The list of Summer Walk-Abouts has been added to our Meeting Schedule page.
These events are available to members and non-members alike at no charge, except for the July 17th shoot which is for members only.
For June 12 and August 14, please feel free to bring along family members and guests and enjoy an evening out with your Chatham Camera Club friends.

Our final meeting of the season was attended by 44 members .

• Club President Carson Plant thanked the outgoing executive for all that they have done for The Club over the past two seasons. A special thank-you went out to Patricia Kral, Mary Craig and Debbie Venn for preparing the coffee and snacks for our breaks.

• Incoming President Jim Pollock also thanked the former executive and assured the membership that the current executive is already planning new and challenging events for next season.

• Gavin Stuart announced this season’s CCC Photo Competition awards.

Novice Division
1st – Bill Henry
2nd – Wendy McDonald
3rd – Jeff McDonald

Intermediate Division
1st – Mary Craig
2nd – Reagan Smolders
3rd – Bob Miller

Advanced Division
1st – Tere Deslippe
2nd – Linda Pepper
3rd – Gavin Stuart

Salon Council
1st – Keith Blackwell
2nd – Jim Pollock
3rd – Carson Plant

Most Improved Photographer (according to last year’s vs this year’s scores)
Debby Venne

Best Photo Of The Year (as judged by the Windsor Camera Club)
Jim Pollock – My Canada

Maligne Lake, Alberta

Honourable Mentions (for scores of 23 or better)

Bill Henry – Give Me Space
Bill Henry – Give Me Space
Bill Henry – Things That Are Round
Bill Henry – Rusty
Butch Dompierre – Open Black and White
Carson Plant – Open Black and White
Catharine Dawson -Things That Are Round
Catharine Dawson – My Canada
David Barr – Rusty
Gavin Stuart – Open Black and White
Gavin Stuart – My Canada
Jana Smith – Give Me Space
Jana Smith – My Canada
Jean DeBruyn – Rusty
Jeff McDonald – Rack The Lens
Jim Pollock – Give Me Space
Jim Pollock – My Canada
Jim Pollock – My Canada
Jim Pollock – Rusty
John St Pierre – Things That Are Round
John St Pierre – Give Me Space
John St Pierre – My Canada
Julie Faas – Open
Julie Faas – Things That Are Round
Keith Blackwell – Rust
Keith Blackwell – My Canada
Keith Blackwell – Open Black and White
Keith Blackwell – Open Black and White
Keith-Blackwell – Rack The Lens
Laura Jasper – Rusty
Linda Pepper – Open Black and White
Linda Pepper – Canada
Margaret DeClerk – Things That Are Round
Margaret DeClerk – Rusty
Martha Gillier – Things That Are Round
Martha Gillier – Rusty
Paul Schmoldt – Give Me Space
Paul Schmoldt – Rusty
Paul Schmoldt – Rusty
Steven Taylor – Things That Are Round
Tere Deslippe – Things That Are Round
Tere Deslippe – Give Me Space
Tere Deslippe – Rusty
Tere Deslippe – Rusty
Wendy McDonald – My Canada
Wendy McDonald – Rack The Lens

Thanks to all who participated in the photo competitions this year. We hope it was a valuable learning experience and one which helped you grow as a photographer.

Pictures of the Awards Presentations are now available on our Club Photos page.

• Club officers for the 2018 – 2019 season were announced as:
– President: Jim Pollock
– Vice-Presidents: Ric Aarssen
– Treasurer: Julie Fass
– Secretary: Barb Ferren
– Executive Assistants: Tere Deslippe and Mary Craig
– Competition Managers: Helen Heath and Jana Smith
– Welcoming Manager: Catherine Dawson
– Facebook Page Co-ordinator: Kathryn Parent
– Website co-ordinator: Jim Pollock

• We will gather over the summer for three “Walk-Abouts” that will be announced by email and on our Meeting Schedule page in the near future.

Our final subject for Photo In Focus for this season is Margaret DeClerk.

