K-W Highland Glen Camera Club

Dan Gillespie AV Show Night
2023-01-16 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Toronto) | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
An evening in honour of Dan Gillespie.
Dan loved how AV shows brought members together. Help us continue this tradition and remember Dan by submitting an AV show to share.
Submit one AV show (in an .mp4 format) that is a maximum of 5 minutes long. Since an audio visual show takes a bit more work to make, you can share a collection of images that would be shown as a slide show by the moderator.
Bring your audio visual show on a USB stick. Come early to load it on the club’s computer for presentation. If participating via Zoom, use one of the following procedures to submit your AV show (preferably by Jan 13th):

If you have your own file sharing system (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc), you can send the download link to submissions@highlandglen.ca and the moderator can collect the file.
If you want to send in a show, send an email to submissions@highlandglen.ca and the moderator will send you a file request through Dropbox. The file request will provide a link for uploading the file.

Outing: Lights on Stratford
2023-01-11 18:30 - 21:00 | Stratford Market Square, Downie St. & Market Place, Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Our next outing will be “Lights On Stratford” for a fun night photographing the displays of lights.
Tina will be leading the “Lights On Stratford” outing and wants us to meet at 6:30 PM. at the Stratford Market Square (Downie and Market Place corner).
Lots of parking options for people. Free after 6 pm
York Street Lot: 10 York Street
Erie Street Lot: 91 Erie Street
Cooper Lot: 164 Downie Street
A map showing the stops and where to meet has been emailed to all members.
Tri-pod and extra batteries are required and a remote shutter release is recommended. People need to dress warm. Hat/Hood and gloves are a must at this time of the year.

CAPA Ontario Zone: Image selection
2023-01-11 | Ontario
Please help us select the 6 images that will represent our club in the CAPA Ontario Zone 2023 competition.
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CAPA Ontario Zone Competition 2023: Images Due
2023-01-06 | Ontario
This year we will be participating in four CAPA (Canadian Association of Photographic Art) Competitions as a club. For the first competition this winter, the Board has selected the Ontario Zone competition. The club will select six images, which must be from different photographers, to represent the club.
Submit one digital image for consideration in the CAPA Ontario Zone Competition to reflect your interpretation of the Ontario ‘landscape’. The definition of ‘landscape’ is very broad and includes both natural and urban landscapes. Details regarding appropriate subjects should be reviewed on the CAPA competition site.
See the description of the CAPA Competitions under the Competitions menu tab for the image themes, image standards, and file naming conventions.
Submit images using this online form. You must have an account on this website to access the form.
SUBMIT HERE

Guest Speaker: Peter Hill
2023-01-02 19:30 - 21:30 | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
How To Hold a Successful Exhibition
You have reached a level of expertise and creativity in your photography and thoughts turn to an exhibition. All that positive feedback on your work makes you wonder if the general public will feel the same way, and you are feeling confident enough to say “Look, this is what I can do.”
But what do I do next?
This workshop will seek to answer the following questions and guide you to making the right decisions to hold a successful exhibition:
Why? Why hold an exhibition? Vanity or to make money? Other reasons?
Where? Where is the best place to realize my dream? A café? A market? A pop-up gallery? A real gallery? Each has advantages. And disadvantages.
When? Timing is everything! How long? A day? A weekend? A fortnight? A month?
Who with? Is it better to go solo?
What? The $64,000 question. What photographs am I going to exhibit? How do I decide? How many? Is a theme the best option? And who chooses them? A curator?
Printing? Do I use my Canon Pixma or a pro? What paper?
How? Framed or unframed? What sizes? What formats? What about titles? Tags? Display? Lighting? Do I need a catalogue? What about a price list?
Pricing!? How much? The $128,000 question. How do I set my prices? Cost plus? What the
other guy charges? What the other guy charges less 20%? What about Limited Editions? Yes? No?
Advertising and marketing – Do I really need to do all that?
Do I need a website? What about tax? Do I need a merchant machine or cash only?
Have I forgotten anything?
Yes! An Opening Night!
Direct from Katoomba, Australia, via Zoom, our guest speaker will be Peter Hill, an award winning black and white photographer. Although many of his awards are in landscape and nature, he shoots in a wide range of genres including abstracts, street, architecture, portraits, etc. Due to the very positive feedback we received from members on Peter’s talk on black & white photography last season, we have invited him back.
Guests are welcome for this talk, please complete the Guest Registration Form . We will be in contact. The guest fee is $10.
Peter’s Flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/51321042@N02/

