CHALLENGE SHOWCASE RESULTS: Household Tools & Decisive Moment

9th Meeting - Challenge Showcase

News:

Vancouver Camera Show and Swap Meet
Early birds - 9:00 AM- $15 (until 10:00 AM)
Regular Adult admission- 10:00 AM to 4 PM $5.00
Young adults and children (14 and under)- free with paid adult admission

Occultation of Venus at about 5am on April 22nd. Exerpt from cloudynights.com:

April 22, 2009: Predawn Lunar Occultation of Venus: Both the Moon and Venus will be in their "waning" crescent phases, in Pisces, making this a most interesting event to view through a telescope. The event begins at 5:10am PDT, with the Moon and Venus only 3 degrees above the eastern horizon and ends at 6:09am PDT, with both celestial bodies 15 degrees above the eastern horizon, as seen in Northern California. Venus will be a very large 45.1 arc seconds in diameter, a slender 17.3% full, and will shine at magnitude -4.5. Appearing nearly 40 times larger than Venus, the moon will be only 8.4% full. Note: The Western United States is favored for this event since the occultation begins while the sky is still quite dark and is over a few minutes before the sun rises, which occurs about 6:22am PDT.

We were honoured to have Edmonton wedding photographers Lloyd and Merry of Night and Day Photography join us for the showcase. Welcome to OAC Photo Club!

Showcase challenge results:

We had two challenges this round due to our 2 week hiatus. The assignment was to photograph everyday things around the home and/or to capture a "decisive moment" as inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson. We had such great submissions and a great learning experience when we shared our comments and critique at the meeting last night.

Here are the photos in order starting with the one with most points garnered. Great job everyone!

In Oven by Barry


The Party by Laura


Out of Strawberries by Justin


Clothesline by Laura


4 Lights by Henry


Brushed Metal by Laura


Japan Fest 2 by Henry


Shadow of Lights by Barry (tied with above)


Focus on Mike by Barry


Calligraphy by Barry


Japan Fest 1 by Henry


Our topic for next week is in discussion. If you have any suggestions or workshop requests, please email us. The next challenge topic will be announced soon. Hope to see you next week!