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Club competition “Open Category” — Top Shots from March 18, 2008

Tom Townsend — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:49:24 +0000

Many thanks to Ken Cucksey FPSA, (professional photographer), who gave an excellent presentation on “Elements of a Good Photograph” – thanks Ken!
We had a record attendance for our meeting last night, with many new faces coming to see what all the excitment is about! Welcome to All!

Here are the #1 scoring shots from each of our competition categories! (Advanced – Intermediate – Novice).

Richard Armstrong – Advanced – 24 points

Harry Arneill – Intermediate – 22 points

Vince Gagnier – Novice – 23 points

Club Competition “Autumn” Theme – top shots from Feb 26th, 2008

Tom Townsend — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:03:47 +0000

Due to a weather related meeting cancellation earlier in the month, we completed our scoring for our Club competition. Here are the top scoring shots of the evening. Each member can submit “2″ shots. For the first time in our theme competitions we had one person with “2″ high scoring shots. Special congratulations on this accomplishment goes to Janet Fraser. Congratulations Janet! Have a look when you click

Richard Armstrong – Autumn Theme – 22 points

Margaret Manson – Autumn Theme – 22 points

Paul Schmoldt – Autumn Theme – 21 points

Les McCracken – Autumn Theme – 21 points

Janet Fraser – Autumn Theme #1 – 21 points

Janet Fraser – Autumn Theme #2 – 21 points

Top Scoring “Nature” and “Pictorial” shots from Feb. 26th, 2008 meeting.

Tom Townsend — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:49:10 +0000

On the Evening of Feb 26th we scored and selected our Club submissions for the National CAPA round 3 competition. Scoring is based on an accumulated total from 3 judges. Points are awarded from 1-9 by each judge. That makes the highest score attainable 27. Here are the top scoring shots for your review

Richard Armstrong – “Nature” – 25 points

Margaret Manson – “Nature” – 23 points

Lora Armstrong -”Pictorial” – 23 points

April Sansen – “Nature” -22 points

Children Theme Scoring Results

Tom Townsend — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:21:15 +0000

On the evening of January 22nd we scored and selected our 6 Club submission shots for the CAPA National competition. Once again, it was nice to see many new members and several guests in the audience. Here are the Top scoring shots for the evening, when you click

Lora Armstrong – 24 points

Richard Armstrong – 22 points

Carson Plant – 22 points

Jim Pollock – 21 points

April Sansen – 20 points

Harry Arneill – 20 points

Janet Fraser – 20 points

Doug Woodman – 20 points

“Open” Category Scoring Results

Tom Townsend — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:25:13 +0000

On the Evening of January 8th, 2008 we scored and commented on our “Open” category competition shot submissions. It was nice to see some new faces attend our meeting Tuesday night and join our club. Here are the Top scoring shots for the evening after the jump.

Lora Armstrong — 24 Points

Margaret Chrysler — 24 points

Richard Armstrong — 23 points

Nelson Harrison — 23 points

Nelson Harrison — 22 points

Lora Armstrong — 22 points

Doug Woodman — 22 points

Herman Giethoorn — 22 points

“Doors and Windows” Scoring Results

Tom Townsend — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:40:19 +0000

On the evening of November 27th we reviewed and scored our exercise on “Doors and Windows”. Here are our club members top scoring shots from that evening. Have a look.

Margaret Manson – 23 points

Richard Armstrong – 22 points

Jean Debruyn – 21 points

Sheri Nydam – 21 points

Doug Woodman – 21 points

Carson Plant – 20 points

Les McCracken – 20 points

October 9th, Meeting Update

Tom Townsend — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:57:09 +0000

We had very strong participation in the first of the season Club Competition.

The top scoring shots of the evening are posted after the jump. Have a look and feel free to comment. Special congratulation to Jackie Plank (Novice) Jim Pollock (Intermediate) and Doug Woodman (Intermediate). All three are new members and submitting for the first time. All three scored very high regardless of category. Congratulations to all that submitted images.

Top Scoring Shots from October 9th Club Competition:

24-points—Herman-Geithoorn-(Advanced)

24-points—Jim-Pollock-(Intermediate)

23-points—Paul-Schmoldt-(Advanced)

23-points—Doug-Woodman-(Intermediate)

22-points—Richard-Armstrong-(Advanced)

22-points—Nelson-Harrison-(Advanced)

22-points—Margaret-Chrysler-(Advanced)

22-points—Jackie-Plank-(Novice)

22-points—Harry-Arneill-(Intermediate)

Big Photo Day – This Sunday – July 8th!

Tom Townsend — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:53:31 +0000

The Stan C Reade Photo Day is this Sunday at the Elsie Perrin Estate near the University of Western Ontario in London Ontario. If you have not been to this event before, read the overview and find the map HERE. There is something for everyone interested in photography. Here is the calender of events and times for the day HERE. Don’t forget to take your Camera !!

Parrot Club Meeting Highlights – June 9, 2007

Tom Townsend — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:58:32 +0000

Last Saturday’s joint meeting of the Chatham Camera Club and the Chatham-Kent Parrot Club was highlighted with a presentation of shots captured at the bird owners meeting. Check out some of our photos we furnished to the proud Parrot Club members.

Les McCracken

April Sansen

Glen Spooner

Martha Gillier

Nelson Harrison

Patty Arsenault

Paul Schmoldt

Tom Townsend

A New Regional Alliance !

Tom Townsend — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 16:33:08 +0000

We have linked with The London Camera Club, a large and very active Photography Club in our S.W. Ontario region. With 115 active members and an extensive and informative web site, there is much to share and learn. Click HERE or at the LINKS tab in the lower right of this page to go to their Web site. As you browse their informative pages, be sure to check out the extensive “Photo Sites” link at the bottom left of the home page, or click HERE