Club members enjoyed a slideshow about Cuba, presented by Frank Vadovic and Kathy Davidson, which showed the spectacular tourist areas as well as scenes from everyday life.

Print manager Les McCracken critiqued several of our prints and explained a faux-HDR technique used by Paul Schmoldt to achieve a dynamic shot of the Disney castle.

Judging of our final competition category of the year, “Weather”, indicated that this was a very challenging category.

Carson Plant received a big round of applause for his slideshow that featured the beautiful scenery of Algonquin Park in autumn

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.

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 →

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.

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.

Despite a medium size snowfall, aproximately half of our members attended the workshop on Depth Of Field, Better Composition and High Dynamic Range by Carson and Paul. Dave also demonstrated a handy PC “Directory Printer” program. Next meeting agenda is a busy one. Please see Meeting Schedule for more info.