Showcase is a monthly event which provides members with the opportunity to share photos on any topic they choose. The “focus” is on participation.
However, each Showcase does have a stated theme and members are encouraged to explore and interpret this theme in an effort to expand their photographic experiences.
The most recent gallery will always appear at the top of the album.
Food is beautiful from creation to plate. Take images of food preparation, cooking and serving to mention a few. Photograph your own creations or those of others.
Shots that expose a specific moment in life or capture a powerful or emotional shot.
Use a mirror or reflections to add drama to your photograph. For reflections, think about using rivers, lakes, mud puddles or anything that gives you a double vision.
For example think about macro or lichen on a rock, eyes in portraits, moss on a tree branch, architectural features in buildings and other structures and maybe the foreground in your landscapes. Anything goes, so get out there and look for and capture the small things that can make a difference to your shots.
Depth of field is the player here. A great chance to work on bokeh or really look for a great foreground object in your image. Macro is a good option here as well, as you can get a very close up and crisp image while still capturing the story over the edge of the subject.
The rule of thirds is the theme. Try to achieve this with minimal cropping or none at all. Get your focal point in the sweet spot to the left or right, but don’t forget to take notice of the subject’s surroundings. Composition and placement is key. Really work on different angles if needed to capture the shot.
TIPS: You might be able to set up a grid in your viewfinder to aid with subject positioning.
TIPS: You might be able to set up a grid in your viewfinder to aid with subject positioning.
Now’s the time to capture some black and white or monochrome images. Look for shots that you think will work well in black and white or monochrome. Even better, if you have the in-camera option, set it to take black and white right away and save yourself the post-processing step. You can then see the results as you take it.
Let’s slow that shutter speed right down. Look for freezing your moving images while still capturing the motion. Oooh, an icicle dripping water…double freeze! Just an idea.
The goal here is to take your images based on light(s). Examples range from light sources using your in camera flash or external flash, to actually taking images of light and adjusting your aperture to get some flares. It’s a low light time of year so we need to get creative. TIPS: The higher your aperture, the more flare you can get from a light source. If working with flash, try bouncing it off a wall rather than directly at your subject if possible.
It’s that time of year when we would all like to see some saturation and intensity of colours. Many houses and businesses are lit up for the holiday season and make for great photo opportunities or maybe you would like to choose just one colour and focus on that. With a little post processing, you can make your colours pop. Another great opportunity for this theme is to take some HDR images.
This one is a real adventure for the eyes. Look for some leading lines in your shots. Focus on your composition and how angle effects how you want the image viewed. Don’t forget to move around to get the shot you want. If it’s possible, try getting low. This can really change the dynamic of the image.
Here’s a chance to focus on, well, not being in focus…
Try some intentional blurring or distortions and get creative. Or, this is also a great opportunity to achieve some bokeh. Get that background nice and blurred.
Try some intentional blurring or distortions and get creative. Or, this is also a great opportunity to achieve some bokeh. Get that background nice and blurred.
Get your tripod ready! Now is the time (pun intended) to work on your shutter speeds and long exposures. August is a great time of year for meteor showers and star trails. Maybe try some light painting. Fall storm brewing? Get ready for some lightening!
Our final Showcase of the season. Pick a letter and grab your camera. The showcase theme this month is A Letter of the Alphabet. Every image subject must start with the one letter you choose.
Get your camera out and shoot what you wish, but get creative with how you compose it. Maybe you'll choose one item and take 6 images from 6 different perspectives.
Tonight’s Zoom program is KPAC’s monthly SHOWCASE where members share up to 6 images on a theme. The theme challenge this month is ‘Show Me Sound’.
'Classics' is the creative challenge for January's Showcase. As usual the topic is cryptic - your interpretation of Classic.
The theme for this last Showcase Program of 2020 is 'Time to Unwind'. The interpretation is yours.
This Members' Showcase is all about humour. Anything you find amusing, funny or just downright crackers! If it puts a smile on your face, we want to see it!
Find the good or upside in a not so ideal situation. Maybe you got some spectacular shots during the fires or floods. An unfortunate circumstance, but looking at the glass half full state of mind you got some good shots. Maybe you were stuck in quarantine…no fun, right?! Or maybe you’re sipping some tea and the glass was literally half full and you took a photo.
Sunlight – a life giving force that can cheer us up, cause us to gaze in awe or just plain want to make us lie down and bask in it on the nearest beach or lawn. What's your favourite sunlight photo?
Can you tell a story in a single shot? Give it a try and share it with us.
Traffic: We all have an opinion about it.
Let’s express that opinion in a photo and share!
Let’s express that opinion in a photo and share!
Pets: Beautiful, endearing, loving, great entertainment… Rascals, often in trouble, frustrating… Oh my! This kind of sounds like children! Bring and share your best shots and stories.
Ever look at something like a cloud, tree branches or cracks in the ice and swear that Mother Nature just drew a face? Capture the image and share it with us….
What’s your favorite or most unusual reflective surface? Care to share what your camera captured?
How many nests did you spot this spring and summer?
Care to share a photo and a story?
Care to share a photo and a story?
So which of our aquatic friends did you swim, sail or have a conversation with recently?
Share an image with us and tell us about them!
Share an image with us and tell us about them!
And what were you up to this summer? What was your favourite adventure? Share your photos and stories with us on the first meeting back from summer holidays.
We are surrounded by signs, graffiti and murals.
What's your favorite?
What's your favorite?
We all have pictures in our mind about what signifies romance. Question is -- do you have a photo of it?
Be creative and do your best!
Be creative and do your best!
WHIMSICAL: playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way.
And what captures whimsical for you?
And what captures whimsical for you?
We are fortunate to live where we do for a lot of reasons. One is the phenomenal interactions we have with nature everyday. What do you like best about nature? Animals, birds, plants, geology?
Antique: Defined as a collectible object that has value because of its considerable age. Yes I know we have a number of members who are valuable and of "considerable age" but remember - we can't collect them -- or can we?
Man made or natural, bridges exist everywhere. Share your favorite photo of one with us tonight.
Let your camera find the photos that make us want to envelop ourselves in the After Dark experience. (No showcase for Dec., 2018)
