Because we’re still meeting online in March, we are sharing the slideshow of images from our February Silence challenge online.
In order to view the slideshow full screen, please click on the Play icon (above) then on the word YouTube or click on this link.
Thanks to all members for sharing their images and to Catherine Easton for creating this slideshow.
The photos in my slideshow are from a photography trip I took with my daughter to Morocco in May 2012. The focus was mostly on street photography. It was definitely a memorable experience, and looking at the pictures brings me right back to the places we visited.
It was through Strabo Tours, and the professional photographer was JJ Weiss (who has since passed on). His biography:
I had the greatest good fortune to begin photography as an apprentice to the legendary Minor White at M.I.T. That blessing was even more enhanced when I got my M.F.A., studying with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, both master photographers, at the Rhode Island School of Design. Just six years after printing my first photo, I was appointed to a professorship in art at the University of Delaware, where I led the photo program for 30 years. Our graduate studies program was praised by The Photo Review for its “outstanding contribution to photography,” and I was also cited for an Excellence in Teaching award. In 2006, I received national recognition as Teacher of the Year by the Santa Fe Center for Photography. I’ve led 30 photo safaris and tours for Strabo.
The description of the tour
Morocco is a beautiful country filled with friendly people and irresistible allure. Most excitingly, photographs seem to beckon around every corner. There is so much to see. Marrakech is home to the famous outdoor market, Djemaa el Fna, perhaps the greatest open-air spectacle in the world. Among many delights, you will see snake charmers, dance troupes, and storytellers regaling fascinated listeners with tall tales. In Fes, the center of culture and religious learning, we will photograph in its ancient Medina. Kiosks abound all over, vendors selling their goods much as they did thousands of years ago. This year, we’ve added a new destination in the north, Chefchaouen. Pronounced, shef-shau-en, the town was founded in 1492 by Moorish exiles from Spain. Our accommodations are set in the hillside, just above the town, away from the hustle and bustle of the medina, yet within walking distance to the areas where we’ll be photographing. In the medina, the outdoor market vendors sell all sorts of vegetables and fruits amid the narrow cobbled alleyways of whitewashed walls and blue doors. It’s a photographer’s delight. And, of course, our visit to the Sahara is a particularly unique adventure. We arrive in mid-afternoon, photographing the dunes, the camels, and the herders. Then we are witnesses to one of the most amazing sunsets you will ever see. Following an al fresco dinner, and entertained by tribal musicians, we sleep, then rise before dawn, where Tuareg tribesmen help us to mount our camels, and ride up the dunes to photograph the magnificent Saharan sunrise.
Debbie Pinard
KSCCC member, Manfred Mueller, will be exhibiting two works at the SPAO Gallery, 77 Pamilla St, Ottawa from Friday February 25, 2022 until
Sunday March 13. The show is titled “Beyond” and features works by six
different local photographers.
The gallery is open from noon until 5:00 PM from Wednesday to Sunday. The opening reception runs from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Friday February 25th.
The galleries of images that members submitted in response to our In-Camera Intentional Camera Movement and Focus challenges are now online.
The gallery from our Guilty Pleasures challenge is now online here.
Because we’re still meeting online in February, we are sharing the slideshow of images from our January Guilty Pleasures challenge online.
In order to view the slideshow full screen, please click on the Play icon (above) then on the word YouTube or click on this link.
Note that this month’s slideshow begins with the images that were accidentally omitted from our January slideshow.
Thanks again to Catherine Easton for creating this slideshow of our images.
Because we’re still meeting online in February, we are sharing the slideshow of images from our December Focus challenge online.
In order to view the slideshow full screen, please click on the Play icon (above) then on the word YouTube or click on this link.
Thanks again to Catherine Easton for creating this slideshow of our images.
Audiovisual Presentation Workshop aka Slideshow Workshop – February 5, 2022
This workshop will focus on how to enhance your AudioVisual (AV) presentation, (the term used by the OCCC). This workshop will look at the guidelines that the OCCC uses to judge AV presentations: quality, production, purpose, and audience appeal. It will also look at how to do a presentation in the ZOOM world with PowerPoint and minimal use of video.
There will be AV examples for demonstrations, critiquing, and discussion.
A sample of some areas that will be covered are:
Time: 9:00 am until Noon
Date: February 5, 2022 (Saturday)
About your instructor: Ursula Tweddle is an award-winning amateur photographer, who has a love for all types of photography, the digital darkroom, and most especially the creative genre. Ursula is a past Competition Chair for the Mississauga Camera Club. More recently, along with giving travel presentations, she has embraced the storytelling opportunities of the AV world, taught an AV workshop, as well as run a year-long Mac Special Interest Group/Workshop on helping users enhance their post-processing abilities by understanding their computers. Becoming an OCCC competition judge has also helped her hone her design and composition skills.
Avoiding the Recycling Bin – March 5, 2022
In this workshop, we will highlight the amazing ways to optimize digital images. (Photoshop, Lightroom, etc.)
Time: 9:00 am until Noon
Date: March 5, 2022
About your instructor: Peter Van Rhijn has taught the Art of Photography since 1974.
Peter’s interest in photography was fueled early on by his interest in the production of AV presentations. His 3-projector, medium-format shows were seen in many places in North America.
His show ‘Strength in Beauty” was presented to round out the very first meeting of the North American Nature Photography Association in Fort Meyers FL.
Peter is an associate of the New England Council of Camera Clubs (ANEC). Peter was sponsored by Fujifilm USA and was a member of their Talent team.
Peter’s work was/is marketed by Superstock, All Canada Photos, Design Pics, and his own domain: www.naturephotos.com. For more details see www.naturephotos.com/about
Guests are welcome to attend our Workshops at the cost of $20. Register here.
Once payment has been received, a ZOOM link will be provided within 24 hours. Please ensure your email address is correct. If you do not receive the link within a day, please check your spam folder and if you still don’t have it, please contact us.
If you have any questions or issues, please reach out to: WorkShopGuest@mississaugacameraclub.ca.
Holly Lumley
Workshop Coordinator
Mississauga Camera Club
Click here to review Ross Laing’s excellent presentation on sharing your images and making a photobook. Note that the links in his file are “clickable”.
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