Author: Debbie Pinard

“Nature Photography and Visual Storytelling” by Javier Frutos, FridayDecember 4, 2026

What makes someone engage when they see a wildlife image?
“Personally, I believe that beyond technical precision, the real magic lies in the story it tells and the emotion it evokes.”

This presentation is a visual journey through the lens, work, and Javier’s creative philosophy on what makes a great image including what makes a great magazine cover shot.

Javier is the Creative Director and an assignment photographer at Canadian Geographic and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. This role has given him the opportunity to travel to remarkable remote locations and collaborate with some of Canada’s most respected photographers, continually immersed in exceptional photography.

His work has been published extensively, in feature stories and the covers of Canadian Geographic magazine. His photography has been showcased by travel partners in marketing materials, purchased for display in commercial and residential spaces, displayed in local art galleries and included for auction for the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

Website: JAVIERFRUTOS.CA
Instagram: @javiers_wonderplanet
https://rcgs.org

November 2026 Monthly Meeting

Fast Blue Helmet by Michele Doran

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, November 6th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, October 30th to be included in the meeting. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge.

We have replaced the monthly review with a new concept we are calling “My Photo – What’s the Story?”. We would encourage members to nominate one of their monthly images for this, and to tell us the story behind their image. You can also ask members to comment on the image if you want to.

Please follow the naming guideline for your pictures as outlined here (Photo Title by Your Name.jpg).

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received by Saturday morning, send a follow-up email to Debbie at debbie.pinard@gmail.com.

For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Presentation “More Than a Snapshot” by Ramin Izadpanah
  • Coffee Break – “Free Table”
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Challenge on “Hats – with or without hair”
  • My Photo – What’s the Story?
  • If time permits — “AI as a Photo Assistant – First Encounter” by Ted Timmins
  • Fix my Pic and Member submitted slideshows if time permits.
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday December 4th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Water, water everywhere“, photos to be sent by noon Friday November 27th. Water makes up most of our bodies and is present in some amount in just about everything. We need it to live – but not too much. All states of water can be included in your image – ice, steam, vapour, snow, etc.
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

“More then a Snapshot – A Photographer’s Journey” by Ramin Izadpanah, Friday November 6th, 2026


Ramin Izadpanah is an Ottawa-based photographer and educator whose work is rooted in observation, light, and the poetry of everyday moments. His photographic journey has evolved from nature and wildlife to urban and fine-art photography, with a deep fascination for monochrome, shadow, geometry, and the unexpected. For Ramin, photography is more than capturing a moment – it is about discovering a different way of seeing and inviting others to see it too.

“Give-Away” Table at the KSCCC Meeting, November 6, 2026


Do you have photographic equipment sitting in your closet or hiding in a box in your basement? How about that slightly used camera bag that you thought you absolutely needed for that vacation trip ten years ago? What about all those lenses, filters, tubes, etc. that do not fit any of your new cameras? Let’s not even think about those stacks of photographic magazines!!!

Here’s your opportunity to do a little housekeeping so that you can make room for all the new camera equipment you absolutely must have.

Bring your unused photographic paraphernalia to the November 6 th , 2026 KSCCC Members’ meeting. Tables will be set up at the back of the room. Just drop them off for our annual “Give-Away” during our coffee break.

Remember, if your items are not taken, you must take them back home with you as we have no capacity to store them.

October 2026 Monthly Meeting

Spiral-patterned Doom Roof by Amy Lo

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, October 2nd starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, September 25th to be included in the meeting. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and you may nominate one image for the Photo Review. Please follow the naming guideline for your pictures as outlined here (Photo Title by Your Name.jpg).

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received by Saturday morning, send a follow-up email to Debbie at debbie.pinard@gmail.com.

For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • We are in dire need of new executive members
  • Presentation “Intentional Camera Movement (ICM)” by Karen Bell
  • Coffee Break
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Challenge on “Structure”
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix my Pic and Member submitted slideshows if time permits.
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday November 6th
  • The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Hats – with or without hair“, photos to be sent by noon Friday October 30th. Old hats, new hats, large hats, small hats, baseball caps and all of it.  If it covers your head (but is not a scarf nor a wig), it is a hat.  Focus on manufactured objects that cover our heads, either partially or completely, with an emphasis on shape and texture.
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

September 2026 Monthly Meeting

Nature Abstract by Ted Timmons

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, September 11th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, September 4th to be included in the meeting. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and you may nominate one image for the Photo Review. Please follow the naming guideline for your pictures as outlined here (Photo Title by Your Name.jpg).

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received by Saturday morning, send a follow-up email to Debbie at debbie.pinard@gmail.com.

For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • We are in dire need of new executive members
  • Presentation “Photographic Projects” by Manfred Mueller
  • Coffee Break
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Challenge on “Abstracts in Nature”
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix my Pic and Member submitted slideshows if time permits.
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday October 2nd
  • The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Structure“, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 25th. Structure is everywhere – skeletal structure, organization structure – manmade or natural.  It supports us and sometimes frustrates us.  It provides a framework we can operate under.  If your image contains “structure” – natural or manmade, it can be included.
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

June 2026 Monthly Meeting

Seasons of the North – Fall Leaf Collecting to Winter by Paula

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, June 5th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images and Selfie Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, May 29th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge or Selfie Challenge. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge, and three images for the Selfie Challenge and you may nominate one image from either for the Photo Review. Please follow the naming guideline for your pictures as outlined here (Photo Title by Your Name.jpg).

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received, send a follow-up email to contact@ksccc.ca.

For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

For this month, you can also bring prints to show (up to 10, any size) that you can stand up either with an easel/stand that you bring. Please come 15 minutes early to get them set up. Also bring a name card to put in front so people know who took the pictures – it can be as simple as a folded piece of cardboard with your name written on it.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Member’s Slideshows
  • Coffee Break for 30 Minutes – Photo Print Display (participating members to stand by their prints)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Challenge on “Visions of Canada”
  • Yearly Photo Challenge (Selfies)
  • Photo Review
  • Introduction to next year’s monthly challenges
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday September 11th
  • The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Abstracts in Nature“, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 4th. Interesting shapes, tones and colours abound in nature. Photograph items to emphasize the abstract without revealing the actual subject (e.g. colours of a bird’s wing, abstract shapes in rocks, designs in wood, flower petals).
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Alberta Presentation Follow-up

During the presentation Debbie talked about the wild horse support group HAWS (Help Alberta Wildies Society). For more information you can go to there website here, or their Facebook page here. Did you know that most of the wild horses have been named, and there are quite a few famous ones.

For those interested in seeing Debbie’s and Amy’s videos again here are the links:

Debbie Wild Horses

Amy Wild Horses

Debbie DPP

Amy DPP