I received a call from Robert Saulnier earlier this week. There are still tickets available to the Christmas Dinner this coming Saturday, December the 2nd. If anyone is interested in attending please contact Robert or myself. Remeber tickets are $15 each or $25 for a couple.
As well, this will be the last call for slide and digital images for use for our presentation to the KV Camera Club. So bring in your images and pass them along to myself.
Have yourselves a good week and see you on Saturday.
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John
President
Focus Camera Club
Nov. 23rd ~ Jamie Phillips
Our Special Speaker this meeting will be Jamie Phillips presenting "Garden Dreams". We have another club contest this month as well entitled "Coffee Shop", so bring in your images as well as your slides for view.
The Brian Townsend Illuminator Award ~ "More Than Meets The Eye" is due this week this is the only date you have to bring them in as the Christmas dinner is on Saturday December 2nd.
Upcoming:
Christmas Dinner: Dec. 2nd
Eve & Ray Cormier: Dec. 7th
Slide for view: "2 Second Exposure" Dec. 7th
I hope to see you all this week.
The Brian Townsend Illuminator Award ~ "More Than Meets The Eye" is due this week this is the only date you have to bring them in as the Christmas dinner is on Saturday December 2nd.
Upcoming:
Christmas Dinner: Dec. 2nd
Eve & Ray Cormier: Dec. 7th
Slide for view: "2 Second Exposure" Dec. 7th
I hope to see you all this week.
Illuminator Award ~ "More Than Meets The Eye"
A common issue among photographers is the quest for "nice" or "good" pictures. Often this results in technically good images that are weak in emotional content. They look nice, are well composed, have nice colours, etc. but beyond that, don't engage the viewer in any deep or meaningful way. We all do this. Sometimes we just don't have any particular feeling about the subject. Maybe we were just enjoying the graphic design in the subject. But we should also spend more time communicating with our images. I consider it a personal mission to encourage people think more carefully about what their images are saying, to engage their heart and emotions in the process of image making, to express their feelings such that the viewers can feel the message and understand the story.
I'm not looking for more pretty pictures, but ones that engage the emotions of the viewer. I'm thinking, in particular, of pictures that convey something about the human condition, or about something about the world that concerns us now.
I'm looking for photographs with meaning that goes beyond the obvious. I'm looking for images that communicate, tell a story, grab your emotions, reveal the hidden side of something, make the viewer think, or think in a new way, help the viewer understand issues they might not go out of their way to find on their own. It doesn't have to be one of the "feel good" emotions but neither are they rules out. Watch out for pictures of babies or animals that are only cute without going deeper. It doesn't have to be a people picture. It isn't necessarily photojournalism or a news photo. Abstracts, pictures of babies, or pictures of garbage are all OK as long as they convey a feeling, message, story.
It is not only important that the photographer feel the emotion at the time of image making, but the viewer must also be able to receive that feeling or message without the need for clever titles, hints, or montage effects. If the viewer gives you a blank look and you feel the need to say "I guess you had to be there" then you haven't created the feeling in the viewer. In other words, it has to go beyond expressing a feeling. The feeling must be conveyed to the viewer.
Let's suppose you are at the Petitcodiac River, and you find the mud disgusting and you think somebody should do something about it, and you make a picture to convey that feeling. But then, the viewer sees it and says "Wow! Look at all that beautiful mud". You could say your success rate would be rather low in that case. So you must also strive to get across your message without misunderstanding.
I won't place any restriction on the image format (slides, prints, digital) as long as it can be seen by the group at the club Christmas party. I will leave this up to the club to decide what is practical.
I won't place any time limit on when the image was made - it doesn't have to have been in the past year. However, due to limited technology we will have to skip any pictures made in the future. The idea or concept in the image must be your own and not copied from someone else.
Brian
TownsEnd Studio & Gallery - Fundy Studio Tour
I'm not looking for more pretty pictures, but ones that engage the emotions of the viewer. I'm thinking, in particular, of pictures that convey something about the human condition, or about something about the world that concerns us now.
I'm looking for photographs with meaning that goes beyond the obvious. I'm looking for images that communicate, tell a story, grab your emotions, reveal the hidden side of something, make the viewer think, or think in a new way, help the viewer understand issues they might not go out of their way to find on their own. It doesn't have to be one of the "feel good" emotions but neither are they rules out. Watch out for pictures of babies or animals that are only cute without going deeper. It doesn't have to be a people picture. It isn't necessarily photojournalism or a news photo. Abstracts, pictures of babies, or pictures of garbage are all OK as long as they convey a feeling, message, story.
It is not only important that the photographer feel the emotion at the time of image making, but the viewer must also be able to receive that feeling or message without the need for clever titles, hints, or montage effects. If the viewer gives you a blank look and you feel the need to say "I guess you had to be there" then you haven't created the feeling in the viewer. In other words, it has to go beyond expressing a feeling. The feeling must be conveyed to the viewer.
Let's suppose you are at the Petitcodiac River, and you find the mud disgusting and you think somebody should do something about it, and you make a picture to convey that feeling. But then, the viewer sees it and says "Wow! Look at all that beautiful mud". You could say your success rate would be rather low in that case. So you must also strive to get across your message without misunderstanding.
I won't place any restriction on the image format (slides, prints, digital) as long as it can be seen by the group at the club Christmas party. I will leave this up to the club to decide what is practical.
I won't place any time limit on when the image was made - it doesn't have to have been in the past year. However, due to limited technology we will have to skip any pictures made in the future. The idea or concept in the image must be your own and not copied from someone else.
Brian
TownsEnd Studio & Gallery - Fundy Studio Tour
Nov. 9th ~ KVCC Presents
Pardon me folks for my tardiness in getting out the bi-weekly email and website update.
This coming Thursday evening we are back to our regular meeting place at U de M. Presenting is a representative of the Kennebecasis Valley Camera Club, I understand they have been working feverishly putting together a great DVD of thier membership's images. Speaking from experience this will be a true delight.
There is a in house contest this week as well entitled "Country Life" in both digital and slide images and the our following meeting will be the another contest "Coffee Shop".
I've spoken with Robert and he will be present at the meeting this week. He'll have with him tickets for the Christmas Dinner dated for Dec. 2nd; prices are $15 for single or $25 for a double.
I hope to see each of you there. Drive safe and keep it between the lines.
Photo Credit: "Days of Yore" by Sherry Patterson of KVCC
This coming Thursday evening we are back to our regular meeting place at U de M. Presenting is a representative of the Kennebecasis Valley Camera Club, I understand they have been working feverishly putting together a great DVD of thier membership's images. Speaking from experience this will be a true delight.
There is a in house contest this week as well entitled "Country Life" in both digital and slide images and the our following meeting will be the another contest "Coffee Shop".
I've spoken with Robert and he will be present at the meeting this week. He'll have with him tickets for the Christmas Dinner dated for Dec. 2nd; prices are $15 for single or $25 for a double.
I hope to see each of you there. Drive safe and keep it between the lines.
Photo Credit: "Days of Yore" by Sherry Patterson of KVCC
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