At this month’s Workshop Meeting, The Club welcomed 3 new members and 2 guests.
Martha Gillier announced that the OSPCA is in need of volunteer photographers to take part in taking Pet Pictures With Santa on November 30th, December 1st, 7th, 13th and 14th. If you are interested in donating your time and talents for this worthwhile cause, contact Martha at 519-351-6677 or mgillier@gmail.com
Bob Allen reminded The Club of our annual Christmas Breakfast on December 7th at 9AM at the Links Of Kent Golf Club. If you plan to attend, please let Bob know by e-mail at bobcurl@ciaccess.com
Ken Kopko from Maple Art Gallery, along with Mike Blazek and Frank Vadovic, gave a presentation on the important but often overlooked subject of Preparing Images For Display. Among the topics discussed were:
- Matting.
- Types of glass, regular, non-glare, art glass and UV glass
- Mounting Methods
- Framing
- Grouping Of Photos
- Printing On Canvas
For more information about these subjects and more,
contact Ken at Maple Art Gallery
The Club’s own Prince of Prints, Les McCracken, encouraged the membership to take advantage of the opportunity to bring in a print for display for the rest of The Club to enjoy. Prints of any subject and any size are welcome at our first meeting of each month.
Keith Blackwell and Dave Noordhoff offered Tech Skills Assignment #1 – Exposure and Contrast Panels. Details will be sent to the membership by e-mail, or see the PDF, CCC Exposure and Contrast Panels. We encourage you to take part in this exercise as it is a great learning tool for photographers of all levels of experience.
Andy Stockdill was featured in our What I Shoot segment, where he showed his skill in capturing Altered, Nature, Landscapes, People and Still Life photos. Well done, Andy!
Our next meeting will be held on November 26th when we will feature a presentation
on North American Waterfowl Photography by guest speaker Dave Stimac of Lapeer, Michigan.
Judging will be held for the Novice group for Night photography while the Intermediate and Advanced group will participate in the Open category.
If better pictures are possible, “good enough” isn’t good enough.