50 members and 2 guests attended our April 24th meeting.
• President Carson Plant reminded us of a couple of photo-ops coming up:
~ Carvapalooza in Highgate from April 25th to April 29th.
~ RM Auto Restoration Cars and Coffee on May 5th.
• Club member David Barr shared his experience in shooting Commercial Photography. After a brief explanation of how he got started as a commercial photographer, David showed us a series of photos he took over the course of his career. Mainly working for agricultural interests, David’s excellent work was published in dozens of farm related magazines and periodicals. Sprinkled with humour from real life incidents, his show was both interesting and entertaining. Thanks David! We all enjoyed your presentation.
• Keith Blackwell showed us some of his wonderful travel photos from his recent trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina and Uruguay. His series of pictures featured the citizens and scenes of everyday life in these far away countries. It looked like a fun trip, Keith! We loved seeing your shots and look forward to seeing more.
• Entrees from our final Photo Competition of the season were reviewed. with the Novice group’s Rusty images and the Intermediate, Advanced and Salon member’s Open: Black and White shots. You can see the top scoring shots on our Club Photos page.
• Our final print display for this year brought out more examples of our member’s talent for composition, lighting and creativity. Thanks to all who took the time to share their favourite prints this year. We encourage everyone to keep the print display in mind when you are shooting over the summer.
• Our final meeting of the season will be held on May 8th when photo competition awards will be handed out for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each division. Also awarded will be Most Improved Photographer and Picture Of The Year. The new executive for the 2018-2019 season will be announced.
It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get.
If you would like to try some “Steven Slack style” photo art like these,
check out
The Beginners Guide to Creating and Applying Texture Overlays Using Photoshop.
Some other programs that can be useful for Photo Art include
ToonIt
Nik Collection
On1 Effects
Topaz