Meetings

Next Meeting Thursday January 9, 2020

Loyalist College Pioneer building room P13

7:30 – 9:30

Guest Presenter

The County Photographer

Phil Norton

Phil Norton, 62, comes from the old days of film and darkroom photography with a career in magazine and newspaper journalism. But he’s staying current by embracing the new technology, adding the likes of drones and Instagram to his toolkit. 

His work has evolved from an artistic style to documentary and visual storytelling and now back to fine art. For magazines and blogs, he uses the written word, audio and multimedia to enhance the still pictures.

In the 1980’s, with an environmental science degree from Penn State, he focused on issues about energy, air pollution and water. In Quebec he was the editor of a bilingual weekly newspaper, and as a freelancer for Harrowsmith Magazine, he won two National Magazine Awards for articles on acid rain and forest dieback. Similar work along with travel and biographical features were published in Canadian Geographic, Time, National Geographic Traveler and regional publications like Adirondack Life.

At the dawn of the 21st century, he worked in the Photography Department of The Montreal Gazette where he was at the forefront of learning Adobe Photoshop and digital photography and archiving.

As more and more people flocked to DSLR’s and smart phone cameras, he moved into personal tutoring and leading Photography Adventures, week-long group trips to all points of North America. Currently his County Outings business, and a partnership with the Drake Devonshire Inn, offer private winery and birding tours in Prince Edward County.

On November 14, Norton will bring you up to date with some of documentary stories he is pursuing, including a “Then and now” project revisiting the places and people from his bicycle camping tours of 1979-80, as well as the “2020 Vision” and the “Pulse of America” projects prior to the US presidential election next November, and his ongoing Energy Documentary about climate change. Also featuring his drone project, “Vertigo” for an upcoming home studio exhibition of vertical aerial panoramas.

Monthly Theme

This month we have an Open Theme so you are free to two your TWO best images of 2019 to share. Don’t worry if you see an error message after the upload. It is just a glitch on the website that we can’t seem to get rid of.

Next Meeting Thursday November 14, 2019

Loyalist College Pioneer building room P13

7:30 – 9:30

Phil Norton was scheduled to present at our November meeting, but due to a family emergency he will be postponed to a later date. Our program coordinator, John Wolf, scrambled and booked us a fantastic replacement:

Steven Rose : Antarctic Expedition

Steve has always had a love for the outdoors. “Waking up in a tent means that I must be somewhere good” says Steve.  “Photography is a passion for me and I enjoy sharing outdoor experiences with people who might not venture off of the beaten track through my pictures and taking them out on photography adventures.  Elevating someone’s photography skills by sharing my knowledge is a great joy.”

Steve has been presented with many awards  over the years and had his pictures used in magazines, books, and calendars, but his best moments are still seeing the excited looks on a persons face when they get “the shot”.  

He works with One Ocean Expeditions as “The photographer in residence “ which has taken him to many off the beaten track destinations Antarctica being one of his favourites.

He enjoys canoeing, kayaking, diving, snowboarding, skiing, and mountain biking, when not taking pictures, but then again the camera is always with him even in these pursuits. 

Next Meeting Thursday November 14, 2019

Loyalist College Pioneer building room P13

7:30 – 9:30

Guest Presenter

The County Photographer

Phil Norton

Phil Norton, 62, comes from the old days of film and darkroom photography with a career in magazine and newspaper journalism. But he’s staying current by embracing the new technology, adding the likes of drones and Instagram to his toolkit. 

His work has evolved from an artistic style to documentary and visual storytelling and now back to fine art. For magazines and blogs, he uses the written word, audio and multimedia to enhance the still pictures.

In the 1980’s, with an environmental science degree from Penn State, he focused on issues about energy, air pollution and water. In Quebec he was the editor of a bilingual weekly newspaper, and as a freelancer for Harrowsmith Magazine, he won two National Magazine Awards for articles on acid rain and forest dieback. Similar work along with travel and biographical features were published in Canadian Geographic, Time, National Geographic Traveler and regional publications like Adirondack Life.

At the dawn of the 21st century, he worked in the Photography Department of The Montreal Gazette where he was at the forefront of learning Adobe Photoshop and digital photography and archiving.

As more and more people flocked to DSLR’s and smart phone cameras, he moved into personal tutoring and leading Photography Adventures, week-long group trips to all points of North America. Currently his County Outings business, and a partnership with the Drake Devonshire Inn, offer private winery and birding tours in Prince Edward County.

On November 14, Norton will bring you up to date with some of documentary stories he is pursuing, including a “Then and now” project revisiting the places and people from his bicycle camping tours of 1979-80, as well as the “2020 Vision” and the “Pulse of America” projects prior to the US presidential election next November, and his ongoing Energy Documentary about climate change. Also featuring his drone project, “Vertigo” for an upcoming home studio exhibition of vertical aerial panoramas.

Monthly Theme

We all learned so much from Phillip Sun’s presentation last month. This month we are trying to put into practice some of the things we learned. This month we are specifically trying to capture backlit fall colours. Don’t forget to upload your best two images to our theme gallery. Don’t worry if you see an error message after the upload. It is just a glitch on the website that we can’t seem to get rid of.

Next Meeting Thursday October 10, 2019

Loyalist College Pioneer building room P13

7:30 – 9:30

Special Presentation

Work the Light

Philip Sun

This program is designed to help the photographic club members to  better understand  the concepts of light, and train their visual senses toward seeing the light. This presentation will be divided into four parts:

1. In the first segment, Philip will discuss on how and where to look for the light.
2. In the second segment, he will talk about the different lighting effects.
3. In the third segment, he will talk about how to make use of nature’s elements to help enhance the quality of your images.
4. The fourth segment involves post processing.

Here is Philip’s bio:

I used to belong to three camera clubs: The Toronto Guild (now known as Toronto Digital Photo Club), The Toronto Camera Club, and The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto which I am currently an honorary member. I was a multiple Gold Medal Winner when I competed in PSA(Photographic Society of America) world’s Salon competition, and was ranked in PSA’s World Top Ten Who’s Who in years 2004, 2005 and 2006 consecutively. My most coveted prize was a gold Medal in the CAPA competition with a perfect score of 10-10-10 with my image “Wild Horses”, also I was awarded a Gold Medal in the salon competition hosted by RPC (Royal Photographic Society) which is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious camera clubs. I had just retired from conducting workshops in North America. I am also an experienced photographic judge and a full time lecturer.  

Next Meeting Thursday June13, 2019

Loyalist College Pioneer building room P13

7:30 – 9:30

Explore the world of Documentary Photography and the Personal Project!

Whether it’s around the corner, or in a far corner of the world, the documentary photography project has been a mainstay of images for the past century. Join Rob Skeoch and explore some of his most recent projects and gain the knowledge to start your own project, spoken through your own voice. If you have a camera and at least one lens, you’re well equipped to tackle your first documentary story.

ROB SKEOCH (1959-), is an award-winning photographer whose work has appeared in magazines and books published around the world. He grew up in Burlington, Ontario, and began making photographs for the high school yearbook in 1974. He’s remained in love with photography since then, working at a number of newspapers, freelancing for years, and currently working on a project of portrait work.

As a storyteller, Rob uses photography to tell the story as he finds it on the streets. Working in the tradition of photography greats Robert Frank and Walker Evans, Rob creates portraits of people on the streets, in Hamilton, Toronto or New York City. A lover of all genres of photography, including the work he does with Sony of Canada and the latest digital cameras, Rob also uses historical equipment in the fulfillment of his vision of photography.

This commitment to his art has taken him around the world, and around the corner, in search of great images that will contribute to the story of mankind, the focus of his work.