PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:

No great words of wisdom. Instead, a thank you, firstly to all the members of the Coquitlam Camera Club who, over the years, have volunteered or have been receptive to friendly peer pressure to give their time, knowledge and cooperation to make our Photo Club a successful organization.
Secondly, a thank you to our new members who have joined in and willingly given their time, knowledge and effort to enhance the friendly, cooperative atmosphere that our club has fostered since its inception some twenty-five years ago.
You, the members, are what make being a part of the Coquitlam Camera Club fun and rewarding.
“May the images you visualize be seen on the screen for us all to applaud.”

Sincerely,

Dale Miles

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Camera Club Info

The topics for our various competitions are as follows: Nature, Pictorial, Theme, Open and Prints.
Nature includes everything that can be found in the natural world. That is it excludes anything that is associated with the hand of man. e.g. Cultivated plants are NOT acceptable. Wild animals taken in zoos or enclosures are NOT acceptable. Small, inobtrusive fences or fence posts are tolerated but not preferred.
Pictorial Open and Print competitions can include any type of subject matter, be it natural or man made.
Theme competitions are set for a specific subject matter, e.g. dogs or water.

You are entitled to enter up to three images for each competition. Certain competitions are open to both slides and/or prints. These are defined at the outset.
In general, inter-club competitions are strictly for slides. Slides should be mounted in plastic or cardboard since glass mounts may jam certain projectors.
Prints should be matted and can be of any size, although 5 x 7 inch prints and larger are preferred. Matting need not be expensive. Plain white matts will suffice. See the Print Chairperson for information regarding matts.

Your slides or prints must be adequately labelled. Prints require a clean stick label on the back including the image Title; your Name; and Address, if going to another club for judging.
Slides must be labelled as per diagram below. When labelling the slide, it is oriented such that you are looking at the image in the way you photographed it.

Judging. All images are judged out of a total of 10 points per judge. There are three judges per competition so the total mark possible is 30. Scores over 23 are considered noteworthy and will receive an honourable mention in external competitions.

Front cover Photo by Ian Faris
Back cover Photo by Hans J.Nagorr

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Photo Tips

For portraits and close-ups, find the most distracting background you can, if you happen to come across a great subject with a perfect background, just move the subject to a different background.
Bad background, bad photo. It doesn’t matter if your subject is spectacular; if the background is distracting, the image is lost. This is why many photographers use their depth-of-field preview before making a shot-you’ll see what’s actually going to appear on the film. I know the viewfinder gets dark when you push the preview button. Be patient. Your eye will adjust to the darkness.
Never pick a flower to move it to a better spot. No photograph is more important than the welfare of the subject.

For landscapes, interesting foregrounds are as important as good backgrounds are to close-ups. Foregrounds invite the viewer into your photograph. They put the viewer at the foot of the image, ready to step into the frame. A compositional connection to the background-a stream, a fence, a line of color-ties the foreground and background together. In addition, be sure that the foreground is in focus. We’re used to seeing distant objects out of focus, but not near objects. If you have to make a choice, keep the foreground sharp.
Autumn-red maple leaves on green grass is a great photo opportunity.

You should be able to justify why you’re using a particular lens and not another, why you’re set up where you are, why your tripod is so high, why you’re photographing this subject and not something else, etc. This is a great reason to use a tripod, it slows you down and forces you to be deliberate. Once you’ve wound down, there are times when it’s just as important to stop and wait. The wind will eventually ease up and the light is always changing; it’s up to you to be patient and wait for the best conditions before you take the picture.

Saturday, October 19, 2002
Abbortsford Seminar

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Producing a slide show

1. Here are the basic ingredients of a good single-projector slide show: a projector, a, tape recorder, and good planning. Kodak’s Presenting Yourself (publication No. 148-2686; $14.95) is an excellent how-to book on planning and presenting effective slide shows.
2. Once you have a script, sort and arrange the slides to match.
3. If your show tells a more complex story, a storyboard may be necessary.
4. Good slide shows have a solid idea behind them, Developing a treatment of your subject initially will, keep you on trackas you put the show together.
5. A & B. Title slides are easy to produced and can give your show a very professional appearance
6. Use establishing shots close-ups, and, varying camera angles to provide variety in your show. All shots should display good composition
7. A Press-on lettering is one solution to making title slides. Many brands styles and sizes are available.
8. When the title is finished, use a simple copy setup to photograph the title mask. Use Ektagraphlc HC or lithographic film, and shoot the title in several positions within the viewfinder to give yourself
maximum layout flexibility.
9.You can create titles with an computer.
Multi-image slide mounts can be used to give your presentation more impact.
10.A sync tape recorder (there are many models available today) permits you to record sound for your show, including automatic slide changes for complete, accurate repeatability.

The most difficult part of using the dissolve unit, especially with a 2-projector slide show, is putting the show together: the co-ordination of the images with each other and the commentary / music.

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PROGRAM

FALL / WINTER 2002

Meeting time: 7:15 PM sharp - 9:45 PM
September 11: Introduction to the Fall Program.
All members - prints and slides from late spring and summer 2002.

September 25: Show members’ Dissolve shows.
Guest speaker TBA.

October 3: Thursday: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Coquitlam Camera Club hosted Slide and Dissolve Show
and Print night at Coquitlam Library, Poirier St.

October 9: CAPA #1: Nature and Pictorial slides due tonight

October 23:CAPA Theme: “Wood Utility Pole” due tonight.
New members’ slides and/or prints to be shown.

November 13: Members’ shows: Ian Faris 1/2 - 1 hour. Wayne Wang
Guest TBA, other members’ show(s).

November 27: Coquitlam Club open competition for prints and slides.

December 11: Christmas Social Night
Handout spring program / meeting dates

January 8, 2003: First meeting for 2003
CAPA #2 Nature & Pictorial slides due tonight
Member show - winter slides and prints

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Outings

Fall and Winter 2002

Outings take place on Saturday or Sunday. The meeting place, time and outing destination is finalized at the Wednesday night Club meeting preceding the weekend.

As various members have knowledge of locations which have photographic interest and potential, they will work
along with the Outings Coordinator to host the outing.

Although weather can be a factor, we look forward to joining with other clubs and CAPA -sponsored outings to increase the participation by Coquitlam Camera Club members.

September 14,15: TBA

September 27, 28, 29:

CAPA Fall outing at Mt. Baker. Join in for one or two days.

October 12, 13, 14:

Thanksgiving long weekend.

October 26,27:

November 16,17, 30:

December 1:

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Links

www.capa-acap.ca