The Mississauga Camera Club Fellowship Through Photography Our 51st Season

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1 March 2006 Executive for President Robert Bateman Vice-President Kay Woollam Secretary David Penty The Mississauga Camera Club Fellowship Through Photography Our 51st Season Treasurer Myra Jones Program Doug Johnston Competition Slides/Prints Parvez Khatib Competition Digital Stephen Hill Publicity Joe Iocco Social Jim Calvert Membership Janet Martin Editorial Fred Dixon Outings Paul Armstrong GTCCC Rep Cecil Lindsay Past President Bruce Petters Sugar Lake Visitors by Fred Dixon Upcoming Events, Programs and Outings New KLIK Newsletter format Results of the Third For sale items Page Photo Workshops Freeman Patterson is Coming The Mississauga Camera Club, an affiate of The Mississauga Recreation and Parks Department, is a member of The Mississauga Arts Council, The Canadian Association for Photographic Art, The Greater Toronto Council of Camera Clubs, and supports The GTCCC policy on nature photography

2 Program Notes Since the last edition of the Klik, we have had a wonderful array of speakers at the club, ranging from the fundamentals and exciting developments in the latest equipment, to several incredibly wonderful photographic presentations, to the basics of preparing Photo Essays from Hilarie McNeil Smith. Ray Seto of Just Cameras, who stepped in at a late date to replace a speaker who was unable to attend, has always been a supporter of the Club, and did not disappoint us. He showed a vast array of cameras and equipment supplemented with his commentary on developments in the imaging industry, particularly the continuing emergence of digital imaging. I m sure that many members left with a new understanding of accessories, if not an outright conviction as to their next purchase (hopefully at his store!). As always, Hilarie demonstrated her complete mastery and creativity in the digital photo essay. Her presentation was not only educational, but emotionally engaging because it included many of her startlingly beautiful images. It was a testament to the audience s interest that Hilarie was bombarded with questions and ran over the normal meeting closing time. Amongst the photographic presentations, our own Jerry Soltys stood out with her wonderful crisp and awe-inspiring pictures of the SW U.S.A., California, Utah and the surrounding states. The magic of her records of Travels with My Yellow Tent, (which allows her to venture into many areas not accessible by road), will certainly inspire others. Her work is a testament to her belief that the images allow the soul of the photographer to show through Mark Bargent displayed his mastery of photography in the snow, with his essays based on trips in and around his property, including a particularly evocative essay of sixty pictures of one tree. He complemented these with a short presentation on the Alpine Canyon, in Navajo Country. In short, you could feel the collective stress of city life oozing from people s toes as they watched his work. Last meeting we were graced by the work of Carm and Judy Griffin s, Griffin Shorts, a number of short presentations covering a broad variety of subjects, ranging from the blazing sun of the Utah white sands to the mists of Grand Manan and Dreams of a Gardener, with a little bit of history thrown in around ghost towns. Carm and Judy s photographs were subtle and simple, and showed exquisite craftsmanship, both in their beauty and in the integration of their choice of music into their stories. Finally, who can forget the enthusiasm, encouragement and sheer pleasure of the club s Photo Essay Evening, which displayed great photos, great fun, and great blood sweat and tears? Still to come.ethan Meleg (It s not about the Gear!) and Boris Spremo (Photojournalism Never Had Enough) Doug Johnston Have fun, Do it for love! We should all be having fun when shooting and enjoy the world around us. For many club members, when photographing, it is sometimes more important to win awards or impress others than be proud of what you have accomplished. Do it for yourself first, shooting what you love, letting others enjoy your personal success! If you re thinking, how will this image do in a competition while you re shooting, you will never truly be creative. This kind of thinking can hold back or inhibit creativity! Yes, for some, it may help to have a firm plan or guideline to follow to make an image; however, it shouldn t be made a rule. We all see differently and the world is a better place for it! Photography is often subjective. Listen to Yourself, Have Fun and Do it for Love! Rob Kennedy 1

