December Monthly Meeting

Cycle to Work by Terry O’Hearn

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

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, November 29th 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 “Iceland” by Jay-Dee Purdie
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the November Challenge on “Transportation”
  • The next Meeting will be on January 10th (the center is closed January 3rd). The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Signs and Symbols”, photos to be sent by noon Friday January 3rd
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submission
  • If time permits, member slideshows, reminder about annual Triptych challenge
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Small Flash Workshop

Godox V1 (Fujifilm version) mounted on the hotshoe of a Fujifilm GFX 100s ii shot with bounce flash (one of the techniques that we will be covering during the workshop). Flash head is pointed behind and above the photographer.
Godox V1 (Fujifilm version) mounted on the hotshoe of a Fujifilm GFX 100s ii shot with bounce flash (one of the techniques that we will be covering during the workshop).  Flash head is pointed behind and above the photographer.

We will be holding the small flash (speedlight) workshop on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 10:00 AM until noon at the Kanata Seniors’ Centre.

Several people have expressed an interest in signing up and it appears likely that the demand for this workshop will exceed the number of spots available.  Discussions at the KSCCC Executive Meeting in October recommended that a draw be held to allocate the available spots fairly.  This is what we will do.

There will be slips of paper for you to write your name and email address on the tables at the side of the meeting hall, during the break at the November meeting.  We will draw eight (8) names just before the end of the meeting and will announce the members who have been selected to attend the December 4 workshop.

Given the high level of interest in this material, we are planning to hold another small flash workshop in the first quarter of 2025, so if your name is not drawn, you will have another chance to attend this workshop.

Please note: The material covered during the workshop is aimed at novice to intermediate-level photographers.  To attend you must have your own small flash; either the same brand as your camera or one by a third-party manufacturer that is made specifically for your brand of camera.

The flash must attach to your camera’s hot shoe and have a head that rotates and can be tilted up at least 45 degrees  If you do not have this type of equipment or do not know how to use it with your camera, this workshop is NOT aimed at you.

Your instructors will be Ross Laing and Manfred Mueller.  Ross holds a diploma in photography from Algonquin College and Manfred holds a diploma in photography from SPAO (School of the Photographic Arts – Ottawa).  Both are very experienced flash photographers.

November Monthly Meeting

Green to Red by Karen Haddon

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

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, October 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
  • Details for “Small Flash Photography Workshop” on Wednesday, December 4th
  • Presentation “Macro Photography” by Lynda Buske
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the November Challenge on “Transformations”
  • The next Meeting will be on December 6th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Transportation”, photos to be sent by noon Friday November 29th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submission
  • If time permits, member slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Welcome back Lynda Buske

At our November 1 meeting, the KSCCC is pleased to welcome Lynda Buske back, to speak to us on macro photography.

Lynda is a long-time photographer and an Ottawa Public Library volunteer lecturer with a special interest in travel photos and photo editing. She writes a monthly column on digital photography for the Ottawa PC Users Group. Lynda is currently the Director of Competitions at the Orleans Photo Club. She got a Brownie camera at the age of 10 and has never been without a camera since. Her favourite time to shoot is dawn where, year-round, you will find her at various locations around the city.   

Lynda’s last presentation to KSCCC, in September 2023, was on travel photography.

Focus Fest at the Ottawa Art Gallery

On October 27th from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, the Ottawa Art Gallery is hosting:

a day filled with presentations, demos, and workshops as we celebrate our photography exhibitions on view!

Click here for more details.

This event/outing is not part of the Kanata Seniors Centre Club operations and is not sanctioned by the City of Ottawa.  Information is for interested parties.