Presentation on Contemplative Photography by Henry Fernando
Review of Chosen Photos
Tip of the Day on Image Sharpening
Concluding Remarks
Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, November 29th 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 Contemplative and these images will be shown at the meeting on January 3rd.
The featured presenter at our December 6th meeting will be Henry Fernando speaking on “Contemplative Photography”.
From Henry’s website:
Henry Fernando is a photographer based in Ottawa, Canada. His two great passions in life are travel and photography. He believes that travel helps him discover a lot about himself. It provides him with a whole new perspective and understanding of this phenomenal world that we live in. Travel provides him not only with a sense of adventure, but it also opens doors to culture that do not revolve around fast food and social media.
Though originally trained in Biochemistry and later as an IT manager, he was always interested in photography. He experienced a renewed enthusiasm and appreciation for photography after taking a workshop in Contemplative Photography. The workshop opened his eyes to the rich and vivid colour and texture of the world around us.
Henry is trained in Contemplative Photography and studied Zen, Miksang, and Tao contemplative photography.
The club has now placed our photos in the library showcase (at entrance to Library ). They will be on display until Saturday November 9th .
This is a great way to promote the club and showcase our great photos.
A big thank you to the following club members for their submissions: Ann Williams, Marg Jackman, Shirley Ann George, Deb Bisaillion, Xiao-wei Sima, and Richard Lacey.
Photos will be returned at our December 6th club meeting unless otherwise arranged.
Special thanks to Marilyn Martin and Amy Lo for helping out.
The featured speaker at our meeting on November 1st will be club member Manfred Mueller. His presentation will be on creativity.
Manfred Mueller
Manfred is an award-winning
Kanata based photographer. In addition
to being a member of the KSCCC executive, he is currently the Chair of the RA
Photo Club. He teaches at various Ottawa photo clubs and has been a guest
speaker at Ottawa’s La Cité Community College photography program for the past few
years.
He has studied
photography at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Algonquin College and the School
of Photographic Arts – Ottawa (SPAO). He is a member of Canadian Association for
Photographic Art (CAPA) and the Photographic Society of America (PSA). His work has been published in Canadian
Geographic and the Ottawa Business Journal.
Manfred is a photographic judge and has recently completed his national
level CAPA certification requirements.
As an avid travel photographer and has
visited almost 60 different countries, often in very remote or challenging
locations. When he is not on the road,
he shoots local landscapes, urban scenes and people. He works in the photo studio and uses studio
lighting during on-location shoots.
Manfred is a retired professional
engineer who spent several decades leading design teams in Canada and abroad. While most people will not see the work that
engineers, architects and industrial designers as art, creativity is a critical
factor in ensuring their projects are successful. In his talk will demonstrate how a workflow
that is commonly used by design professionals translates into successful
photographic projects. A project can be
as simple as a KSCCC Monthly Challenge to planning and executing a shoot in
challenging and exotic locations around the world.
Your images for the assignment and Fix my Pic must be emailed by noon on Friday, October 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 Tools of the Trade and these images will be shown at the meeting on December 6th.
It seems like the company Photodex Corporation, which produces the popular slide show software ProShow Gold and ProShow Producer, is having some problems. Internet reports plus my and a friends attempts to contact customer support verify they are not functioning at they have in the past. Rumors are they are trying to restructure and may re-introduce to the marketplace. They have great and popular products, but until the company’s situation clarifies I would suggest our members not purchase the software.
A Canadian Association for Photographic Arts (CAPA) Judging Workshop will be held November 23, 2019, RA Centre, Ottawa. There is space available so you can still register! The RA Photo Club is the sponsoring club for this CAPA workshop.
You can register here. Payment can be made on-line during the registration. This judging workshop is of interest and use to those who wish to know more about what it is that judges look for in competitions; not merely individuals interested in becoming certified CAPA judges. In fact the vast majority of attendees at these workshops are people who solely wish to learn how to evaluate their work and do better in competitions, and have no interest in becoming judges themselves. The course takes the attendees through a series of modules on each of the various types of competitions: nature, wildlife, landscape, photo-journalism, etc. It is designed to allow lots of time for discussion and practice in evaluating images, judging, and scoring. CAPA’s comprehensive judging manual is provided to each attendee. All that is required is a pen and open mind.
For additional information about this workshop, please email Rod Trider, Mike Breakey, or Glenn Bloodworth, with “Ottawa Judging Course” in the subject line.
Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, September 27th 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 Architecture and these images will be shown at the meeting on November 1st.
Garry Black will be the featured speaker at our October meeting with a presentation on travel photography.
For 30 plus years, Garry has been leading photographic workshops to some of the most inspiring locations around the world. He also teaches a variety of classes ranging from Impressionist Photography to Fashion Model Photo Shoot Workshops here in Ottawa and across Canada and the Caribbean. He frequently gives seminars and instructional programs to camera clubs and at photo conferences. Garry was chosen as one of Canada’s Distinguished Professional Photographers by CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Art). He has been selected as a Manfrotto, Phottix and Sigma Canada Pro Photographer.
Garry’s images have been extensively published in numerous national and international publications where they have been used in advertisements, books, magazines, and websites. They have appeared in National Geographic, Air Canada, Holland America, ELLE, and O – The Oprah Magazine.
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