President Howard Goodfellow, Vice President Larry Keeley, Treasurer Bill Hornbostel, Secretary Sandra Peters, Technician John Glover, Membership Chloe Craig, Communications Bob Robertson, Program Patricia Calder, Outings David O’Rourke, Outreach Jeannie Gane March 2016 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ... SUBMITTED BY HOWARD GOODFELLOW Hello members, I have a few topics to bring to your attention. These topics are our upcoming nominations for the 2016--2017 executive team, ROM exhibit, NPC 20th birthday extravaganza and Canada's 150th birthday celebration in 2017. A nomination committee is being organized and five positions need to be filled this year. The five positions are President, Secretary, Treasurer, Outreach and Technical Director. We need some new members to volunteer to help our club grow and to be sustainable. Please let me know of your interest and be ready to consider a position if approached by a member of the executive or nominating committee. The club depends on volunteers and it is also a great opportunity to enjoy photography with other members. A reminder that the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 exhibit is on at the ROM until March 20th. I visited the exhibit last week and it is amazing. The grand champion winner this year is a Canadian (Don Gutoski from Southern Ontario) for an image entitled " A Tale of Two Foxes". Imagine the excitement of having your image chosen from 42,000 images selected from 92 countries. Bravo Canada!!!! Our 20th birthday party celebration on May 2nd at Best Western is progressing well. I would like to thank the committee for their efforts on the big picture planning and the hard work on organizing the details for this event. Please help our club by promoting this event to your friends and neighbours. It should be an exciting evening with a dynamic speaker (Michelle Valberg), tasty finger foods, and lots of great door prizes. We are hoping that we can reach the 200 plus range with a maximum capacity of 400 for the room.
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President Howard Goodfellow, Vice President Larry Keeley, Treasurer Bill Hornbostel, Secretary
Sandra Peters, Technician John Glover, Membership Chloe Craig, Communications Bob Robertson,
Program Patricia Calder, Outings David O’Rourke, Outreach Jeannie Gane
March 2016
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
... SUBMITTED BY HOWARD GOODFELLOW
Hello members,
I have a few topics to bring to your attention. These topics are our upcoming nominations
for the 2016--2017 executive team, ROM exhibit, NPC 20th birthday extravaganza and
Canada's 150th birthday celebration in 2017.
A nomination committee is being organized and five positions need to be filled this year.
The five positions are President, Secretary, Treasurer, Outreach and Technical Director.
We need some new members to volunteer to help our club grow and to be sustainable.
Please let me know of your interest and be ready to consider a position if approached by a
member of the executive or nominating committee. The club depends on volunteers and it
is also a great opportunity to enjoy photography with other members.
A reminder that the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 exhibit is on at the ROM until
March 20th. I visited the exhibit last week and it is amazing. The grand champion winner
this year is a Canadian (Don Gutoski from Southern Ontario) for an image entitled " A
Tale of Two Foxes". Imagine the excitement of having your image chosen from 42,000
images selected from 92 countries. Bravo Canada!!!!
Our 20th birthday party celebration on May 2nd at Best Western is progressing well. I
would like to thank the committee for their efforts on the big picture planning and the hard
work on organizing the details for this event. Please help our club by promoting this event
to your friends and neighbours. It should be an exciting evening with a dynamic speaker
(Michelle Valberg), tasty finger foods, and lots of great door prizes. We are hoping that we
can reach the 200 plus range with a maximum capacity of 400 for the room.
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NPC has been invited to participate in Canada’s 150th birthday celebration in 2017.
Funds will be available from the federal and provincial governments as well as the Town of
Cobourg . We are working with the organizers chaired by Peter Delaney (former Mayor)
to develop a project for NPC and determine the level of funding required. Please let me
know of any suggestions you have as we have to submit our proposal by April 29th.
Some photos are on display from an exhibit by Lyn Carter "11th line" at the Textile
Museum of Canada. Her work is based on exploring the most fundamental design
elements, "The Stripe". A great photo opportunity. ( SEE HOWARDS PHOTOS BELOW)
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I am the face behind all of the e-mails that you receive from
NPC. I am originally from the Trenton/Carrying Place area
and have lived just north of Port Hope for the last thirteen
years after spending time in Peterborough, Toronto and
Pickering Village.
When I was at university (Glendon campus at York) my
boyfriend, Jim, now my husband, was a student at the
Ontario College of Art. He had an SLR camera and was
enrolled in some photography courses there. We spent a lot
of time together developing and editing black and white photos in a make-shift darkroom
in his bathroom. I soon got my own Pentax
SLR camera and took a course at Centennial
College on darkroom editing. A typical “date”
for us would be to go walking the streets of
Toronto with our cameras and then spend
hours together processing them.
We have continued to take a lot of photos
during our lives, although our focus changed
with the arrival of children. We discarded the
chemicals and black and white film and became very regular customers of one hour photo
labs. We were mainly using photography as a means of documenting our lives.
