Lanark County Camera Club Photo Exccursion to Quebec City

We received this invitation from the Lanark County Camera Club to join their photo excursion to Quebec City:

My name is Rob Donald and I am the president of the Lanark County Camera Club (LCCC) in Perth.  Jean-Francois Riel of the Orleans Camera Club pointed me to your club and thought that some of your Kanata Seniors Photo Club members might be interested in a two night trip my club is organizing to Quebec City on April 8-10.

We have a 56-passenger coach bus secured for the trip and a guaranteed rate at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Quebec City.  The trip would start and finish in Carleton Place where we have secured ample parking for participants.

We have 20 confirmed participants from my club as well participants from Kingston, Brockville and the CCO photo clubs.  Members of your club would be most welcome to join us.  Bus tickets are $261.11 per seat. 

I am including an information package outlining travel and hotel details.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Rob Donald

Lanark County Camera Club

You can contact Rob at:

  • 613-878-7317
  • presidentoflccameraclub@gmail.com

More details on the trip are available here and here.

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.

February Monthly Meeting

Maroon Five Concert- Ottawa Blues Fest 2024 by Michele Doran

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, February 7th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, January 31st 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
  • Call for Volunteers
  • Presentation “Renaissance of Film” by Ross Laing & Norm Smith
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the January Challenge on “Noise”
  • The next Meeting will be on March 7th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Icicle or Water Droplets”, photos to be sent by noon Friday February 28th
  • Monthly Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • If time permits, member slideshows
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Welcome Silvana

Hello everyone, my name is Silvana Edwards, and I am excited to
join the Kanata Seniors Centre as your new Recreation Supervisor.

With a decade of experience working in a private retirement home
at the start of my career, I developed a deep appreciation for
working with older adults. During the pandemic, I worked at a City of
Ottawa long-term care home delivering recreation programs,
witnessing firsthand the resilience and strength of our community.
Most recently, I served as the Program Coordinator for Barrhaven
Community Programs, where I enjoyed coordinating engaging and
enriching programs for the local community at stand-alone sites and
in local schools.

I understand that I have some big shoes to fill, but I am eager to
bring my experience and passion to this role. I am looking forward
to getting to know each and every one of you and working together
to create memorable and meaningful moments. Thank you for the
warm welcome thus far.

The Renaissance of Film Photography


Most of us in our camera club began our photographic journey taking pictures on film. With the advent of digital photography, many predicted the demise of film photography, but this is far from the case today.

In the past few years, there has been a remarkable resurgence of interest in vintage film cameras and lenses, especially amongst young photographers in the 18 to 30-year-old age bracket. Older SLR cameras have increased in value and film is once again being stocked in photo stores.

This presentation explores this “rebirth” of interest in film photography and the allure of old cameras and lenses. The presenters share some of their vintage camera collection as well as photos taken with those cameras. In addition, the audience will learn about ways to recondition old cameras and lenses that may have been languishing in an old cupboard and get them working again. The presentation also reviews the types of film currently available.

Presented by Norm Smith and Ross Laing

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