Below is a list of this season's events.
All meetings run from 8:00pm to 10:00pm with a short coffee break at around 9:00pm.
4
MAY
Tonight we will choose the 60 images that will be framed and displayed for the annual Stewart Hall Cultural weekend held at the end of May. Always a fun evening.
11
MAY
We reveal the submissions to the Fauna Challenge.
Two categories:
1. Young Animals: wild or domestic, young relationships, young feathers, young claws, wildly entertaining puppies, kittens, goslings, kits, cubs, ducklings, etc.
2. Animal abstracts: wild or domestic, in an abstract manner, ie: motion blur, selective focus, minute details, texture, etc. Creative camera work and post processing is encouraged.
Join us for a lighthearted, entertaining evening, with lots of great images from our members!
18
MAY
No meeting.
19
MAY
Imagine spending a week among 100 million Hindu pilgrims, holy men, and gurus who gather together once every 12 years to celebrate and purify themselves by bathing in the Ganges River at the holy Kumbh-Mela festival in India. Join us for this special presentation by Daniel Benn.
25
MAY
Come and see how each of the teams did at this year's photo rally and find out who will win!
1
JUN
Join us to celebrate the end of another season with your fellow LCC colleagues. As usual, awards will be presented to the winners of this year's competitions.
27
APR
Just before we present the submissions and winners of the Open Competition, we will hold our Annual General Meeting where we will elect the officers and chairs for season 2020-2021.
20
APR
14
APR
Put Netflix on hold and join us tonight when Marianna, Daniel and Peter Gawel take to the virtual stage and give us some Tech-Talks on a variety of topics. (This presentation will be livestreamed... in case you weren't sure)
13
APR
No meeting.
6
APR
At the beginning of the season, Ness Welham introduced the Photo Essay project and Maria Korab-Laskowska, the Purposeful Photography project. Tonight we'll reveal the creative submissions of members who participated in these two projects. (This evening will be presented online.)
30
MAR
ATTENTION: All activities and events at Stewart Hall are suspended until March 30th. This evening will be presented online. Consult the newsletters and Dynamic Range for instructions.
The theme for this year's People Competition is 'Sports'... an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or a team competes against another or others. You may use a fast shutter speed to freeze motion or a slower shutter speed for a blurred effect. Keep in mind that prediction and emotion is the key in sports photography.
23
MAR
ATTENTION: All activities and events at Stewart Hall are suspended until March 30th. TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE LIVE-STREAMED VIA WEBEX.
A presentation by Phil Carpenter of the Mtl Gazette; In tandem with this special presentation will be the reveal of our first ever Purposeful Photography project.
16
MAR
ATTENTION: TONIGHT'S MEETING WILL BE HELD ONLINE. Read the online meeting instructions. (more info to come via the Newsletter). DO NOT GO TO STEWART HALL. Pointe Claire has suspended all activities and events at Stewart Hall until March 30. Thank you.
The focus of Architecture is on buildings, their structure and shapes whether the images are of the interiors or the exteriors. Evidence of human presence is welcome, provided that these elements complement and contribute to the content of the image—as opposed to dominating it—by helping the image convey a stronger sense of the scale, wonder, beauty, and power of the architecture.
9
MAR
Time Lapse photography and project
2
MAR
Watch the results when photos straight out a camera are processed
by different photographers. You will be amazed at the resulting images.
Each of 5 members of the club share 5 photographs with the other 4. See
the different interpretations along with an explanation of the how's and
why's. Learn about different styles and processing techniques.
24
FEB
Spend an evening learning from Peter McCabe who will present "Photographying Sporting Events: from the Pros to your grandchildren". Peter is one of Canada's leading photojournalists. His work is regularly featured in newspapers and magazines including the Montreal Gazette.
17
FEB
This year's Expressions theme is Artistic Effects.
10
FEB
Following the great presentation that Eduardo Barbosa gave in January on Still Life photography, tonight he'll reveal images that were done by members. Let's see how well we learned!
