Another enthusiastic
and inquisitive crowd was in attendance for our June meeting this
past Sunday. Our member participation rates continue to be very
encouraging with 35 members contributing images for the session. We
had a very full agenda which did cause a little runover in time, but
no-one appeared anxious to head to the exits!
Mike Montgomery started the meeting off by giving us a talk on
Lens Technology – to assist any of us that might be in the
market for some new glass. Mike discussed a vast variety of lens options out there on the market
today and things we should look for when buying some new glass.


Our first slideshow
of the night was from our recent
Gould Lake outing.
Eleven of our members made the trek up north of Kingston to this
hidden nature area. The images have been posted to our public
Facebook page for your viewing pleasure.

I took over centre
stage for a discussion of the
Exposure Triangle and how a
photographer could use each of the three exposure elements (ISO,
Aperture and Shutter Speed) to best advantage to not only obtain
proper exposure, but to also do it in an artistic/photographic
manner.

Our resident
canoeist and kayaker – Marilyn Sprissler – kicked off the second half with a breathtaking
slideshow of three recent trips she took to
French River
(Northern Ont),
Quetico Provincial Park and
San
Juan River in Utah. Her images captured
a unique view of the various canyon walls and forested shores from
the low river perspective - gorgeous imagery throughout, taken from
sunrise til sunset on her various excursions.

Larry Tayler was our
next speaker where he explained why it was “
Hip to be Square”.
Larry has recently become entranced with the 1:1 square image
format, taken in-camera (not cropped via photo-shop). He discussed
the works of several photographers who have inspired him in this
pursuit including Cig Harvey and Aida Muluneh. Larry ended his
presentation with an eye-catching slideshow he recently shot in
Australia called
Tasmanian Treasures – all taken in
the 1:1 format.

Our final slideshow
of the evening was the
Fresh Start theme challenge to
which 33 individuals submitted images. The images represented an
upbeat start to our outdoor nature season here in Ontario.
The theme challenges
for the next 2 months were handed out – Sweet Light
for June and A Creative Eye on
Summer for the month of July.
Thanks to everyone for another very successful meeting.
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