From The Gallery. Newsletter Of The Latow Photographers Guild MARCH 2005 CONTENTS. From The President Richard Smit IMAGE

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1 Newsletter Of The Latow Photographers Guild MARCH 2005 CONTENTS Cover Letter from our President Richard Smit From The Gallery Page 2 March Schedule of events 2005 Juried Show Information Seminar Volunteers From the President (continued) Page 3 Important Proposed changes to the Constitution and By-Laws Digital Group Deadline for next months Newsletter Page 4 For Sale From the Editor s Desk Page 5 Some great photographs of recent events Editor: John Ward Original Layout and Design by : Bill Shotton and Peter Young Send submissions to: latowsecretary@cogeco.ca Latow Photographers Guild Burlington Art Centre 1333 Lakeshore Road Burlington, Ontario L7S 1A9 Phone: (905) Fax: (905) Website: Two Chilly Pictures this month from Debbie Blades Ice House and Ice Monster Shadows From The President Richard Smit February is now coming to a close, with the Art action and 3 Club behind us, it is now time to focus on Kaleidoscope and seminar. Bill Browning s donated work sold for a substantial amount at the art auction. Thank you Bill. Also, thank you to these who made a donation, but were unable to sell the works. We had a good turn out at Three Club. From what I saw, the evening was a success. Thank you to all of you who submitted images for viewing, either as prints, digital images, or slides. Continued on Page 2 Volume Issue 7

2 Page 2 We are now entering into the busiest two months of the year. We have evaluations at the next general meeting and voting on proposed changes to the constitution and bylaws, digital photo contest with the Wellington club in New Zeeland in March. Than in April we have Kaleidoscope, our biggest fundraiser, Seminar with David Muench and The AV Festival. I expect that the committees will be looking for volunteers to help organize, and help on the days of the events. If you have not volunteered up to now or need to make up some volunteer hours, please consider donating some time for these events. Remember, we still have the Juried exhibition from April 23 to May 23. I expect that a call for submissions will be made soon. Consider entering some of you works into this. It is open to all members. Happy Clicking Richard Upcoming Seminar April 21 st 2005 By Peter Young Volunteers Needed We require volunteers for the setup on Friday the 22, and for the day of the Seminar as well as to distribute brochures to photo stores, libraries etc. I have had some response from our members however we need further help. I will be coordinating this effort and I can be contacted at , during our regular meeting and at odey70@hotmail.com. We intend to distribute our brochures in the Mississauga, Acton, Georgetown, Guelph, Kitchener /Waterloo, Fergus, Oakville, Grimsby, St. Catherine and Niagara Falls and other areas in the greater Toronto. The hours you expend are directly tallied against your Latow volunteer commitment. We are hoping members will take a number of brochures to distribute during their normal errands in their community thereby eliminating cost for fuel and time. Please contact me if you can help. The brochures will be available at our upcoming General meeting on March 1 st and in the finishing room after the 1 st. March Schedule 1 General Meeting Evaluation Results 8 New Exposures Joe Gaudet Critique of Black & White Images 15 Digital Group 2nd Annual Digital Photo Contest. Latow and Wellington New Zealand 22 Studio Group Still Life 29 Guest Speaker Rob Kennedy Going Soft Focus Techniques Other Events Feb 28 Executive Meeting Apr 26 Fireside Exhibition Un-Named 2005 Juried Show The 2005 Juried Show will be held in the Perry Gallery from April23 to May 23. Photos can be colour, black and white (traditional or digital). Each photo must be framed, glass covered and have a wire backing for hanging in the gallery. The entry fee is $10 for up to six photos. Prizes: Juror's choice $50 Honourable Mention $25 each. (an additional $15 for each accepted work) The Juror will be Suzy Lake. Entries will be accepted on Tuesday April 19th from 3:30 to 5:30 and 7to 10 PM in the Perry Gallery. On Wednesday April 20 at 7:30 PM the Juror will announce the awards and her selections. The Juror will speak about her criteria for selection and make general comments about the works entered. Works may be picked up on Tuesday May 24 th in The Perry Gallery. Note: Entry forms are available in the Latow finishing room (just to the right upon entering). For further information, please contact Larry Feldman at feldmang@sprint.ca

