With our five week “Winteruption” behind us, it was great to re-connect with old friends and meet some new ones at The CCC’s first meeting of 2014. The Club welcomed 3 visitors and 2 new members to our gathering of 63.
• Keith Blackwell and Dave Noordhoff presented their Tech Skills Assignment #2: Effects of Different Focal Length Lens Settings. You can download the instructions by clicking Review The Lesson and then How To Submit . This project is designed to help us expand our knowledge of photographic techniques and Keith and Dave have given a considerable amount of time and effort in putting it together. We encourage everyone who wants to be a better photographer to participate.
• The Chatham Camera Club’s own “Duke Of Display”, Les McCracken, reviewed and critiqued the many fine prints that our members brought in. As always, the group showed their outstanding ability to capture unique images in a wide variety of scenarios. Keep up the great work gang!
• Dave Paddick was featured in our What I Shoot segment, where he showed his prowess in capturing Nature, Landscape, Action, Portrait and Enhanced images, as well as his stunning Weather photos. Great job, Dave!
• Our entries for CAPA‘s Altered Reality category, which were judged before the meeting, were reviewed by Paul Schmoldt. Creative efforts by Carson Plant, Gavin Stuart, Mike Blazek, Frank Vadovic, Dave Stewart and Keith Blackwell were selected for submission. There were also several other fine entries that were worthy of representing The Club. Congratulations to all who participated.
• Last Autumn, several of our members spent a week in Algonquin Park, capturing nature at its finest. Thanks to the efforts of Frank Vadovic, Club members can see some of the highlights of that outing in the video below.
• As an extra treat, we were able to look back at our season so far in a slideshow assembled by Paul Schmoldt, which included candid shots from some of our meetings. Thanks to Paul and everyone who provided their photos. It was fascinating to see how much younger we all looked last year.
• Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 28th, when guest speaker Gary Toth will present his introduction to HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography. This is one session you won’t want to miss. To help off-set the cost of bringing in a lecturer of this stature, a donation to the CCC of $2 is kindly requested.
You will be remembered for the images you create, not for the gear you use.