Ken Wilson passed along news about this sale:
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In case you missed it
In case you missed the excellent “play with your camera” exercise session organized by Sue Carey (WAY TO GO SUE !!!) aided by several members of the camera club executive, this recent post from Digital Photography School titled “Do These 5 Quick Exercises to Learn What Your New Camera Can Do” will help you fill in the gaps.
It’s part of their series of posts for beginning photographers which also included:
- How 10 Minutes a Day with Your Camera Will Help Make You a Better Photographer
- Histograms for Beginners
- Camera Modes Explained for Newbies
- How to Make Sure You Use Your New Camera
- A Beginner’s Guide to Doing Black and White Photography
- How to be a Better Photographer: Camera User Manual University
- 12 Common Newbie Photography Mistakes to Avoid
Understanding Aperture
Fraser Campbell found this excellent primer on understanding aperture and its effect on depth of field and brightness.
Play with your Camera
Come to the Centre Wednesday afternoon January 13th from 1:00 to 3:00 in the Program Room. Bring your camera, its manual, and your tripod (if you have one).
Visit our several “learning stations” where you’ll be able to experiment with:
- aperture priority
- shutter priority
- manually fix focus
- lighting
- portraits
- spot metering
- exposure compensation
- using a soft box
Snowy Owl Traffic
As this story explains, Robert Poëti, the Quebec Transport Minister has figured out a new way to do wildlife photography – use a traffic cam!
December Gallery Online
The December gallery of your “Traditions” images is online.
Remember that all 3,786 images members have submitted to the galleries since the club was established in 2009 are linked to the Galleries page.
Alan Mirabelli at Ottawa Art Gallery
Alan Mirabelli, who gave us such a great presentation last March, is showing his photographs at the Ottawa Art Gallery.
National Geographic 2015 Photo Contest
Hopefully these images, which were recognized for their excellence by the photo editors at National Geographic, will inspire you to take great photos in 2016. Thanks to Fraser Campbell for suggesting them.
January shutterBUG available
You can get the January issue of the shutterBUG:
by clicking on the above image or by going to the shutterbug page.
Fireworks!!
Just in time for all the New Years Eve celebrations with fireworks:
Ken found this great article with tips on how to photograph fireworks.
