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.
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.
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.
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.
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.