3 CAPA Conference July 14 16, Chestnut Street, Toronto Three days of mingling with the most exciting photographers from across Canada, and hearing experts demonstrate techniques, their passion and their images! Photographers from the East Coast to the West, many of whom are teachers and lecturers, will be in Toronto in mid-july to pass along their knowledge, creativity and expertise. Featured presenters include renowned professional photographers and photo journalists, such as Tony Sweet (Shutterbug Magazine, Author of Nature Photography), Ron Erwin ( Professional Photographer and Lecturer at Seneca College), Ellen Anon (Author of Photoshop for Natural Photographers), and Bernard Brault (La Presse) to name just a few. Filling out the speakers list are more big names including our own Rob Kennedy, Hilarie McNeil- Smith and Kevin Spreekmeester. Topics range from Creativity to Professional Techniques, from Natural History to Photoshop, from The Olympics to Calcutta, so don t miss out. In addition, as you know, The MCC is one of the supporting clubs for this Conference, responsible for volunteers to introduce speakers, and to staff an information booth. We already have several volunteers signed up to help during the three days, but as always we need more. Please let Doug Johnston, Janet Martin or Bruce Kennedy know of your interest. Make sure you register early; rates (and room reservation information if needed) are on the web site below Photography Workshops 2006 With Rob Kennedy Join Rob and discover the world of seeing, interpreting and capturing while exploring some of Ontario s most fascinating areas. 1-Day Creating in the Field May 13 th (full) (Art in the Auto yard) 5-Day Bruce Peninsula June 8-11 th & 17 th (Landscape photographer s paradise) New 1-Day Creating in the Field Aug 26 th (Art in the Auto yard) 4-Day Grey County Oct 13 th -15 th & 21 st (Peaceful Waterfalls and Great Fall Colour) There will be awaiting list for Workshops that are filled. Contact: (905) rkennedy000@sympatico.ca w w w. r o b k e n n e d y p h o t o s. c o m For Sale Nikon 1 AF Nikkor ed lens, asking $700. It is in excellent condition Kay Kevin Spreekmeester Photography Tours Galapagos, Ecuador from November 10th - 19 th, 2006; Only 3 spaces remaining Tunisia, Africa in March 2007 = Exact dates TBC For further details contact Kevin Spreekmeester info@bluedoorphoto.com or Your committee urges you to check out the Conference web site at for all the exciting details 2

4 Freeman Patterson Special Club Members Presentation November 13, 2006 We are very fortunate and honoured that, because of Bruce Peters hard work, Freeman Patterson, an icon amongst photographers, both in Canada and worldwide, has agreed to make a special presentation to our club this fall. Please note, this presentation is a private show for our members. Due to space limitations. MCC members will only be allowed two tickets each. Freeman is the quintessential professional photographer and teacher, whose photographs have been published in books, magazines, journals, newspapers and advertisements, and have been exhibited around the world. He is the author of numerous books, including Photography for the Joy of It, Photography of Natural Things, Photography and the Art of Seeing, Namaqualand: Garden of the Gods, Portraits of Earth, Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image, Shadowlight: A Photographer's Life, and Odysseys: Meditations and Thoughts for a Life's Journey. His latest book is titled simply The Garden, and contains photographs of his property at Shampers Bluff, New Brunswick, and his thoughts about how his chosen medium provides not only a picture, but the opportunity for exploring one s creativity, and how that in turn reflects the development of the individual. Stay tuned for more information on the presentation and Freeman s remarkable career. GTCCC INTERCLUB COMPETITION The results are in for the 2006 GTCCC Interclub Competition. This year the Mississauga Camera Club achieved the best results ever!!!! Congratulations to all those who entered the competition and helped put our club at the top. There were approximately 1,100 images submitted for this competition and with digital being permitted for the first time, 43% of the images were digital. There were six categories in this year s competition and the winners are: COLOUR PRINTS MISSISSAUGA C.C. MONOCHROME PRINTS TORONTO C.C. SLIDES - NATURE DON MILLS C.C. SLIDES PICTORIAL CHINESE CDN C.C. DIGITAL NATURE MISSISSAUGA C.C. DIGITAL PICTORIAL MISSISSAUGA C.C. The overall winner again this year (as we did last year): FREEDMAN TROPHY--MISSISSAUGA C.C. Some wonderful images were submitted for this competition, and the GTCCC is presently putting all of the winning images and honourable mentions on a CD, which will be sent to our club shortly. Individual achievements in the competition will be recognized at a club meeting in the near future. Editorial The time has come to change the old KLIK format to the new 8 x11 layout. The old format had posed many restrictions as to the number of pages and content; as well, posting the KLIK to the Web was very time consuming. A review committee has come up with many exciting new ideas that in time will be incorporated into this new format, while still retaining most of the old features. This will continue to be a Work in Progress for many issues to come. Since This is YOUR NEWSLETTER, all comments are welcome. Fred Dixon Editor KLIK 3

