Upcoming Speakers 2022-2023 Season

Bio:  Monique Campbell is a street photographer from Hamilton, Ontario. Her photographs have been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally.

Presentation:  Monique will take us on a tour of her recent work, both B&W and colour, and describe some of her experiences with the photographs she shares. Monique’s talk focuses on building the confidence to photograph on the streets for both beginners and experienced photographers. Her talk shows over 80 photographs from her start as a street photographer in 2016 to present.  As part of the presentation several “before and after images” will demonstrate how she crops and edits her work.  Many tips and tricks will be discussed with the audience that she hopes will inspire people to go out and shoot Street.

What you will gain from this presentation:

• Understanding the 3 P’s:  Practice, Perseverance and Passion
• How to overcome fears of photographing people
• Create themes to facilitate photographing
• Use post production to enhance images
• Learn how to approach people for street portraits

Her work can be found at https://www.instagram.com/moments_by_monique/

“My Approach to a Shot”

Bio:  Scott’s photo of a Newfoundland pony won him his first photography competition, and appeared on the cover of Downhome Magazine’s 2019 calendar. The picture emulates some of his favourite things to photograph: landscapes, Newfoundland heritage, and interesting lighting. In the late 90s, Scott and his wife moved from Newfoundland to Ontario. After welcoming their daughter in 2001, Scott bought his first DSLR and discovered an interest in photography. While he experiments with numerous techniques like macro and still life, he grew a particular affection for landscapes and long exposures. After years of finding inspiration in Newfoundland’s rugged and historical landscape, one of Scott’s proudest moments was being the Featured Photographer in Downhome Magazine’s May 2021 issue. Scott is always striving to learn and improve his techniques, and has enjoyed his previous role as Competitions Director for CPOPC for two years.

Presentation:  Scott’s presentation will be about how he has approached his development as a photographer, how he plans his images and how he determines composition of his images.

Scott’s images can be found on to Instagram (@2jillsphotography) and sometimes on 500px (500px.com/tuckamore47)

“Still Life Photography”

Bio:  Manfred Mueller has traditionally been a travel and portrait photographer. When COVID-19 severely restricted his ability to work in those genres he decided to try Still Life photography.. To his surprise, he started winning local, national and international recognition for his work.

Presentation:  His presentation deals with the history of Still Life, include the strong links between still life painting and photography. He provides an overview of contemporary Canadian still life photography as well as showing examples of his own work. He shows how anyone can get into making still life photographs, including some of the equipment can be useful. To conclude the presentation, he gives ideas on some projects that people might want to try as a way of getting started in the genre.

Manfred’s website where you can see some of is work is: https://manfredm.ca/

“Back to Basics – Photography After Dark”

Bio:  Peter was encouraged to pursue photography from a young age by his father, who was also an avid photographer. Starting with a Kodak Brownie when he was about 10, Peter has used a variety of cameras and purchased his first film SLR in the mid-1970’s. Working summer jobs at Kodak in Toronto during his university years, he got to see how film and photo paper were made. A scientist by training, he always experiments to better understand what he sees. Peter enjoys a variety of different types of photography, including landscape, street, portrait, event, macro and recently, astrophotography.

Presentation: The presentation will talk about the different times for darkness (golden hour, blue hour, astronomical twilight) and then talk about the challenges of photographing cityscapes and other scenes at night, taking whole sky pictures and specialized astrophotography.

“Wildlife Photography”

Bio:  Daniel Cadieux is a self-taught bird and wildlife photographer, born, raised, and still residing in Ottawa. Birding from a young age, he began photographing them to document what he saw, then switched to a more artistic style to present them as beautiful birds (and other wildlife) in clean, appealing surroundings.

Presentation:  I will be presenting photos of birds and other wildlife from the Ottawa area. I will explain some techniques and gear that I use, what I look for in a situation, and how I proceed once I find an opportunity of interest. Mostly birds, some mammals, and a some macro. Also some tips for backyard photography for great opportunities right out the door.

Daniel’s work can be found at the following locations:
https://www.dancadphotography.com/
https://www.facebook.com/dancadphotography

“From Svalbard to Greenland to Prince Edward Island”

Bio: Stephen DesRoches is a photographer and a designer from Prince Edward Island, Canada. His days are often spent working with the team at silverorange where he is the design lead for TinEye.com (a reverse image and photography search engine). He has also played a part in the creation of the Firefox logo, EMRAP, and early designs of Duolingo. Stephen is a contributing instructor for OFFBEAT Photo and has previously worked with a publisher to create and design 20 photography-related ebooks. He has worked with Parks Canada, PEI Tourism, NCC, and recently joined an expedition ship as their staff photographer in the arctic.

Presentation: Travel is always nice and I love to dream about the next destination, but so much can be accomplished by specializing close to home. 2022 has been an interesting year coming out of a 2 year long pandemic. We will explore images of Prince Edward Island and how I keep “close to home” interesting, but also share stories from two recent travel destinations this year high above the arctic circle.

His work is found at www.stephendesroches.com

“Abandoned Photography: A safe guide for rural exploration”

Bio:  Robert Scott is a photographer based in Calgary, Alberta. He fell into photography by accident when caught in a thunderstorm riding his motorcycle on a secondary highway. He sought shelter in an abandoned building and while waiting for the storm to pass, he snapped a few pictures with his point and shoot camera. Since then, Robert has explored the backroads of Alberta and Saskatchewan relentlessly in search of historic relics to photograph.

Presentation:  With the growing popularity of abandoned photography across all social media platforms, people are venturing out of the city by the droves to hunt for these wooden relics to secure their own trophy shots. As a long time backroad hunter myself, I understand the lure of these historic structures and the magical images they can produce. However, the quest to conquer abandoned houses indeed has consequences. This presentation will shed light on the ethics and safety of abandoned photography while giving you a ‘shotgun’ seat through some of the most picturesque landscapes in Alberta.

His websites are robertscott.ca and abandonedphototours.ca