Newsletter
Close-Up, the newsletter of the Victoria Camera Club, has been published since 1946. It has won numerous awards, including the 2002 CAPA award for best large-club newsletter. In 2011 Close-Up won the Third Prize, and, in 2012, an Honourable Mention in the Photographic Society of America's newsletter competition for large clubs.Close-Up is available in print form and in electronic form, either distributed by e-mail or by download via the link below. Contact the Close-Up editor.
Read Close-Up Here
Click the image on the right to read the current web readable issue of the newsletter. It now features hot links for all URL's etc, as italic/blue text or frames, and clickable ads. If you would prefer it, select "2-up" or "Two-page View" from your Adobe reader's menu.
Alternatively, if you wish to print the newsletter, please click the link to download the printable version of Close-Up (formatted for 8.5x11 inch paper and can be printed double sided, and, if the option is available on your printer, also select "centred".)
You will need the current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to read or print these pdf versions. You can download it free from the Adobe website.
Support Our Advertisers
The print edition of Close-Up is available at the premises of a number of our advertisers (except as noted by an asterisk). See the list below and follow the links to their websites or note the addresses indicated. Patronize these businesses to our mutual benefit!
- Camera Traders
- Lens and Shutter Cameras
- Options Picture Framing (2651 Douglas Street at Hillside)
- ArtBox/Loupe Imaging
- Simply Computing
- Victoria Camera Service
- Kerrisdale Cameras
- Western Academy of PhotographyWestern Academy Course Offerings
- Royal BC Museum*
- BeauPhoto*
- Fairway Markets*
- Giclee Printing & Art Services, 906 Hillside Ave, Victoria, BC V8T 1Z8 250-656-1234
Advertise
In our black and white paper format and as an on-line colour pdf file, Close-Up reaches over 650 people every month.
Publication of the paper edition of
Close-Up is supported by ads from local photo-related
businesses. For deadline information, see page three of
Close-Up.
View the on-line Close-Up Ad Rates/Specifications sheet for detailed information.
Contact the Close-Up editor.
Read Back Issues
Access back issues of Close-Up via the button below. For the Sept/Oct 2011 issue you will be taken to a bonus page which includes pointers to the very first issues of Close-Up (from 1946-47) plus a chapter from our 50th anniversary publication, "A Celebration of Photography - 50 years of Photography with the Victoria Camera Club". It's Chapter 5, linked from the page, includes a review of the history of Close-Up from 1946 to 1995.
Close-Up On-Line Archive
Search the Contents of Back Issues
To use the Close-Up PDF index of all published digital editions of Close-Up (since Nov 2005, plus June, Aug, Sept 1946 and March 1947), you need to download and save the ZIP file below. After unzipping the file, copy the contents to a folder on your computer. Do not rename the files. The PDX file starts the catalog when you double click on it.
You must have Acrobat Reader or Acrobat Pro installed, version 10 (X) or later. Acrobat Reader is available from adobe.com - free.
When the index opens, use a search word or phrase to find what you are after. The result will indicate in which issue{s} you will find the material.. You will then be able to refer to a hard copy in your possession or to an issue in the on-line archive.
If the issue you want to review is not online (i.e. prior to March 2009), please e-mail the newsletter editor (editor@victoriacameraclub.org?subject=CU Back Issue Request) to have it e-mailed to you.
CU_INDEX.ZIP
Upload Files to Close-Up
Use the link below to upload image files to Close-Up for action by the Editor and his team. A username and password will be provided by Richard James for your use. The e-mail link is also to be used to convey any required additional information regarding your upload.
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