Our February 11th meeting was attended by 52 members and 1 guest.
• President Dave Noordhoff reminded us that submissions for CAPA’s Open and Nature competitions are to be sent to Paul Schmoldt at Viking@mnsi.net no later than Friday, February 14th at 8 PM. CCC entries for April 8th are due by Friday, March 21st at 8PM. Novices are submitting Shadows and Intermediate / Advanced are entering Weathered.
• CAPA Representative Herman Giethoorn announced that The Chatham Camera Club finished tied for 8th place out of 26 in the recent Altered Reality contest, with Carson Plant receiving an Honourable Mention. Once again, The CCC finished in the Top Ten. Great work everyone!
• Dave Noordhoff reviewed our Tech Skills Assignment #2, where we experimented with the effects produced by different focal length lens settings. Some of the things we learned from this exercise were:
Focal Length and Depth of Field
– the longer the focal length, the shallower the DOF.
Focal Length and Portraits
– short focal length and close proximity to subject results in a distorted image.
Focal Length and Perspective
– using a short focal length will cause objects in the background to appear farther away.
– using a long focal length will cause objects in the background to appear closer
Focal Length and Field of View
– a long focal length will produce a narrow Field of View
– a short focal length will produce a wide Field of View
Special thanks goes out to Dave and Keith Blackwell for putting this “must know” lesson together.
• Bob West was featured in our What I Shoot segment, where he showed us his beautiful sunrise / sunset shots as well as his spectacular star trails and wispy cloud pictures. Congratulations Bob, the Club loves your work.
• Judging was held for our Novice group in an Open competition, with shots by Shannon L’Ecuyer, Mike Moynihan and Chad Barry receiving top marks. The Intermediate and Advanced members competed in the Food category, with Gavin Stuart, Frank Vadovic, Keith Blackwell, Richard Armstrong and Larry Kearns receiving the highest scores. You can view these excellent works on our Club Photos page.
• Les McCracken and Dave Noordhoff perused and commented on the wide variety of prints that our members displayed and made several favourable comments. As always, great job gang! Keep up the good work.
• Our next meeting on February 25th will feature Adam Harpula’s tutorial on Photoshop Elements
You won’t grow as a photographer unless you make mistakes and learn from them.