5 Results of the Third Competition Feb Pictorial 1 st Lightning Montage Paul Armstrong 22 2 nd Medieval-kitchen Nancy Lotecki 21 3 rd bough Jack Kozlowski 21 HM Molten Water Kay Woollam 21 HM Topiaries Nancy Lotecki 21 HM Sunset in Solitude 2 Kay Woollam 20 HM Snow on Tree Trunk Jerry Molga 21 HM Tree Reflections and Frozen Pond Jerry Molga 20 HM Snowy Beach Stephen Hill 20 1 st Female Hooded Nature Merganser Jerry Molga 22 2 nd Swan Wings Stephen Hill 22 3 rd Gull in flight Priscilla Cordahi 21 HM Polar Bears Paul Armstrong 21 HM Swift River Priscilla Cordahi 21 1 st Cambodian Dreamscape Creative Paul Armstrong 23 2 nd Petite-Umbrellas Richard Smek 22 3 rd A-Fun-Guy Alan Gray 21 HM Littlest-Angel Lisa Husar 20 Action Sports 1 st Surfing in January Stephen Hill 22 2 nd Rodeo Priscilla Cordahi 22 3 rd Double Twist Janet Brazier 21 HM Race Car & Drive Paul Armstrong 21 HM Fall Run Kay Woollam 20 Pictorial 1 st Shadows on Snow Jerry Soltys 24 2 nd Watching the Competition Jim Calvert 23 3 rd Aerial Fields Jerry Soltys 22 HM Rocks Karen Simmonds 21 HM Cross and Clouds Jerry Soltys 21 Nature 1 st Cattle-Egret-054 Albert Shi 24 2 nd Arizona Sandstone Design Jerry Soltys 23 3 rd Great Egret 057 Albert Shi 22 Creative 1 st Window dressing Claude Barras 23 2 nd Tulip Claude Barras 22 3 rd 2 Hay Bales in a Pasture Bruce Peters 21 Sports Action 1 st Winning Form Jim Calvert 24 2 nd Fighting for the puck Karen Simmonds22 Horticulture 1 st Calla Lily Albert Shi 23 2 nd Bleeding heart Claude Barras 23 HM Sunflower Claude Barras 22 HM Crocus Jerry Soltys 21 Digital Advanced Pictorial 1 st Pink City Hilarie McNeil-Smith 25 2 nd Erin Raymond Hsu 25 3 rd Red-Sunset Clemente dorosario 23 Digital Advanced Nature 1 st Pintail in flight Joe Iocco 24 2 nd Atlantic Puffin in Habitat Ron Manning 24 Horticulture 1 st Lotus-Blossom Rainer Rothfuss 22 2 nd Lotus-Buds Rainer Rothfuss 21 3 rd Stamens Neville D'Souza 21 HM Cactus Flower Neville D'Souza 20 HM Tulip Doug Johnston 20 4

