Past / Future Portrait Sessions

Participants at Past Portrait Session Having Fun

A group of camera club members offered to take portraits of the Senior Centre members in 2015 and again in 2017. It was a very popular and well-attended activity. Janet Baigent has indicated the general membership is interested in holding another portrait session if there is sufficient interest among camera club members.

A room has been reserved either Friday 26 January, or Wednesday, 31 January, to meet, discuss, plan, learn about your expectations, level of participation, and to have fun. Everyone is welcome. You may bring your camera, lights, and backgrounds if you have them. (The date to be discussed.)

In 2015 a group of us got together for 3 sessions and took portraits of ourselves before opening up to the general Senior Centre members.

This video is an example of the setup and fun we had working together:

In 2017 there was no warm-up. The photographers who participated were:

• Ian Bartlett
• Frank Dugal
• Anne Jones
• Amy Lo
• Pat Newton
• Sue Carey
• Barrie Nichols

The session was advertized. There were different areas in the room. Photographers were welcome to use Pat Newton’s camera and backdrop because his camera was set up with a slave light to work with his camera and background.

Frank Dugal brought in lights and a backdrop and coached photographers to use a manual setting using their own camera.

Anne, Amy, and Sue had their own backdrops and lights.

The photographer was responsible for editing, touch-up and sending the client, via email, four or so of the best portraits.

Also, there were many camera club members, who helped with set up, welcoming people, arranging lights, taking photos, and cleaning up.

This video is the culmination of the 2017 workshop:

This PowerPoint Presentation is an example of the organization, and things to consider.

Sue Carey

Morocco: a Land of Contrasts

The photos in my slideshow are from a photography trip I took with my daughter to Morocco in May 2012.  The focus was mostly on street photography.  It was definitely a memorable experience, and looking at the pictures brings me right back to the places we visited.

It was through Strabo Tours, and the professional photographer was JJ Weiss (who has since passed on).  His biography:

I had the greatest good fortune to begin photography as an apprentice to the legendary Minor White at M.I.T.  That blessing was even more enhanced when I got my M.F.A., studying with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind,  both master photographers, at the Rhode Island School of Design. Just six years after printing my first photo, I  was appointed to a professorship in art at the University of Delaware, where I led the photo program for 30  years. Our graduate studies program was praised by The Photo Review for its “outstanding contribution to photography,” and I was also cited for an Excellence in Teaching award. In 2006, I received national recognition as Teacher of the Year by the Santa Fe Center for Photography. I’ve led 30 photo safaris and tours for Strabo.

The description of the tour

Morocco is a beautiful country filled with friendly people and irresistible allure. Most excitingly, photographs seem to beckon around every corner.  There is so much to see. Marrakech is home to the famous outdoor market, Djemaa el Fna, perhaps the greatest open-air spectacle in the world. Among many delights, you will see snake charmers, dance troupes, and storytellers regaling fascinated listeners with tall tales. In Fes, the center of culture and religious learning, we will photograph in its ancient Medina. Kiosks abound all over, vendors selling their goods much as they did thousands of years ago. This year, we’ve added a new destination in the north, Chefchaouen.  Pronounced, shef-shau-en, the town was founded in 1492 by Moorish exiles from Spain. Our accommodations are set in the hillside, just above the town, away from the hustle and bustle of the medina, yet within walking distance to the areas where we’ll be photographing.  In the medina, the outdoor market vendors sell all sorts of vegetables and fruits amid the narrow cobbled alleyways of whitewashed walls and blue doors. It’s a photographer’s delight.  And, of course, our visit to the Sahara is a particularly unique adventure. We arrive in mid-afternoon, photographing the dunes, the camels, and the herders. Then we are witnesses to one of the most amazing sunsets you will ever see. Following an al fresco dinner, and entertained by tribal musicians, we sleep, then rise before dawn, where Tuareg tribesmen help us to mount our camels, and ride up the dunes to photograph the magnificent Saharan sunrise.

Debbie Pinard

Rod MacIvor Presenting in October

Rod MacIvor  is presenting “From Photojournalist to Photographer” on Friday, October 2^nd, 2020.

The KSCCC welcomes Rod MacIvor, an internationally-recognized photojournalist, who will take us on a photographic journey of his long career as an award-winning photojournalist to his current passion as a photographer.

May Camera Club Meeting

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, May 3rd at 9:15 a.m.

Cedar Solitude by Barrie Nicols

• Slideshow of Member Images from the Solitude Assignment
• Unposed – Non-traditional Portrait Photography by Robin Andrew
• Member’s Corner
• Marg’s Joke of the Day
• Review of Chosen Photos
• Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, April 26th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Bridges and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the June 7th meeting.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

February Camera Club Meeting

Burst by Ron Pierce

The next Camera Club meeting will be held on Friday, February 1st at 9:15 a.m.

