Volunteers Needed for the Camera Club

Webmaster

We are looking for a volunteer to manage the KSCCC website.

What does the position entail?

  • Maintaining the KSCCC website
  • Posting news articles to the KSCCC blog
  • Adding new web page banners
  • Posting information on upcoming presenters 
  • Posting notices of upcoming workshops
  • Making yearly changes to web pages (for example the monthly challenges)
  • Ensuring payment for the KSCCC website domain name, the KSCCC website and Flickr image storage 
  • Other related duties as needed

What experience or abilities do you need?

  • Experience in WordPress (or be willing to learn)
  • Be comfortable with technology and using the Internet
  • Willingness to learn new computer skills
  • Enjoy working with other club volunteers

When does the position start?

  • Training can begin in February – must be in place by June.

How can I apply?

Meeting Producer

We are looking for a volunteer to manage audio and visual presentations during the monthly club meetings and help with setup.

What does the position entail?

Person needs to be able to access:

  • Dropbox for challenge photos, review photos, monthly slideshow, fix my pic
  • KSCCC website
  • Saved screenshots
  • Presentations from keynote speakers
  • Members’ videos

Person will come to the meetings with all the media on a USB stick and their laptop (or they can use one provided by the center)

What experience or abilities do you need?

  • Be comfortable with technology
  • Be comfortable with AV setup – hooking laptop to projector and speakers
  • Willingness to learn new computer skills
  • Ability to “troubleshoot” during meetings
  • Enjoy working with other club volunteers

When does the position start?

  • Training can begin in February – must be in place by June.

How can I apply?

Please apply via email to contact@ksccc.ca.

We will be presenting these positions at the next meeting, and welcome questions and comments.

KSCCC Executive

New Pictures in the Seniors Centre

In January 2025, we completed changing the six KSCCC pictures in the Seniors Centre. The new pictures will remain up until June 2025. Please take a minute to check them out when you are next there. Thanks to the following photographers for some great pictures: Raj Srinivasan, Doug McCrady, Marg Jackman, Thomas Illing, and Jay-Dee Purdy.

    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 June change. If you have a picture you really like, then chances are people at the Centre would enjoy seeing it too. For more information on how to participate, please check out this post and this post or send your questions to contact@ksccc.ca to the attention of Jan and Bruce Turner.

    Please be sure to include your name and a title for the picture with your submission.

    Jan & Bruce Turner

    Kanata Seniors Craft Group Funds KSCCC Website

    The Kanata Seniors Centre Craft Group has been supporting the Camera Club by contributing funding for our website, domain name, and image storage.

    This funding provides a critical part of the Club presence, and it is difficult to imagine just how we would operate at the level we do without this support.

    Thank you from the Camera Club and all its members!

    John Williamson

    An Introduction to 10 Basic Post-processing Tools and Techniques

    • Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2025
    • Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
    • Location: Kanata Seniors Centre, Halls C&D
    • Sign-up:  Monthly KSCCC meeting on Friday, January 10, 2025
    • Instructor:  Ross Laing

    This presentation is designed for anyone new to post-processing or photographers who are just starting to use post-processing. The presentation will look at common editing tools and techniques no matter which photo editing program you choose to use.

    Deciding to edit your images using post-processing may seem overwhelming at first.  Learning about how to make a few basic edits and using just a few editing tools and techniques can improve your photography significantly.

    Some key concepts that will be introduced during the presentation will include the difference between Global Edits vs. Local (Selective) Adjustments, as well as brief “real-time” demonstrations of editing sample photos using specific editing tools and techniques, including:

    1. Basic Global edits: exposure, white balance, contrast, etc.
    2. Crop & Level
    3. Selections: Magic Wand: Quick Selection Tool
    4. Eyedropper & Brush tool
    5. Spot healing: Patch tool
    6. Clone Stamp
    7. Burn & Dodge
    8. Black & White conversion
    9. Free Transform: Perspective
    10. Sharpen

    January Monthly Meeting

    Happy New Year!

    The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, January 10th starting at 9:15 a.m.

    Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, January 3rd 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
    • Presentation “What Makes a Good Photograph” by Rod Trider
    • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
    • Slideshow of Member Images from the December Challenge on “Signs and Symbols”
    • The next Meeting will be on February 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Noise”, photos to be sent by noon Friday January 31st
    • Monthly Photo Review
    • Fix My Pic submission
    • If time permits, member slideshows
    • Concluding Remarks

    See you at the meeting.

    Rod Trider on What Makes a Good Photograph

    Rod Trider, Hon FCAPA

    Rod is an internationally accredited photography judge who will give a presentation on what makes a “good” photograph. Having judged hundreds of thousands of images over the years, Rod will discuss some factors that help make a “good” image. He will work through some of the things to look for in the various genres of photography along with some tips on what judges look for in images. You will see some great images and some not-so-great images so we can discuss what might help you in improving your photography.

    About Rod

    Rod is a photographic-based multi-media artist and Master digital printer. His passion is to create unique photographic and multi-media artworks.

    He exhibits frequently in art galleries, art shows, and public spaces. His works are in collections in over 12 countries.

    He runs Advanced Images, a boutique photographic printing company that has specialized for over 20 years in working with photographers & artists who are exhibiting or selling their work.

    He has also curated or co-curated over 40 art exhibits and is a national & international photographic competition judge, having judged over 300 times.

    He teaches and presents at photo clubs and regional & international conferences.

    When time permits, he enjoys photographing local hidden treasures as well as in far-off places around the world that are rapidly changing.

    Member

    Past President, CAPA (Canadian Association for Photographic Arts)
    CAPA – Internationally Accredited Photography Judge
    CAPA Trainer of Judges for 16+ years
    5i – Photographic Collective
    F8 – Photographic Collective

    Contact

    Phone: 416-707-2175 Email: rtrider@advancedimages.ca

    Manfred’s work in PhotoED

    Congratulations to club member Manfred Mueller who has had two images published in the print version of the Canadian fine art photography magazine, PhotoED.  Locally this publication is available for sale at the Glebe Smoke Shop and at the Indigo Bookstore on Rideau, South Keys, and Barrhaven.

    Keep checking PhotoED’s website for the online version of their “Colour” issue which was not available when this post was made.