• 35 members, along with 3 new ones and 1 guest, attended our first meeting of 2020.
• President Jim Pollock introduced our guest speaker, Richard Beland, who spoke to The Club about Orchestrating The Big Shoot.
Richard’s informative and thoroughly entertaining presentation started off by listing the attributes needed to be a successful, full-time photographer. They included: – Relentless pursuit, Motivation, a daily drive for creative production, Minimal fear, Egocentricity, and Love. Richard went on to speak about production values, his process in setting up a photo shoot, the different styles of lighting he uses, and how he employs The Rule Of Thirds, leading lines and The Golden Triangle to arrange his subjects. Included in his show were many of his outstanding photographs of some of the world’s biggest music stars. The Chatham Camera Club thanks Richard for his outstanding show and for making the drive from Sarnia to Chatham. Plans for his return are already being discussed.
Richard made reference to The Inverse Square Law.
Watch this YouTube video for a review of how that works.
• Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 28th when our own Dave Noordhoff will teach us all about memory cards.
– Chris Jorgensen will be featured in What I Shoot.
– We will review our January Photo Challenge submissions which are to be submitted by Sunday, January 19th at midnight.
The Novice topic is Crumbling Buildings and Ruins
Intermediate, Advanced, and Salon are submitting Windows and Doors.
– You are invited to bring a print of any size, any subject for display and discussion.
“You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.” – Ansel Adams
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