTO-NAT CLUB

The Quinte region has a wonderful array of groups to be a member of. Becoming involved will not only enable you to partake in an activity you enjoy, but also you will meet many wonderful people who share interests with you !

Opportunities for photographers abound in the Quinte region. PHOTO-NAT Club Belleville is your place to meet other amazing photographers and share and learn about photographing nature .

In their own words they are :


“Photo-Nat Photography Club is dedicated to photographing and enjoying the natural world. Our members are a mix of nature photographers, nature enthusiasts and amateur naturalists. Some of the members are naturalist who enjoy photography and some members are photographers who enjoy nature”

Sounds like my kind of group ! pair in a canoe

Some of the members even have their own websites . Check out these sites and feast your eyes on some of the indescribably beautiful images of the natural world around us as seen through the eyes of these amazing photographers !


Images of Photography by Terry Carpenter

Adventures In Photography by Tony DeGroot

Dick Kane - Photography


They meet
at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario in Room P10 of the Pioneer Building (the building closest to the Road) at 7:30PM on the last Wednesday of every month . Here is your opportunity to learn about recognizing and photographing Ontario’s indigenous plants ! This Wednesday’s meeting features Court Noxon ~ Indigenous Plants of Priince Edward County Up Close and Personal .


The group often organizes outings to beautiful local places to partake in the abundant opportunities to capture outstanding photos. This past Saturday they had an outing at Goodrich Loomis Conservation Area .

Goodrich Loomis Conservation Area

Goodrich Loomis Conservation Area Education Centre

Goodrich Loomis

Cedar forest at Goodrich Loomis

I welcome any Quinte region photographers (or residents outside our area who have photographed here ) who have photos they would like to be dislayed in my Belleville and Quinte Real Estate Blog, please email me here roylep@gmail.com with your photos and you will see them in a post or two (duly credited of course ).

This September the PHOTO-NAT club has a 3 day adventure in Algonquin Park planned ! I just may have to upgrade my camera,
dig out my camping gear and become involved with this group !
I’ll meet y
ou on the trail !