Our March 11th meeting was attended by 47 members and 2 guests.
• President Dave reminded us that submissions for the CCC competitions for April 8th are to be submitted no later than March 21st at 8 PM. The Novice theme is Shadows and the Intermediate / Advanced category is Weathered.
• The London Camera Club is hosting pro photographer Ian Plant on Thursday, April 10th ($20) and Saturday, April 13th ($70). See their website for more details.
• If you would like run or nominate someone for a CCC office for the 2014 / 2015 season, elections will be held at our meeting on May 13th.
• Mike Moynihan advised us that the annual Wings Of Spring event is now on at Rondeau Provincial Park. They will feature a raptor display by The Ontario Falconry Centre on March 16th at 1 PM.
• Keith Blackwell and Dave Noordhoff continued their excellent series of Tech Assignments with Emulation of a Famous Photographer’s Style. This time, we are being challenged to research a famous photographer, learn about their methods and try to apply their techniques to one of our own pictures. This is a wonderful opportunity to expand our shooting and post processing skills and we encourage everyone to participate. An e-mail will be sent to our members that will provide more details. Finished projects can be sent to Keith Blackwell at KeithBlackwell@xplornet.ca
Here are some suggestions to get you started:
– The Top 10 Most Famous Photographers Of All Time.
– The World’s Most Famous Photos.
– The World’s Most Famous Photographers.
– 50 Photography Quotes to Inspire You
• Clarke Warner was featured in our What I Shoot segment, where he showed us the quality of the images that his many years of accumulated knowledge enables him to produce. Clarke’s beautiful Nature, Landscape, People and Event photos serve as an inspiration to us all. Thanks Clarke!
• Dave Noordhoff reviewed and critiqued our previous January CAPA and CCC competition entries, and offered some valuable suggestions on how we can achieve even higher scores in the future.
• Les McCracken surveyed the displayed prints and praised several of our efforts. If you have a print that you would like to show, April 8th will be your next chance. Don’t be shy. Your friends in The Chatham Camera Club would love to see some of your work.
Ideally, you should be using your camera as a portal to show others something you yourself are passionate about.