Our featured member is Frank Vadovic, who is an avid nature photographer and also excells in landscape and scenic photography. You can see some of Frank’s wonderful work on our Photo In Focus page.
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April 13th / 2010
The Chatham Camera Club would like to thank Mike Blazek and his helpers Frank Vadovic, Sonya Blazek and Paul Nelson for their excellent workshop on Portrait Lighting. It was one of the most entertaining and informative meetings in recent memory and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Continue reading
March 23 / 2010
Our members thoroughly enjoyed Margaret Chrysler’s travelogue – “Berlin to Rome”, in which we saw the highlights of her European trip.
50 entries from his month’s CCC Competition Theme: “Black and White”, were judged, with Margaret Manson’s iceberg shot receiving the top score of 23.
Our Print Manager, Les McCracken offered some critiquing on our print assignment, “Winter”, with Dave Noordhoff’s beautifully framed shot of Erieau In Winter receiving many favorable comments.
Continue reading to see some of tonight’s B&W photo submissions. Continue reading
Workshop March 9th / 2010
Herman Geithoorn entertained and informed the rest of the club with an excellent slideshow on Close-up Photography that revealed some of his best tips and tricks for both indoor and outdoor macro work.
Dave Noordhoff offered a Canon tutorial to the more enlightened members of the club. Similar information for other brands may be on the horizon.
CAPA entries from across Canada for the “Altered Reality” theme were shown to the group.
Photo In Focus – March 2010
This month we are featuring the excellent work of Dave Summerfield. Dave’s keen eye and technical expertise are evident in his outstanding photos that can be seen on our Photo In Focus page.
February 23 / 2010
Lifetime Honorary Memberships were presented by President Paul Schmoldt to Margaret Chrysler, Les McCracken and Jean McCracken for their many years of faithful service. Congratulations to all.
The Club welcomed Deanna Ross, and Cathy Ross, representatives from The Chatham-Kent Senior Games, who enjoyed a slide show of their 2009 event prepared by Paul Schmoldt and Dennis Skipper.
The Club’s submissions for CAPA’s “Altered Reality” and “Three Of A Kind” categories were reviewed and entries for CAPA’s “Nature” and “Open” categories were judged.
Entries were reviewed and judged for the Club’s “Something Abandoned” competition, which included some wonderful work by several members.
33 printed portraits were brought in by Club members for display and were favorably critiqued by Print Manager Les McCracken.
Photo In Focus – February 2010
Our honored photographer this month is Patricia Kral. Patricia is one of the club’s social co-ordinators . Her sometimes unique approach brings interesting perspectives to her images. Three of her photos can be viewed in our Photo In Focus section.
January 26 / 2010
The Chatham Camera Club wishes to thank Bill and Joyce DeMeester for presenting images from CAPA 2008 / 2009 season in front of a full house.
54 entries in the “Open” category were submitted and were judged. The six top scoring shots can be seen under Club Photos
3 “Altered Reality” images have also been included.