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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

Stephen J. Stephen Presenting in April

Meting date was corrected from April 2 to April 9.

Stephen J. Stephen will be presenting “The Wildlife of Ottawa”, an overview of the wonderful and varied natural subjects that can be found in the greater capital region at our meeting on April 9th at 9:15 a.m.

Stephen graduated with a B.Sc from the University of New Brunswick and, after working for a couple of years, obtained his M.Sc. from Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Stephen had been doing 35mm film photography for many years when he moved to digital photography in 2005. He has since focussed his photographic efforts on wildlife with birds being his main subjects. His knowledge of his subjects allows him to capture and share some of nature’s beauty and behaviour through his images.

Link for March Meeting

Click here to join our March Meeting.

The dial in link is ‪‪(CA) +1 778-747-7174‬ PIN: ‪215 840 703‬#. 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 an online meeting the presenter may wish to show a presentation to all members. To review instructions on how to view a presentation click here.

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

March Camera Club Meeting

The monthly meeting will be held online on March 5th 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 March 4th.

The agenda for the meeting is:

Review online meeting procedures
Update on June Meeting
Slideshow of Member Images from the February assignment on Creative In-Camera Photography
Presentations by Manfred Mueller on What Makes a Great Image and Portrait Photography
Proposals for Fix my Pic
Concluding Remarks

Manfred Mueller Presenting in March

Manfred Mueller, an award winning, Kanata based photographer will be presenting “What Makes a Good Image” at our meeting on March 5^th at 9:15 a.m.

Manfred is a retired professional engineer, but serious photography has been part of his life since he was in his teens. He has studied photography at both Algonquin College and the School of Photographic Arts – Ottawa (SPAO). Manfred has attended workshops and masterclasses in Ottawa, India and Guatemala and is a photographic educator who teaches specialized shooting and post-processing techniques at Ottawa area photo clubs. He has been a guest speaker at the photography program at Ottawa’s La Cité community college for the past few years.

Karen Bell’s Presentation and Frozen Bubbles Recipe

You can view Karen Bell’s presentation on Creative In-Camera Photography from our meeting on February 5th, 2021 by clicking here.

During her presentation Karen also showed us how to take pictures using Frozen Bubbles. Here are the instructions to make them:

Frozen Bubbles
– Mix together 200 ml of warm water, 35 ml corn syrup, 35 ml dish soap and 2 tbsp sugar.
– For bubbles to freeze before they pop the temperature needs to be well below freezing. Ideal conditions are -25 degrees C with no wind.
– Using a straw, gently blow bubbles onto snow or whatever surface you choose.
Grab your camera and start shooting as ice patterns begin to form and before the bubbles break!

For additional information on Karen Bell click here