3
FEB
Urban Landscape is an image of our man-made environment and the collections of structures in which people live and work. It seeks to capture the larger patterns of the urban environment which surrounds us.
Urban landscapes are images that capture a scene within a city or town. They can be vast (think cityscape or a shot of the city from above) or at minimum it is a medium view.
Urban landscapes are less interested in the building and its architectural style and more interested in in the pattern of buildings and structures and/or what happens in and around it. Evidence of human presence is welcome, provided that these elements complement and contribute to the content of the image—as opposed to dominating it.
Any photograph found not to comply with the rules (or to the given theme if applicable) will be marked as not adhering to theme. Questions about this competition should be addressed to the Landscape group.
27
JAN
This is the evening when you can submit a slideshow of your images (max. length 4 minutes) on a topic of your choice.
20
JAN
The definition of Flora is any type of, plant, tree or fungus whether native, imported, cultivated, naturalized, or growing wild at any stage of its lifecycle but the Flora must be the main subject of the image. Insects may be present as long as they do not dominate the scene.
13
JAN
Our very own Eduardo Barbosa will demonstrate his still life photographic skills giving us pointers and suggestions while showing examples of still life photographs.
6
JAN
This special event will focus on photographs depicting how our urban and rural settings and structures have changed over time. Members are asked to submit two photos, of a building, street scene or even a rural landscape. As the title implies one from then and one taken within the past year. The "Then" photo can be from just about any source imaginable (a scanned image from a book or family photograph, for example). The "Now" photograph should been taken by the photographer him or herself.
30
DEC
No meeting.
23
DEC
No meeting.
16
DEC
Pot Luck Christmas party
9
DEC
To support our Expressions theme for the year, a few of our members (Darroch, Marg, Ness and Carmin) will show us work they have been doing using artistic effects. We are also asking all members to submit artistic images they have been making to be incorporated into a slide show that we will present this evening.
2
DEC
The Fauna Group emphasizes traditional wildlife photography of all species of animals in their natural habitat, expressing their typical behaviour, but also includes domestic, urban and zoo animals.
25
NOV
Ilana Block is a nature and wildlife photographer who has won several local, national, and international awards. She loves to travel, to be out in nature, to discover new places and get to know new birds and other animals, meet great people and share her love of photography. Ilana was the chair of the nature division at the Montreal Camera Club from 2015-2018. She has been exhibiting at local cafés, an art gallery, local universities, has permanent collections in a couple of hospitals and also had an exhibit in Paris. She has been selling her images over the past few years.
18
NOV
A Natural Landscape is a medium to wide field of view image—as opposed to a detail or closeup—of outdoor environment incorporating elements such as mountains, canyons, lakes, snow, rivers, forests, fields, the sea, and natural geological formations. Evidence of human presence such as structures or cultivation—even people—is welcome, provided the presence of these elements complements and contributes to the natural content of the image—as opposed to dominating it—by helping the image convey a stronger sense of the scale, wonder, beauty, and power of the outdoor world. Deadline for submitting images: November 5th at 11:59 pm.
11
NOV
The Expressions theme this year is artistic effects. This evening we’ll discuss how to achieve artistic effects such as multiple exposures, light painting and 360 images. In addition, we’ll learn about how to do infrared photography. All these techniques can be used to create your images for the Expressions competition on Feb. 17.
4
NOV
Introduction and brief history of architectural photography; Perspective of angles and composition; Optimal lighting; Basic equipment requirements; Lens choice and perspective control; HDR techniques.
28
OCT
By day, Nick Gialiris works in the high-tech industry for a global distributor for networking, telecommunications and cyber security. By night, he's out shooting the stars.
A long-time amateur astronomer (since he was 8 years old!), Nick owns two telescopes and enjoys doing DSLR Astrophotography with his Canon T5i.
