45 members and 1 guest attended our November 26th meeting.
• The Club thanked Herman Giethoorn for making new name tags for us all.
• Enough members showed an interest in attending a Christmas breakfast. Arrangements will be made.
• Carson Plant explained when and how to use extension tubes.
You can review the lesson in this YouTube video
• Jim Pollock spoke about an easy way to whiten a subject’s teeth in Photoshop or Lightroom.
• Bill Godfrey was our featured presenter in What I Shoot
Bill showed a slideshow of his birds, nature, scenic and people photographs. Thanks Bill! Your photos were excellent!
• Entries from November’s CCC Photo Competition were reviewed with Bruce Hutson (23 and 22 pts), Jeff Dease (22 pts), and Pat Beaton (22 pts), getting the highest scores the Novice Division’s Perspective / Leading Lines category. Top marks in the Intermediate, Senior and Salon groups for Crumbling Buildings And Ruins went to Linda Pepper (24 and 23 pts), Tere Deslippe (23.5 pts), and Keith Blackwell (22.5pts). You can review the top scoring shots of the night on our Club Photos page.
• Dave Noordhoff and Keith Blackwell reviewed some of the prints that our members brought in. If you’d like to join in the fun, our next print display will be held on January 28th. Remember, any size print, any subject is more than welcome.
• Our next meeting will be on December 10th when we will have two featured events.
– The first is our annual Buy/Sell night where you can bring in any surplus photo equipment to sell or trade. If you’re in the market for something, it might not be a bad idea to bring some cash along.
– We are also featuring a Bring-Your-Camera-To-The-Meeting event where will be able to learn about how to control Depth Of Field with several stations set up around the meeting room.
An expert at anything was once a beginner.
Be sure to check out Gavin Hoey’s lesson on How To Create Great Bokeh.