March Meeting

Just a reminder of the next Camera Club meeting on March 6th. This meeting we will first have a Critique. Some notes on that:

-          Each member may submit ONE digital image on the theme Abandoned Places to Rob at 6:45 p.m the day of the meeting

-          We will be trying some changes from the last Critique, in order for it to take less time. Also, members will not be required to “judge” the images.

-          There will be three Judges, who will make helpful remarks about the images as they are shown on the screen. Marks will not be awarded, as we want this to be more of a learning experience as opposed to a competition.

-          We hope this will put less pressure on members and truly help us all share and learn from this exercise.

-          So, look up some pictures, or go out and shoot some images, of Abandoned Places for this evening!

Also, at this meeting we will have a Workshop on photographing Oil and Water. Bring your camera equipment and tripod for this activity. It will be great fun participating together in this creative exercise!

Finally, just a reminder of the opportunity to showcase Moose Jaw and Saskatchewan through the Shriners Club:

Cory Kerr would like our members to submit images to him for their upcoming 2025 Convention in Moose Jaw. He wishes to begin to receive images for their website as soon as possible.

Cory is looking for images such as:

Ø  Living skies (showing the beauty of our sky)

Ø  Some wildlife photos (deer, foxes, birds)

Ø  Photos of iconic Moose Jaw (Mac the Moose, Snowbirds, City Hall, Library, etc.)

Ø  Photos of recreation (swimming, pool, Yara Centre, etc)

Ø  Photos of classic vehicles (car shows)

Ø  Landscapes showing off the vast differences in Sask (wheatfields, badlands, grasslands, forests, etc.

Ø  Basically, photos that will wow people and make them say, “I want to go to Saskatchewan and Moose Jaw!”

*** Send jpg images sized 1.0MB to 2.5MB to Cory by this email: kerrc69@icloud.com

If he wants a larger file from you for printing at some point, he will contact you about that.

On the email Subject line, put: Photos2025

For the title of your image, use your name, file name, jpeg. Eg: file name of : Kerr12234.jpg

Be sure to have your full name in the email so Cory can credit you as the photographer.

Looking forward to seeing you all on March 6th!

February Meeting and Activity

Membership Meeting on Monday, February 6th.  We will have a members’ Slideshow and an exciting presentation on “Saskatchewan & Abandoned Places” by professional photographer Chris Attrell. (Google Chris’ photography. You won’t want to miss this presentation!)

Notes on the Meeting:

                Members are asked to submit to Rob Harden ONE image on any one of the themes Living Skies, Still Life, Pictures from the January Outing at the Speedskating Oval, or Open (by 6:45 that night)
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                We also want to start to showcase works that have received recognition (eg: receiving an award in a competition). As part of the Slideshow, members may submit one image on a flash drive, or one print, along with any awards or ribbons received for that image/print, as an Open submission. Only one print/image in total for the Slideshow per member, please.

February Outing on February 18th at 4:30pm for shooting pictures of sunset on Buffalo Pound Lake and light painting after dark. Location is at Lorne & Betty Calvert’s home. Hot chocolate, warmup space and washrooms will be available to members in the house. A warm-up fishing shack will also be available on the ice.

January Meeting Update

Monday, January 9 Meeting: Again, members are encouraged to submit for the Competiion a print sized 8x10 to maximum 11x14, mounted on a firm backing. This is an Open Theme, so pictures can be of any subject. Members should bring their print, with a paper sheet placed over the picture so it cannot be seen by other members when handing it in. Also bring a 4"x4" piece of paper on which is printed the title of the picture. There should be no name or any other print anywhere on that paper or on the picture, front or back, that could identify the artist.

Saturday, January 14 Outing: Members should come to the Wakamow Skating Oval building from 1:00 to 5:30. Hot chocolate will be served upstairs in the building. Bring any equipment you want to use. Bring your skates and your family if you wish!

Thanks Everyone. See you at the meeting!

JANUARY 2023 MEETING

Happy New Year!! The date for the January meeting has changed and is now scheduled for January 9. There is a print photography competition with an open theme. Please bring a un-matted print, no targer than 11x14, mounted on a rigid backing to be judged.

The ‘hands on’ workshop will be a theme of Still Life. Bring your camera, tripod, etc. so you can get some practice.

