Hi Everyone,

I hope that you're all doing well and keeping healthy.

I just came from a long walk and with the sun shining and birds singing one thing was clear to me -- Spring is here!

Given the reality of social and physical distancing it's highly unlikely that we're going to have a physical camera club meeting at the library anytime soon.  But this doesn't mean that we need to stop photographing completely.

A while back David Eaton sent me an email suggesting that we have a spring challenge by going out and photographing the flowers of spring as well as anything that captures the mood of spring.  I think that we should absolutely get our cameras out and do this.  You can choose to capture flowers, if you wish, or just the changing landscape as it transitions from winter to spring.  Things are now in the process of blossoming, so this is a perfect time.  From what I understand the York Regional Forest, as well as other trails (for example, Sheppard's Bush) are once again open to the public.

I'm suggesting that we post our images on the APLCC Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/APLCC/

Here's an image that David Eaton sent me to start us off:

If we get enough people posting images, perhaps we can have a club Zoom meeting and discuss our images and our photography plans for the summer.

Looking forward to seeing all your creations.

Stay safe and healthy.

Regards,

Ronen & the APLCC Steering Committee

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you are all keeping well during this difficult time.

To brighten your day a bit it seems that NIKON is offering free online photography classes for the entire month of April.  These classes  are normally priced anywhere between $15 to $50 each.

You can go here to signup:

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/2/21204243/nikon-free-photography-classes-april?fbclid=IwAR1DN8phyJXbGhJOESUV0bVW5_4OqshZzw04HFrxJCxgheIoJNt12LMNBtU

Thanks to Stephen Morley for bringing this offer to my attention.

Take care,

Ronen and the APL Camera Club Steering Committee

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick reminder that the next camera club meeting is scheduled for tomorrow (February 27) between 7-9 pm in the Magna Room of the Aurora Public Library.

As of now only a few people uploaded images to the Monthly Challenge Gallery.  It would be great if everyone tried to upload something by tomorrow.  Here's a reminder of what the challenge is this month:

For this month's challenge you are to upload two photographs, the first in its original state, and the other, the same image but after it's been edited.  You can edit the photograph in any image editing program that you wish.  Your goal, of course, is to use the editing software to make the image the best that it can be using whatever tools are available to you.  The way you edit the image and the tools that you use is completely up to you.  When uploading your image to the monthly challenge gallery you should upload the original image as well as the edited image so that we can look at them side by side.

Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Ronen & the APL Camera Club Steering Committee

Hi Everyone,

This is a quick reminder that the next APL Camera Club meeting will be held on January 30, between 7-9 pm in the Magna Room of the Aurora Public Library.

For this meeting we're planning a hands-on workshop on editing your photographs.  We will have stations set up throughout the room and we'll take you on step-by-step journey showing you how to take your photos from blah to wow...

Everyone is welcome to participate in this workshop but we are asking all participants to do the following:

1. Bring 3-4 of your own images to edit.
2. Your images must be on a USB flash drive.  Please do not bring images on SD cards, as we have no way to put them on the computer.
3. If you have your own laptop please bring that along, as we have a limited number of library-borrowed laptops to use.
4. Please download and install Adobe Lightroom on your laptop.  Make sure that you download the Lightroom Classic version, as this is the one that we'll be using for the workshop.  Adobe will allow you to use this software for 7days.  I recommend downloading and installing 2-3 days before the meeting.  You can download the Adobe Lightroom Classic here.
5. Given the nature of this meeting an RSVP would be appreciated.

If you have any questions please email me at reelstories@rogers.com.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday January 30.

Regards,

Ronen & the APLCC Steering Committee

Hi Everyone,

This is a reminder that the APLCC Holiday Party is on tomorrow between 7-9pm in the Lebovic Room of the Aurora Public Library.

We've got a couple of fun things planned, but mostly this is going to be an opportunity for all of us to mingle, chat, and get reacquainted.

If you can, please bring a small snack-type food to munch on.  If everyone brings a little bit of something we'll have more than enough -- be prepared to take whatever is left over back home with you.

Really looking forward to seeing all of you tomorrow.

Cheers,

Ronen & the APLCC Steering Committee