President's Message

As we enter into 2004, I look back at the year we just had and give thanks to all the people who made it a great year. To the speakers who so graciously gave of their time and knowledge. I hope we appreciate their efforts. To the members of CPS who come out month after month and inspire us with images in our print competition. We can all learn from having are own work along with other photographers work being critiqued. Keep the prints coming! Thanks again to the executive. They are the backbone of your club. Give them a pat on the back and a job well done.

As we start a new year, we start accumulating points towards our years awards. This months theme was KITCHEN ITEMS. I know I have spent enough time in the kitchen eating this Christmas. I should be able to get a picture or two as well.

I hope to see everyone at the January meeting. Bring a friend and have them join at the low introductory price of $30.00. What a deal!

Scott Winter, President
Calgary Photographic Society

Executives

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Club Themes

Meeting Notice
The January 07 Wednesday meeting will be at 7:30pm at the University of Calgary in the Kinesiology building in room #Kn129 not room KN133 as normal due to availability problems.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS
We would like to thank our past guest speaker Patrick Kornack on an excellent presentation.

For the Month of February, we will be our own guest speaker. For those that were not present at the December meeting, negatives were brought in be Harry Mah.

For those that elected to take a negative, will be presenting their print and talking about their technique and the intricacies of their print. More negatives will be brought to the January meeting.
The purpose of this challenge is to compare our thoughts, techniques, and skills.

UPCOMING EVENTS
Photo Space gallery presents a collective exhibit of 8 artists.
Nicole Bergan
Carmen Beattie
Jade Cusano
David Fahie
Ken McCurdy
Len Miller
Jacques Rioux

Exhibit runs until January 11th 2004.

Readers Corner

Center of Interest

Pictures do not necessarily have to have meaning. Their basic purpose is to provide visual pleasure from having been seen.

Sharpness

The feeling that the main purpose of photography is to capture every detail with infinite sharpness, and thus demonstrate the magnificent quality of your lens, is an obsession that photographers need to fight constantly.

Criticism

All photographers share a common desire to have their work seen and appreciated. Hoping to improve pictorial qualities, many take seriously the criticism that is imposed upon them. Too often the critic is neither capable nor interested in providing, constructive advice.
Ben Clements & David Rosenfeld

Web Crawl

If you have any web sites that you enjoy and would possibly be of interest to others please contact the news letter editor.

Calgary Photographic Society – Executive Positions

If you are interested in running for any of the positions please contact one of the executive members.

President: Chairs the monthly meetings, calls for executive meetings usually no more than twice per year, arranges for room rental and signs leases, organizes the annual scavenger hunt, and attends to other business that comes up from time to time. The time commitment outside of the monthly meetings averages about 2 hours per month.

Treasurer: Maintains the societies financial accounts and books, files taxes and annual returns, pays bills, collects the membership dues. The Treasurer also maintains the societies membership list. The time commitment averages 2 hours per month. An accounting background is NOT necessary….will train the right person!

Monthly Programming Director: Arranges for guest speakers for the monthly meetings. Duties include phoning potential speakers, and booking them for a meeting. Time commitment is approximately 1 hour per month.

External Programming Director: Arranges 2 – 4 field trips or seminars per year. The only skills required for this 1-hour per month position is your imagination!

Secretary: Records the scores for the critique at the monthly meetings, and records the minutes for any executive meeting that the president calls. The secretary forwards the results of the critiques to the newsletter editor. Time commitment varies, but last year there was only 1 executive meeting, so it probably worked out to about 3 hours per YEAR.

Archivist: Photographs both the winning and any interesting images that are submitted for the monthly critique, and maintains the archive album. This position requires a camera and about 1-hour per month.

Newsletter Editor: Writes, edits, publishes, and mails the newsletter each month. This is a great position if you like to voice your opinion!! The time commitment is about 2 hours per month.

Upcoming External Programs

Finished for the Year.

Special Thanks to Stephen Butt and Scott Winter for all their efforts in making this a success.

For further information please call Stephen at 247-6649 or Scott at 932-4484

Winter photography workshop includes 2 field trips and two evenings - contact Robert Berdan or see www.science.andart.org/photography.html for more information - see PDF files for more information
Cost: $149.00 includes wine, chees, special tuks, notes and assignments.

LAST MONTHS COMPETITION RESULTS