Chatham Camera Club

August 17th 2010 Walkabout

Jim Pollock — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:28:12 +0000

Our third and final walk-about of the summer was another successful evening of learning, sharing and friendship, with a good turnout of members searching the King St. West / Wellington St. West area for “Architectural Detail”, “Squares, Circles and Triangles” and “Photographers In Action.” To see some of our members shots:

Photo In Focus – August 2010

Jim Pollock — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:24:33 +0000

Featured this month is Lois Kearns, an up-and-coming photographer who joined our club two years ago, mainly to better understand how to use her Sony camera. Her photographic interests are anything that she can use for good reference for water colour painting, at which she excells. See some of Lois’ nature shots on our Photo In Focus Page

75th Anniversary Celebration

Paul Schmoldt — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:24:16 +0000

The Chatham Camera Club is celebrating our 75th Anniversary.

In conjunction with this, there are currently several public exhibits at various venues in the City of Chatham.

The Chatham-Kent Museum has an exhibit on the History of Photography running till February 2011, ARTspace downtown has 13 large prints and a running slideshow display till September 1st 2010, the Thames Art Gallery has 20 large prints as well as a running slideshow all showcasing the work of various members of the Club.

The Chatham Camera Club wishes to thank the various people involved in making this possible, in particular Thames Art Gallery Curator Carl Lavoy, Curatorial Assistant Mindy Bowls, Chatham-Kent Museum Curator Stephanie Saunders, ARTspace Assistant Gallery Administrator Sonya Blazek, Guest Curator and Artist Hank Bos and Joanne Kjeldsen, City of Chatham-Kent (IT Dept.).

Please celebrate this milestone with us by visiting the exhibits.

July 20th 2010 – Walkabout

Jim Pollock — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:05:44 +0000

Our July walk-about was well attended and our members fanned out across downtown and the Tecumseh Park area to capture shots of Water, Vegetation and Outdoor Portraits. We will look at some of the results at a Fall meeting, but for now you can see a few samples:

Photo In Focus – July / 2010

Jim Pollock — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:41:14 +0000

July’s featured photographer is Laird VanderEnde, whose enthusiasm and keen interest in learning new photo techniques make him a welcome addition to the Club. Laird excels in outdoor photography, as seen on our Photo In Focus page.

June 22nd / 2010

Jim Pollock — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:07:22 +0000

Are you looking for an interesting event to photograph?
Club member Nelson Harrison has provided us with a wonderful resource of
Events In And Around Chatham-Kent

June 15th 2010 – Walkabout

Jim Pollock — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:16:29 +0000

Our first summer Walkabout was a huge success with nearly half of the club’s membership gathering in Downtown Chatham. Breaking off into smaller groups, we roamed the area in search of “Cracks”, “Unusual Angles” and “Signs That Made A Statement”. We shared tips, techniques and our experience with each other before gathering at Coffee Culture to socialize. Thanks to Les McCracken and Dave Noordhoff for organizing and leading the event. Your efforts are much appreciated. To see a few shots from the evening –

Photo In Focus – June / 2010

Jim Pollock — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:34:05 +0000

Featured this month is Bob Allen, an enthusiastic member who is always willing to step up and help wherever needed. Bob is interested in all types of photography as is demonstrated by his work shown on our Photo In Focus page.

May 11 / 2010

Jim Pollock — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:15:28 +0000

Elections for Club officers for next season were held. The new executive list can be found on our Members page.

Members were reminded that starting in September, we will hold our meetings at the Evangel Community Church, 76 Sandys St, Chatham.

Some members who contributed photos for the Chatham Newcomers Portal were presented with a token of appreciation from the Municipality Of Chatham-Kent.

The Club reviewed our submissions and scores from the Weather competition.

Adam Harpula gave the club a short demonstration of his new Olympus E-PL1 camera.

Awards for our 2009 / 2010 photo competitions were presented, with the following results:

Photo Of The Year

Mike Blazek

Beginners Division

First Place – Dave Ladore
Second Place – Patricial Kral
Third Place – Brian Montgomery

Intermediate Division

First Place – Steve Hook
Second Place – Martha Gillier
Third Place – Ed Hofland
Most Improved Award – Vince Gagnier

Advanced Division

First Place – Carson Plant
Second Place – Jim Pollock
Third Place – Margaret Manson
Third Place – Dave Noordhoff
Third Place – Nelson Harrison

Honorable Mentions
For submissions getting 21 points or more

Dave Ladore
Brian Montgomery
Patty Arsenault
Paul Rice
Ed Hofland
Mike Blazek
Margaret Manson
Carson Plant
Nelson Harrison
Paul Schmoldt
Harry Arneill
Jim Pollock

Congratulations to all!

April 27 / 2010

Jim Pollock — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:06:23 +0000

Club members enjoyed a slideshow about Cuba, presented by Frank Vadovic and Kathy Davidson, which showed the spectacular tourist areas as well as scenes from everyday life.

Print manager Les McCracken critiqued several of our prints and explained a faux-HDR technique used by Paul Schmoldt to achieve a dynamic shot of the Disney castle.

Judging of our final competition category of the year, “Weather”, indicated that this was a very challenging category.

Carson Plant received a big round of applause for his slideshow that featured the beautiful scenery of Algonquin Park in autumn