SPC Meeting – Nov 4th 2026

What happens when you stop trying to capture a landscape exactly as you see it?

For our next SPC general meeting, we’re excited to welcome Nicholas Bent, a Canadian contemporary fine art photographer with an incredible 40-year career behind the camera. Nicholas is best known for his haunting and ethereal landscape and tree photography, using intentional camera movement (ICM) and distortion to transform familiar scenes into impressionistic and abstract works of art.

This is a chance to step outside the usual rules of photography and look at landscapes in a completely different way. Instead of worrying about keeping everything perfectly sharp and perfectly still, Nicholas explores movement, abstraction, mood, and emotion to create images that feel almost dreamlike.

Whether you’ve experimented with ICM before or the idea of deliberately moving your camera while taking a photograph sounds completely wrong, this should be a fascinating evening. Come with an open mind, bring your questions, and be prepared to see what happens when blur isn’t a mistake — it’s the point.

You may even leave the meeting looking at the trees around you a little differently. Just try not to explain to anyone why you’re suddenly waving your camera around while taking pictures. They already think photographers are weird enough.

This meeting is open to members of the Sackville Photography Club. If you’re not a member but would like to join us as a guest and see what we’re all about, we’d love to have you! Just email membership@sackvillephotoclub.com and ask about being our guest for the evening.

Photo Credit: Nicholas Bent