46 members and 4 guests turned out for our March 27th meeting.
• President Carson Plant told the membership about a recent photo shoot he attended at Milestone Studios in Windsor. Their hourly rental rate is $35 per hour. If anyone would be interested in attending our own gathering there, let Carson know.
• Carson introduced our guest speaker, Stephen Slack, co-founder of the Forest City Photographers Guild and owner of Art In Motion Digital Imagery.
Stephen gave a presentation called Creating Digital Art, which he began by introducing us to a slogan he uses to produce his work: “If you don’t have the visual concept, the tools do not work.” In other words, it’s not the software that makes the image, it’s the artist. Stephen showed us three slideshows of his amazing digital art where he stylized photos of famous people, vintage autos and modified scenery using various Photoshop plug-ins and his own imagination. We would like to thank Stephen and his assistant Dave Wellington for making the trip to Chatham and for giving us all a new direction to take our own photography.
• Scores were announced from this month’s CCC Photo Competition, with the Novices competing in a category called Rack The Lens. High marks went to Bill Henry (24 pts and 23.5 pts), Jana Smith (23.5 pts) and Wendy McDonald and Margaret DeClerk (both with 22 pts). The Intermediate, Advanced and Salon members were judged on their Rusty pictures where Tere Deslippe (24 pts and 23.5 pts), Keith Blackwell (24 pts) and Paul Schmoldt (23.5 pts and 23.5 pts), obtained the highest scores. Jim Pollock (23.5 pts) Jean DeBruyn (23 pts) and David Barr (23 pts) also did well. You can see the top scoring shots of the night on our Club Photos page.
• The membership responded to our President’s request to bring in some of their best prints as several excellent photos were on display. Our final print display of the season will be held April 24th and we’d love to see a couple of yours. Any size and subject is welcome.
• Our next meeting will be held on April 10th when our guest speaker will be pro photographer Bret Culp who will be on hand to discuss How To Find Your Photographic Style. Bret will also reveal some of his secrets for shooting Black And White photography. This is one meeting you don’t want to miss. As always, visitors are more than welcome to attend free of charge.
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