Even inclement winter
conditions couldn't stop forty photo enthusiasts from coming out and enjoying some
really wonderful imagery, submitted by 35 of their fellow members. What fantastic
participation! We thank you all for sharing with us.
Keeping with the
outside conditions, our first item
(the Quick Topic) for the night was a discussion of Winter
Photography. It stressed safety, comfort and offered numerous
shooting tips for various winter scenarios.
This was followed by
the first slideshow of the evening – our walking tour outing in
Picton on November 11th, entitled Our Town.
The show opened with Remembrance Day ceremonies near the Picton Cenotaph, while the latter portion displayed the town of Picton and
its many attributes.
The featured speaker
for the night was Bert Jenkins who, not long ago, spent 8 days with
several of Canada’s premier photographers - Freeman Patterson
and Andre Gallant. Bert discussed the course he took
near Shamper’s Bluff in New Brunswick on the beautiful shores of
the Bay of Fundy. He discussed Freeman’s approach (line, shape,
texture, hue & tone) and how it had changed and enlivened his own
photography.
Our second half
commenced with a warm slideshow from Doug Smith, depicting the
tropical paradise of Costa Rica. As Doug put it - in
Costa Rica, even he became a successful bird photographer. Doug’s
images were rich in colour and oozing texture in the rainforest
foliage.
We had so many
submissions to our open theme challenge, entitled Anything
Goes, that we broke it into two sections. Images from far
away places, as well as much closer to home, graced our big screen.
The images were impressive and we would recommend that you take a
second look at these photographs which have now been posted to our
public Facebook page (along with the Picton outing images).
One more item was on
the agenda. We asked members to bring in some interesting/useful
photographic gear or ideas and share them with the group in a Show
& Tell segment. We got to see many helpful items from a light
cube to a Roto light, camera
carrying
paraphernalia,
cameras (old & new), tripods and much more. Thanks to those who participated
this time around.
Our meeting ended up
with doling out the theme challenges for the next 2 months – Frigid
for January and Line, Shape, Texture & Rhythm for
February.
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