6 Digital Advanced Creative 1 st Gallop Hilarie McNeil-Smith 24 2 nd Biker guy Hilarie McNeil-Smith 22 Digital Advanced Sports Action 1 st Ice Dancer Al Tilson 23 2 nd Tug-of-War Clemente do Rosario 22 3 rd Bronco rider Hilarie McNeil-Smith 22 Digital Advanced Horticulture 1 st Sunflowers Hilarie McNeil-Smith 26 2 nd Dahlia-02 Clemente dorosario 25 Prints _ Colour 1 st Mother and Young David Simmonds 24 2 nd Misty morning Oxtongue River Al Tilson 23 3 rd Lone Loon Joyce Brant 22 HM Snowy Egret Ron Manning 21 HM Trees and Dunes of Namibia Jerry Soltys 21 HM Osprey and 3 babies Joyce Brant 22 HM Sandstone Design Jerry Soltys 21 Slides Advanced Nature 1 st Marbled Godwit Joe Iocco 25 2 nd Bryce Canyon #4 Al Tilson 24 3 rd Roseate Spoonbill in Breeding Ron Manning 23 HM Brown Pelican Taking Flight Stephen Stefanoff 23 Slides Advance Creative 1 st Glass Abstract #1 Audrey Cherevaty 21 2 nd Colour Flash Joyce Brant 21 HM Desert Tree Montage Sandra Roemer20 Horticulture 1 st Cactus Uliana Yaworsky 24 2 nd Yellow Lady Slipper Joe Iocco 23 3 rd Pink Snowy Orchid Joyce Brant 21 HM Cookara Bill Dorothy de Kiewiet 20 HM Underside Rob Kennedy 20 Slides Intermediate Pictorial 1 st Kayak Racer Stan Kozel 21 Slides Intermediate Horticulture HM Palm Fa Roy Williams 19 Slides Advanced Pictorial 1 st Church Bell Sandra Roemer 22 2 nd Great Blue Heron Joe Iocco 22 3 rd Tobacco Hut Patterns Dorthy de Kiewiet 22 HM Ann Uliana Yaworsky 21 HM Window Uliana Yaworsky 21 HM Sunrise Uliana Yaworsky 21 HM Storm Approaching Rob Kennedy 21 5

7 Trophy and Achievement Award Standings for February 2006 Slides Beginner Paul Armstrong 107 Myra P. Jones 86 Jerry Molga 103 Sorin Alb 16 Stephen Hill 102 Priscilla Cordahi 102 Kay Woollam 99 Slides Intermediate Lisa Husar 97 Parvez Khatib 93 Doug Johnston 97 Stan Kozel 93 Neville D'Souza 96 Roy Williams 90 Rainer Rothfuss 95 Bob Warren 95 Nancy Lotecki 95 Slides Advanced Janet Brazier 93 Joe Iocco 113 Bob Bowman 93 Uliana Yaworsky 106 Richard Smek 93 Stephen Stefanoff 105 Alan Gray 93 Joyce Brant 103 Jack Kozlowski 92 Ron Manning 102 Don Meaker 90 Al Tilson 101 Sorin Alb 90 Rob Kennedy 98 Frank Bell 88 Janet Martin 97 Mary Ann Rowsome 88 Audrey Cherevaty 93 Erika Conn 87 Sandra Roemer 83 Joseph Miller 86 Jean Weller 83 Dorothy dekiewiet 80 Albert Shi 111 Prints Jerry Soltys 111 David Simmonds 44 Claude Barras 108 Joyce Brant 44 James Calvert 107 Al Tilson 43 Karen Simmonds 99 Jerry Soltys 42 Bruce Peters 96 Myra P. Jones 40 Ron Manning 40 Rainer Rothfuss 39 Digital Advanced Hilarie McNeil-Smith 39 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 119 Sandra Roemer 39 Clemente dorosario 112 Jerry Molga 37 Raymond Hsu 111 Sorin Alb 35 David Simmonds 103 Ron Manning 24 Joe Iocco 24 Al Tilson 23 Rob Kennedy 20 6

