Our meeting opened with Deana Lee Ross and Peter Hensel extending an invitation to the members of The Chatham Camera Club to participate in the upcoming South Western Regional Senior Games, scheduled for next September 1st. Sign-up sheets for the various events will be available at our next meeting on April 26th.

CAPA co-ordinator Herman Giethoorn reviewed our entries in the recent CAPA Open Competition in which The Club finished 22nd out of 27. High marks were obtained by Les McCracken (21 pts), Nelson Harrison (21 pts) and Paul Schmoldt (21 pts). Congratulations to all.

Les McCracken critiqued our Silhouette Prints which showed some outstanding creativity. Thanks again to Vince and Frank for their excellent display racks.

Dave Noordhoff told the group about four Club members who call themselves The Viewfinders, who like to venture out together on photo shoots to interesting places in the Essex, Kent, Lambton, Elgin area. To view some of the shots obtained by Dave, Paul, Carson and Jim, go to Picasa Web Albums and search for “The Viewfinders” (quotation marks included). Club members are encouraged to open their own FREE Picasa account.

Jim Pollock gave a presentation on Auto Settings Explained in which he guided some of our newer members through their camera’s basic Auto settings. You can find a general review of those settings HERE

Paul Schmoldt’s workshop on Focus Facts explained different focusing techniques to obtain sharp pictures, which included how and when to over-ride our camera’s auto focus.