Tonight Nick will discuss Wide-Field Astrophotography, camera settings, Critical Focus using Live View, Untracked Star Trailing, Camera Lenses for Astrophotography, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer Tracking Mount, Advanced Techniques like “Stacking” light images for increased Total Integration Time to capture more details and post-processing Images.
Should be very educational as well as entertaining!
And if that wasn't enough...
LCC member Maria Korab-Laskowska will present a new project entitled: Purposeful Photography. More details to come.
21
OCT
Chris Harris is a professional photo-journalist and narrative photographer, based in British Columbia. Chris will first take viewers to the unique and globally significant Chilcotin Ark; the largest contiguous, and diverse wilderness complex in the temperate world. Chris will then discuss photography as art and and how to expressively interpret the most familiar subjects as new, never-before-seen realities. www.chrisharris.com/home/chris-bio/ But wait, there's more... we also announce another project "The Photo Essay" presented by our very own Ness Welham.
14
OCT
No meeting.
7
OCT
Ever wonder what the difference is between DSLR's and mirrorless cameras and which one should you consider buying as your next camera? If so - or if you're just curious - Andrew James Gentile of Gosselin Photo will give us the all the information we need to make an informed purchase. Be there!
30
SEP
Want to learn some new techniques and bring your photography to the next level? Then join us for a TechTalk on Panoramic Stitching and Focus Stacking for Landscape Photography. If that's not enough, there will also be a TechTalk on Making Slideshows.
23
SEP
Mark Lachovsky is a Montreal based photographer with a love for Africa. Initial visits were focused on capturing the wildlife which over time took a back seat to Mark focusing in on the wonderfully exotic people. The last two trips to Africa were to the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, a melting pot of numerous tribes some of which continue to live in traditional ways.
Mark will present photographs of the people he captured in the various countries, highlighting the various traditions.
16
SEP
This year's topics will focus on education and learning. Tonight we give you a tour of the LCC Website. We explain how to submit images online. Our Tech-Talk chairs will show us how to re-size images. We will learn how to use the online Field Trip system. But wait...that's not all! We also have a presentation by our CAPA chairs and... the announcement of a very interesting black and white print project by one of our members, Mario Fazio. Not to be missed!
9
SEP
Welcome back! Tonight we take a look at what's in store for the 2019-2020 season as well as look back at some highlights from last season. Plus our CAPA chairs will present the results of the Four Nations competition in which LCC did quite well. And not to be missed, a special presentation to one of our members
3
JUN
27
MAY
20
MAY
No meeting.
13
MAY
A competition where you can submit images on any subject matter. Go crazy!
6
MAY
All members who attend shall choose the 60 images that will be framed and displayed for the annual Stewart Hall Cultural weekend held at the end of May.
29
APR
Special and Annual General Meeting, Elections, Special Resolutions; Followed by the Fauna Challenge
22
APR
No meeting.
15
APR
8
APR
Shasha is the official photographer for les Grands Ballet de Montreal and was himself a professional ballet dancer. He moved from the Ukraine to Canada in 2006, became captivated by photography and gave up his lifetime passion of dancing to make photography his full-time profession. His focus is on portrait, advertising, editorial and dance photography.
1
APR
From swimming with grizzly bears in the Pacific Northwest, to dropping a 6-million dollar robotic submersible down onto the Gulf of St. Lawrence seafloor, to sitting with an Inuit in the Canadian Arctic wind at -50℃, Canadian Photographer Neil Ever Osborne is a visual storyteller working on conservation campaigns that express the important link between people and planet. . Represented by National Geographic Image Collection and regularly published by Smithsonian and Canadian Geographic Magazines and many other international magazines. Join us as Neil talks about his images, passions and assignments.
In addition, on Sunday, March 31, Neil will be offering an all-day workshop on Visual Storytelling – how to use images to tell a story, alone and in combination. Please register soon as space is limited.
