the Port Colborne Camera Club We don't just take pictures, we make great images
Portrait Lighting
Doug Hansgate from Amp Studios, Buffalo gave a presentation on portrait lighting at the club Feb 20. Bill’s daughter Mandy was the model, for an informative demonstration of single light portraiture. Technical aspects as well as the the relationship between...
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Origin of the Rule of Thirds
The Origin of the Rule of Thirds- from a Wiki article with permission of the author. The Rule of Thirds was first proposed by Ponsonby Roth, a contemporary and friend of Nicephore Niepce, the inventor of photography. The two were...
Read MoreApril Jeffs at the club
April Jeffs is the mayor of Wainfleet and a photographer. She specializes in portraits and weddings, and gave a lively and informal talk on portrait photography. She shared lighting, posing and equipment tips, and set up an impromptu portrait session...
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Upcoming events
April Jeffs, Mayor of Wainfleet.. also a photographer, will be speaking at the club November 7th. At the second meeting on November 21, please bring your Spooky, Scary, Creepy image or photographer’s choice image to the meeting. 8 by 10...
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Shooting themes chosen
We’ve drawn shooting themes from a hat, the first one up is Spooky, Scary, Creepy This season we are doing things a bit differently: One theme or Photographer’s choice 3 images maximum so we can move things along bring to...
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Table-top Photography
Photo by Ann Sharpe Helen Kerekes gave a talk on how she approaches photographing her cut stones and jewellery for Etsy. Several tents were set up with lighting, and one station was set up to shoot “the black cat in...
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Zoomable Website Images
Click the image below to view a 224 megapixel image. Several of our club members are creating large images, and displaying them on their websites. But how do you show a high resolution image in full detail? Fortunately software like...
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Local photographer J.T. Lewis spoke about photographers’ rights at a recent club meeting. JT is a photographer and part time teacher of photojournalism at Niagara College. He runs a lively Facebook group and a news website News in Port Colborne. You can...
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It was a great turnout at Rose Shymansky Park for the panning photography session. Not only did Santa and Em put on a great show, our very own Bill, Geri and Alex did a few rounds. Several new members joined...
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