Don McGillivary was one of the founding members of the BPS along with Fred Chapman back in the early 70's. They decided that, after attending a night school photography class, they could do a better job of learning about photography if they just had group get togethers and discussed their images and those of others. Hence the birth of the Burnaby Photographic Society.

As time went along Don became interested in presenting his images through the use of slide shows and eventually he gained a reputation for it. When Don passed away his wife donated a trophy to the club to be used for an annual competition in his name and that's what this is all about.

Obviously the software has changed substantially as well as the format, slides to digital, but the objective is still the same - produce a short show using still images only (no video clips) that will keep your audience's attention for the whole time.

The theme of the show is entirely your choice (keeping in mind that we're a 'family oriented' group). The length of the show can be anywhere from 1 or 2 minutes up to 5 minutes. Check the BPS website for more information about setting up ProShow Gold, Producer and/or iMovie to create your show. The information is under the button for "Image Specs". If you don't own a copy of ProShow you can use other software but make sure you check that it will run on our computer.