A questionnaire has been created to provide feedback from Kanata Seniors Centre Camera Club members which will help determine content for future meetings and workshops.
This questionnaire was available at the meeting on January 5th. Copies are also available here, and at the Kanata Seniors Centre front desk.
Completed questionnaires can be dropped off at the Kanata Seniors Centre before January 15th or at the meeting on January 5th.
Thank you for your participation.
Your Camera Club Executive
Are you looking forward to getting outside this winter and taking some outdoor photos in the blowing snow, freezing temperatures and dim light? No? Then, maybe you would rather take some indoor photos where it is warm and cozy and your fingers and toes are not frozen.
Does the lack of light in the winter months leave you uninspired and lacking motivation? If so, why not join us in our Winter Photo Challenge.
This 8-week Challenge is open to all KSCCC Members of all skill levels. Any type of camera and any type of post-processing technique can be used.
Topics (see new Challenge page on our website or table below) can be photographed either indoors or outdoors. Each topic addresses a unique subject. Each topic may inspire you to take a photograph in a different way using different techniques. The goal of the Challenge is to try something new that may inspire you.
All you need to do is photograph one topic each week and send your one photo to us by the due date. For example, if you take a photo during the week starting January 6th, the only requirement is that the topic be “Food” and the photo be submitted by noon on January 12th (see table).
If you can’t take a photo in a particular week, then take a photo in a week that you can. Again, the only requirement is that you take a photo that addresses the topic for that particular week and send it in by the due date.
Submit photos in the regular way using our Club’s e-mail address, with the words:
in the subject line (where # is replaced with the appropriate week number) and naming the file with the week number and the your name for example:
During the Challenge period, all submitted photos will be posted in special galleries linked from the Challenge page on our website. At the end of the Challenge, photos will be compiled into a video that will be shown at our March meeting.
Photo challenges are a great way to look at new subjects in unique ways and to try different techniques. Inspiration can often be found in the most mundane subject.
If you have any questions, please contact me by email.
Ron Pierce
| WEEK | START DATE | TOPIC | DUE DATE |
| 1 | Monday, Jan 1 | Light(s) | Friday, Jan 5 |
| 2 | Saturday, Jan 6 | Food | Friday, Jan 12 |
| 3 | Saturday, Jan 13 | Reflections | Friday, Jan 19 |
| 4 | Saturday, Jan 20 | Frozen | Friday, Jan 26 |
| 5 | Saturday, Jan 27 | Still Life | Friday, Feb 2 |
| 6 | Saturday, Feb 3 | After Dark | Friday, Feb 9 |
| 7 | Saturday, Feb 10 | Red | Friday, Feb 16 |
| 8 | Saturday, Feb 17 | Circles or Curves | Friday, Feb 23 |
![Gatineau GC Par 3 Hole 12 [7076] v2](https://ksccc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gatineau-gc-par-3-hole-12-7076-v2.jpg?w=840)
A little background first. Ottawa Golf provides local golfers with up to date information on our local courses (any deals etc.). Further the Ottawa Golf web site runs a monthly photo contest and I thought I’d give it a go with my first ever submission . It’s open to amateur photographers with emphasis on golf landscape shots.
In September I was golfing at the Gatineau Golf Course and had my new portable Panasonic Lumix ZS 50 with me. The picture I submitted was taken at the Par 3 12th hole; I angled the shot for a bit of foreground to make it look different from most landscape golf shots. It seemed to work. Of the almost 50 September entries, this photo was chosen and I’m still in shock. Definitely a confidence builder and it certainly suggests we shouldn’t hesitate to expand our photo horizons. I think my picture taking is getting better but my golf is going the other way.
Ed Lascelle
The next Camera Club meeting with be held on Friday, November 3rd at 9:15 a.m.
Our meeting will include:
The Mentors will be available before the meeting to help you with any technical or creative questions you have about photography.
Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, October 27th to be included in the slide show. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles read How To Submit Photos.
The next assignment is “Stormy Weather” and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the December meeting.
See you at the next meeting on November 3rd.
If you enjoyed Dr. Peter Dang’s presentation at our September meeting and would like to support him and Pinhey Sand Dunes, please go to the Great Places in Canada web site and vote for it under the category of 2017 Great Public Space. Voting ends on Friday October 27th.
As part of the Ottawa 2017 celebrations, each evening from October 6th to November 5th, Chaudière Falls will be illuminated (map). This should be an excellent chance for some really interesting images. Remember to bring your tripod!
For more details including the hours of operation go here.
Ron Pierce
Photos submitted by members on the theme:
It’s a Small World- Macro or small-scale photography of any subject
can now be seen here.
The next Camera Club meeting with be held on Friday, October 6th at 9:15 AM.
Our meeting will include:
The Mentors will be available before the meeting to help you with any technical or creative questions you have about photography.
Your images for the “It’s a Small World” assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, September 29th to be included in the slide show. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles go to our Galleries page.
The next assignment is “Simplicity” and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the November 3rd meeting.
See you on October 6th.
Your Camera Club Executive
On Tuesday September 12th, Bruce Di Labio will be giving a presentation on Birds of the Ottawa Region as part of the Probus Club of Western Ottawa monthly speaker series.
For our first meeting in the fall we are delighted to have renowned birding expert Bruce Di Labio talk to us about the birds we can find in the Ottawa region.
A native of Ottawa, Bruce Di Labio formerly wrote a weekly column on birding in the Ottawa Citizen. His passion for birds and birding began at the young age of 7, and he has had a life-long passion and career in the field of birding. The early 1970s was an exciting time in Ottawa birding. There was lots of friendly competition and weekend birding, which was quickly replaced by birding seven days a week! It was during this time that Bruce began leading field trips for the Ottawa Field-Naturalist’s Club.
During the 1980’s he worked for the Canadian Museum of Nature in ornithology, and then The Canadian Nature Federation as Staff Naturalist. After leaving this post, Bruce began environmental consulting and branched out in his role as teacher and tour leader for beginning birders. Locally he regularly gives presentations at schools, Nature organizations, and birding conventions.
Bruce specializes in birding tours to many Canadian destinations, including the Alberta Rockies, Yukon, Churchill, Point Pelee National Park, Moosonee and James Bay. Internationally he has lead birding tours to Costa Rica, Ecuador, Australia, South Africa and a number of Caribbean destinations.
In addition, over the decades Bruce has authored numerous articles for Nature Canada, Ontario Birds, OFNC’s Trail and Landscape, Canadian Field-Naturalist, Birders Journal, ABA’s Birding, and Ontario Birding News. Bruce has been a member of many successful international championship birding teams.
Click here, for more information about Probus and about Bruce’s presentation.
Amy Lo and Marilyn Martin
If you enjoyed Dr. Peter Dang’s presentation at our September meeting, here’s a chance to see him again in his environment and to meet some of the “critters” he was talking about:
Kanata Seniors' Centre Camera Club 