Join us as Neil Dankoff discusses his experience as a fine art photographer. Neil will explain how he got started, working with an established gallery, and eventually opening his own galleries. He will also describe his experiences travelling the world photographing both landscapes and cityscapes. Find out more at his website: www.kandygallery.com Existing Members: You do not need to register for this event.  Prospective members and Guests:  There is a fee of $10 for non-members.  If you are interested in attending, please click on the "Registration Information' button below or send an email to our Program Director. Guest Registration for this event will close at noon on January 5, 2021. Invitations to the Zoom meeting will be sent two days before the event.  Please check your spam folder and email our Program Director if you don't see the invitation by Wednesday evening. Zoom Settings For the best viewing, please ensure the following: IF YOU HAVE A PC OR A MAC: Choose ‘Speaker View’ in the View Options in the upper right corner of your screen.  Once the presenter has shared their screen, move your cursor to the top of your screen.  Choose the 1st Option, ‘Fit to Window’, from the View Options. Turn off your video  to improve the quality of the presentation, usually bottom left of the screen. IF YOU HAVE AN iPAD: Choose 'Active Speaker View' in the viewing options in the upper left corner of your screen. You will not have to choose a screen size. Turn off your video  to improve the quality of the presentation, usually at the bottom left of the screen. If you need help setting Zoom up, read this.

Our First Members night is an Editing Challenge open to the whole club. The photos to be edited are on Google Drive using this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15g4DtG3cGC76g62i9yx1mE3jvTk-jS78. All you have to do is to download them and have some creative fun.  Four photographs have been selected for you to try out your editing skills. It does not matter if you have not done a lot of editing, this is a good time to get more familiar with the editor you already have. You do not need to have Lightroom or Photoshop. Even basic tools like Mac's 'Photos'  and Windows 'Photos' will give you some editing opportunities. The main thing is to try it.  You can edit as many of the images as you want - all four or 1, 2 or 3. If you have done two edits on one image that are pretty different you can send both of them. Depending on the numbers we will try to show all of the edited images.  The edited images have no constraints, so you can make them any size or shape you want. They can be framed or, if you want to do a composite the components may come off the internet. Of course, it is better if you use your own images but if you want to have a witch or a unicorn in your image then it is certainly acceptable to download one. On January 14, 2021, we will be showing the original and the edited images.  When you finish your edit(s) please send it/them to me, Maureen McCormack,  at: mccormam1@gmail.com, and if the file is too large for email, then use WeTransfer.com.  Please send it as a .jpg or .tiff file We will be asking those members that do download the images to do a brief explanation of their edits. What software was used, adjustments, the approach you took to come up with the final results.  The best part of the edit groups is where we get to see what others have done with the same photograph. The final images often are so different. So please participate! Have fun with it. Link to the four images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15g4DtG3cGC

"On the 125th anniversary of Algonquin Park, Jesse and Susan journeyed to Algonquin for their first date. The pair have been inseparable since, moving to the Lake of Bays area, and continue to create their brand “Follow Me North” sharing their passion of photography with landscape and wildlife admirers near and far. Jesse and Susan’s talk will take you on a journey through Canada’s oldest and largest Provincial Park throughout the seasons, featuring the vast landscapes and captivating inhabitants that this majestic land has to offer. Susan comes from a background in print journalism, creative production (500px, Stocksy United, Shutterstock Custom), gallery management and commercial photography - producing several catalogue raisonnés for artists across the U.S. and Canada. Jesse comes from a colourful background teaching health and safety practices to the body art industry, and has molded his love of educating into a new beast- guiding photographers of all background into nature to rediscover their roots and cameras. After studying photography in post secondary nearly 10 years ago, Jesse has steadily transitioned his focus to adventure portraits, pet photography and workshops full-time. Together their mission is simple: Make meaningful art in a place close to their hearts, Algonquin Park. Existing Members: You do not need to register for this event.  Prospective members and Guests:  There is a fee of $10 for non-members.  If you are interested in attending, please click on the "Registration Information' button below or send an email to our Program Director. Guest Registration for this event will close at noon on January 19, 2021. Invitations to the Zoom meeting will be sent two days before the event.  Please check your spam folder and email our Program Director if you don't see the invitation by Wednesday evening. Zoom Settings For the best viewing, please ensure the following: IF YOU HAVE A PC OR A MAC: Choose ‘Speaker View’ in the View Optio

Join us for the results of the second competition of the season. See what our members photograph and how their images were scored. Members do not need to register for our Thursday night sessions. Prospective Members and Guests:  While there is normally a fee, we do not charge on Competition Review nights.  Registration is still required. If you are interested in attending, please click on the "Registration Information' button below or send an email to our Program Director.  Guest Registration for this event will close at noon on January 25, 2020. Invitations to the Zoom meeting will be sent two days before the event.  Please check your spam folder and email our Program Director if you don't see the invitation by Wednesday evening. Zoom Settings To get the best viewing results of our presentations, please ensure the following: IF YOU HAVE A PC OR A MAC: Choose ‘Speaker View’ in the View Options in the upper right corner of your screen.  Once the presenter has shared their screen, move your cursor to the top of your screen.  Choose the 1st Option, ‘Fit to Window’, from the View Options. Turn off your video  to improve the quality of the presentation, usually bottom left of the screen. IF YOU HAVE AN iPAD: Choose 'Active Speaker View' in the viewing options in the upper left corner of your screen. You will not have to choose a screen size. Turn off your video  to improve the quality of the presentation, usually at the bottom left of the screen. If you need help setting Zoom up, read this.