Paul Schmoldt May 15th, 2009
In the Spring CAPA Nature Competition, Margaret Manson received the Bronze Medal for third place. Congratulations Margaret. A larger version of her winning image can be seen under ‘Club Photos’.
Paul Schmoldt May 14th, 2009
On Tuesday, May 12th, 2009, the Chatham Camera Club held their Awards Night, where the winners of the Photo Competitions for 2008-2009 season were presented with Certificates honouring their achievements.
Bob Allen received the ‘Most Improved Photographer’ Award.
Carson Plant received the ‘Best Photo’ Award. See Carson’s photo under ‘Club Photos’.
In the ‘Advanced’ Division, 1st place went to Les McCracken, Paul Schmoldt was 2nd, and Harry Arneill 3rd.
The recipients in the ‘Intermediate’ Division were Jim Pollock 1st place winner, Doug Woodman 2nd, and Dave Noordhoff 3rd.
As a result of their win, Jim, Doug and Dave will move up to the ‘Advanced’ Division.
In the ‘Beginner’ Division, 1st place went to Martha Gillier , 2nd to Vince Gagnier and 3rd to Bob Allen.
Martha and Vince will move up to the ‘Intermediate’ Division as a result of their win.
Paul showed images from a visit at Hiram Walker’s Canadian Club Head Office in Windsor with ‘Windsor Photo Guild’ and Les showed visits from ‘Open Doors’ – COSY / CFCO , Caleb Retirement Home and ‘The Pines Chapel’.
The results of the Club Elections to follow.
Jim Pollock May 1st, 2009
During our second last meeting of the season, club members were shown which of our photos will grace the walls of the Outreach For Hunger office. Thanks to Doug Woodman for heading up this project.
Carson Plant entertained the group with his excellent Travelogue on Louisburg, Nova Scotia.
Paul lead us through a review of the comments from the St.Thomas Photographic Guild on our Fences exchange.
The CCC got a chance to show their creative skills in the Objects That Form a Letter or Number competition, in which we saw many entertaining submissions.
Jim Pollock April 15th, 2009
Our third and final workshop of the season featured Les McCracken’s basic light and exposure lessons, Carson Plant’s tutorial on close up photography using a softbox, Dave Noordhoff’s Photoshop tips and tricks, Paul Schmoldt’s creative composing and editing demo, Herman Giethoorn’s close up lighting techniques and Craig Harkins’ fascinating look at photo restoration. A special thanks goes out to all of those who shared their knowledge with the club members. We look forward to more workshops next season.
Jim Pollock March 26th, 2009
This time we are featuring the photographic talents of Martha Gillier. Martha is the Club’s current Social Co-ordinator and makes sure we have refreshments at our breaks. She is also heading the nominating committee for our next election in May. Her wide variety of excellent photos has put Martha in the lead of her division in our monthly competitions. Please have a look under ‘Photo In Focus’ for a few of her images.
Jim Pollock March 25th, 2009
The club was treated to a presentation of Nature Photography In The Wilderness by Eleanor Kee Wellman, who has now inspired many of us to pursue her level of excellence.
Club members themselves showed some of their best work in the Open Competition, with Harry Arneill receiving the night’s top score.
Norma West was rewarded with a Honourary Life Membership due to her 51 consecutive years in the Chatham Camera Club during which she held various positions.
Jim Pollock March 11th, 2009
Club members enjoyed another instructional night of Les’s Living Legends Lighting (Portraits), Carson’s Creative Close-Ups, Dave’s Delightful Demos in Photoshop, Tom’s Tremendous Tips, Paul’s Photo Printing and Editing in Elements plus Herman’s Helpful Highlights. These and other lessons will be held again on April 14th.
The ‘Outreach for Hunger’ project headed by Doug Woodman is now in its final print stage. Photos were donated by Chatham Camera Club with the generous help from the Trillium Foundation. Thanks to everybody who submitted images and congratulations to those whose pictures were selected.
Jim Pollock February 25th, 2009
A big Thank You to Mike Blazek for putting together and presenting his show “Walk With Me, Asia” and give us a rare and candid look at the culture and people that Westerners very seldom get to see. His superb photography, married with the excellent editing thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Vadovic, was indeed a show ‘Tour de Force’. We are all looking forward to see more from them in the future.
In our ‘Hair’ competition, Jim Pollock got the top score with 23 points for his ‘Hair in the Soup’ rendering that gave everybody a good laugh. Images selected through voting for CAPA ‘Creative’ competition were submitted by Jim Pollock, Mike Blazek, Martha Gillier, Doug Woodman, Nelson Harrison and Carson Plant and CAPA ‘Nature’, Frank Vadovic, Paul Schmoldt, Patricia Kral, Nelson Harrison, Lorie Cooper and Margaret Manson.
Congratulations all.
Jim Pollock February 12th, 2009
The club enjoyed one of its most successful and informative meetings to date as our members traded their photographic knowledge and ideas on a wide variety of subjects. The evening featured tutorials lead by Dave Noordhoff (Photoshop), Carson Plant (Tabletops), Paul Schmoldt (Printing), Tom Townsend (Photo Tips), Les McCracken (Portraits) and Jim Pollock (Custom White Balance).
These workshops will be repeated next month plus new ones. Please see the Meeting Schedule for more details.
Jim Pollock January 29th, 2009
Thanks go out to Harry Arneill, Jim Pollock and Sheri Nydam for their excellent presentations on Harry’s Flowers, Jim’s Collection and Sheri’s visit to Washington DC. Everybody attending the meeting enjoyed them. Also Thanks to Carson Plant for his tips on Composition.
After several workshops this season, we have decided to change the format focusing on a more ‘hands-on’ approach. We will attempt to have the Monthly Main Meetings the 4th Tuesday every month geared towards presentations on travelogues, competition and the like scenarios with a more entertainment concept. At the work shops, we are going to set up several areas serving a smaller group of members at the time for printing, table tops, portrait photography, software use and photography advice etc. Be sure to bring Camera, Tripod and some object you might want to practice on. Please note that there will be some changes in the timing of submitting images to CCC and CAPA Competitions. Please see the Meeting Schedule for more details.
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