This month saw us out on a treck with the world's largest social photographic event in history. Over 900 cities and 32,000 people participated in Scott Kelby's World Wide Photo Walk. Our photo group organized and attended the Cambridge Ontario walk. This awesome event brought out about 15 people to our event, allowed us to meet with some great amature photographers, have a fun and interesting walk around a beautiful part of Cambridge, and take some great pictures. You can see these pictures posted on the World Wide Photo walk site for Cambridge.
Our four week challenge is about encouraging us to reach further and expand our skills and creativity. Each four weeks, we have a new challenge, and an opportunity to share our pictures with each otehr. The photos have to be new and shot within those four weeks. We encourage you to take as many as you like (it's a digital world) and pick a few of your best, then bring them to our group on a media stick. We will display them and give a quick review for the benefit of all.
The Last Challenge
Our last challenge was "Signs" - funny, creative, and interesting signs. It seems there were not too many people that got photos of signs to show this month.
Gary also seemed to follow an unimplied transportation theme with this image. It would also seem that if you are a bicycle, you are authorized to park where cars are not permitted. This shot was taken in the Marineland parking lot in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Unfortunately, Rachel did not get a sign picture, but she did, coincidentally, continue the transportation theme. She showed us several wonderful sunset photos she took at Sauble Beach, including this one of a bicycle silouhette. Great composition!
Tammy got a head start on next month's challenge (though she didn't know she was doing so) as she shared some interesting shots of flowers. She shared how difficult it can be to do this really effectively, as depth of field can be a challenge. Sunlight and lighting in general can also present their own challenges as you try to minimize shadows and highlight detail.Our Next Challenge: Flowers
This one makes Rachel very happy - her favorite subject! (and Tammy, no cheating now - it has to be taken this month). Not as easy a challenge as you might think either: This month's challenge is to take a great picture of a flower, or flowers. Little ones, big ones, in between ones. Colourful ones, dull ones. Ones from your back yard, or ones from the professional horticulturists. There are so many choices, and now that Summer has finally reached Southern Ontario, we should finally see some blossoms.
Mid-Way Shoot-Out
Our outing for August will be the A&W classic car rally on Thursday night. There will be some gleaming chrome and very proud owners to shoot. We will meet together at the A&W on Hespeler Road to talk with the organizers before moving out to shoot the cars. Be prepared to get some info and make some prints for the drivers of the cars. (Date and Time to be added soon).
Freebie of the Month
Well, perhaps everyone knows about it already, but a Flickr account is a great way to share your images on line, and the basic account is free! So why not sign up for an account and start showing the world your photography? If you're part of the Cambridge Photo Group (or CLICK), you can join the Flickr group and post your images to the group pool - these images are then, in turn, displayed on this blog!
Next Regular Meeting: September 13th, 2009
We will meet as usual between 6:30-8:30pm at the Video 99 store in Hespeler - meet us down back. See you there! Bring a friend and bring your photos on a memory stick, or in print.
