Featured this month is Lois Kearns, an up-and-coming photographer who joined our club two years ago, mainly to better understand how to use her Sony camera. Her photographic interests are anything that she can use for good reference for water colour painting, at which she excells. See some of Lois’ nature shots on our Photo In Focus Page

The Chatham Camera Club is celebrating our 75th Anniversary.

In conjunction with this, there are currently several public exhibits at various venues in the City of Chatham.

The Chatham-Kent Museum has an exhibit on the History of Photography running till February 2011, ARTspace downtown has 13 large prints and a running slideshow display till September 1st 2010, the Thames Art Gallery has 20 large prints as well as a running slideshow all showcasing the work of various members of the Club.

The Chatham Camera Club wishes to thank the various people involved in making this possible, in particular Thames Art Gallery Curator Carl Lavoy, Curatorial Assistant Mindy Bowls, Chatham-Kent Museum Curator Stephanie Saunders, ARTspace Assistant Gallery Administrator Sonya Blazek, Guest Curator and Artist Hank Bos and Joanne Kjeldsen, City of Chatham-Kent (IT Dept.).

Please celebrate this milestone with us by visiting the exhibits.

Our July walk-about was well attended and our members fanned out across downtown and the Tecumseh Park area to capture shots of Water, Vegetation and Outdoor Portraits. We will look at some of the results at a Fall meeting, but for now you can see a few samples: Continue reading →

July’s featured photographer is Laird VanderEnde, whose enthusiasm and keen interest in learning new photo techniques make him a welcome addition to the Club. Laird excels in outdoor photography, as seen on our Photo In Focus page.

Are you looking for an interesting event to photograph?
Club member Nelson Harrison has provided us with a wonderful resource of
Events In And Around Chatham-Kent

Our first summer Walkabout was a huge success with nearly half of the club’s membership gathering in Downtown Chatham. Breaking off into smaller groups, we roamed the area in search of “Cracks”, “Unusual Angles” and “Signs That Made A Statement”. We shared tips, techniques and our experience with each other before gathering at Coffee Culture to socialize. Thanks to Les McCracken and Dave Noordhoff for organizing and leading the event. Your efforts are much appreciated. To see a few shots from the evening – Continue reading →

Featured this month is Bob Allen, an enthusiastic member who is always willing to step up and help wherever needed. Bob is interested in all types of photography as is demonstrated by his work shown on our Photo In Focus page.

Elections for Club officers for next season were held. The new executive list can be found on our Members page.

Members were reminded that starting in September, we will hold our meetings at the Evangel Community Church, 76 Sandys St, Chatham.

Some members who contributed photos for the Chatham Newcomers Portal were presented with a token of appreciation from the Municipality Of Chatham-Kent.

The Club reviewed our submissions and scores from the Weather competition.

Adam Harpula gave the club a short demonstration of his new Olympus E-PL1 camera.

Awards for our 2009 / 2010 photo competitions were presented, with the following results:

Photo Of The Year

• Mike Blazek

Beginners Division

• First Place – Dave Ladore
• Second Place – Patricial Kral
• Third Place – Brian Montgomery

Intermediate Division

• First Place – Steve Hook
• Second Place – Martha Gillier
• Third Place – Ed Hofland
• Most Improved Award – Vince Gagnier

Advanced Division

• First Place – Carson Plant
• Second Place – Jim Pollock
• Third Place – Margaret Manson
• Third Place – Dave Noordhoff
• Third Place – Nelson Harrison

Honorable Mentions
For submissions getting 21 points or more

• Dave Ladore
• Brian Montgomery
• Patty Arsenault
• Paul Rice
• Ed Hofland
• Mike Blazek
• Margaret Manson (3)
• Carson Plant (4)
• Nelson Harrison (2)
• Paul Schmoldt (2)
• Harry Arneill (2)
• Jim Pollock

Congratulations to all!