Special thank you to Craig Boehm for his fantastic presentation at the December meeting. He has inspired us to chase the weather!

Hope to see you on the 9th!

Rescheduled Meeting and Swap Meet

Swap Meet Outing on Saturday, November 19th!

At 1:00 PM.

Used Photography Equipment Sale and Water Refraction Workshop – there are going to be some good deals there, with great workshop as well. Bring your own used equipment to sell - no cost!

Location: Building at the Speed Skating Oval. Wakamow Valley.

Our postponed November Membership meeting has been rescheduled for Monday, November 21st.

We will be having a Macro Photography Workshop. Bring your camera, tripod and macro lens - if you do not have a macro lens, a telephoto will work, too.

We will have our "Landscape" Critique. Bring one Landscape image on a USB to give to Rob Harden at 6:45. "Landscape" should be any scenery, which may include some sign of man or man himself, but the landscape should be the main focus.

See you there!!

November 7 Meeting

The next meeting will be November 7 at the Cosmo Center.

There will be a critique activity where club members can bring one image for critique by the judging team. The theme for this meeting is Natural Landscape. The landscape image can contain manmade objects but should not be the focus.

Rob will also be hosting a macro workshop. Please bring your camera, tripod, and macro or zoom lens.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Monday, October 17, 7:00 pm, Cosmos Centre

A special session for club members to learn about judging photography, from professional Canadian Association of Photographic Arts photographer Dan Sigouin.

This will be a Zoom session with Dan, who will be talking about how to judge an image - therefore, what to work on when you are planning to submit an image to our Critiques and Competitions.

Dan will also cover what are appropriate comments when judging, and learning the language of judging. This will be a very informative evening. See you there!

October 1 Outing and October 3 Meeting

The next camera club meeting is at the Cosmo Senior Centre October 3rd. There will be a quick slideshow for members to enter two photos each either from Sukanan Threshing Bee, Cal’s Museum or open. Then Mike Stubbs will be doing a presentation on “ Landscapes & Prairie Sentinels”.

This Saturday October 1st, Cal Anderson has invited club members to tour his fantastic museum! There will be a BBQ fundraiser so need to worry about taking a lunch. Total cost will be $20 per person which will be donated to Ronald McDonald House. We will meet up at Mac the Moose at 10am, you will not regret going I promise you!

Photos for Carol’s Cafe are due at the October 3 meeting. Please bring your submissions on a thumb drive for printing.

Hope to see you all there!

June 6 Meeting

Monday, June 6th at 7pm is our last meeting of the year.

We are having a photo contest ( open category) . Bring your printed 8 x 10 image with a loose sheet of white 8 1/2" x 11" paper covering it, and also submit a 3" x 4" sheet of white paper with the title of the image printed on it in block lettering.

Everyone will be judging them and first prize is a 16” x 24” canvas print and second prize is a 11” x 14” canvas print.

Also please bring some potluck munchies , the club will supply coffee, hot chocolate and water.

We will be having a photo judging presentation from Wanda, Betty and Hilda. They just took a judging course in Saskatoon so it will be good to hear what they have learned.

Hilda Maier will also be doing a slideshow on her vacation.

A Members Survey will be available to fill out at the meeting. We are looking for input from everyone to make the club successful.

This is going to be a fun filled evening for us to learn and visit with friends!

Hope to see you at the Cosmos Centre at 7pm June 6th, don’t forget your photo!!!

May 2 Meeting

The May meeting is at 7 PM on the 7th at the Cosmo Center.

Masks are optional and social distancing is encouraged.

Members slideshow theme: Black and White Photographs

Presentation: Stuart Anderson – Vacation Pictures

Workshop: Macro Photography Tips - Rob Harden

Hope to see you all there!

April Meeting

March 7, 2022 Meeting Highlights

Murray Rimmer presented some interesting photos of a Hawaiian holiday.

He also setup an informative workshop on Refraction/Reflection Photography.

Murray is stepping down as a program coordinator and we would like to thank him for all the work

he has done for the club and all the photographic skills and knowledge he contributed.

The club spent some time discussing CAPA (Canadian Association For Photographic Arts) and 

PRPA (Prairie Region of Photographic Arts) memberships.

We have decided to wait until fall to review PRPA and CAPA memberships.   

The club has decided to send participants to a CAPA Judging Course in Saskatoon on  Sat. April 30, 2022. 

