News – Kanata Seniors' Centre Camera Club

Monthly Challenges 2021/22 – A Sneak Peek

With our current season winding down, we are busy planning for our new 2021/22 season. This includes identifying interesting and challenging topics for our monthly challenges, as well as searching for speakers who are willing to give presentations to our members at our monthly meetings.

With the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, planning for our new season is proving to be challenging. It is too soon to know if we will have in-person meetings starting this September or whether we will need to continue with virtual meetings.

However, we thought that members would like to have a “sneak peek” at the topics for our monthly challenges for the new season. For those photographers who like to get a jump start on their photography, the following is the list of topics.

Video for May Meeting

Ramin Izadpanah will be presenting Confessions of a Photographer at our May meeting. Prior to the meeting you may wish to view the following video by Ansel Adams, Master Photographer.

Interview with Ansel Adams, Part 2

Although the video was made in 1983 it’s interesting to see how enthusiastic Adams was about the potential for digital photography.

Link for May Meeting

Click here to join our May meeting.

The dial in link is ‪(CA) +1 226-317-5933‬ PIN: ‪667 076 721‬#. This is a southern Ontario area code so long distance charges may apply.

The Google Meet “room” will be opened at 8:45 a.m. on Friday morning if you need to check your equipment and 9:00 a.m. to sign in for the meeting which starts at 9:15 a.m.

During the online meeting the presenter will show a presentation to all members. To review instructions on how to view a presentation full screen click here.

If you have any issues email us at contact@ksccc.ca and we’ll try to help

May Camera Club Meeting

The monthly meeting will be held online on May 7th at 9:15 a.m. using Google Meet. For information on how to use Google Meet for our meetings go here. A link to the meeting will be posted on our website the morning of May 6th.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Review online meeting procedures
Slideshow of Member Images from the April assignment on Wildlife/Bird Photography
Presentation by Ramon Izadpanah on “Confessions of a Photographer”, chronicling his personal journey as a photographer
Update on June Meeting
Fix my Pic
Concluding Remarks

June Meeting

Our June meeting is our Member’s Day and it is dedicated to you, our members. For this meeting we will have Ask a Question and be presenting Member Slideshows. We are all looking forward to seeing your photographs and videos, and to your continued active participation in the activities of our club.

Ask a Question

We are going to attempt something a little different for part of our June meeting. It’s your turn to “Ask a Question”. Perhaps you have a question such as “What is an f/stop and why should I care?”, “What is dodge and burn and how to I use it?”, “How do I photograph the milky way?”, “Where is the best place to photograph orchids?”, “How can I help make our club even better?”

Ramin Izadpanah Presenting in May

Ramin Izadpanah will be giving an inspiring presentation entitled “Confessions of a Photographer”, chronicling his personal journey as a photographer.

Ramin is a well known, accomplished photographer, having spent many years perfecting his personal style in several photographic genres. His accomplishments include local and national publications, Canadian Geographic Awards, judging photographic submission for the City of Ottawa Art Gallery, as well as judging for local photography clubs.

Help Required for Member Meetings

Do you think you could be a featured presenter at one of our camera club meetings? Do you know anyone who might like to volunteer to present at one of our meetings?

At this time every year, the Executive of the Kanata Seniors’ Centre Camera Club looks for presenters for Member Meetings for the following year. It gets more difficult each year to find speakers who wish to volunteer their time to speak to our camera club. As we try to put together a series of interesting and educational club meetings, we are always on the lookout for new materials and presenters.

If you know of someone, or if you would do a presentation yourself, please forward an email to contact@ksccc.ca with details.

Thank you for your assistance
KSCCC Executive

Link for April Meeting

Click here to join our April Meeting.

The dial in link is ‪‪(CA) +1 289-434-7418‬ PIN: ‪739 353 797‬#. This is a southern Ontario area code so long distance charges may apply.

The Google Meet “room” will be opened at 8:45 a.m. on Friday morning if you need to check your equipment and 9:00 a.m. to sign in for the meeting which starts at 9:15 a.m.

During the online meeting the presenter will to show a presentation to all members. To review instructions on how to view a presentation full screen click here.

If you have any issues email us at contact@ksccc.ca and we’ll try to help

Fix my Pic

At the March Camera Club meeting, we introduced a new approach for the Fix my Pic feature of the club meetings – one where members would submit a before and after of one of their images and provide a verbal explanation at the meeting of what steps they had taken to complete their project.

Email your before and after images to contact@ksccc.ca. Rename images to Fix My Pic1 your name.jpg and Fix My Pic2 your name.jpg. Include a description of what you did to change the image.

All submissions must be emailed no later than noon on Friday, April 30th to be presented at the May 7th meeting.

April Camera Club Meeting

The monthly meeting will be held online on April 9th at 9:15 a.m. using Google Meet. For information on how to use Google Meet for our meetings go here. A link to the meeting will be posted on our website the morning of April 8th.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Review online meeting procedures
Update on May and June Meeting
Slideshow of Member Images from the March assignment on Portrait Photography
Presentation by Stephen J. Stephen on The Wildlife of Ottawa
Information on Fix my Pic
Concluding Remarks