Tuesday September 22nd
59 members and 11 guests kicked off the Chatham Camera Club’s 81st year of operation.
• President Vince Gagnier announced that for this year the executive has decided to forego our membership in CAPA, (Canadian Association for Photographic Art) in favour of joining PSA (Photographic Society of America). More information on The Club’s interaction with this organization will come in the following months.
• Keith Blackwell showed The Club a new line of CCC embroidered shirts, hats, hoodies and jackets.
In case you didn’t get one, you can print your own Order Form by following this link and clicking the “Print” icon at the top of the page.
If you have further questions, you can e-mail Keith at keithblackwell@explornet.ca
Special thanks to Keith for co-ordinating this great project.
• Dave Noordhoff explained the contents of the new CCC Members Handbook.
Follow the link to the CCC Member’s Handbook to view or print if you wish.
• Jim Pollock presented “Why Enter CCC Contests?” in which he addressed some member’s reasons for not participating in our monthly photo challenge. Everyone is encouraged to enter, not to see who is the best photographer, but to move out of your comfort zone and into new areas of photography you may not have explored before. This year’s categories are Flowers, Still Life, Cityscape, Open (in colour), Fill The Frame and Open (in black and white). Check the meeting schedule page for details and dates for your division.
• Our Competition Manager, Gavin Stuart, reviewed the final 2014 – 2015 season competition results.
• The Club was treated to Frank Vadovic’s slideshow of member’s photos from this Summer’s Walk-Abouts. As always, great job Frank!
• Our next meeting on October 13th will feature Toronto area photographer Sean Howard and his tutorial on Photographic Fine Art. Visit his website at www.SeanHoward.ca
• We will also feature our first Print Display of the season where you are encouraged to bring in a print of any size, any subject, to be viewed before the meeting begins and during the break.
There will always be some people who criticize your photos. Ignore those who try to rain on your parade just because they don’t have a parade.
Dirty filters will not only blur photographs, but will also transfer dirt to the lenses you screw them onto. Clean your filters and any cases you store them in whenever you clean the rest of your camera gear.