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October Monthly Meeting

Fog at the Lake by Lynn Dion

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, October 3rd starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, September 26th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge, and you may nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received, send a follow-up email to contact@ksccc.ca. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Presentation “Antartica” by Ted Timmons
  • Coffee Break
  • Affinity Photo Presentation by Paul Grant
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Summer Challenge on “Monochrome Madness”
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday November 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Minimalism”, photos to be sent by noon Friday October 31st
  • A minimalist image is one where over 50% of the image is made up of “negative” space.
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • Member Slideshow if time permits
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

September Monthly Meeting

Vortography In the Nick of Time by W. Wood

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, September 12th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, September 5th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge, and you may nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received, send a follow-up email to contact@ksccc.ca. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Streamlining meetings with new web pages
  • Presentation on annual project “Selfies”
  • Presentation “Drone Photography & Videography” by Mark Guzewski
  • Coffee Break
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Summer Challenge on “Through the Looking Glass”
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday October 3rd. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Monochrome Madness”, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 26th
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • Member Slideshow if time permits
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

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.

June Monthly Meeting

Chippie by Ed Lascelle

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, June 6th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge and Triptych images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, May 30th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge or Triptych Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and the same number for the Triptych Challenge, and you may nominate one image for the Monthly as well as the Triptych Photo Review.

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received, send a follow-up email to contact@ksccc.ca. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Presentation of member’s videos
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the May Challenge on “Captioned Photos”
  • Slideshow of the Triptych Challenge
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday September 12th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Through the Looking Glass”, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 5th
  • Monthly & Triptych Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • Introduction to 2025/2026 Challenges
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

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

Debbie Pinard to Present in May

Debbie Pinard, one of our Camera Club Members, will give a presentation on Florence, Tuscany & Venice on Friday May 2, 2025.

Debbie has been taking photographs for over 40 years, first starting out with film, and then switching to digital with a Canon Powershot and then a Canon Rebel.  She currently uses a Canon R7 mirrorless, and a Canon t2i converted to infrared.  

In November 2024, Debbie went on a photography trip to Italy.  She spent an afternoon and a morning in Florence, then met up with her private tour guide Leonardo Papera, a professional landscape photographer (https://tuscanyphotographytours.com/).  From Florence they drove to Pienza which was their home base for the next 5 days.  They were blessed to have fog every single morning (which helped make up for the 5am wakeups!). From there they drove to Venice where they spent 3 days. This was the first trip that she brought a tripod, and made good use of it.

This will be a jam-packed presentation of photos from all 3 places and includes 6 videos.  It will be available online after the presentation (including the videos).

 You can see some of her images at https://deborahpinard.com/ or on her Facebook page.

May Monthly Meeting

Release by Judy Courteau

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, May 2nd starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, April 25th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received, send a follow-up email to contact@ksccc.ca. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Review of Triptych Challenge, the submission deadline is Friday May 30th before noon. Submit up to 3 photographs to be presented at the June meeting
  • Brief presentation on captioned photos for June challenge
  • Presentation “Florence, Tuscany & Venice” by Debbie Pinard
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the April Challenge on “Gardens – All Seasons”
  • The next Meeting will be on June 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Captioned Photos”, photos to be sent by noon Friday May 30th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • If time permits, member slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

April Monthly Meeting

A good way to harness the sun’s energy by Marg Jackman

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, April 4th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, March 28th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge and which one you would like to submit for the Photo Review. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge and nominate one image for the Monthly Photo Review.

NOTE: If you do not receive an email confirming that your images have been received, send a follow-up email to contact@ksccc.ca. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Review of Triptych Challenge
  • Presentation “Print Making” by Manfred Mueller
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the March Challenge on “Earth Day”
  • The next Meeting will be on May 4th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Gardens – All Seasons”, photos to be sent by noon Friday April 25th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • If time permits, member slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

KSCCC at the Library

Until April 4th, the KSCCC will be promoting the club and showcasing our work in the display case at the entrance to the Ottawa Public Library, Beaverbrook Branch.  The theme is: Cell Phones Take Great Pictures.  Thanks for their contributions to the display to photographers Debbie Pinard, Phil Tughan, Tom Lewis, Ed Lascelle, Ted Timmons, and Michele Doran-Sugar, and a special thanks to them for their very quick responses to a tight timeline.  If you are heading to the Seniors Centre, pop by the Library and have a peek at the display.

Bruce Turner

KSCCC at the Library

Once again this year, the KSCCC will be promoting the club with a display of our work in the display case at the entrance to the Beaverbrook Library (next door to the Seniors Centre), in late March and early April. The theme will be: “Phones take great pictures” To complete the display, we are looking for six pictures taken with cell phones. They will need to be printed 8” x 10” inches in size (landscape or portrait) and framed without matting in a fairly plain black or silver frame.

Pictures will be considered in the order submitted. They can be about any subject. We will be choosing a combination of pictures taken with cell phones, that complement each other and show a variety of interesting subjects. To submit your picture for consideration please send an electronic copy in an email to contact@ksccc.ca , with the Subject line “Library display in March“ and put Attention: Jan & Bruce Turner in the text.

To meet the late March date (exact dates to be confirmed), we need to receive your electronic submissions as soon as possible. This will allow us time to select pictures and notify participants so that they can print and frame their pictures by March 22.

We know there are lots of great pictures out there, so please take a few minutes to consider helping the KSCCC promote the club.

Jan & Bruce Turner