Two local photographers who are members of The Professional Photographers of Canada – Ontario Region (Eastern Branch) have invited members of the KSCCC to participate in a free portrait session on Sunday, July 28th at 10 a.m. Interested KSCCC members should meet in the lobby of the National Arts Centre (NAC) at 10 a.m. and the portrait shoot will take place nearby under the bridge adjacent to the Rideau Canal, rain or shine. Bring along camera equipment suitable for portraiture and members of the PPOC will be present to assist you. Please see the attached screenshot with more details as well as contact information.
More details, including contact information, are available 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.
A group of camera club members offered to take portraits of the Senior Centre members in 2015 and again in 2017. It was a very popular and well-attended activity. Janet Baigent has indicated the general membership is interested in holding another portrait session if there is sufficient interest among camera club members.
A room has been reserved either Friday 26 January, or Wednesday, 31 January, to meet, discuss, plan, learn about your expectations, level of participation, and to have fun. Everyone is welcome. You may bring your camera, lights, and backgrounds if you have them. (The date to be discussed.)
In 2015 a group of us got together for 3 sessions and took portraits of ourselves before opening up to the general Senior Centre members.
This video is an example of the setup and fun we had working together:
In 2017 there was no warm-up. The photographers who participated were:
Ian Bartlett
Frank Dugal
Anne Jones
Amy Lo
Pat Newton
Sue Carey
Barrie Nichols
The session was advertized. There were different areas in the room. Photographers were welcome to use Pat Newton’s camera and backdrop because his camera was set up with a slave light to work with his camera and background.
Frank Dugal brought in lights and a backdrop and coached photographers to use a manual setting using their own camera.
Anne, Amy, and Sue had their own backdrops and lights.
The photographer was responsible for editing, touch-up and sending the client, via email, four or so of the best portraits.
Also, there were many camera club members, who helped with set up, welcoming people, arranging lights, taking photos, and cleaning up.
This video is the culmination of the 2017 workshop:
The photos in my slideshow are from a photography trip I took with my daughter to Morocco in May 2012. The focus was mostly on street photography. It was definitely a memorable experience, and looking at the pictures brings me right back to the places we visited.
It was through Strabo Tours, and the professional photographer was JJ Weiss (who has since passed on). His biography:
I had the greatest good fortune to begin photography as an apprentice to the legendary Minor White at M.I.T. That blessing was even more enhanced when I got my M.F.A., studying with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, both master photographers, at the Rhode Island School of Design. Just six years after printing my first photo, I was appointed to a professorship in art at the University of Delaware, where I led the photo program for 30 years. Our graduate studies program was praised by The Photo Review for its “outstanding contribution to photography,” and I was also cited for an Excellence in Teaching award. In 2006, I received national recognition as Teacher of the Year by the Santa Fe Center for Photography. I’ve led 30 photo safaris and tours for Strabo.
The description of the tour
Morocco is a beautiful country filled with friendly people and irresistible allure. Most excitingly, photographs seem to beckon around every corner. There is so much to see. Marrakech is home to the famous outdoor market, Djemaa el Fna, perhaps the greatest open-air spectacle in the world. Among many delights, you will see snake charmers, dance troupes, and storytellers regaling fascinated listeners with tall tales. In Fes, the center of culture and religious learning, we will photograph in its ancient Medina. Kiosks abound all over, vendors selling their goods much as they did thousands of years ago. This year, we’ve added a new destination in the north, Chefchaouen. Pronounced, shef-shau-en, the town was founded in 1492 by Moorish exiles from Spain. Our accommodations are set in the hillside, just above the town, away from the hustle and bustle of the medina, yet within walking distance to the areas where we’ll be photographing. In the medina, the outdoor market vendors sell all sorts of vegetables and fruits amid the narrow cobbled alleyways of whitewashed walls and blue doors. It’s a photographer’s delight. And, of course, our visit to the Sahara is a particularly unique adventure. We arrive in mid-afternoon, photographing the dunes, the camels, and the herders. Then we are witnesses to one of the most amazing sunsets you will ever see. Following an al fresco dinner, and entertained by tribal musicians, we sleep, then rise before dawn, where Tuareg tribesmen help us to mount our camels, and ride up the dunes to photograph the magnificent Saharan sunrise.
Rod MacIvor is presenting “From Photojournalist to Photographer” on Friday, October 2nd, 2020.
The KSCCC welcomes Rod MacIvor, an internationally-recognized photojournalist, who will take us on a photographic journey of his long career as an award-winning photojournalist to his current passion as a photographer.
The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, May 3rd at 9:15 a.m.
Cedar Solitude by Barrie Nicols
Slideshow of Member Images from the Solitude Assignment
Unposed – Non-traditional Portrait Photography by Robin Andrew
Member’s Corner
Marg’s Joke of the Day
Review of Chosen Photos
Announcements and Closing Remarks
Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, April 26th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.
The next assignment is Bridges and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the June 7th meeting.
The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, February 1st at 9:15 a.m.
Our meeting will include:
Slideshow of Member Images from the What is It Assignment
Portraiture Presentation by Frank Dugal
Phil’s Tip of the Day on Black and White Photography
Review of Chosen Photos
Member’s Corner
Announcements and Closing Remarks
Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, January 25th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.
The next assignment is Monochrome and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the March 1st meeting.
Don’t forget the Winter 2019 Photo Challenge which has deadlines of February 1st and 15th to submit pictures.
A new day is dawning. The Portrait Workshop will be held Thursday, 31, May, at the Kanata Senior’s Centre, starting at 9:30 or before, if you are able to help with setup. We will be there from 9:00 – 2:30.
It is open to all camera club members either to help, to photograph or to take portraits. Timing is at your convenience; registration is not necessary; bring your camera; practice, learn, have fun, meet new friends
There will be five different portrait areas set up with different equipment. Come and experiment and see what works best for you.
Camera club members please note the Portrait workshop scheduled for 3 May is postponed and the session scheduled for June 5th is cancelled.
There will be a full day portrait session, Thursday, 31 May at the Kanata Senior’s Centre, 9 – 3:30
There will be an opportunity:
To Help
To photograph
and/or
To have your portrait taken.
There will be three lighting locations set up for you to experience. It will be a one-on-one opportunity for 15 – 30 minutes in each location. Each location is different. In two you will be able to use your own camera. The third is a demonstration of what can be done with a particular lighting set-up.
You may sign up for the morning, afternoon, or all day.
As well as taking portrait of each other, there will be Kanata Senior’s Centre members invited to have a free 5×7 portrait.
If you are a photographer you will be asked to email your model, print ready 1-4 of the portraits. Help will be provided.
Help is need with set-up, tear down, meeting and greeting people, organizing name tags and email addresses. There will be lots to do, learn, and time, to meet other camera club members in a fun and supportive environment.
In order to know how many people are interested there will be sign-up time sheets (or by emailing Sue Carey) to help, to photograph, and/or to have your portrait taken. You can sign all three sheets, and enjoy the day.
More information will be available at the May 4th camera club meeting or by contacting Sue Carey: careysj@hotmail.com.
There is a slight change in the time of the first session of the Portrait Workshop we announced in February. This Thursday, April 12th we have a room booked from 12:30 pm (not 12 pm) to 5:00 pm
Bring whatever gear you would like to try out, including reflectors, strobes, modifiers, backdrops, … We will all take turns being models and photographers.
Kanata Seniors' Centre Camera Club 