CPS June Edition
The first Wednesday of every month, I try to hone my photographic craft by attending the meetings of the Calgary Photographic Society. The meeting is usually broken down into two distinct parts: The first is a guest speaker, and the second is the print competition.
The guest speaker has a lot of latitude about what they wish to talk about. Everything from how they got started in the business, through Photoshop techniques to a sampling of slides that were taken over 15 years in the jungle have been shown to the members that attend each month.
This session we were blessed with a lady who loves her temples. After several trips to India photographing everything between the gates, and the large lagoons she pulled together a slide show that was very interesting and at the same time instilled in me a great desire to once again travel the world.
The second half of the montly meetings are always wrought with drama. There is a few members of the society, that I'm sure, hate each other. You can't buy this sort of entertainment, as individuals stand at arms over arguments as trivial as whether or not the colours being reflected by the water are a strong reflection. Attacks are always veiled, and I'm sure most have forgotten their battles by the time they've had their second after the meeting beer. Regardless, it makes for a good time.
As usual the photographs that the members produced were phenomenal, and made me wish I was a better photographer. I submitted the attached photo for the themed competition of: reflections. Some liked the picture, because it draws you towards the reflection before anything else in the photo, whereas others thought the upper left could have been less exposed, and I could have cropped it better (I don't think so, try to crop this tighter, and get something that doesn't make the nose look funny).
In the end, the three judges scored me a 7.6, which ties my personal best within the society. A special thanks to Mark for being my guinea pig helping me out.
