The Chatham Camera Club welcomed four members of The Kingsville Shooters Camera Club as well as two new members and five visitors. The large turnout saw judging for CAPA in the Altered Reality and Three Of A Kind categories, which was highlighted by several wonderful entries.
Paul and Dave demonstrated some image editing programs, including:
Most of these programs are available as Freeware or Shareware at
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Our featured photographer this month is Dave Noordhoff. Dave has brought a wealth of knowledge to the Chatham Camera Club and his teaching background is a valuable asset when he presents his excellent software tutorials at our workshops. A sample of Dave’s work can be seen in our Photo In Focus page.
Our final workshop of 2009 featured
How To Use Pro-Show Gold / Producer by Carson Plant,
Photographing Christmas Lights by Herman Giethoorn,
How To Read And Use EXIF Data by Dave Noordhoff and
Printing Techniques by Les McCracken. The Chatham Camera Club wishes to express its thanks to these members for preparing these tutorials and for sharing their knowledge. With suggestions from the membership, more workshops are scheduled for 2010.
This month we are featuring the photographic skills of Doug Woodman. Doug is a CCC Executive Assistant who is involved in helping to set up our display equipment for our monthly meetings. His dedication and helpful manner is much appreciated by our members. Take a look at some of Doug’s fine work in our Photo In Focus section.
Guest speaker Don Martel of The Windsor Photo Guild presented Principles Of Visual Design, which showed our members how to look for primary and secondary shapes while composing a photo. The Chatham Camera Club thanks Don for his informative and entertaining presentation and looks forward to more interaction between our two clubs in the near future.
The club reviewed the submissions for this month’s Competition Theme: “Life Forms” (Except Humans), with high scores going to Nelson Harrison, Carson Plant and Dave Ladore.
Our first workshop of the season included tutorials on Creating an Apple iBook by Lorie Cooper, An Introduction To FastStone by Paul Schmoldt, Point and Shoot Basics by Les McCracken, Photo editing on a Mac by Gabriel Blanchard and Using Canon’s DPP for RAW conversion by Dave Noordhoff. We thank these members for sharing their knowledge with the club and look forward to more workshops in the near future.
47 members and guests enjoyed a travelogue on Jordan by Margaret Chrysler, which showed a fascinating view of the country’s ancient culture, highlighted by Margaret’s excellent commentary.
The club reviewed the submissions for this month’s Competition Theme: “Back Lighting”, which featured many beautiful and creative shots. The top marks of the night went to Carson Plant, who achieved a combined score of 41 for his two entries.
This month we are featuring the work of Lorie Cooper. Along with her interest in Nature, Landscapes, Wildlife and Human Interest photography, Lorie is an enthusiastic community volunteer who brings multiple talents to the Chatham Camera Club. To see more of her fine work, please go to
‘Photo In Focus’