Category: News

10th Annual Geoheritage Day

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The 10th annual Geoheritage Day will take place on Saturday, September 29 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at The Pinhey Sand Dunes. To get there, drive south on Woodroffe Avenue, and turn left two blocks south of the Nepean Sportsplex onto Pineland Avenue. Park on the south shoulder beside the signed entry gate near the end of the road (T-junction with Vaan Drive).

You will have the chance to learn how geological processes have shaped the regional landscape, given us a glimpse into past environments and life forms and provided resources for our use.

Volunteers from Carleton University’s Department of Earth Sciences and the Ottawa-Gatineau Geoheritage Project will be on hand to explain what there is to see and how each site fits into the local geological history. The Pinhey Sand Dunes will be on the program.

For more information, please contact Joanne Hakkaku at the Biodiversity Conservancy:

hakkakuj@biodiversityconservancy.org

613-825-5492

 

Beaverbrook Library Digital Lab

Recently, a few camera club members had a sneak peak at the soon-to-be announced Beaverbrook Library Digital Lab. Gillian Johnson showed us the equipment we’ll be able to use to digitize slides and negatives:

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to transcribe VHS tapes to DVD:

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and to to transcribe 8 mm and Super-8 mm movies to mp4. She explained that there will also be a digital camera and light box available for use in the lab.

We’ve invited the library to our meeting on October 5th to give all the members more details on the new lab including how to sign up and costs.

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For more details including availability and sign-up procedure, please contact Gillian Johnson the Beaverbrook Library:

Mounting and Framing Photos

The guest speaker at our meeting on October 5th will be Jim Walker of Walkerworks Picture Framing who will speak on:

“Photograph-Specific Mounting and Framing: Finishing Your Photo using High-Quality Mounting and Framing Techniques”

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Jim, a partner in Walkerworks Picture Framing located in Stittsville, Ontario, has been an avid photography professional, enthusiast and educator for many years. He is a graduate of St. Lawrence College of Visual Arts and has also studied photography at the University of Ottawa. Jim holds the designation of Certified Picture Framer (CPF) and his business belongs to the North American Professional Picture Framing Association (PPFA). Jim has taught numerous seminars and classes on picture framing. He has given many hands-on workshops at various camera clubs, continuing education programs and community groups.

Jim brings a unique perspective to creating works of visual art through the combination of elements of design, colour and texture, and computer technology, as well as hand craftsmanship and woodworking skills.

Monthly Meeting September 7th

Favourite summer activity. Bugs and Insects. by Marg Jackman
Favourite summer activity – Bugs and Insects – by Marg Jackman

The first Camera Club meeting of the 2018/2019 season will be held on Friday, September 7th at 9:15 a.m.

Our meeting will include:

  • Presentation on Our New Website by Marilyn Martin and Bill Robertson
  • Slide show of Member Images from the Summertime Favourites and Tabletop Photography Assignments and the Portrait Workshops
  • Phil’s Tip of the Day on Improving Your Photography
  • Travel Photography by Frank Knor
  • Review of Chosen Photos
  • Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignments must be emailed by noon on Friday, August 31st to be included in the slide shows. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles go to our How To Sumbit page.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

A FILM Photo Walk

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If you’re interested in a free chance to try shooting with film, Alexandra at Henry’s Kanata has asked us to pass along this invitation:

I promised I’d keep you all appraised of any events going on here at Kanata. We’ve got a fun one (I think anyways) coming up that some of your members might be interested in. A film photo walk!

It’s going to be on August 11th, 9am to ~ noon, at the Carp Farmers market. Like I said it’s free and Henry’s will be providing everyone with a free roll of film. We also have a few film cameras to lend out if someone wants to attend but doesn’t have, or no longer has, their own gear. Spots are slightly limited so people interested in attending should RSVP either to me through this email (Alexandra.leask@henrys.com) or by calling the store at 613-836-1016.

We think it’s going to be fun. It’s definitely going to be something different!

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Website Updates

You may have noticed some changes we’ve made to your website. Hopefully we’ve made it easier to navigate and easier to search.

We’ll be changing the banner image periodically so members are encouraged to submit images cropped 1200 x 280.

We’ve changed our email address to:

contact@ksccc.ca

If you find any broken links, please let us know so we can fix them.

There will be a presentation on the website at the September meeting.

Feedback is always appreciated.

Portrait Workshop Reminder

A new day is dawning. The Portrait Workshop will be held Thursday, 31, May, at the Kanata Senior’s Centre, starting at 9:30 or before, if you are able to help with setup. We will be there from 9:00 – 2:30.

It is open to all camera club members either to help, to photograph or to take portraits. Timing is at your convenience; registration is not necessary; bring your camera; practice, learn, have fun, meet new friends

There will be five different portrait areas set up with different equipment. Come and experiment and see what works best for you.

Hope to see you there.

Sue Carey

Beaverbrook Library Display

Front Shot rev1Thanks to Ed Lascelle for organizing, to Anne Jones for helping with the setup and the props (lovely glass pedestals), for Sue Carey for loaning the great old cameras, and to all who contributed images. Unfortunately there wasn’t enough space to use them all.

The display will be there until Monday June 11th.

The club has been invited  to provide a display for the fall  (early Oct for 2 weeks).

The library is very pleased with the display . This is great exposure for the club..

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Monthly Meeting June 1st

Back to the Field by Barrie Nichols
Back to the Field by Barrie Nichols

The last Camera Club meeting of the 2017/2018 season will be held on Friday, June 1st at 9:15 a.m.

Our meeting will include:

  • Introduction to Tabletop Photography by Phil Tughan
  • Simple Lighting Setups by Ron Pierce
  • Macro Setup with Ring Light by Frank Knor
  • Slide show of Member Images from the 3A’s, Aged, Antiqued or Abandoned Assignment
  • Slide show from the Monahan Pond Photowalk
  • Review of Chosen Photos
  • Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment and the Monahan Pond Photowalk must be emailed by noon on Friday, May 25th to be included in the slide shows. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles go to our Galleries page.

The next Portrait Workshop is scheduled for May 31st, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  For more information click here.

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on our regular first Friday of the month  ie. September 7th. At one point it was scheduled for Friday, August 31st but this has been changed.  The assignment for this meeting is  Summertime Favourites / Tabletop Photography and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the September 7th meeting.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

Portrait Session

Camera club members please note the Portrait workshop scheduled for 3 May is postponed and the session scheduled for June 5th is cancelled.

KANATA PORTRAIT SESSION APRIL 12 2018 (1)

There will be a full day portrait session, Thursday, 31 May at the Kanata Senior’s Centre, 9 – 3:30

There will be an opportunity:

To Help

To photograph

and/or

To have your portrait taken.

There will be three lighting locations set up for you to experience. It will be a one-on-one opportunity for 15 – 30 minutes in each location. Each location is different. In two you will be able to use your own camera. The third is a demonstration of what can be done with a particular lighting set-up.

You may sign up for the morning, afternoon, or all day.

As well as taking portrait of each other, there will be Kanata Senior’s Centre members invited to have a free 5×7 portrait.

If you are a photographer you will be asked to email your model, print ready 1-4 of the portraits. Help will be provided.

Help is need with set-up, tear down, meeting and greeting people, organizing name tags and email addresses. There will be lots to do, learn, and time, to meet other camera club members in a fun and supportive environment.

In order to know how many people are interested there will be sign-up time sheets (or by emailing Sue Carey) to help, to photograph, and/or to have your portrait taken. You can sign all three sheets, and enjoy the day.

More information will be available at the May 4th camera club meeting or by contacting Sue Carey: careysj@hotmail.com.