Sue Carey thought some club members might need help finding the club images in the 6 locations they are on display around the Centre. With Catherine Easton’s assistance, she produced this short video:
(apologies to Modest Mussorgsky)
March shutterBUG online
You can get the March issue of the shutterBUG:
by clicking on the above image or by going to the shutterbug page.
Two Photographers
One of the best sources of inspiration is to look at art and in particular to look at other photographer’s work. The same building that houses the Kanata Seniors Centre also houses the Kanata Civic Gallery which displays the excellent work of many local artists (including camera club member and Mentor Ann Williams). Two of the artists are photographers.
Karen is new to the gallery and has 3 large pieces hanging in the show currently on display. To see more of her work, go to her personal web site.
RicharD is a resident of Beaverbrook and participates in the Kanata Artists Studio tour to be held April 30th and May 1st. To see more of RicharD’s work go to his personal web site.
Camera Raw Defaults & Image Resize
During the February meeting, John Williamson showed us how to:
- change Adobe Camera Raw default settings that are applied to our images
- how to resize many images at the same time
His notes that explain how to do both have been added to the meeting resources list on the Meetings page under February 2016. They can also be accessed buy clicking the links above. Thanks for the excellent presentations and notes.
(not) Professional Photo Tips
Contrary to the name, Joshua Cripps‘ Professional Photo Tips channel on YouTube is a great collection of short instructional videos that all of us can watch and learn from. Some of the topics he covers are basic for example his recent video: “What is a Stop?” and some are more advanced like: “How to Use a 10 Stop Neutral Density Filter for Long Exposure Photography“.
Take a look. If you find any other sites you’d like to share with the rest of the club, please let us know at cameraclub@kanataseniors.ca.
Catherine Easton Slideshows
At the February 5th meeting, Catherine Easton showed 2 slideshows she had made. The first was done using the PicturesToExe program (Essentials: $69, Deluxe: $129) and the second using Microsoft’s free program Windows Movie Maker. Note that this was the first slideshow Catherine created with Movie Maker.
Well done Catherine and thank you for sharing.
If you have a short (3 minute or less) slideshow you’d like to share at a future meeting, please let us know by emailing us here.
Photo Walk Postponed
From Ken Wilson:
Regret due to heavy snowfall we will have to postpone the photowalk planned for the Old Quarry Trail on Fri, 19 Feb.
We will discuss in committee and select a new date based on available weather forecast information. Regret postponement.
Stay tuned here for a new date and time.
Take Care of Your Camera in Cold Weather
This recent post from Digital Photography School has several tips on cold weather photography that will be helpful when you join us on our Old Quarry photo walk on the 19th. The ziplock bag and battery tips will be essential if it’s really cold 🙂
The links in our December post have some other useful tips.
New Photofocus Podcasts
The Photofocus Podcast “network” has changed their monthly schedule to the following:
- Questions and Answers with Rich Harrington & Scott Bourne to air on the 7th
- Inspiration with Scott Bourne and Marco Larousse to air on the 14th
- Photographer Interviews with Ann Barry to air on the 21st
- Photography gear with Scott Bourne and Marco Larousse to air on the 28th
Download them and listen while you’re doing housework, stuck in traffic, at the gym …
Between the podcasts listed above they also have frequent blog postings.
Google Kills Picasa
Google announced today that effective May 1 they will no longer develop the desktop version of Picasa, their photo editor and cataloguer. Pictures stored in Picasa albums will be moved to Google Photos. More details in this TechCrunch article.
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