• Our December 8th meeting will surely go down in Camera Club history as one of the most challenging we ever faced. Locked out of our regular meeting space, 58 members and 2 guests drove across town to St. Paul’s Congregational Church on Park Ave. West, where we were kindly invited to use their beautiful auditorium. Our heartfelt gratitude goes out to church officials for their hospitality and to our own Doug Woodman for making the arrangements. You saved the day, Doug!
• President Vince Gagnier invited the membership to submit photos that would be used as the banners you see across the top of our web pages. The pictures should be sized 1000 px wide by 288 high and e-mailed to Jim Pollock at Jim@JamesPollock.com
• Les McCracken repeated the thoughtful eulogy he gave at Margaret Chrysler’s funeral earlier in the day, giving us some insight into the life of this fascinating lady. The rest of the meeting was dedicated to her memory.
• Our guest speaker, Michigan area nature photographer Dale Vronch gave a presentation he called Intent and Capture, where he showed the group how he goes about shooting his beautiful Abstract Macro photos. He also explained how he takes advantage of the Five Types Of Natural Light: Twilight Before Sunrise, Sunrise And Morning Light, Mid-Day Light, Overcast Light and Sunset Light. Dale not only encouraged us to venture into a new and exciting area of photography, but he left us with these inspiring words: Let your intent determine your subject. Let your subject determine your capture. The Chatham Camera Club wishes to thank Dale for his excellent tutorial and for being so gracious under challenging circumstances. We look forward to seeing him again.
• Printed photos were on display before the meeting and during the break, with some interesting work being shown. We invite all of our members to take advantage of this opportunity to show the group what you’ve been shooting in a non-competitive environment.
• Our next meeting will be on January 12th, 2016 when we will take part in Flash 101. Bring your camera and your hot shoe flash and we’ll learn flash basics as well as some advanced techniques. We’ll have extra flashes to lend for those who don’t yet have one.
Don’t compare your photos to those taken by other photographers. We see all of our own shots, but only the best of theirs.
Light is everything in photography. Spend your time looking for light, even if you aren’t taking photos. Look for sun beams and breaks, reflections, shadows, natural light and artificial light. See how light interacts with the environment. See light.