THE CAMBRIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP 
Are you feeling it yet? The weather’s been beautiful and it’s getting nicer to get outside. Time to leave the indoor studio for a while and venture out into the landscape for some vista shots. No matter where you live, there are always some beautiful subjects to be shot.
Those who went on the Shoot Out in Elora were treated to a beautiful sun-shiny day with plenty of 
material to shoot. This shot of a tall work of art was nicely silhouetted against the Sun by Tammy.
Almost everyone in the group took a shot of the coloured doors, on one of the side streets, and it was interesting to see the different 
perspectives in each of them, as evidenced by these two by Chris and Gary respectively.
Finally, Rachel showed her creativity and photographic eye by angling this image so that it was the door that was on the slant, and not the road as was indeed the 
reality – good job, Rachel!
And as if that were not enough, we also had a great time at the meeting at Video 99 where Brooke Anderson set up and providing us with a demonstration of a basic studio lighting.
We learned a great deal about placement of lights, how the light should be balanced, how to meter it effectively and even a little on posing our subjects. Great job, and thank you Brooke. Thanks also to Brett who was our impromptu model for the evening!
4 Week Challenge
Every month, we challenge each other with a task. Try our challenge and bring your shots to the next meeting on a memory stick to share with everyone. We’ll tell you what we like about them.
The Last Challenge: Easter 
Admittedly, the last blog was a little late being published and not everyone got the message that the challenge was “Easter” but Shannon and Rachel came through for us. Shannon showed us an image of one of her favorite subjects – her dog! And managed to practice some studio lighting in the process.
Rachel gave us a glimpse of some of her “loot” with a picture of her chocolate. What you 
don’t see is the real interest part of the photo – she’s been practicing her photoshop skills and removed the net weight from the box… too bad we couldn’t remove the net weight from eating it!
Our Next Challenge: Speed
This month’s challenge is about capturing speed. Unlike the “Stop action” challenge we did a few months ago, this time we want the image to portray the speed. The idea is that on a two dimensional, still image, we want you to convey the feeling of motion – and the faster the motion, the better.
For inspiration, here’s a flickr group to look at: http://www.flickr.com/groups/deliberatemotionblur/
Future Challenge: Strangers
I know this one will be a challenge to me! The idea is to bring at least three images of people you don’t know – Oh my – you mean I’ll have to ask strangers if I can take their pictures?!
Shoot Out: Henry’s Show 
OK, so it’s not really a shoot-out, but how could we call ourselves photographers if we didn’t go at least one show? May 14th, 15th and 16th, Henry’s is presenting their annual “Photographic, Video and Digital Imaging Show” at the International Centre in Mississauga. Some of you may want to attend all three days when you see the Show Schedule, but if you would like to go on Saturday, contact Gary (you should already have my e-mail address as I send notes to you all). Perhaps we can travel together.
For more information on the show, visit the website:
http://www.henrys.ca/Show/Imaging-Show.html
Freebie of the Month: Photoshop Plugins
Filter Forge is a plugin package for Photoshop that allows you to use pre-built and build your own filters. You can also access over 7000 user-created filters from their website. Best of all, they have “Freepacks” that you can download and use on images up to 3000x3000 pixels!
These filters do some amazing things to your images. Give them a try. (Note: If you have photoshop elements, I believe these plug-ins will work for you too, but that is unconfirmed… if you find out one way or the other, please let me know and I will update the blog… thanks).
http://www.filterforge.com/download/
Next Regular Meeting: May 30th, 2010 – 4:00-6:00pm
You never know what you’re missing when you’re not there. We share a few of the images we see on the blog, but certainly not all of them, and not always the best either. Come on out and share you’re pictures with the rest of us! Meet us in the studio at the back of the Video 99 store in Hespeler.
Upcoming Meetings: Put them on your calendar now!
June 27th
July 25th
August 22nd
