The Club’s instructional evening, Out Of The Green Box, proved to be an overwhelming success, with most of the membership and six visitors attending. Individual instruction was provided to novice members by more experienced mentors on how to effectively use Aperture Priority and Shutter Priority as well as the proper use of ISO settings. We encourage all members to teach and learn from each other any time the opportunity presents itself. That’s why we’re all here. You can see some pictures from the evening in our Club Photos section.

Butch Dompierre was featured in our What’s In My Camera Bag segment, where he shared some of the equipment and techniques used to capture his terrific images. Thanks Butch!

Long-time member Jean De Bruyn delighted the crowd with her What I Shoot slideshow, which featured a wonderful collection of cityscapes. Great work Jean!

The Chatham Camera club welcomed two new members and one guest.

In our first Improve My Image segment, four of our members were asked to try their hand at improving a couple of images and each came up with different slant using a variety of techniques. Lorie Cooper, Larry Kearns, Margaret Manson and David Summerfield took turns showing how they went about improving a pre-determined shot using their favourite photo editing software. Some of the methods used were cropping, lightening, increasing contrast, cloning out distractions, converting to black and white and flipping a shot horizontally. Thanks to all four for their time and talents and for showing us how some simple editing can greatly improve a basic image.

Print manager Les McCracken reviewed the prints that we brought in and encouraged everyone to participate in our monthly Print Display, no matter what size prints you have.

Martha Gillier was featured in this month’s What’s In My Camera Bag demonstration, showing The Club her amazing collection of fine photo equipment. Thanks for the well organized display Martha!

Butch Dompierre showed The CCC What I Shoot with his slide show of beautiful photographs. His eclectic display showed impressive results in a wide variety of photo topics, giving members of all levels something to aspire to. Well done Butch.

Our Featured Photographer is Bob Allen

Bob is an Executive Assistant who is always ready to help with Club activities and has recently organized our annual Christmas Breakfast. His other interests include curling and volunteering at Outreach For Hunger. Bob has recently moved up to a Nikon 3100 DSLR and has not missed a single entry in our photo competitions in the past four years. You can see a small sample of Bob’s work in our Photo In Focus section.

Herman Giethoorn gave an informative workshop on close-up and macro photography, which included detailed information about:
Equipment – close up filters, extension tubes, extension bellows, macro lenses
Lighting – natural light,  ring flashes, indoor continuous lights, reflectors, light boxes
Backgrounds – poster board, glass, hand painted backgrounds

Detailed information about any of this equipment can be obtained by searching Google

The CCC wishes to thank Herman for his clear, concise and well organized presentation. Continue reading →

Our Featured Photographer is Diane Guay

Diane is a retired school teacher who enjoys walking, card making and helping others by volunteering at the CK Woman’s Centre and VON.
Photography is a new hobby that Diane is rapidly developing and her enthusiasm is reflected in her fine work, a sample of which can be seen on our  Photo In Focus page.