Choice of two projects for members to undertake, you will have plenty of opportunity to get out and about with your cameras.

Project 1 – 10 yards from the car.
This is an easy one, when you go on a trip, stop the car, and take images within 10 yards of the car, no more, see what you can do. And remember, the car has four ‘sides’ so you don’t have to take images just from the driver’s side. You could plan a circular tour in the area, stopping at various points along the way, thus giving you various viewpoints from which to start snapping.

Project 2 – Speed shooting.
Again, this is an easy one. Time yourself, but before you start, plan your ‘shoot’ so that you can make full use of the time available. Plan where to put the tripod, what you want to shoot, the kind of image you are after. Set yourself a target, and take 10 minutes or even 20, or 30 minutes for the ‘shoot’. See what you can get, how many different images you can come up with. This one doesn’t necessary have to be landscapes, you can do still life in the kitchen if its raining/snowing, take portraits or have a good time with the kids. But think first of what you are trying to achieve, and the time you have allowed yourself to do it. Plan, plan and plan again. Also an opportunity to try out some new gear, or a setting you have not used before.

When for.
You will have plenty of time for this one, the next free members evening will be on the 8th March 2010, so I would hope that you have 10 – 15 images for either project.

Gwladys
07.12.09

                                       
   This Months 'Solve the Picture Puzzle' – What is it .  

Yon may see this when walking in the countryside ? 
 
When you think you have  the answer, email to 

mike@deudraethcameraclub.co.uk 

GOOD LUCK
 
Last months 'Solve the Picture Puzzle' was a picture of a
' Snow - covered car ' : winning entries received
from Eryl Jones, Asha Metharam-Jones & Emyr Williams.

Deudraeth Camera Club.
Penrhyndeudraeth 

Monday 1st March 2010

Following on from the defeat suffered by the Deudraeth Camera Club at the hands of Dwyfor Camera Club in a competition the previous week it was nice to be able to welcome one of the perpetrators of our downfall in the person of Gareth Jenkins ARPS.

Gareth gained the accolade of an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society with a panel of images taken whilst on a cruise in the Antarctic in March of last year. The images were spectacular as were many others we were privileged to be shown, some accompanied with music and others with live commentary. We were shown some truly breathtaking images of icebergs, large and small, whales, penguins, sea birds and some stunning land and seascapes. As an encore Gareth then proceeded to show us more images, this time taken in the Arctic. It was interesting to compare the two areas. Most would expect them to be largely similar but this was not the case. The Antarctic proved still to be pristine and largely untouched by man, even the areas visited, whereas the Arctic, unless one is prepared or able to travel to the far north, is far more populated and exploited and less spectacular. All in all a very interesting and enjoyable evening which provided entertainment and education. We hope to see Gareth’s pictures again.
 

D M Jones
Press Secretary  
March 2010