8 Year to Date Trophy & Achievement Award Standings February 2006 Digital Advanced Prints Paul Armstrong 312 Raymond Hsu 332 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 133 Priscilla Cordahi 311 Hilarie McNeil-Smith 330 Al Tilson 132 Stephen Hill 304 Clemente dorosario 329 Ron Manning 131 Lisa Husar 297 David Simmonds 307 David Simmonds 129 Jerry Molga 294 Paul Janosi 243 Jerry Soltys 127 Nancy Lotecki 290 Ron Manning 75 Joyce Brant 125 Rainer Rothfuss 290 Al Tilson 67 Rainer Rothfuss 124 Bob Warren 289 Rob Kennedy 39 Sandra Roemer 121 Janet Brazier 287 Joe Iocco 24 Jerry Molga 116 Kay Woollam 287 Jean Weller 23 Myra P. Jones 114 Neville D'Souza 282 Sorin Alb 111 Mary Ann Rowsome 281 Jim Calvert 82 Richard Smek 278 Slides Beginner Nancy Lotecki 80 Doug Johnston 277 Myra P. Jones 273 Roy Williams 42 Bob Bowman 274 Sorin Alb 121 Ali Thompson 38 Sorin Alb 273 Izabela Knychalska 82 David Penty 37 Frank Bell 267 Beatrice Kovacs 17 Jack Kozlowski 265 Joseph Miller 263 Slides Intermediate Derek Chmielarski 191 Parvez Khatib 302 Erika Conn 191 Roy Williams 274 Alan Gray 190 Stan Kozel 274 Wojciech Porowski 189 Marcus Miller 194 Robbie Robinson 188 Jean Carney 99 Don Meaker 188 Virginia Culbert 97 Roseline Marshall 165 David Penty 99 Bruce Kennedy 93 Slides Advanced Joe Teixeira 92 Joe Iocco 330 Izabela Knychalska 88 Ron Manning 320 Erin Rennie 85 Uliana Yaworsky 312 Peter Skrzyznecki 56 Al Tilson 310 Joyce Brant 309 Rob Kennedy 305 Stephen Stefanoff 299 Jerry Soltys 330 Audrey Cherevaty 299 Albert Shi 329 Janet Martin 294 Jim Calvert 317 Sandra Roemer 288 Claude Barras 304 Jean Weller 282 Karen Simmonds 295 Dorothy dekiewiet 276 Bruce Peters 284 Peter Martin 191 Ursula Tweddle 190 Robert Bateman 184 Frank Kuznik 90 Ralph Abell 182 Marcus Miller 38 Virginia Culbert 16 7

9 Competition Honour Roll Achievement Awards Cranston Awards YEAR PRINTS SLIDES PRINTS SLIDES H. McNeil-Smith Joe Iocco H. McNeil-Smith S. Grexton H. McNeil-Smith Joe Iocco R. Taylor H. McNeil-Smith D. Simmonds Janosi/Manning H. McNeil-Smith R. Bateman D. Simmonds J. Iocco J. Brant J. Weller J. Brant J. Brant S. Grexton J. Iocco R. Hsu R. Manning H. McNeil-Smith M. Dunn Peake/Bloomer R. Manning U. Yaworsky J. Iocco J. Hummel P. Janosi U. Yaworsky J. Lucas J. Hummel P. Janosi J. Ritter R. Manning Peake/Kearney M.Chapman U. Yaworsky P. Janosi J. Marks R. Manning R. Williams I. Nicholl R. Tashman P. Janosi R. Tashman P. Janosi S. Bloomer W. Galloway J. Rutter R. Manning R. Manning R. Manning J. Rutter R. Manning R. Manning R. Manning Maurice de Cunha Award Digital P. Janosi Trophy Winners Past Presidents Slides Advanced Slides Intermediate Slides Beginner Slides Nature Prints J. Iocco Parves Khatib Rainer Rothfuss Joe Iocco H. McNeil-Smith Albert Shi Jerry Soltys B. Peters J. Phelps J. Lucas L. Holden W. Salge W. Galloway R. Bateman A. Alton R. Bateman D. Hickey A. Kennedy Regular Camera Club meetings are held in the Texaco Room of the Port Credit Library the first and third Thursday of each month. Meetings Commence at 7:30p.m. Visitors are welcome to attend a meeting for a nominal fee. Annual memberships: Single $45.00; Couple $60.00; Student $25.00 Club Web Site: