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November Camera Club Meeting

Danger by Debbie Pinard

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, November 1st at 9:15 a.m.

Your images for the assignment and Fix my Pic must be emailed by noon on Friday, October 25th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Tools of the Trade and these images will be shown at the meeting on December 6th.

See you at the meeting.

October Camera Club Meeting

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, October 4th at 9:15 a.m.

Abstract 3 by Larry Young
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the  Abstraction Assignment
  • Travel Photography Garry Black
  • Tip of the Day – Neutral Background
  • Review of Chosen Photos and Fix my Pic
  • Concluding Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, September 27th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Architecture and these images will be shown at the meeting on November 1st.

See you at the meeting.

April Camera Club Meeting

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, April 5th at 9:15 a.m.

Smokin Cornpipe by Shirley LeClair
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Negative Space Assignment
  • Nature/Macro Photography by Danielle Barabé-Bussières
  • Winter Challenge Slide Presentation by Ron Pierce
  • Phil’s Tip of the Day on Motion Photography
  • Review of Chosen Photos
  • Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, March 29th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Solitude and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the May 3rd meeting.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

Photo Editing Courses

The Hazeldean branch of the Ottawa Public Library is offering two introductory courses on photo editing that may be of interest to some of our camera club members.

The first is Basic Digital Photo Editing (Demo Only) on March 4th from 6-8 PM

The second is Basic Digital Photo Editing (Hands On) on March 25th from 6-8 PM

Both courses require registration with the library as described in the links above.

Frank Dugal on Portraiture

At the February 1st meeting, club member Frank Dugal will give a presentation on portraiture.

Frank is a self-taught life-long photographer.  He was the founding co-leader of the RA Photo Club Digital Group, President of the Orléans Photo Club and the leader of its Digital Group.  He is a member of the Kanata Seniors Centre Camera Club and the Arnprior Photo Club.  He has been shooting digital since 1998 when he bought his first Digital Camera.  Now, his cameras of choice are the mirrorless Fuji XT1 and his iPhone.

For a number of years, he was a weekend warrior and photographed weddings and special events.  People photography is his first love.

Frank believes Photography is a school from which you never graduate.  It is a continual learning process.

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You can review Frank’s presentation here.

Monthly Meeting December 1st

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, December 1st at 9:15.

Our meeting will include:

  • Slide show of Member Images from the “Stormy Weather” Assignment
  • Phil’s Tip of the Day on “Getting out of Auto Mode”
  • Presentation on Wild Life Photography by Joe Silverman
  • Review of Chosen Photos
  • Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, November 24th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos including formats and titles go here on our website Galleries page.

The next assignment is  “Picture that Tells a Story” and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the January 5th meeting.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

Digital Cameras Have Come a Long Way

From the IEEE Spectrum article 25 Microchips That Shook the World

Kodak KAF-1300 Image Sensor (1986)

Launched in 1991, the Kodak DCS 100 digital camera cost as much as US $13 000 and required a 5-kilogram external data storage unit that users had to carry on a shoulder strap. The sight of a person lugging the contraption? Not a Kodak moment. Still, the camera’s electronics—housed inside a Nikon F3 body—included one impressive piece of hardware: a thumbnail-size chip that could capture images at a resolution of 1.3 megapixels, enough for sharp 5-by-7-inch prints. “At the time, 1 megapixel was a magic number,” says Eric Stevens, the chip’s lead designer, who still works for Kodak. The chip—a true two-phase charge-coupled device—became the basis for future CCD sensors, helping to kick-start the digital photography revolution. What, by the way, was the very first photo made with the KAF-1300? “Uh,” says Stevens, “we just pointed the sensor at the wall of the laboratory.”

Monthly Photo Topic Change

To take full advantage of a soon to be announced special event, the monthly photo topics for April and May have been interchanged and now are:

Shooting Month Submit by Meeting
Apr – Best Ever Apr 28 May 5
May – Nature May 26 Jun 2