Our final meeting of the calendar year featured Mike Blazek’s segment on High Key Portraiture, a lighting technique in which the background is two stops lighter than the subject. With the help of our lovely model, Chanel, Mike used a white paper background, a softbox as a key light and two shoot-through umbrellas to make several beautiful images. The Club offers its thanks to Mike and Chanel for a very informative evening.

View Mike’s Powerpoint presentation on High Key Portraiture

For more information about High Key Lighting, watch this YouTube video.

For something simpler you can do at home, check this out.

Our CAPA Co-ordinator, Herman Giethoorn, reported the scores from our latest submissions in the Nature and Open categories. Several good marks helped The Chatham Camera Club rank in the middle of the pack, which is quite respectable for an organization our size.

Thanks to Andy Stockdill for the pictures from our recent Christmas Breakfast. Great job Andy!

The Prince of Prints, Les McCracken, reviewed our displayed photos, pointing out several strong images. We would encourage all of our members to bring Black And White Portraits to our next meeting, Tuesday, January 8th, 2013.

Time did not permit Dave Noordhoff to show his tutorial on Removing All But A Little Colour, but you can view it now by clicking Leaving Just A Little Bit In.

Great gear is all very nice, but it’s the six inches behind the camera that makes a photograph.