Theme: Darkness
2023-01-01 - 2023-01-31 | Ontario
January’s theme is darkness.

Banquet Night
2022-12-19 18:30 - 20:00 | To be determined
Come celebrate the joy of the season. Due to space limitations this event is members only.
Details to follow.

Grand Valley Image Battle 2022: Image Selection
2022-12-16 | Ontario
We need to select 20 images from the 29 images submitted for consideration. Every photographer who submitted images will have two images selected for the GVIB.
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Grand Valley Image Battle (GVIB) 2022 – Images due
2022-12-09 | Ontario
The Brant Camera Club is hosting this year’s GVIB. This year the GVIB will be digital and online (no prints). This format will allow club members to participate safely and look forward to the time when we can all participate together again.

Submit up to three digital images for the Grand Valley Image Battle (GVIB).
See the description of the Grand Valley Image Battle under Competitions for the image standards, i.e. how to name your work and the correct size for images.
Images will be submitted online. SUBMIT HERE

Outing: Galt
2022-12-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Water and Main Galt, Water and Main, Galt, Ontario, N1R 7G9, Canada
Came and practice your night photography in downtown Galt (Cambridge). We will meet at the corner of Water & Main Street at 6:00pm to stroll around the area and have time to get back to the Digital Light show. Photographers will need a tripod and remote shutter release. A good walk-around lens will work fine or any lens of choice.
Warm clothing (hat & gloves) are suggested.
Digital Light Projections Shows – 8:00-8:30pm & 9:00-9:30pm. Projected on the Old Post Office building, across from the parking lot.
In 2018, the City of Cambridge installed a digital projection system to display light shows on the facade of the Old Post Office building located at 12 Water Street South. These shows have quickly become a community attraction and run nightly (Thursday to Sunday) throughout the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter Holiday Season. Content is scheduled to change seasonally and is appropriate for all ages.

Meetup: corner of Water & Main Street

Hands-on Night: Bokeh
2022-12-05 19:30 - 21:30 | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
Influential Photographer: Roberta Bondar
“My hypothesis is that if you fall in love with something you’ll embrace it as part of your heritage. I think that if people are committing to actually taking a picture and seeing what they photograph, it really makes them look — and that’s when people have respect. That’s when people honour and people maintain.” — Roberta Bondar
Hands-on Night: Capturing beautiful Bokeh for sparkling images
Tina will quickly review how to capture Bokeh before you get your camera out to play with twinkle lights.
There will be stations available for in-person – I have 8 sets of LED mini lights that are battery run – and I will bring some subjects. If you prefer to follow along at home, that is okay too, but you will have to supply your own lights and subject (string of Christmas lights, or mini-LED lights work great).
For in-person, feel free to bring in some small subjects to work with and/or your own battery powered lights if you have them.
To capture dreamy bokeh you need to work with the widest aperture you can get – if you have a lens that can do f/4, f/2.8, f/1.8, f/1.2 that would be the lens to use. Standard or telephoto – but not a wide angle lens works best.
Unleash your creativity, and have fun!
Bring your camera and tripod.

