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Presentation by Gordon Robertson on March 1st

Gordon Robertson is presenting on the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club – Area Trails and Wildlife. Gordon is a retired professor from the University of Ottawa and now primarily does nature photography and wildlife tours. He chairs the Education and Publicity Committee of the Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club and volunteers at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden (FWG). Gordon is also treasurer of the Ottawa Duck Club, which allows one access to the Shirley’s Bay Crown Game Preserve – an excellent and relatively undisturbed wildlife area. He frequently gives tours of the FWG and several other areas such as Petrie Island and Mer Bleue; so he is familiar with the many “wild” areas around Ottawa.

Gordon’s interests in wildlife vary considerably from butterflies and birds to wildflowers and ferns. He is also quite handy with analog and digital photography and digital photo editing. Many of his photos are used in textbooks and in Wikipedia (>1200) where he is a “Master Editor”.

You can review Gordon’s excellent presentation here.

March Camera Club Meeting

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, March 1st at 9:15 a.m.

Slideshow of Member Images from the Monochrome Assignment
Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club Presentation – Area Trails and Wildlife by Gordon Robertson
Phil’s Tip of the Day on Negative Space Composition
Review of Chosen Photos
Member’s Corner (if time permits)
Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, February 22nd to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Negative Space and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the April 5th meeting.

Winter 2019 Photo Challenge Silhouette
by Valerie Clement

Don’t forget the Winter 2019 Photo Challenge which has deadlines of March 15th and 29th to submit pictures.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

February Camera Club Meeting

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, February 1st at 9:15 a.m.

Our meeting will include:

Slideshow of Member Images from the What is It Assignment
Portraiture Presentation by Frank Dugal
Phil’s Tip of the Day on Black and White Photography
Review of Chosen Photos
Member’s Corner
Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, January 25th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Monochrome and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the March 1st meeting.

Don’t forget the Winter 2019 Photo Challenge which has deadlines of February 1st and 15th to submit pictures.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

Volunteers Needed

The Kanata Seniors’ Centre Camera Club is run completely by volunteers and needs your help.

We are looking for a couple more members to sit on the executive committee, as well as, members that can assist with other club activities. Many different types of skills and abilities are required, however, for some activities (e.g. backup the webmaster) computer skills are required. It is not necessary that you be an expert in photography and training can be provided.

Without volunteers the Kanata Seniors’ Centre Camera Club would not exist. Please consider volunteering and, depending on the activity, the time commitment can be less than a few hours a month.

If you are interested, or want additional information, please send an email to contact@ksccc.ca, or speak to one of the executive members at the next camera club meeting on February 1st.

Thank you
The Kanata Seniors’ Centre Camera Club Executive

January Camera Club Meeting

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, January 4th at 9:15 a.m.

Our meeting will include:

Slide show of Member Images from the Kitchen Abstraction Assignment
Lighting Presentation by Denis Rule
Phil’s Tip of the Day on Mirrorless Cameras vs. SLRs
Review of Chosen Photos
Member’s Corner
Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, December 28th to be included in the slide show. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is What is it and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the February 1st meeting.

The Winter 2019 Photo Challenge begins January 5th with the first images due on January 18th.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

Ginny Fobert

The featured speaker at our meeting on December 7th will be Ginny Fobert.

ARTIST BIO
My past has taken me in many different directions. From Real Estate and Interior Design, to desktop publishing, writing and editing, home building, project management, and event organizing to name a few. I have always wanted to be a photographer. One boring rainy day in 2011, I ventured out and purchased my first DSLR and just started pushing the shutter button.

M-Y-N-D in Icelandic means photo or image. ‘MYND’S I’ is the name of my photography site. I like that a photograph is made, not taken. It is made in your own mind and with your own eye, and it is slow and considered in its making. I believe that anyone can take a photo, but it takes a discerning eye, a sense of what is around you and a comprehension of how everything is reacting to the surrounding light sources to make a picture. Without light, photography would not exist. In fact light is the true subject of every photograph. Continue reading “Ginny Fobert”

November Camera Club Meeting

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Yellow and Blue by Ron Pierce

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, November 2nd at 9:15 a.m.

Our meeting will include:

Slideshow of Member Images from the Dominant Colours Assignment
Phil’s Tip of the Day on Photography under Adverse Conditions
Presentation by Sandra Sharkey on Horses Wild and Free
Review of Chosen Photos
Member’s Corner – Slideshow by Mary Milito
Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, October 26th to be included in the slide show. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles go to our How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Wet and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the December 7th meeting.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive