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Thar’ Be Penguins. 

Camera club member Ted Timmons invites you to join him for a journey down the east coast of South America where Thar’ Be Penguins. 

He will take us through the trip starting in Buenos Aires, to Uruguay then along the Patagonia coast, across the South Atlantic to the Falklands, then south to a magical few days cruising the Antarctic Peninsula, finishing in Ushuaia which is known as the “end of the world.”

There were plenty of photo opportunities to capture the culture and highlights of the different locations. Ted will be presenting photos and providing a few stories about the trip. The highlighting of the trip was the opportunity to walk with three of the eighteen species of penguins in their natural habitat. These cute, flightless birds are sure to entertain. Bring your smiles.

Ted started on his journey with photography as a young lad when his grandfather gave him a rangefinder camera. The journey did not move along much until high school when he got his first SLR and was part of the yearbook team. Life got in the way in the form of family and work, putting photography into the hobby category. He traded in the SLR for a point and shoot.

Ted started SCUBA diving in 2001 and that sparked the joy of photography again. Unfortunately life got in the way again so he now focuses his efforts on different and varied subjects. You can see some of Ted’s photos at imagesbyted.com

Monthly Challenges 2025/26

The list of our Monthly Challenge topics follows:

June /July/August – Through the Looking Glass

For the meeting on September 12th – Submit by September 5

  • Experiment with reflections through mirrors and other reflective surfaces to create intriguing compositions.

September – Monochrome Madness

For the meeting on October 5th – Submit by September 26

  • Limit participants to capturing images in black and white. This can help them focus on contrast, tones, and composition without the distraction of colour.

October – Minimalism

For the meeting on November 7th – Submit by October 31

  • A minimalist image is one where over 50% of the image is made up of “negative” space.

November – Night Photography

For the meeting on December 5th – Submit by November 28

  • Explore the world after dark. This could include capturing cityscapes, starry skies, or creative use of artificial lighting..

December – Unusual Perspectives

For the meeting on January 9th – Submit by January 2

  • Challenge participants to capture scenes from unique and unexpected angles. This could involve shooting from the ground, from above, or incorporating unusual camera orientations.

January – Shadows

For the meeting on February 6th – Submit by January 30

  • Hard light creates hard well-defined shadows and soft light ones that are soft and less defined.  Shoot for the shadows, but the subject creating the shadows can be included.

February – Portals / Portholes – Windows and / or Doors

For the meeting on March 6th – Submit by February 27

  • Portals and doors are things we go thru to achieve something or go somewhere.  Portholes and windows are things we look through and wish we cold get there.

March – Solitude – Serene

For the meeting on April 10th – Submit by April 3

  • Images that evoke the state or situation of being alone.  Could be wilderness, empty city streets, etc.

April – Colour Splash

For the meeting on May 1st – Submit by April 24

  • Challenge members to capture photos where one specific colour stands out prominently. This can be achieved through composition, subject choice, or post-processing.

May – Visions of Canada

For the meeting on June 5th – Submit by May 29

  • Images that say, “That’s my Canada”.  Could be food (poutine, beavertails, Sugar Shacks), events, locations.

Your New IT Department

It’s been fun and a great learning experience being your IT department since October 2015, but as we’ve told you in recent meetings, I’m retiring in June. Thank you to all the club members, and presenters for your support and understanding.

Several club members have stepped up and agreed to take over the tasks I’ve been handling.

Club email

All of the club email should be addressed to contact@ksccc.ca. This includes image and video submissions and general inquiries. For the past couple of months, Paul Grant:

has been doing an excellent job of this.

Meeting Production

Setting up and tearing down the AV equipment for our monthly meetings and getting member slideshows and speaker presentations onto the screen will be handled by Gord Heath:

and Ed Luinstra:

Website

In addition to creating all the monthly slideshows of member-submitted images, Debbie Pinard has been a big help with monthly posts to our club website.

Starting soon, Manfred Mueller:

has agreed to take on maintaining our website and Flickr storage.

Thank you to the above club members for volunteering.

Bill Robertson

Happy World Backup Day!

March 31st is World Backup Day!

Computer storage fails. Devices are stolen. Natural and man-made disasters occur. Malware encrypts data.

We all need backup routines in place to protect our valuable image files — routines that follow the 3-2-1 backup rule:

  • 3 copies of everything
  • 2 different media
  • 1 copy stored off-site

In case you need help with improving your backup routine, talk to the folks at our help table at the back of the room during the next mid-meeting break.

If you need more detailed help, book a session with the Kanata Seniors Council tech tutors who can help with Windows, Apple, & Android backup solutions.