• Wendy McDonald asked us to kindly send in some photos for Chad Barry to discuss during his presentation on “How To Critique a Photo” on April 12th.
– Rename your images to include your name.
– Resize your images to our club sizing: 1400 x 1050 max for horizontal (landscape) and 1050 max x 1400 vertical (portrait)
– Forward your images to : ccc.picsubmissions@gmail.com with Chad Barry Critique as your Subject line.

• Meeting host Julie Faas introduced our featured presenter for the evening, Dave Noordhoff.

Dave showed us another of his comprehensive tutorials, this time on how to use Topaz Sharpen AI, Topaz DeNoise AI and Topaz Gigapixel. He reviewed the various settings for each of these excellent post processing programs and showed us how to use them effectively. The Club thanks Dave for his time and his talents. If you would like to try any of these products, visit the Topaz website.

For a quick review on what each of these programs can do, check out these videos.

Topaz Sharpen AI

Topaz DeNoise AI

Topaz Gigapixel

• Our next Zoom meeting will be held on February 22^nd 2022
– Keith Blackwell will teach us how to take better Black And White photos
– Gavin Stewart will be featured in What I Shoot
– We’ll review the February Photo Challenge Results
– Our “digital prints” will be displayed for all to enjoy. All members are invited to submit a photo of any subject for display and discussion to ccc.picsubmissions@gmail.com Regular Club sizes of 1400 pixels wide / 1050 pixels tall are requested. If you don’t know how to size your photos, send them anyway and they will be resized for you.

“Prizes and honours seldom stimulate creativity.” – Freeman Patterson