Debbie Pinard

January Monthly Meeting

Happy New Year!

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, January 10th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, January 3rd to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

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.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Presentation “What Makes a Good Photograph” by Rod Trider
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the December Challenge on “Signs and Symbols”
The next Meeting will be on February 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Noise”, photos to be sent by noon Friday January 31st
Monthly Photo Review
Fix My Pic submission
If time permits, member slideshows
Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

December Monthly Meeting

Cycle to Work by Terry O’Hearn

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

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, November 29th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Presentation “Iceland” by Jay-Dee Purdie
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the November Challenge on “Transportation”
The next Meeting will be on January 10th (the center is closed January 3rd). The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Signs and Symbols”, photos to be sent by noon Friday January 3rd
Monthly Photo Review
Fix My Pic submission
If time permits, member slideshows, reminder about annual Triptych challenge
Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

November Monthly Meeting

Green to Red by Karen Haddon

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, November 1st starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, October 25th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Details for “Small Flash Photography Workshop” on Wednesday, December 4th
Presentation “Macro Photography” by Lynda Buske
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the November Challenge on “Transformations”
The next Meeting will be on December 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Transportation”, photos to be sent by noon Friday November 29th
Monthly Photo Review
Fix My Pic submission
If time permits, member slideshows
Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

In-Camera Painterly Flower Presentation Follow Up

The 13 educational videos from Dirk Ercken can be found here.

The video of Amy and Debbie’s attempts at painterly flowers can be found here.

The Amazon link for the Portable Collapsible Stool ($29.99 – gone up in price, there are others you can search on, or see at the bottom of the page) can be found here.

October Monthly Meeting

Galleria by Marg Jackman

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, October 4th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, September 27th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Presentation “Once in a Lifetime” by Mike Giovinazzo
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the October Challenge on “Geometric Shapes”
The next Meeting will be on November 1st. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Transformations”, photos to be sent by noon Friday October 25th
Monthly Photo Review
Presentation “In Camera Painterly Flowers” by Debbie
If time permits, member slideshows
Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

September Monthly Meeting

Red Panda Central Park Zoo NY by Michele Sugar

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

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, August 30th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
“The Tryptych Challenge” Introduction by Ross Laing
Presentation “Eastern Arctic” by Dave Hagerty
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the September Challenge on “What I Did Last Summer, Happiness Is …“
The next Meeting will be on October 4th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Geometric Shapes”, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 27th
Monthly Photo Review
“How to submit images to the Camera Club” by Ron & Bill
Photo Gear Giveaway announcement by Ross Laing
Presentation on “Respecting the Format” by Manfred
If time permits, member slideshows
Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

June Monthly Meeting

St James Church by Jay-Dee Purdie

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, June 7th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, May 31st to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Recreating a Famous Artwork
Member Slide Shows
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
How to submit images to the Camera Club
Slideshow of Member Images from the June Challenge on “The 3 A’s: Aged/Antiquated/Abandoned“
The next Meeting will be on September 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Summertime – What I did last summer, Happiness is …”, photos to be sent by noon Friday August 30th
Monthly Photo Review
Monthly Challenges for 2024-2025 Presentation
Concluding Remarks

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.

See you at the meeting.

May Monthly Meeting

Little Italy Public Art by Amy Lo

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, May 3rd starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, April 26th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Presentation on Composition and the WOW Factor by Manfred Mueller
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the March Challenge on “Strange things or “What am I?“
The next Meeting will be on June 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “The 3 A’s: Aged/Antiquated/Abandoned“, photos to be sent by noon Friday May 31st
Monthly Photo Review
Member Slide Shows (if time permits)
Fix My Pic (if time permits)
Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Update on the 2023-24 Photo Project, Recreating a Famous Artwork

We decided today at the executive meeting that we will show the results from this project at the June meeting. Therefore we are extending the deadline for submission to Friday May 17th. Please send your entries to contact@ksccc.ca. Please include the original artwork as well as your interpretation. Someone today asked how many one person can submit, let’s limit it to three.

You can review the slides from the presentation on recreating a famous artwork by clicking here.

April Monthly Meeting

Triplets by Jane Phipps

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

The agenda for the meeting is:

Opening Remarks
Presentation on The History of Photography by Irwin Reichstein
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the March Challenge on “Repetition“
The next Meeting will be on May 3rd. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Strange things or “What am I?“
Monthly Photo Review
Member Slide Shows (if time permits)
Fix My Pic (if time permits)
Concluding Remarks

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, March 29th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

See you at the meeting.