Our sons’ childhoods were very well recorded! Our first son was born exceptionally
prematurely (16 weeks early) and for us photography in the NICU at Mt. Sinai wasn’t
just about documenting his ups and downs, his growth and development and life in the
NICU. It helped alleviate a lot of the stress and, to a degree, normalize the situation for us.
My professional life was spent as a classroom teacher and later as a teacher-librarian. I
have taught in small rural schools, large urban schools, affluent schools, inner city schools
and culturally diverse schools, mainly in East York and Ajax. Although I have worked
with all elementary grades I particularly enjoyed my numerous years in SK and Grade 1.
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For many years I ran a camera club, sending out student photographers on assignments
around the school. This was in the pre-digital era and fortunately I worked with
principals who didn’t balk at the cost of having numerous rolls of film developed.
As a teacher I was used to taking courses and attending workshops. When I retired I
continued to take courses, but for personal interest. I started with introductory Spanish
lessons to be an aid in travelling. I also took a basic Photoshop course because I was
interested in editing our digital photos. I began repairing very old family photos and then
started to play with the features of Photoshop. That led to more advanced Photoshop
courses. It’s amazing how quickly time passes when I’m playing with Photoshop.
Eventually, I began photography courses with Bill Lockington in Peterborough and Cindy
Taylor in Cobourg. At one of Cindy’s courses I met some NPC members who urged me to
join the club. I am incredibly impressed by the caliber of
photographers at the club and the opportunities for growth
that the club provides.
Since I retired we have spent some time travelling in France,
Italy, Panama, Costa Rica, Columbia, Mexico and Cuba as
well as some destinations in Canada and the United States.
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We generally rent a car and try to discover roads less travelled. On a trip to the south of
France this fall we stumbled upon a children’s “run with the bulls” event.
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In Italy driving right through the marble mines of Carrara was particularly interesting.
In Cartagena we spent a day with a photographer who took us to some authentic
neighbourhoods and in Charleston, this summer, We found a very colourful pop up tribute
made of umbrellas for the 9 victims shot at their church.
Closer to home I often go out with my camera driving the back roads of Northumberland
and Prince Edward County. Algonquin Park has also been a frequently visited area,
especially with a canoe. I am an avid gardener and have spent many hours with my
camera in our backyard – floral shots. Markets are a particular interest to me, both near
home and when travelling. I am sure that my husband would say that I have hardly ever
passed a clothesline without shooting it. I use a Canon 7D. About a year ago I dropped
into a storefront /workshop where costumes were being made for the Port Hope Santa
Claus parade and asked if I could take pictures.
Before I left I had been fitted for a
costume and was signed up to be one
of the clowns handing out candy in the
parade. That was a lot of fun, as was
the post parade pubbing.
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I have been learning a lot during my few years with the club but the more I learn the more
I realize just how much there is to learn. I still struggle with choosing the right lens, the
correct setting, getting the interesting angle, having a
sharp focus and using the light effectively, all before
the shot disappears. My goal for the winter is to
become more proficient with Lightroom, to become
more comfortable with my tripod and to learn to use a
flash more effectively.
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty
or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”
Henry Ford
Eds note: Sandra, thank you for sharing your beautiful images with our club members!
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Hi,
My Name is Paul Iacoviello, I’m a photography instructor at Mohawk college in Hamilton.
I’m sending this email out to your club / organization to let you know that I have two photo
events running this coming September that may be of interest to some of your members.
They are as follows:
1) A 3-day Low-Light workshop in Tobermory. Sept. 9-11, 2016 Early morning
and evening shoots along the peninsula’s shoreline. Info PDF attached
2) 12-day Photo Excursion to Italy: Venice, Florence, and Rome (and a few other
spots in-between) Sept. 29 – Oct. 10 2016 Info PDF attached.
Should any of your members be interested in these events, please contact myself, or the
other instructor with any questions.
Paul http://www.pauliacoviello.com/ 905 975 8719
March - June 2016 Speakers, Themes and Outings
March 4 - Morning and Afternoon) – Owl Hunting on Amherst Island
Mar 7 - Cindy Taylor, Travel Photography
March Theme: Looking In
Outings: March 13 (Sunday Morning and Afternoon) – Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival
March 20 (Sunday Morning and Afternoon) - Ripley's Aquarium, Toronto
Apr 4 - Bill Hornbostel, Long Exposures
April Theme: Geometric Shapes
April 8 - (Friday Morning) - Outings: Peterborough Garden Show
April 14 - (Thursday Morning) – Cobourg Train Station and Legacy Hardware
May 2 - Michelle Valberg, Nature Photography
May Theme: Dew Drops and Spider Webs
: May 15 Outings - (Sunday Late Afternoon) – Plane Spotting at Pearson International
Airport
May 28 - (Saturday Morning) – Apple Blossom Tyme Festival, Colborne
Note: Possible overnight Trip to Ottawa for the Tulip Festival
Jun 6 - AGM + Members' 5-minute slideshows Outings: TBA