To learn more about last season’s Most Improved Photographer,
see our Photo In Focus page.

50 members and 2 guests attended our April 24^th meeting.

• President Carson Plant reminded us of a couple of photo-ops coming up:
~ Carvapalooza in Highgate from April 25^th to April 29^th.
~ RM Auto Restoration Cars and Coffee on May 5^th.

• Club member David Barr shared his experience in shooting Commercial Photography. After a brief explanation of how he got started as a commercial photographer, David showed us a series of photos he took over the course of his career. Mainly working for agricultural interests, David’s excellent work was published in dozens of farm related magazines and periodicals. Sprinkled with humour from real life incidents, his show was both interesting and entertaining. Thanks David! We all enjoyed your presentation.

• Keith Blackwell showed us some of his wonderful travel photos from his recent trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina and Uruguay. His series of pictures featured the citizens and scenes of everyday life in these far away countries. It looked like a fun trip, Keith! We loved seeing your shots and look forward to seeing more.

• Entrees from our final Photo Competition of the season were reviewed. with the Novice group’s Rusty images and the Intermediate, Advanced and Salon member’s Open: Black and White shots. You can see the top scoring shots on our Club Photos page.

• Our final print display for this year brought out more examples of our member’s talent for composition, lighting and creativity. Thanks to all who took the time to share their favourite prints this year. We encourage everyone to keep the print display in mind when you are shooting over the summer.

• Our final meeting of the season will be held on May 8^th when photo competition awards will be handed out for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place in each division. Also awarded will be Most Improved Photographer and Picture Of The Year. The new executive for the 2018-2019 season will be announced.

It can be a trap of the photographer to think that his or her best pictures were the ones that were hardest to get.

If you would like to try some “Steven Slack style” photo art like these,

check out
The Beginners Guide to Creating and Applying Texture Overlays Using Photoshop.

Some other programs that can be useful for Photo Art include
ToonIt
Nik Collection
On1 Effects
Topaz

• 56 members attended our April 10^th meeting.

• President Carson Plant reminded us that we still need a Vice-President, a Treasurer and an Executive Assistant to help run The Club next season. If you can spare a little of your time and talent, please let Carson know at: plant1238@gmail.com

• Our guest speaker for the evening was Award Winning Photographer and Visual Effects Supervisor, Bret Culp.

Bret gave us a truly inspirational lesson on How To Find Your Photographic Style by taking us through his own photographic evolution from his earliest film days to his acceptance of the digital system. Two slide shows were followed by a challenge to each of us to write our own Artist’s Statement, which is an introduction to our work, not to you, not your photography and not about the process of making the work. It is a daunting task indeed. Bret also revealed some of his secrets for shooting Black And White photos, a skill at which he excels. The Chatham Camera Club would like to thank Bret for making the trip to Chatham from Toronto and for providing us with another fascinating direction to explore.

Bret Culp’s book, “The Beauty Of Impermanence” is available at Amazon.com

(click the photo for more info)

• Our next meeting will be held on April 24^th when Club member David Barr will give us an insight into Shooting Commercial Photography. Keith Blackwell will also be on hand to show us another of his excellent travelogues. Photos from our final CCC competition will be shown and we will have our final print display of the season.

In order to assist the WPW committee plan programs for the next two years we are asking you to complete, print and bring this survey to the April 24 meeting. Your participation is appreciated.

There will be obstacles.
There will be doubters.
There will be mistakes.
But with hard work, there are no limits.

Here is Karen Quist’s take on
How To Find Your Personal Photographic Style

One of Tere’s photos has been awarded First Place in the Sparks Photo Festival
Reflections category.

Nice job Tere! We’re all very proud of you.

Cheryl Prince, a former Chatham Camera Club member and wife of our long-time friend Andy Stockdill, passed away on April 3^rd 2018. Our sincerest condolences to her family and friends.

April’s featured photographer is Bill Henry.

To learn more about Bill and his photographic interests, take a look at our
Photo In Focus page.