May Monthly Meeting

Release by Judy Courteau

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, May 2nd starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, April 25th 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.

NOTE: 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.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Review of Triptych Challenge, the submission deadline is Friday May 30th before noon. Submit up to 3 photographs to be presented at the June meeting
  • Brief presentation on captioned photos for June challenge
  • Presentation “Florence, Tuscany & Venice” by Debbie Pinard
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the April Challenge on “Gardens – All Seasons”
  • The next Meeting will be on June 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Captioned Photos”, photos to be sent by noon Friday May 30th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • If time permits, member slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Happy World Backup Day!

March 31st is World Backup Day!

Computer storage fails. Devices are stolen. Natural and man-made disasters occur. Malware encrypts data.

We all need backup routines in place to protect our valuable image files — routines that follow the 3-2-1 backup rule:

  • 3 copies of everything
  • 2 different media
  • 1 copy stored off-site

In case you need help with improving your backup routine, talk to the folks at our help table at the back of the room during the next mid-meeting break.

If you need more detailed help, book a session with the Kanata Seniors Council tech tutors who can help with Windows, Apple, & Android backup solutions.

Manfred Mueller: Printmaking & Bookmaking – Preserving your Photographic Legacy

When we are no longer around, no one is going to look at our hard drive to see our photographs. Making prints, on the other hand, gives us something that we can hand down to our children and grandchildren. Prints are something we can enjoy without having to resort to technology to view our photographs.

Join club member and print maker Manfred Mueller in examining some of the options we have to make and display prints and to create photo books.

 

For more on Manfred including many examples of his work visit his website.   

April Monthly Meeting

A good way to harness the sun’s energy by Marg Jackman

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, April 4th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, March 28th 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.

NOTE: 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.

The agenda for the meeting is:

  • Opening Remarks
  • Review of Triptych Challenge
  • Presentation “Print Making” by Manfred Mueller
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the March Challenge on “Earth Day”
  • The next Meeting will be on May 4th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Gardens – All Seasons”, photos to be sent by noon Friday April 25th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • If time permits, member slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

KSCCC at the Library

Until April 4th, the KSCCC will be promoting the club and showcasing our work in the display case at the entrance to the Ottawa Public Library, Beaverbrook Branch.  The theme is: Cell Phones Take Great Pictures.  Thanks for their contributions to the display to photographers Debbie Pinard, Phil Tughan, Tom Lewis, Ed Lascelle, Ted Timmons, and Michele Doran-Sugar, and a special thanks to them for their very quick responses to a tight timeline.  If you are heading to the Seniors Centre, pop by the Library and have a peek at the display.

Bruce Turner