53 members and 1 guest attended our November 27th meeting.
• Congratulations to Dave Paddock, whose photo titled “Right and Wrong is Black and White” was chosen as one of the 62 juried art pieces on display at the Thames Art Gallery from now to January 13th, 2019.
• Club members Carson Plant, Keith Blackwell and Jim Pollock showed us how they went about producing some of their more talked about images by explaining the various post-processing steps they took.
• Kathy Burke was the featured photographer in our What I Shoot segment, where she showed us her assortment of nature and scenic images. Thanks, Kathy! You did a great job!
• The entire club participated in an open discussion called Good Crop / Bad Crop, where we looked at a series of photos and commented on whether or not we liked the way they were framed or cropped. Hopefully, we learned something about how the final crop can make or break our images.
• Entries from our November CCC Photo Challenge were reviewed with Jeff McDonald (23 pts), Wolt Podzorski (22 pts), and Debby Venn (20 pts), attaining the highest scores the Novice Division’s Streetscapes category. Top marks in the Intermediate, Senior and Salon groups went to Dave Noordhoff ( 24 pts), Jim Pollock (24 pts), and Martha Gillier ( 22.5 pts). Once again we saw many excellent photographs that were put forth. Keep up the good work everyone!
• Keith and Mike reviewed several of the great prints that were brought in and handed out many well-deserved compliments. Our next print display will be held on January 22nd and we would love to see even more members participate. Any subject, any size print is welcome.
• Our next meeting on December 11th will feature our annual Buy/Sell night. Members are encouraged to bring in any surplus camera equipment to sell, trade or give. Tables will be set up for you to display your wares.
• Just in time for the holidays, Herman Giethoorn will show us how to photograph Christmas lights
• Keith Blackwell and Mike Blazek will share how they went about capturing their beautiful Abstract Nature photos in Algonquin Park last Fall.
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