To allow members more time to submit pictures for the April 14, 2023 meeting, the deadline has been extended until noon on Sunday, April 9th. Refer to the April meeting post here
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April Monthly Meeting
Zorro by Barrie Nichols
The next monthly meeting will be held on April 14th starting at 9:15 a.m.
The agenda for the meeting is:
- Opening Remarks
- Introduction of the Fix My Pic activity
- Presentation on Macro Photography by Ed Luinstra
- Slideshow of Member Images from the March Challenge on Animals/Pets
- March Challenge Photo Review
- Photo Project – Every Picture Tells a Story
- Winter Project Challenge Slideshow and Review March “The Beginning of the End”
- Concluding Remarks
Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, April 7th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email if your images are for the Monthly Challenge, Photo Project or the Winter Project Challenge. You may send up to three images for the Monthly Challenge, one image for the Photo Project and one image for the Winter Project Challenge.
Continue reading “April Monthly Meeting”Ed Luinstra Presenting in April
Ed Luinstra will be presenting on Macro Photography on Friday, April 14th.
Ed is a recent transplant from Calgary and arrived here in Kanata a year and a half ago. This is his first year in the Kanata Seniors Centre Camera Club. He is having a great time meeting new people and photographically exploring his new surroundings.
Ed has been doing photography since his teen years. He is of a technical bent and spent many hours in the darkroom back in the film days. He enjoys shooting landscapes, people, abstracts and many other subjects. In the last few years, he has concentrated on nature subjects, especially birds and anything else he comes across in the wilds. Some years ago, Ed became interested in macro photography, something that appealed to his technical side. He spends many summer days prowling in weedy fields looking for bugs to photograph.
PHOTOGRAPHER REQUEST
Janet Baigent was contacted by a gentleman named HERB BRENNEN who is a local representative of the following group:
Inductees – 80+ Hockey Hall of Fame
a not-for-profit organization that nationally recognizes active recreational hockey players 80 years of age and over.
They are looking for a photographer for May 6, 2023, to cover the 80+ Year Old Hockey Hall of Fame Inductees for 2023.
The organizer, HERB BRENNENm provided the following information:
There will be 28 inductees this year. They will play a game on the afternoon of May 6th at approximately 3.30 p.m. at the SENSPLEX on Maple Grove in Kanata. They will be divided into two teams and they are looking for a photographer for group photos prior to the game, as well as photos of the ceremonial “Face Off” for which they are hoping to have a local VIP do the puck drop.
Then they will play a game (photographer not required here) and then clean up, and go to dinner upstairs at the Sensplex.
After dinner, (estimated to be around 7 p.m.) there will be the formal Induction Ceremony which they would also like photographed. This will be done individually for each of the 28 inductees.
The balance of the evening will be for family & friends to photograph.
Herb Brennen can be reached at:
- phone: 613-591-0628
- e-mail address: bunting31@rogers.com
If you want to help out, please send an email to contact@kscdcc.ca
Get To Know Your Camera: Notes
Click here to see the notes from Ross Laing’s February 24, “Get To Know Your Camera” presentation/workshop.
March Monthly Meeting
The next monthly meeting will be held on March 3rd starting at 9:15 a.m.
The agenda for the meeting is:
- Opening Remarks
- OFCC Presentation by Ken Wilson and Marg Jackman
- Presentation by Ginny Fobert entitled “From Then Until Now”
- Slideshow of Member Images from the February Assignment on Still Life
- February Assignment Photo Review
- New Photo Project – Every Picture Tells a Story by Ken Wilson and John Williamson
- Winter Project Challenge Slideshow and Review February “The End of the Beginning”
- Concluding Remarks
Free Table
We tried the “Free Table” at the December 2022 meeting and, despite short notice, it was successful. We will repeat that event at the March 3rd meeting. You can bring in surplus photo equipment, accessories, books or magazines which other members can take. The only proviso is that, if your item is not taken, please take it with you after the meeting.
The above photo was previously submitted by one of our members, Jay-Dee Purdie.
Every Picture Tells a Story
Patience by Ron Pierce
At our February meeting, Ross Laing introduced Every Picture Tells a Story as a new way for club members to share special images and memories. He and Ron Pierce both shared pictures and the stories that made them significant.
Ross explained:
A photograph captures a moment in time. The meaning of a photograph is often ambiguous without context — there is a time leading up to the fraction of a second when the shutter opens, the instant the image is taken, and what takes place right after the shutter closes. Ultimately, every picture tells a story.
For everyone, particular photographs become special and iconic.
You are asked to select ONE photograph of personal significance to you and tell the “Before, During, and After” of the image, taking about 5 minutes to provide a narrative about why that moment and that picture’s story are important to you.
If you would like to present your “Every Picture Tells a Story” image and its story, please email it to contact@ksccc.ca. The deadline for submitting images is the same as the monthly challenge images.
Ginny Fobert presenting in March
Ginny Fobert
Ginny Fobert, an accomplished fine art photographer, will give a
presentation entitled “From Then Until Now” at the March 3 rd meeting
of the Kanata Seniors Centre Camera Club (KSCCC).
Ginny has always been interested in photography. In recent years, she
has focused primarily on fine art photography. Once told that photography was not art, her goal has been to bring photography further into the art world using unique photographic techniques. She believes that a photograph is made, not taken.
“Photography is made in your own mind and with your own eye. It is slow and considered in its making. It can indeed be art”. Ginny has had numerous solo shows and has been involved in multiple art festivals and exhibitions within the city of Ottawa and across Ontario.
To view Ginny’s photography, visit:
Website: www.mynds-i.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mynds.i
Instagram: www.instagram.com/mynds_i
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mynds_i
New pictures hanging in the Seniors Centre
We have a new group of KSCCC member pictures now up in the Seniors Centre. Please wander around and check them out the next time you are at the centre. Thanks to photographers, Elizabeth Wallis, Carol Brown, Tom Illing, Jay-Dee Purdie, Al Dobson, and Georgette Mueller for their contributions.
As a reminder, the KSCCC is looking for additional pictures to hang in the Seniors Centre, and we encourage all club members to contribute. For more information on how to participate, please check out this post or send your questions to contact@ksccc.ca to the attention of Jan and Bruce Turner.
Jan and Bruce Turner
Kanata Seniors' Centre Camera Club 