As some of you may know Foto Art runs a friendly little contest for the club members twice a year. The latest contest was “Wind” and the winners were as follows:
First Place: Denise Bonte
Second Place: Darlene Van Laar
Denise won a $25 gift certificate from Foto Art and Darlene won a complimentary issue of Shutterbug magazine. Great job ladies!
Our theme for November is a tricky one but should be fun and really stimulate your creativity. The idea here is to re-create a situation or event from some point in your past using a new photo that incorporates an old photo. It could be yesterday or yesteryear. How do you do it? Use your imagination.
We discussed two methods at out last meeting; one was to scan the old photo (or take a picture of it with your digital camera) and the other, most popular way amongst the members, was to take the “Dear Photograph” approach and hold up the old photo in the place it was originally taken and retake it. You can get a lot of ideas for this at the Dear Photograph site.
Here’s an example of what it may look like. Not a great example but just something I snapped in a hurry on Thanksgiving Day.
Members, you can submit the usual five versions for the next meeting, but don’t be discouraged if you don’t get five. Have fun with this and enjoy you walk down memory lane.
Hello world. As you can see by the last post we haven’t done a very good job of keeping things up to date here, but we will get better at it. That’s a promise.
You can look for more impromptu posts of photos, tutorials, and maybe even a video how-to now and again. We’ll get our Calendar page updated soon so you will know what to expect at our meetings. And we love to hear from you. Please don’t hesitate to give your feedback about the site. What you like, what you don’t like, what you’d like to see, etc. the more feedback we get, the more we can improve the site.
Thanks,
Greg McMillan, webmaster
Hey everyone. A very good friend of the OSCC, Rob Cotton, has something for the adventurer in all of us: Tobermory Photography Cruises. This is a great way to get some interesting photos from a different perspective. Head on over to Rob’s website for more information!
Please note that our March meeting has been moved from Tuesday the 13th to the 20th at 7PM due to March Break.
The theme for our February meeting is “Best Foot Forward”. This one is open to interpretation, but I suspect we’ll see a lot of, well, feet. Head on over to facebook.com/theoscc and browse our wall posts to see some examples.
We would also like to note that the next meeting is on Valentine’s Day, so if you can’t make it because of something Cupid did… we’ll understand. 😉
Today Greg and Lynn appeared on Grey County Life with Diane Foulds on Rogers Local TV. They were on to talk about the club and outline what we do. We hope to have a video of the interview to show at next week’s meeting. There are a few photos from the studio posted on our Facebook page. You can see them at http://on.fb.me/zI8dJP.
The word “sentient” means having the capacity for feeling. The word “beings” pertains to people and animals. The theme for us this month means trying to capture people or animals in a moment of “feeling” or in a mood. It allows you to use the Mik’sang approach to capturing live beings in a way that shows emotion, a mood or a personality trait. It also means capturing that moment without the subject being aware of the camera pointed in their direction. Nor is the subject posed for the picture. You may have to think about camera settings for indoors to avoid using a flash. Capture the mood with photographing only body parts like hands or feet. Be prepared with your camera handy for that “unexpected” moment. Be patient and wait for that “moment” to happen.
The holiday season is a good time for photographing “Sentient Beings” at family gatherings or public events like parades. Go through your files to find past pictures that may fit in this category. Have fun over the holiday season!
You can see some examples of Sentient Beings at http://on.fb.me/vkzHky
We all know that photography is, in its simplest terms, capturing light. What makes photography fun and interesting is the many ways in which we can go about capturing that light. This month’s theme is “Light Trails”. This type of subject matter can be interpreted in a few different ways.
The first thing one thinks of when they hear “light trails” is a slow exposure taken at night of cars driving down the street or perhaps a ride at the amusement park with lots of colourful lights swirling about to make nice patterns. Well, although these are great subjects that will produce light trails, you should also keep in mind that all photography is using light, day or night. So, with that in mind, a trail of light can be made anytime, depending on what type of subject you wish to shoot. A popular method used in photography is lens painting, which uses a slow shutter speed to create a blurred image where you may or may not be able to see what the subject actually is.
Try different techniques when getting light trails. Use your imagination, and “wow” us with your results. And keep in mind, even if you are not a member of the Owen Sound Camera Club, try this theme out and feel free to post some of your shots on the Club’s Facebook page at facebook.com/theoscc.
The term of monochrome usually means black & white or grayscale. But it may also be used to refer to a combination of shades of one colour like green, red, etc. This challenge would like you to explore some of these colours. Here are some examples of how you can achieve this;
1) Use your macro lens to get in close to an object like a flower of one colour. Use shadows and textures to compose an interesting picture.
2) Take a picture of an object on a background of the same colour, i.e., Green frog on a green leaf.
3) Experiment with Blue Light to get a monochrome dusk or dawn shot.
4) Take a picture through a diaphanous material of one colour, i.e., Coloured glass or sheer curtain.
5) Convert the picture to sepia tones.
Use your imagination to shoot unusual pictures while remembering techniques like Mik’sang, Impressionism, Lens Painting and using a variety of lenses.
Post submitted by Lynn Reket. Look for some sample images on our Facebook page in the coming days.
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