Herman Giethoorn gave an informative workshop on close-up and macro photography, which included detailed information about:
Equipment – close up filters, extension tubes, extension bellows, macro lenses
Lighting – natural light,  ring flashes, indoor continuous lights, reflectors, light boxes
Backgrounds – poster board, glass, hand painted backgrounds

Detailed information about any of this equipment can be obtained by searching Google

The CCC wishes to thank Herman for his clear, concise and well organized presentation.

Print manager Les McCracken discussed the displayed Farm prints and encouraged members to bring in more than one print for our December 6th meeting. The category is “Open”. Special thanks to Frank Vadovic and Vince Gagnier for expanding our display racks.

Paul and Jim reviewed the Club’s new website design, updated by webmaster Tom Gillier. All members were asked to submit photos that will make up new page headers. They should be cropped to 1000 wide by 288 tall at 300 dpi and saved at maximum quality. Send yours to Paul at viking@mnsi.net

Frank Vadovic showed The Club “What’s In My Camera Bag”, displaying a wide variety of lenses, filters and gadgets that help him capture his fine images.

Paul Schmoldt showed our members some of the amazing capabilities of Faststone Image Viewer, a free photo editor that can be downloaded at www.faststone.org