A $525 maximum has been set aside for registration fees for members that wish to attend.

So far three members have expressed interest in attending. 

April 4, 2022 Meeting Agenda

Members slideshow theme: Create an ad

-     Take a picture of a Coke bottle, kitchen appliance, tool etc.

-      Use photo editing software to add text etc. to make an advertisement

Member slideshow: Sheryl Parry – Vacation Pictures

Meeting activity: Topic - Exposure Triangle - Bob Schultz 

-     No camera needed

March Meeting Agenda

The March General Meeting will be on March 7 at the Cosmo Center at 7PM.

Members slideshow theme: Open with suggested themes

 -   Western Development Museum Pictures

 -   Portrait- People Pictures (kids opening Christmas presents – skating - tobogganing etc,)

 -   Pictures taken at the Jan. 3 meeting (Photography Perspectives)

Sheryl Parry will do a presentation of photos taken during a family holiday in Great Britain.

We are looking for other club members to do photo presentations of scenic holidays, special events etc.

Meeting activity topic will be Reflection/Refraction Photography 

- Photographing of images or colors reflected off or through light cubes, crystal balls etc.

-  Bring your camera and tripod

The club has decided to send participants to a CAPA (Canadian Association For Photographic Art) Judging Course in Saskatoon on  Sat. April 30, 2022.

A $525 maximum has been set aside for registration fees for members that wish to attend. 

Here is a link to the information page for the course. https://capacanada.ca/events/judging-course-saskatoon-saskatchewan/

We have decided to wait until fall to renew our PRPA membership and have a club rep. for PRPA (Prairie Region of Photographic Arts).   

February 2022 Agenda

General Meeting – Feb. 7, 2022

Members slideshow theme: Open with suggested themes

-       - Western Development Museum Pictures

-      -  Portrait- People Pictures (kids opening Christmas presents – skating - tobogganing etc,)

-       - Pictures taken at the Jan. 3 meeting (Photography Perspectives)

Sheryl Parry will do a presentation of photos taken during a family holiday in Great Britain

We are looking for other club members to do photo presentations of scenic holidays, special events etc.

Meeting activity topic will be Reflection/Refraction Photography 

We will be photographing images or colors reflected off or through water surfaces, light cubes, crystal balls etc.

-       Bring your camera and tripod

We still need someone to volunteer to be the PRPA rep. for the club.  

January 2022 Agenda

Moose Jaw Camera Club January 2022 Agenda

Club meeting - January 3, 2022, 7:00 P.M.

Members slideshow theme: Photo edits before and after

- bring photos that were edited in Photoshop or other software

- include a picture before your edit and a picture after the edit

- also if you like, include a couple of pictures of the balloon popping photoshoot

Meeting activity will be a discussion of Photography Perspectives

- Bring your camera and tripod

January Outing - Western Development Museum Tour

- Sat. Jan. 22 2022, 1:00 P.M.

- Each participant will be given a list of clues relating to museum exhibits

- Participants are asked to take a picture of the exhibit that relates to a specific clue

- The objective is to solve the most clues, take pictures and also have fun

- If a clue seems impossible consulting with others is allowed but try to do it on your own

- $10 museum admission

November Meeting

The next meeting will be held on November 1 at the Cosmo Center at 7pm. Following provincial health guidelines, masks will be mandatory and social distancing is recommended.

The theme for images to share at the November meeting is “Thanksgiving”. Bring three images on a USB stick to share for critique.

Submissions for the gallery at Carol’s Cafe are due at the next meeting. The theme is open.

We will be looking for nominations for the following executive positions:

• President

• Vice President

• PRPA Rep

At the October meeting, we discussed the launch of this new website. Paid membership can be featured on this site with links to a professional website or gallery. Please bring your writeup and a profile photo to the November meeting to be added. If you would like to have images added to the Member’s Gallery, instructions will be provided at the meeting.

We also spent time at the October meeting discussing different activities that we could plan for the year. Please bring your ideas forward for the November meeting.

Thank you to Murray for putting on a lightshow at the October meeting so that we could practice our light painting. We all had a lot of fun!

UPDATE…For the November meeting, Murray has volunteered to do BALLOON POPPING!! Bring your camera and tripod (and earplugs). A mid-long focal length lens will allow us all to space out properly and get the shot.