Lorraine Fernando Presenting in November

Lorraine Fernando

Lorraine Fernando will give a presentation on Painting with Light – Bending Pixels on Friday, November 3, 2023.

Lorraine has been photographing for about ten years. She has spent some time trying to find her photographic voice – what interests her, and what types of images she likes to create.

Lorraine’s approach to photography is experimental, and she enjoys creating images using many different techniques.  Her photographs range from traditional landscapes to impressionistic images. Lorraine is a self-confessed pixel-bender and her preference is to show what cannot be seen with the naked eye.  She sometimes bends her pixels in-camera, with various multiple exposure techniques. Other times, she will look through her existing catalog of images and select one that calls to her and gets to bending, adjusting, blending, and mixing, until she likes what she has. Either way, Lorraine gets her best images when she zones out and just plays!

Lorraine enjoys traveling and photographing places.  She has found that she sees and experiences a place very differently as a photographer, looking below the surface and capturing many details that she would never notice if she wasn’t looking through her viewfinder.

For more information go to Lorraine Fernando Photography

New Pictures in the Seniors’ Centre

We have completed changing all the KSCCC pictures in the
Seniors’ Centre. Please take a minute to check them out when
you are next there. Thanks to the following photographers for
some great pictures: Jack Coutts, Jane Phipps, Jay-Dee Purdy,
Ted Timmons, Ken Wilson, and Wendy Wood.

As a reminder, the KSCCC is looking for additional pictures to
hang in the Seniors’ Centre, and we encourage all club members
to contribute.  We are now open for business for the February
change. If you have a picture you really like, then chances are
people at the Centre would like to see it too. 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 & Bruce Turner

October Monthly Meeting

Bright Umbrellas by Lynn Dion

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, October 6 starting at 9:15 a.m.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Presentation on Astrophotography by Gary Boyle
  • Panel discussion – to solicit ideas from members on ways in which to increase members (your) participation. The idea is for the club to be more “member driven”. (Debbie Pinard, Jay-Dee Purdie, John Williamson, Ron Pierce, Marg Jackman)
  • Presentation on the use of Generative AI in photography – Manfred
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the September Challenge on Contrasts
  • Next month’s challenge – “Leading Lines”
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Member Slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks
Continue reading “October Monthly Meeting”

The Backyard Astronomer Coming to KSCCC

Gary Boyle, known as “The Backyard Astronomer”, will be speaking on astrophotography at our October 6th meeting.

For the past 58 years, Gary has had a passion for the night sky that started when he was eight years old. He is presently an astronomy educator, guest speaker, monthly columnist for the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada as well as a STEM educator. He has been interviewed on more than 55 Canadian radio stations as well as television across Canada and the U.S. His articles have appeared in numerous newspapers. In recognition of his public outreach in astronomy, the International Astronomical Union has honoured him with the naming of Asteroid (22406) Garyboyle.

Low dpi problems?

When I emailed Dave Blazek, the creator of the very funny Loose Parts comic for permission to post it to our blog, he replied:

Thanks for asking. I shutter to think what would’ve happened if you didn’t.

LOL