Our President, Dave Noordhoff, kicked off the Chatham Camera Club’s 78th year by welcoming a large contingent of familiar faces as well as eleven new ones. This Orientation Meeting was intended to explain some Club competition procedures as well as reviewing our Summer activities and upcoming events.

Bob Allen confirmed this year’s Christmas Breakfast at the Links Of Kent golf club on December 7th at 9 AM.

An explanation of some minor changes to our Constitution concerning the duties of the Treasurer and the Club’s fiscal year was presented by Executive Assistant Chad Berry. We will vote on those changes at our October 8th meeting.

Vice-President Vince Gagnier informed the Club that the Sarnia Photographic Club was hosting an event featuring nature photographer Chris Harris on Saturday, November 9th at the Sarnia Library from 9 to 5. The cost to attend is $50.

Dave Noordhoff passed on a note from the London Camera Club that award winning professional photographer Deborah Sandidge will be their featured speaker on Thursday, October 10th from 7:30 to 9:30 for a fee of just $5. Anyone interested can contact Dave for more details as several of our members are going to attend.

The Club was treated to an excellent slide show featuring photos taken during our Summer Walk-Abouts in Ridgetown, Bothwell Oil Museum / Oakdale gas station and Erieau. It brought back a lot of good memories of three great outings. Ya shoulda been there!

Chad Berry gave an excellent presentation aimed at introducing our new members to our CAPA and CCC photo competitions. We were all reminded that these competitions are aimed at improving our photo techniques and to provide us with some fresh inspiration to get out and shoot.

Patricia Kral was featured in our What I Shoot segment, where she showed us her wonderful shots from both the present and the past. Well done Patricia!

Our next meeting will be held on October 8th when Ted Kloske of Henry’s Photo in Windsor will present a seminar on Macro Photography. Our members are invited to bring a print of any size, any theme, for display.

They told me it’s the photographer, not the equipment,
that makes a good picture, so I sold my camera.

This month’s featured shooter is Andy Stockdill.

Andy is an enthusiastic member of our club who is always willing to share his knowledge and experience. He participates in our photo competitions and walk-abouts and enjoys taking candid shots of other members. Andy also excels in nature and scenic photography, as shown by the examples on our Photo In Focus page.

Thanks to all of those who participated in our gathering on Friday, August 16, at Erieau. It proved to be our most popular outing of the summer. Photos from all of this year’s Walk-Abouts will be shown at an upcoming meeting.

Our featured photographer is Sherrie Johnson.

Sherrie is a former professional photographer who specialized in school photos, sports and weddings. Her main interest has been portraits, but she has recently become interested in Nature photography as well. A member of the Chatham Camera Club for the past two seasons, Sherrie has also started to participate in Club Competitions, achieving several high marks. You can see a brief sample of her work on our Photo In Focus page.

Always strive to be the kind of photographer you’d like to meet.

OurJuly 21^st Walk-About at The Bothwell Oil Museum and Wayne Chapman’s restored gas station / garage was a huge success. Those who participated found a large number of interesting things to photograph.

Our next outing will be held in Erieau on Friday, August 16^th at 8 PM, when we will have multiple opportunities to take “Night Shots”. Members and guests are encouraged to join us. Details to follow.

Chuck Torrey is this month’s featured photographer for the Chatham Camera Club’s Photo In Focus. Chuck works in the aviation industry as a course developer and an Industrial Photographer. He is a frequent contributor to the CCC’s photo competitions and has built his own 1200 mm lens. His photographic interests include Nature, Scenic and of course Aviation photos. You can see a small sample of Chuck’s fine work in our Photo In Focus page.

Thanks to all of those who attended our June 25th photo scavenger hunt in Ridgetown. A good time was had by all. Stay tuned for details regarding July’s outing to the Bothwell Oil Museum and the Oakdale gas station.

Be yourself, because everyone else is already taken.