3 Page 3 Digital Group - March 15th This month I'm looking for images from you the membership for our second annual International Digital Competition with the Wellington Photographic Society of New Zealand. We send them 30 images and they do the same and all 60 images are judged by both clubs. The judging will be done live at this month's Digital Group and the New Zealand club will be doing their judging on our about the same day. The total scores from both clubs are added together to determine the winning images and Honourable Mentions. I need your BEST stuff by no later than Friday, March 4th. This is our chance to show the other side of the world our finest photography. The images don't have to be shot digitally, just converted to digital form for ing and digital projection. I'm looking for TWO images from each person at 1024 pixels in the longest dimension saved as a JPEG at about level 7 (medium) compression. your images to me at psparrow@cogeco.ca Thanks in advance for your entries and I look forward to seeing your images for this great event. Cheers, Paul Sparrow Proposed Changes to the Latow Constitution and By-Laws The following changes were passed by the Latow Board of Directors for consideration by the members. To be voted upon in the March General Meeting. By Law Changes Article II Section 1 Presently: Up to two adults and their children under the age of majority may be granted a family membership. Proposed: Up to two adults and their dependent children are eligible for a family membership. Article II Section 4 Presently: Honourary members may be conferred to deserving individuals by the Board of Directors. Proposed: Change: Honourary one year memberships may be conferred to deserving individuals by the Board of Directors. Proposed: Add Life Members. Life Membership may be given to deserving members by the Board of Directors. Life Members will have all the rights, privileges and obligations as a member of Latow. The requirement of dues to Latow will be waived. Article III Section 6 Add: A student membership may be granted to a full time student attending an accredited school of high school or greater level. Article V Section 9 Presently: Elected positions will be assumed at the termination of the annual business meeting. Proposed: Elected positions will be assumed between June 30th and August 31st. Article V11 Section 6 Add: Two signatures are required as bank authorization. The following four officers will have signing authority, President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. Article VI of the Constitution Presently: Proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Guild shall be presented to the monthly Board Meeting for inclusion in the agenda of the next General Meeting. A two-thirds affirmative vote by members present is required to amend the Constitution. Proposed: Proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Guild shall be presented to the monthly Board meeting for approval. Notification of the proposed amendments must be given, in writing, to the membership a minimum of thirty days prior to a subsequent General Meeting. A two-thirds affirmative vote by members present is required to amend the Constitution. Article VII of the Constitution Photo by Peter Schulze Presently: Proposed amendments to the By-Laws of the Guild shall be presented to the monthly Board Meeting for inclusion in the agenda of the next General Meeting. A two-thirds affirmative vote by members present is required to amend the By-Laws. Proposed: Proposed amendments to the By-Laws of the Guild shall be presented to the monthly Board meeting for approval. Notification of the proposed amendments must be given, in writing, to the membership a minimum of thirty days prior to a subsequent General Meeting. A two-thirds affirmative vote by members present is required to amend the By-Laws. APRIL NEWSLETTER DEADLINES The deadline for next months Newsletter will be April 24th PLEASE SEND IN YOUR ARTICLES AND COVER PICTURE CONSIDERATIONS BEFORE THIS DATE

4 Page 4 FOR SALE Canon F-1n 1972? SLR recently overhauled with new seals including mirror seals User Camera $ Canon second focusing screen H L $ FD lens 50mm f:1.4 with hood Canon $ FD 28mm f:2.8 Canon $ Sigma FD 24mm f:2.8 $ FD mm Zoom Macro f: 3.5 with Hood almost brand new Canon $ Set of Close up tubes Auto 12mm, 20mm, 36mm Vivitar $ Tamron FD mm Zoom Macro f:3.5 with Hood and Case $ Canon Flash coupler L ( hot shoe ) $ All lenses are in excellent condition. Please contact pschulze@cogeco.ca IMAGINE YOU PICTURE OR YOUR ARTICLE HERE AND, AT NO CHARGE GOT ANYTHING TO SELL? PUT IT HERE. THIS IS YOUR NEWSLETTER PLEASE CONTRIBUTE Canon EOS 3 Un-Named FOR SALE Mint condition Lightly and carefully used Body cap, strap, and manual incl. This truly is a gem One of Canon s best $ OBO Let s make a deal! Contact Ian for details at : or iantrott@quickclic.net *Visit Canon s website for all the details about the EOS 3. From the Editor s Desk I am getting great pictures now. Keep them coming in. Thank you. I placed two on this month s cover both by Debbie Blades. These are of course, a reminder of the weather we are experiencing this time of year. It s nice to see that some of us actually take our cameras out in the winter. Unfortunately, I am rarely one of you. There are great shots out there right now and it would certainly be worth it to capture the beauty of the season photographically. Have a look at the great line up of events next month, there are actually five Tuesday evenings instead of four! We have now competed three evaluations. The next will be the annual so, stay tuned for the dates the entries are due. Keep in mind that the Newsletter is your Newsletter. This month there are two members with items for sale. If you have anything you wish to sell, please send it to me. Ponder this: In Western philosophy we are told: Seek it and ye shall find it. In Eastern Philosophy it goes like this: When you seek it, you cannot find it Can anyone tell me why the difference. It s a test to see how many read the entire Newsletter. PLEASE NOTE SENDING ITEMS TO THE NEWS- LETTER Some of you are sending me different fonts and sizes. Please use only Times New Roman at 10 points. I will bold and underline where necessary. Please make sure you align your text before you send it or it takes extra time for me to do this.

5 Page 5 Above and Below By Debbie Blades The above two shots By Leonie Holmes