The Kanata Seniors’ Centre Camera Club (KSCCC) meets once a month at the Kanata Seniors’ Centre in Kanata, Ontario. To find out more about the club and how to join click on About Us
One-On-One Training!
In addition to your membership in the Kanata Seniors Centre and Camera Club, you are able to take advantage of the one-on-one training available.
Need help on figuring out your digital camera, how to download images to your computer or network, how to improve them with Photoshop, how to manage your digital assets, including backup and recovery, how to protect your personal data? All of these and more is available with the Tech Tutors at the Kanata Seniors Centre.
Learn about your computer, tablet, phone or e-reader from these experienced instructors in one-on-one tutoring sessions. Using Kanata Seniors Council computers, or your own laptop or device, they can help you get things going and keep them working right.
These sessions cost $8.00 per hour or you can book three one-hour sessions for $20.00. If you want to book a session, check in at the Reception Desk at the Kanata Seniors Centre to see what times are available.
For more information you can go to the Seniors Council web site and check out the Technology Help link.
John Williamson
Orchid Show
This is a reminder that the Ottawa Orchid Society annual show is coming up on April 27th and 28th. They allow the use of tripods Sunday morning from 9:00-11:00.
This is a great opportunity to shoot some amazing flowers.
For more details, check out their website.
Member’s Corner – Request for Member Submissions
This is a call to all KSCCC members to submit short slide
shows or videos of their work for presentation to the KSCCC membership at one
of our monthly meetings.
We are looking for either images, slide shows or videos that you have put
together on a theme that you would like to show to the club members. These presentations should run for between
two and four minutes and can include a sound track with a voice over and / or
background music. A good rule of thumb
is that each slide should be shown for no more than around 7 seconds, excluding
any transitions. If you wish you can
include a picture of yourself at the end of the presentation, so people can
identify who you are.
Please resize your images so that they are a maximum of 1920 pixels wide and 1080 pixels high. Any videos submitted should also adhere to these same maximum dimensions. If you are submitting images, rather than a prepared slide show or video, please the following naming convention to ensure that the images are shown in the correct order:
ImageNumber PresentationName by Photographer Name.jpg
for example:
- 01 Winter by John Doe.jpg
- 02 Winter by John Doe.jpg
- 03 Winter by John Doe.jpg
Please send your submissions to: contact@ksccc.ca
Victorian Fashion Show
The Kanata Seniors Centre needs our help. Janet Baigent asks:
The Centre is having a Victorian Fashion Show and Tea and I am searching for a willing photographer! Event is on Thursday, April 18 from 1-3pm. I would ask that the photographer arrive at 12:45pm, take pictures of fashion show and attendees having a great time throughout event.
If you’re interested in being their photographer, please contact Janet at the Centre by calling 613-580-2980 or by email.
Club members Phil Tughan, Ed Lascelle and Bill Robertson have all shot fashion shows like this in the past. They’re lots of fun.
Here are some images from the fashion show Phil shot a couple of years ago.
Motion Photography
Here are five videos on Motion Photography which were presented at the April 5th 2019 meeting.
Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 15: Panning by Mark Wallace from Adorama TV
Shutterspeed – Easy Explained. Photography Tutorial for Beginner by Benjamin Jaworskyj
Canon: Tips for Shooting Vehicles in Motion with Kevin Wing
How to Photograph Motion at Night by Ryan Visima from Black’s
Capture Motion Blur Ep 105: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey: Adorama Photography TV
Phil Tughan
March Gallery Now Online
The gallery of images from March’s Negative Space assignment is now online here.
2019 Winter Challenge Images
Here are links to the galleries of images from the 6 winter challenges that were presented at the April 5th meeting:
For more on the 2019 Winter Challenge refer to this blog post.
Danielle Barabé-Bussières
The featured speaker at our meeting on April 5th will be Danielle Barabé-Bussières
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Danielle Barabé-Bussières learns photography every day by watching tutorials, researching photography projects and gets some of her inspiration from great photographers. Danielle likes to explore nature, flowers, wildlife and is very passionate about macro photography.
In the recent years, her images have earned several awards in Provincial and National competitions with the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC). Recently, Danielle has participated in the National Image competition and is a “finalist” for the prestigious title of Photographic artist of the year with the PPOC. She is very devoted to photography and she worked hard to achieve a professional level. She is also very involved with artists’ associations and takes every opportunity offered to her to display her art in the Ottawa area and surroundings.
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To learn more about Danielle and to see more of her beautiful images, visit her website. To see the slides she showed describing her equipment, settings, software, tips, and contact information, click here.
April Camera Club Meeting
The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, April 5th at 9:15 a.m.
- Slideshow of Member Images from the Negative Space Assignment
- Nature/Macro Photography by Danielle Barabé-Bussières
- Winter Challenge Slide Presentation by Ron Pierce
- Phil’s Tip of the Day on Motion Photography
- Review of Chosen Photos
- Announcements and Closing Remarks
Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, March 29th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.
The next assignment is Solitude and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the May 3rd meeting.
See you at the meeting.
Your Camera Club Executive
Beaverbrook Library Digitization Lab
Last fall some members of our Executive were provided an early tour of the Beaverbrook Library’s new Digitization Lab and were most impressed . The Kanata Library has the first such capability in the city of Ottawa.
The facility is now open for business and the library will be scheduling a special group tour for camera club members in the near future.
You may sign up for one of their monthly tours, by registering here.
In the meantime, you are welcome to start using the equipment in the lab by booking on their website.
