The June issue of the shutterBUG is now online here. You can always find the latest issue by going to the shutterBUG page and clicking on the shutterBUG thumbnail.
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Monthly Photo Topics
At the latest meeting of the camera club executive, topics for the summer and for the 2016/2017 season were selected. In order to give members plenty of time to think about them, they are:
| Shooting Month | Topic | Submit by | Meeting |
| May | Kanata | May 29 | Jun 03 |
| Jun…Aug | Summer/Water/Gardens | Aug 28 | Sep 9 |
| Sep | Movement | Sep 30 | Oct 7 |
| Oct | Autumn | Oct 28 | Nov 4 |
| Nov | Black & White | Nov 25 | Dec 2 |
| Dec | Best of 2016 | Dec 30 | Jan 6 |
| Jan | Contemplative | Jan 27 | Feb 3 |
| Feb | Light | Feb 24 | Mar 3 |
| Mar | Fixed in Post | Mar 31 | Apr 7 |
| Apr | Nature | Apr 28 | May 5 |
| May | Best Ever | May 26 | Jun 2 |
The December topic to be reviewed at the January meeting will be your best three photos from 2016. The March topic to be reviewed at the April meeting will be two versions of two photos as they came out of the camera and after they’ve been edited for presentation (total of 4 images). The May topic to be reviewed at the June meeting will be the three best photos you’ve ever taken.
Remember that, if you don’t like the proposed topic any month, you can submit photos with a topic of your own choosing.
Camera Club Executive 2016/2017
With the recent changes in the camera club executive, we thought it was time to show you who we were.
Standing (L to R) Catherine Easton (monthly slideshows), Bill Robertson (shutterBUG and website), Louise Robert (backup Gallery), Sue Carey (Gallery & backup slideshow), and Amy Lo (membership). Seated (L to R) Frank Knor, and Mike Eva (chairman). Missing from the picture is Stuart Moxley who has agreed to act as our backup tech support person.
Tulip Photo Walk
On Wednesday May 11th, the club is going on a photo walk to shoot tulips around Dows lake. We’ll meet in Commissionaire’s Park near the corner of Preston and Queen Elizabeth Drive at 10:00 AM.
Red Trillium Studio Tour
You can see the works of Ginny Fobert and other local artists on the Red Trillium Studio Tour May 7th and 8th. Ginny will be at Stdio 4 which is located here.
May shutterBUG available
The May issue of the shutterBUG is now online here. You can always find the latest issue by going to the shutterBUG page and clicking on the shutterBUG thumbnail.
Member Photos on Display
The photographers with work now hanging at the Senior’s Centre are: Martha Bohm, Frank Bohm, Frank Knor, Mike Maheux, Mary Milito and Elizabeth Wallis. The photographs will be exhibited until mid June.
Carol Brown and Phil Tughan have submitted photos for the June exhibition. Four more members who have yet to exhibit, are encouraged/welcome to give photos to Sue Carey at the next meeting.
So far 24 people have been exhibited at the Centre during the last eight months.
Free Lightroom Course
CreativeLive is presenting a free, 4 week long course on Adobe Lightroom.The course, which started Monday April 4th will cover:
- Basic Lightroom Workflow
- Organizing and Adjusting Images
- Getting the Most Out Of Lightroom’s Special Features
- Fine Tuning Your Workflow
The course is streaming live each day for free and will be available later as a download for $129US.
Free Nik Tutorials
Amy Lo found these free tutorials that go along with the free Nik photo editing software we posted about here. Thanks for sharing Amy.
Suzanne Warren Powell’s Miksang Photography Presentation
Thanks again to Suzanne for her excellent presentation at this morning’s meeting.
For more about Suzanne and Miksang, see this earlier blog post.
The three books she mentioned were:
The Practice of Contemplative Photography by Karr and Wood
Looking and Seeing by McQuade and Hall
True Perception by Chögyam Trungpa
If you have other questions for Suzanne she can be reached by email.
Kanata Seniors' Centre Camera Club 