Our meeting will include:

• Slideshow of Member Images from the What is It Assignment
• Portraiture Presentation by Frank Dugal
• Phil’s Tip of the Day on Black and White Photography
• Review of Chosen Photos
• Member’s Corner
• Announcements and Closing Remarks

Your images for the assignment must be emailed by noon on Friday, January 25th to be included in the slideshow. For details on how to submit photos, including formats and titles, go to our Pictures/How to Submit page.

The next assignment is Monochrome and pictures from this assignment will be shown at the March 1st meeting.

Don’t forget the Winter 2019 Photo Challenge which has deadlines of February 1st and 15th to submit pictures.

See you at the meeting.

Your Camera Club Executive

Portrait Workshop Reminder

A new day is dawning. The Portrait Workshop will be held Thursday, 31, May, at the Kanata Senior’s Centre, starting at 9:30 or before, if you are able to help with setup. We will be there from 9:00 – 2:30.

It is open to all camera club members either to help, to photograph or to take portraits. Timing is at your convenience; registration is not necessary; bring your camera; practice, learn, have fun, meet new friends

There will be five different portrait areas set up with different equipment. Come and experiment and see what works best for you.

Hope to see you there.

Sue Carey

Portrait Session

Camera club members please note the Portrait workshop scheduled for 3 May is postponed and the session scheduled for June 5th is cancelled.

There will be a full day portrait session, Thursday, 31 May at the Kanata Senior’s Centre, 9 – 3:30

There will be an opportunity:

To Help

To photograph

and/or

To have your portrait taken.

There will be three lighting locations set up for you to experience. It will be a one-on-one opportunity for 15 – 30 minutes in each location. Each location is different. In two you will be able to use your own camera. The third is a demonstration of what can be done with a particular lighting set-up.

You may sign up for the morning, afternoon, or all day.

As well as taking portrait of each other, there will be Kanata Senior’s Centre members invited to have a free 5×7 portrait.

If you are a photographer you will be asked to email your model, print ready 1-4 of the portraits. Help will be provided.

Help is need with set-up, tear down, meeting and greeting people, organizing name tags and email addresses. There will be lots to do, learn, and time, to meet other camera club members in a fun and supportive environment.

In order to know how many people are interested there will be sign-up time sheets (or by emailing Sue Carey) to help, to photograph, and/or to have your portrait taken. You can sign all three sheets, and enjoy the day.

More information will be available at the May 4th camera club meeting or by contacting Sue Carey: careysj@hotmail.com.

Portrait Workshop — Update

There is a slight change in the time of the first session of the Portrait Workshop we announced in February. This Thursday, April 12^th we have a room booked from 12:30 pm (not 12 pm) to 5:00 pm

Bring whatever gear you would like to try out, including reflectors, strobes, modifiers, backdrops, …  We will all take turns being models and photographers.

See you on Thursday.

Portrait Photography Tips

 Here are some videos I chose with tips on portrait photography:

• Photographing People: The War in Every Portrait by Sean Tucker
• 9 Tips for Better Portraits by Jamie Windsor
• Best Portrait Photography Tips EVER!! by WeeklyImogen
• Single Flash Portraits on a Budget by Tony and Chelsea Northrup
• Low Key Portraits: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey from Adorama
• How to Take a Self Portrait (at home) by Mike Browne

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Henry’s Lighting and Portrait event

Update from Alexandra on Tuesday March 20th:

I just wanted to let you know that for the day of the event the company has decided to offer another 15% enhanced trade in value if there is anything your members are looking to get rid of/haven’t had luck selling on craigslist/kijiji.

Alexandra Leask from Henry’s Kanata has just informed us about their upcoming Lighting and Portrait event. It’s free and takes place March 25th, 9am – 11am

Alexandra says the event will include:

1) An introduction to Godox and strobes set ups for portrait lighting.

We will be going over some intermediate to advanced portrait lighting techniques using Godox strobes, multiple flash set ups and modifiers. Participants will have the chance to set up and direct their own “studio” set up and use their own gear to photograph portraits at this station.

2) Video lighting

At this station we’ll talk about how to set up a space for video, the various types of lights you would use for various set ups, and single to multiple light set ups. We will also go over the importance of colour temperature, how to match up and use light from two different sources (ex, window light with an LED bulb) and how to downsize your kit to shoot on location.

3) Single flash set ups

This station will perhaps be the most practical of the four! At this station we will talk about (and of course play with) single flash set ups, talk about when and how to adapt the flash on camera, when to pull the flash off camera, and what simple modifiers can be used with the flash or on their own!

4) Focal length and perspective.

While the third station might be the most practical this one is sure to be the most fun. At this station we’ll have a slew of lenses (with a focus on the Sigma ART primes) for everyone to play with. There will also be a demonstration to show how various focal lengths effect face shape and can add (or detract) from the scene and feeling you’re trying to create in your images. Lenses from this station are welcome to be borrowed to be used at the other three stations.

If you have any questions, please contact Henry’s Kanata at 613-836-1016.