25
MAR
Architecture is a broad subject, encompassing everything from skyscrapers to shacks. Virtually everywhere we go, we are surrounded by some sort of architecture on a daily basis.
18
MAR
Our very own Muslim Harji treats us to another of his highly entertaining and informative presentations. This time he will present "Treasures of Iran" or "Demystifying the Axis of Evil". Muslim has travelled to over 50 countries and is a great photographer and story-teller. Not to be missed!
11
MAR
The theme for this season’s expressions competition is minimalism
4
MAR
This lecture explores all that we as photographers see every day. "I began my career with street photos and 30 years later have come back to it with a different approach but with the same vision and fascination."
For the last thirty years , Linda Rutenberg has been creating images for books and exhibitions. Her work is found in many prestigious collections such as the The National Gallery of Canada and The Bibliothèque National a Paris. In recent years, Linda has been giving master classes and has been the mentor in residence in an Entrepreneurship for Creatives program at Dawson College.. She also regularly gives workshops counselling artists on how to live from their art.
25
FEB
18
FEB
11
FEB
Marianna will be presenting 6 AV shows on different types of macro photography including an intro to macro photography (gear, lighting, etc. ), fabulous foliage, marvellous mushrooms, snowflakes and frozen bubbles, diptychs & quadriptychs, and last but not least, paper.
4
FEB
Come visit the kaleidoscope of colors and amazing wildlife that exists beneath the waves. Mark will take you on a journey of weird and wonderful creatures along with beautiful scenery. Learn about what exists in the world that many people do not get to experience.
Mark will cover the skills required to scuba dive safely and how to effectively and safely capture great images under the water. Come join us on a journey into warm waters on a cold winter night.
28
JAN
21
JAN
14
JAN
7
JAN
Watch the results when photographs straight out a camera are processed by different photographers. You will be amazed at the resulting images. Each of 5 members of the club share 3 photographs with the other 4. See the different interpretations along with an explanation of the how's and why's. Learn about different styles and processing techniques.
31
DEC
No meeting.
24
DEC
No meeting.
17
DEC
10
DEC
Architectural Photography: One Photographer’s Vision of Montreal and the World.
3
DEC
26
NOV
This evening will showcase the results of our hands-on evening creating and photographing still life. What is a still life? A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate items, typically commonplace objects which are either natural or man-made.
19
NOV
12
NOV
This evening will showcase the results of a field trip where we focus on minimalism in photography.
Minimalist photography draws inspiration from the concept of minimalism in art. The idea is to convey a concept, idea or story where compositional elements are kept to a minimum.
5
NOV
Special presentation by Peeter Laurits, a visiting Artist from Estonia sponsored under a special cultural exchange program. Peter is an extremely gifted multi-media artist who expresses his vision through digital photography and video manipulation. Peeter has had exhibitions in New York, Chicago, London, Berlin, Moscow, Antwerp and Budapest. This is an all evening presentation followed by a question and answer period.
29
OCT
22
OCT
Do you like, love or fave? If you have a Facebook, Instagram or Flickr account then you probably do! But whether you do or don’t, it’s pretty hard to avoid social media these days. So please join us for an enlightening and entertaining evening when we explore the many ways in which photographers - both amateur and professional - have embraced social media for better or for worse. ❤️
15
OCT
Bring your camera, tripod and possibly your flash and participate in a hands-on evening of photographing still life vignettes. Members should bring along items to include in the various vignettes that will be set up in the meeting room. After this evening, you will post-process your images and submit them for our reveal evening.
8
OCT
No meeting.
1
OCT
An evening where members of the club will present their slide show that they created in response to two fortune cookies that they received.
They will give a little bit of their thought processes and selection criteria that they had in the slideshow's creation.
24
SEP
An overview of our club's presence on social media platforms as well as the official introduction of our new website! Also... learn about our new competition guidelines and scoring method. Bonus: A presentation by the director of CAPA Quebec.
17
SEP
10
SEP