Theme: The Ontario Landscape
2022-12-01 - 2022-12-31 | Ontario
December’s theme is the Ontario Landscape as a prelude to CAPA’s Ontario Zone Competition.
For competition purposes, your image must fit into one of the following sub-themes:

the Ontario urban landscape
the Ontario natural landscape

Critique and How To Night: Editing Julie Style
2022-11-21 19:30 - 21:30 | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
Photo Critique:

Bring or submit up to 3 digital images or prints to tonight’s critique session. Members will review images and provide constructive critique.
For digital images, please use the image standards that we use for digital competitions as these work best with our projector.
You can bring your images on a USB stick. Come early to load the images on the club’s computer for presentation. Alternatively, email all images to submissions@highlandglen.ca preferably by dinner time on Saturday November 19th but no later than dinner time on Sunday November 20th.
If you are submitting images from a phone, we have directions on how to resize your image for an iOS phone [pdf]. For those using an Android phone, directions would be similar; you could use the 3rd party app Photo & Picture Resizer.

Influential Photographer: Man Ray
“My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.” – Man Ray
How to Night: Editing Julie Style
Julie Seiler will demonstrate the techniques she uses to get her distinctive image style. Julie will use some of the Topaz original labs, Topaz Studio 2, and Nik Collections along with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

Outing: Fergus
2022-11-12 09:00 - 11:30 | Conferation Park, 295 Queen St E., Fergus, Ontario, Canada
A visit to Confederation Park and Old Mill Dam, along with a walking tour through the village of Fergus, focusing on architecture, landscape and long-exposure.
Date: Saturday Nov. 12 (alternate weather Date: Sunday Nov. 13)Time: 9:00 AM
Meet Up Location: Confederation Park is located at 295 Queen St E. Fergus. Just over the bridge there is a small parking lot where you enter Confederation Park. We will meetup in the parking lot.
For long exposures, you will want to have your tripod and darkening neutral density filters (if you have them).

CAPA Monochrome Fall 2022 – Image Selection
2022-11-09 | Ontario
Please help us select the 6 images that will represent our club in the CAPA Monochrome Competition Fall 2022.

You need to be logged into the club website to participate.
Select the images you think would best represent our club HERE.

Guest Speaker: Wayne Fisher
2022-11-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
Architecture and Minimalism
Wayne Fisher is a professional photographer living in Thornhill, Ontario and he will be joining our meeting via Zoom. Wayne takes a fresh approach to architectural photography by dissecting the subject and accentuating the most important elements. Wayne has been creating photographs for over 35 years and this genre of photography is where he feels at home. Wayne will talk about his journey from South Africa to Canada, his vision, and his influences. He will cover his photographic process including technical camera information, use of composition rules, the importance of light, and post processing techniques.
Wayne obtained a National Diploma in Photography in South Africa. His photographic experience includes event, sport, commercial, and fine art black & white architectural photography. Wayne represented Canada at the World Photographic Cup 2020 in the commercial category.
Guests are welcome for this talk, please complete the Guest Registration Form . We will be in contact. The guest fee is $10.
You can see more of Wayne’s work at his website
https://www.fisherphotoinc.ca/
and his instagram account
https://www.instagram.com/waynefisherphotography/

CAPA Monochrome Competition Fall 2022: Images due
2022-11-04 | Ontario
This year we will be participating in four CAPA (Canadian Association of Photographic Art) Competitions as a club. For the second competition this fall, the Board has selected the Monochrome competition. The club will select six images, which must be from different photographers, to represent the club.
Submit one digital image for consideration in the CAPA Monochrome Competition.
See the description of the CAPA Competitions under the Competitions menu tab for the image themes, image standards, and file naming conventions.
Submit images online at SUBMIT HERE.

Theme: Vintage
2022-11-01 - 2022-11-30 | Ontario
November’s theme is vintage.

