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September Monthly Meeting

Vortography In the Nick of Time by W. Wood

The next monthly meeting will be held on Friday, September 12th starting at 9:15 a.m.

Your Monthly Challenge images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, September 5th 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 you may 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
  • Streamlining meetings with new web pages
  • Presentation on annual project “Selfies”
  • Presentation “Drone Photography & Videography” by Mark Guzewski
  • Coffee Break
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the Summer Challenge on “Through the Looking Glass”
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday October 3rd. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Monochrome Madness”, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 26th
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • Member Slideshow if time permits
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Drone Photography and Videography

Mark Guzewski is a retired engineer living in Kanata. He has been an avid photographer and videographer for decades. 

Drone technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, making them very accessible to hobbyists and enthusiasts. This presentation covers how they fly, legal issues, and how to use them for aerial photography and videography. Photo and video showcases will demonstrate the astonishing capabilities of these remarkable devices. 

June Monthly Meeting

Chippie by Ed Lascelle

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

Your Monthly Challenge and Triptych images must be emailed to contact@ksccc.ca by noon on Friday, May 30th to be included in the meeting. Indicate clearly in your email that your images are for the Monthly Challenge or Triptych 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 the same number for the Triptych Challenge, and you may nominate one image for the Monthly as well as the Triptych 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 of member’s videos
  • Coffee Break (Debbie and Jay-Dee will be available to answers questions)
  • Slideshow of Member Images from the May Challenge on “Captioned Photos”
  • Slideshow of the Triptych Challenge
  • The next Meeting will be on Friday September 12th. The theme for the Monthly Challenge will be “Through the Looking Glass”, photos to be sent by noon Friday September 5th
  • Monthly & Triptych Photo Review
  • Fix My Pic submissions
  • Introduction to 2025/2026 Challenges
  • Concluding Remarks

See you at the meeting.

Triptych News

Here are a few different ways to create a Triptych for those of you who want to submit (up to 3 allowed):

  1. Photoshop Elements Creating a Triptych
  2. Frame Tool in Photoshop
  3. Crop Tool in Photoshop (works in very old photoshop as well)

Also, when you submit your triptych, please indicate if you would like to talk about one at the meeting (similar to how we do the Monthly Review of photos). For those of you non-procrastinators who have already submitted :), send an email to contact@ksccc.ca if you would like to add one of your already submitted images for review.

She’s 9 and Already Winning Major Photography Awards – Meet the Eagle Eyed Girl

What can a 9 year old teach you about photography? A lot more than you’d think. In this inspiring episode of Visual Education, Karl Taylor sits down with Jamie Smart, also known as the Eagle Eyed Girl, an award-winning young photographer who’s already leaving seasoned pros in awe. From waking at dawn to capture elusive birds, to handholding an 800mm lens and mastering macro flash techniques, Jamie’s skill and passion for wildlife photography are truly next level.

See the video here.

Her website can be found here.

Your New IT Department

It’s been fun and a great learning experience being your IT department since October 2015, but as we’ve told you in recent meetings, I’m retiring in June. Thank you to all the club members, and presenters for your support and understanding.

Several club members have stepped up and agreed to take over the tasks I’ve been handling.

Club email

All of the club email should be addressed to contact@ksccc.ca. This includes image and video submissions and general inquiries. For the past couple of months, Paul Grant:

has been doing an excellent job of this.

Meeting Production

Setting up and tearing down the AV equipment for our monthly meetings and getting member slideshows and speaker presentations onto the screen will be handled by Gord Heath:

and Ed Luinstra:

Website

In addition to creating all the monthly slideshows of member-submitted images, Debbie Pinard has been a big help with monthly posts to our club website.

Starting soon, Manfred Mueller:

has agreed to take on maintaining our website and Flickr storage.

Thank you to the above club members for volunteering.

Bill Robertson