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A Special Guest in October

We have great news! Barrie photographer Don Komarechka is coming to our October meeting to do a presentation on his technique of capturing his incredible snowflake images. You won’t want to miss this one. Mark it on your calendar for October 8, 2013.

Don is working on a book that showcases his snowflake photography and currently is looking for funding to get the book to print. You can help by contributing to the cause. The more you contribute, the more you get for your money.

Some people have wondered how this funding works. For more information on that please visit the following link: http://bit.ly/J4cM4Y.

If Don’s book is ready on time he will have some copies with him in October, so if you don’t happen to join the campaign, you can pick one up at the meeting. Any more questions or concerns about the campaign can be left in the comments on this post or on our Facebook Page.

If you’re into podcasts, you can catch Don on This Week in Photo with Frederick Van Johnson. Now Don doesn’t appear on every episode but he is becoming a bit of a regular. You can watch TWiP at http://bit.ly/ZnWr4v and if you scroll through the episodes you will see the ones featuring Don.

2013 Owen Sound Art Banners

The call for the submissions for the Owen Sound Art Banner Annual Exhibition has just gone up. The winners will have their work printed on a banner that will hang from lampposts around the harbour during the summer.

Find the submission form and more information at 2013 Banner Project Call to Artists and Donors

And be sure to check out the 2012 Banner Images, including one from club member Lynn Reket

November Theme: Re-Creation

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.

Re-Creation

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.

February Meeting – Best Foot Forward

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. 😉