2024 RA Photo Club open house

The RA Photo Club (RAPC) is holding its yearly Open House on September 17, 2024 from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at the RA Centre for its upcoming 2024-25 season.

Every year, the RAPC welcomes photography aficionados and visitors to learn about the RAPC’s yearly program, its learning activities, and group outings.

As a plus, the RAPC will have set-ups and experienced photographers to provide assistance with shooting live models in a real photo studio. Get your camera ready!

Also, while you visit, the RAPC will offer headshots to everyone attending. Tip: Bring a USB drive so you’ll be able to take your photo home and share with family and friends or on social media.

The RA Centre is located at 2451 Riverside Drive in Ottawa, next to the Billings Bridge shopping mall.

Looking forward to your visit. For information on the RA Photo Club, visit www.raphotoclub.ca

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.

Teach Basic Photography

The Kanata Seniors’ Centre will hold a basic photography course this fall and is looking for an instructor:

The Kanata Seniors’ Center is looking to hire a photography instructor for Monday Nights from 6:30-7:30pm Sept 30- November 18th.

This is an adult course.

As a prerequisite to being hired, you must have current standard first aid and CPR C. As well as a police records cheque completed in the last 6 months from the date of hire.

Pay is $20.22 per hour as an introductory arts instructor.

If anyone is interested, please reach out to:

Maureen.Moynahan@ottawa.ca 

who I  can help with any questions and the application process.

Free Portrait Session

Two local photographers who are members of The Professional Photographers of Canada – Ontario Region (Eastern Branch) have invited members of the KSCCC to participate in a free portrait session on Sunday, July 28th at 10 a.m. Interested KSCCC members should meet in the lobby of the National Arts Centre (NAC) at 10 a.m. and the portrait shoot will take place nearby under the bridge adjacent to the Rideau Canal, rain or shine. Bring along camera equipment suitable for portraiture and members of the PPOC will be present to assist you. Please see the attached screenshot with more details as well as contact
information.

More details, including contact information, are available here.

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.

Email Problems

We’re still having issues receiving emails.

last month Nicole Leguerrier sent 3 images for the June monthly challenge:

Telephone by Nicole Leguerrier
fence by Nicole Leguerrier
Bowling Carpet by Nicole Leguerrier

and 2 images for the Reproduce a Famous Artwork challenge:

Recreated Composition_A_by_Piet_Mondrian by Nicole Leguerrier
Recreated Composition_A_by_Piet_Mondrian by Nicole Leguerrier

(Click on the above thumbnails to enlarge)

None of these emails was delivered!

Please make sure that you receive confirmation emails when you send images to contact@ksccc.ca

Monthly Challenges 2024/25

The list of our Monthly Challenge topics follows:

June /July/August – What I did last summer, Happiness is . . .

For the meeting on September 6th – Submit by August 30th

  • Back to School days – what did you do for the summer.

September – Geometric Shapes

For the meeting on October 4th – Submit by September 27th

  • Shapes including circles, squares, triangles, etc.

October – Transformations

For the meeting on November 1st – Submit by October 25th

  • A transformation could be a dramatic change in form, appearance or life outcome.
  • Examples could include changes from solid to liquid, evaporation, condensation …
  • It could also more broadly include events such as technological changes, energy transformations, degradation or remediation of natural environments, life/death, baby’s first steps …

November – -Transportation

For the meeting on December 6th – Submit by November 29th

  • Things with wheels, (cars, trains, planes, roller skates, skateboards), sneakers, and sandals – anything that can move things or people.

December – Signs and Symbols

For the meeting on January 10th – Submit by January 3rd

  • Traffic signs, parking signs, things that mean something or tell you where to go, what to do, and how to get there.
    • When we look at signs, we sometimes see things or interpret things that have symbolic meaning. Try to create images that challenge the viewer to look beyond the obvious.

January – Noise

For the meeting on February 7 – Submit by January 31st

  • Images don’t emit sound but can show reactions to it! Your image can portray noise, an unpleasant or loud sound, by showing a subject that emits it or expresses the effect that something noisy can have on humans, animals, or even inanimate objects.
  • Or you can submit an image that makes effective use of “camera noise”. Your choice

February – Icicle or Water Droplets

For the meeting on March 7th – Submit by February 28th

  • The frozen wonders of icicles or the glistening allure of water droplets, immersing yourself in the essence of winter’s delicate transformations.

March – Earth Day

For the meeting on April 4th – Submit by March 28th

  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly things that help or hurt our planet.

April – Gardens – All Seasons

For the meeting on May 2nd- Submit by April 25th

  • Gardens over the seasons.

May – Captioned Photos – Three Pictures

For the meeting on June 6th – Submit by May 30th

  • Take a photograph and “caption” it with a word balloon.
  • Three of your significant pictures of the last year
  • NOTE: Two separate challenges for the same month. Members may submit up to three images for each challenge.

June Monthly Meeting

St James Church by Jay-Dee Purdie

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, June 7th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, May 31st 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.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Recreating a Famous Artwork
  • Member Slide Shows
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • How to submit images to the Camera Club
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the June Challenge on “The 3 A’s: Aged/Antiquated/Abandoned
  • The next Meeting will be on September 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Summertime – What I did last summer, Happiness is …”, photos to be sent by noon Friday August 30th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Monthly Challenges for 2024-2025 Presentation
  • Concluding Remarks

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.

See you at the meeting.

May Monthly Meeting

Little Italy Public Art by Amy Lo

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, May 3rd starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, April 26th 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.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Presentation on Composition and the WOW Factor by Manfred Mueller
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the March Challenge on “Strange things or “What am I?
  • The next Meeting will be on June 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “The 3 A’s: Aged/Antiquated/Abandoned“, photos to be sent by noon Friday May 31st
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Member Slide Shows (if time permits)
  • Fix My Pic (if time permits)
  • Concluding Remarks

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.

See you at the meeting.

Artist Talks at SPAO

Club member Manfred Mueller will give two Artist Talks at the SPAO gallery. These talks are free and open to members of the public. There is plenty of street parking available in the area.  Several other photographers will be there talking about their work as well.

On Saturday, April 20, 2024, he will be talking about the nine large prints in his series “Nebulous”.  On Saturday, April 27, 2024, he will be talking about his two books entitled “Toolbugz”.  One is a hand-made and custom-bound fine art book and the second is a mass-produced children’s book.

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.

Recent Graduate

Club member Manfred Mueller has just completed the 2-year, full-time diploma program at the School of Photographic Arts – Ottawa (SPAO). He and the other members of the graduating class will be showing their final year project work at the SPAO Gallery from Friday, April 19, 2024, through to Sunday, May 12, 2024.  The gallery is open from noon until 5:00 PM Wednesday through Sunday.  SPAO is located at 77 Pamila St (just north of Carling Ave, off Preston St), in Little Italy.  Street parking is available.

Manfred will be showing 27 pieces of original photographic art; 9 large
prints will be shown on the studio wall and another 18 in a fine art
book.  The attached exhibition poster features one of his works.

Please feel free to visit the SPAO Gallery.

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.

The Karsh Brothers, Canadian Legends of Photography

On Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 1:00 pm in the Main Branch Auditorium of the Ottawa Public Library, the Historical Society of Ottawa is hosting a free lecture by Paul Couvrette on the Karsh brothers.

More details here.

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.