Hello everyone, my name is Silvana Edwards, and I am excited to join the Kanata Seniors Centre as your new Recreation Supervisor.
With a decade of experience working in a private retirement home at the start of my career, I developed a deep appreciation for working with older adults. During the pandemic, I worked at a City of Ottawa long-term care home delivering recreation programs, witnessing firsthand the resilience and strength of our community. Most recently, I served as the Program Coordinator for Barrhaven Community Programs, where I enjoyed coordinating engaging and enriching programs for the local community at stand-alone sites and in local schools.
I understand that I have some big shoes to fill, but I am eager to bring my experience and passion to this role. I am looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you and working together to create memorable and meaningful moments. Thank you for the warm welcome thus far.
In January 2025, we completed changing the six KSCCC pictures in the Seniors Centre. The new pictures will remain up until June 2025. Please take a minute to check them out when you are next there. Thanks to the following photographers for some great pictures: Raj Srinivasan, Doug McCrady, Marg Jackman, Thomas Illing, and Jay-Dee Purdy.
As a reminder, the KSCCC is looking for additional pictures to hang in the Seniors Centre, and we encourage all club members to contribute. We are now open for business for the June change. If you have a picture you really like, then chances are people at the Centre would enjoy seeing it too. For more information on how to participate, please check out this post and this post or send your questions to contact@ksccc.ca to the attention of Jan and Bruce Turner.
Please be sure to include your name and a title for the picture with your submission.
The Kanata Seniors Centre Craft Group has been supporting the Camera Club by contributing funding for our website, domain name, and image storage.
This funding provides a critical part of the Club presence, and it is difficult to imagine just how we would operate at the level we do without this support.
Thank you from the Camera Club and all its members!
The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, January 10th starting at 9:15 a.m.
Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, January 3rd 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
Presentation “What Makes a Good Photograph” by Rod Trider
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the December Challenge on “Signs and Symbols”
The next Meeting will be on February 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Noise”, photos to be sent by noon Friday January 31st
Congratulations to club member Manfred Mueller who has had two images published in the print version of the Canadian fine art photography magazine, PhotoED. Locally this publication is available for sale at the Glebe Smoke Shop and at the Indigo Bookstore on Rideau, South Keys, and Barrhaven.
Keep checking PhotoED’s website for the online version of their “Colour” issue which was not available when this post was made.
The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, December 6th starting at 9:15 a.m.
Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, November 29th 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
Presentation “Iceland” by Jay-Dee Purdie
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the November Challenge on “Transportation”
The next Meeting will be on January 10th (the center is closed January 3rd). The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Signs and Symbols”, photos to be sent by noon Friday January 3rd
Monthly Photo Review
Fix My Pic submission
If time permits, member slideshows, reminder about annual Triptych challenge
Godox V1 (Fujifilm version) mounted on the hotshoe of a Fujifilm GFX 100s ii shot with bounce flash (one of the techniques that we will be covering during the workshop). Flash head is pointed behind and above the photographer.
We will be holding the small flash (speedlight) workshop on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 10:00 AM until noon at the Kanata Seniors’ Centre.
Several people have expressed an interest in signing up and it appears likely that the demand for this workshop will exceed the number of spots available. Discussions at the KSCCC Executive Meeting in October recommended that a draw be held to allocate the available spots fairly. This is what we will do.
There will be slips of paper for you to write your name and email address on the tables at the side of the meeting hall, during the break at the November meeting. We will draw eight (8) names just before the end of the meeting and will announce the members who have been selected to attend the December 4 workshop.
Given the high level of interest in this material, we are planning to hold another small flash workshop in the first quarter of 2025, so if your name is not drawn, you will have another chance to attend this workshop.
Please note: The material covered during the workshop is aimed at novice to intermediate-level photographers. To attend you must have your own small flash; either the same brand as your camera or one by a third-party manufacturer that is made specifically for your brand of camera.
The flash must attach to your camera’s hot shoe and have a head that rotates and can be tilted up at least 45 degrees If you do not have this type of equipment or do not know how to use it with your camera, this workshop is NOT aimed at you.
Your instructors will be Ross Laing and Manfred Mueller. Ross holds a diploma in photography from Algonquin College and Manfred holds a diploma in photography from SPAO (School of the Photographic Arts – Ottawa). Both are very experienced flash photographers.
The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, November 1st starting at 9:15 a.m.
Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, October 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
Details for “Small Flash Photography Workshop” on Wednesday, December 4th
Presentation “Macro Photography” by Lynda Buske
Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
Slideshow of Member Images from the November Challenge on “Transformations”
The next Meeting will be on December 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Transportation”, photos to be sent by noon Friday November 29th
This event/outing is not part of the Kanata Seniors Centre Club operations and is not sanctioned by the City of Ottawa. Information is for interested parties.
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