Outing: Tim Murton’s Twilight Zoo
2022-10-22 18:00 - 22:00 | Baldley Bridge, Elora, Elora, Ontario, MHJC+C4, Canada
Tim Murton’s Twilight Zoo, a unique collection of lantern sculptures, has been decorating the streets of Elora, during the month of October, for almost two decades. Artist Tim Murton started the Twilight Zoo in 1996 as Halloween decorations for the kids. During the month of October local artists, community groups, businesses and other organizations started adding themed events as popularity grew, leading to the name “Monster Month in Elora.” Sensational Elora, along with the support of some generous sponsors, purchased the collection known as The Twilight Zoo and accepted responsibility for organizing both Monster Month and the Monster March parade.
Tim Murton’s biography and recent article.
NOTE: October 22, 2022 – 6:00pmMeet-up @ the new Badley Bridge at the corner of Mill St. traffic lights.

Guest Speaker: Bill Hall
2022-10-17 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE
Image Evaluation & Feedback
Evaluating someone else’s image can be a daunting task. You don’t want to hurt the
maker’s feelings, but at the same time, you want to tell them about the things that you
believe would make for a stronger image.
And what about evaluating your own images? That too can also be a difficult task as we
all find it hard to be objective about something we have put a lot of time and effort into
producing.
Ideally, feedback should be a collaborative process between the maker and the person
evaluating the image – think of it as a conversation. Tonight’s interactive presentation
will give you guidelines for consistent evaluation of photographic images (whether yours
or someone else’s) and offer strategies for providing positive and effective feedback.
And don’t worry, there will be an opportunity to practice these skills during the evening.
Many of you may already know Bill as he has judged some of our club competitions. Bill is a local photographer who has judged local, regional, national and international photo competitions of prints, projected images and audio-video shows. He has been a CAPA certified judge since 2011 and is the CAPA District Representative for Southwestern Ontario.
Guests are welcome for this talk, please complete the Guest Registration Form . We will be in contact. The guest fee is $10.
** NOTE: Meeting will be via Zoom due to projector issues. **

Outing: Kitchener Walk-about
2022-10-16 08:00 - 10:00 | Ontario
Let Julie show you some of Kitchener’s hidden treasures: murals, architecture, Hall’s Lane, and King Street area.
Meet-up corner of King and Gaukle St.The map for parking and the route we will be following for the walk-about.

CAPA Nature Competition 2022: Images Due
2022-10-04 | Ontario
This year we will be participating in four CAPA (Canadian Association of Photographic Art) Competitions as a club. For the first competition this fall, the Board has selected the Nature Theme competition. The club will select six images, which must be from different photographers, to represent the club.
Submit one digital image for consideration in the CAPA Nature Competition.
See the description of the CAPA Competitions under the Competitions menu tab for the image themes, image standards, and file naming conventions.
Submit images using this online form. You must have an account on this website to access the form.
SUBMIT HERE

How To Night: Editing Julie Style
2022-10-03 19:30 - 21:30 | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
Influential Photographer: Man Ray
“My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.” – Man Ray
How to Night: Editing Julie Style
Julie Seiler will demonstrate the techniques she uses to get her distinctive image style. Julie will use some of the Topaz original labs, Topaz Studio 2, and Nik Collections along with Photoshop and Photoshop Elements.

Theme: Fall Monochrome
2022-10-01 - 2022-10-31 | Ontario
October’s theme is Monochrome as a prelude to CAPA’s Fall Monochrome Theme Competition.
For competition purposes, your image must fit into one of the following sub-themes:

Person(s)
Architecture
Still Life
Landscape
Nature/Wildlife

Outing: Basilica of Our Lady
2022-09-24 09:00 - 11:30 | Basilica of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk St,, Guelph, Ontario, N1H 4H8, Canada
Interior and exterior of the Basilica and walking around the side streets in the area. This is a free event but donation boxes are there for those who wish to give. Parking at back of church.
Basilica of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Guelph. A Gothic Revival style building constructed between 1876 and 1888 by architect Joseph Connolly, it is considered Connolly’s best work. In 1990, the church was designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
The church has a good description on Wikipedia.
No tripods inside the church. Julie recommends a wide angle lens.

Image Share and Discussion re: Signing Photographs
2022-09-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Coldwell Banker – Peter Benninger Realty, 508 Riverbend Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, N2K 3S2, Canada
Welcome back to a new year of photography challenges! Yes, we are meeting in person!
Before the meeting:

Existing and new members should fill in the online membership form to allow us to update member data. We need your current contact information to set up the online program delivery.
If you are a potential new member interested in trying out a meeting and not yet ready to commit, fill in the Guest Registration Form. We will be in contact.
Members may participate in person or via Zoom; your choice. All members will be emailed the Zoom link for the meeting to simplify the web administrator’s job.

Welcome back:

Welcome and introduction of new members.
Review of what is in store for this season.
Review of Mighty Networks.

Open Topic Discussion:

signing photographs
OC3 competitions

Image Share:
Bring or submit up to 4 digital images or prints to share in tonight’s share session. Be prepared to tell us about your image.
For digital images, please use the image standards that we use for digital competitions as these work best with our projector.
You can bring your images on a USB stick. Come early to load it on the club’s computer for presentation. Alternatively, email all images to submissions@highlandglen.ca preferably by dinner time on Saturday September 17th but no later than dinner time on Sunday September 18th.
If you are submitting images from a phone, we have directions on how to resize your image for an iOS phone [pdf]. For those using an Android phone, directions would be similar; you could use the 3rd party app Photo & Picture Resizer.

Theme: Nature / Wildlife
2022-09-01 - 2022-09-30 | Ontario
September’s theme is Nature/Wildlife as a prelude to CAPA’s Fall Nature Theme Competition.
For competition purposes, your image must fit into one of the following sub-themes:

Botanical
Insects, Reptiles & Amphibians
Landscape
Nature
Wildlife

Year End and Final Image Share
2022-06-06 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE
Year End Recap
Image share:
Share up to 2 Texture theme images or photographer’s choice images.
Share up to 2 photographer’s choice images.
Submission of images:
Our regular image standards apply. Email all images (up to 4 images) to submissions@highlandglen.ca preferably by dinner time on Sunday June 5th but no later than 9am Monday June 6th.

If you are submitting images from a phone, we have directions on how to resize your image for an iOS phone [pdf]. For those using an Android phone, directions would be similar; you could use the 3rd party app Photo & Picture Resizer.

AGM and Member Image Share & Critique Night
2022-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE
Annual General Meeting
Agenda to be circulated closer to meeting.
Photo Critique:
Members submit up to 2 images for critique. There will be a panel of members and/or guest to review images and provide constructive critique.
Image share:
Show up to 2 Morning theme images or photographer’s choice images.
Submission of images:
Our regular image standards apply.

Submit up to 2 images you would like critiqued.

Submit up to 2 images you would like to share.

Email all images to submissions@highlandglen.ca preferably by dinner time on Sunday May 15th but no later than 9am Monday May 16th.
Please indicate which images are for the critique vs the share.

If you are submitting images from a phone, we have directions on how to resize your image for an iOS phone [pdf]. For those using an Android phone, directions would be similar; you could use the 3rd party app Photo & Picture Resizer.

Guest Speaker: Monique Campbell
2022-05-02 19:30 - 21:30 | ONLINE
Building Confidence to Shoot Street
Monique”s talk focuses on building the confidence to photograph on the streets for both beginners and experienced photographers. Her talk shows over 60 photographs from her start as a street photographer in 2016 to present. As part of the presentation several “before and after images” will demonstrate how she crops and edits her work. Many tips and tricks will be discussed with the audience that she hopes will inspire people to go out and shoot Street.
What you will gain from this presentation:
● Understanding the 3 P’s: Practice, Perseverance and Passion
● How to overcome fears of photographing people
● Create themes to facilitate photographing
● Use post production to enhance images
● Learn how to approach people for street portraits
