The usual collection of stuff in this newsletter:

• A message from Ryan Pahl, President of CPS
• Review of June's guest speaker: Sarah Millan
• Results from the June print competition
• Upcoming  print competitions
• and a very tiny bit more…

Spring has Sprung!

Summer is here once again. I hope you all have plans to get out and enjoy the sun; I know I will. A good way to get a start on this is to come on down to the next meeting. We plan to have a good old time in the great outdoors while exercising our shutter releases. The plan is to meet at the Big Hill Springs Provincial Park and shoot nature at its best. Hope to see you all there, and don’t forget to bring bug spray and of course a camera.

As for the August meeting, a scavenger hunt and barbeque to follow are in the works. Julie and Tino have been gracious enough to lend their home once again as the location for the event. Details are still being worked out, however,  the planned date is for Sunday the 10th of August 2008. More details will be given as they become available.

Have a great summer…

Ryan Pahl
President, Calgary Photographic Society

June Guest Speaker Review -  Sarah Millan

Photo by Jeff Clement

In June's meeting we had the pleasure of speaking with an amazing young woman, Sarah Millan.  Sarah is a native Calgarian, a photographer, a philosopher, and a great speaker.  Born and raised in Calgary, Sarah took off to travel Europe for three years when she turned 18.  During her travels she fell in love with photography.  When she came back to Calgary she enrolled at the ACAD and obtained a design degree in photography.  

When she was much younger her Grandmother introduced her to art and the two of them would frequently make trips to galleries together.  Her Grandmother was, and still is, hugely influencial to Sarah's work; frequently Sarah will go to her Grandmother for advice and for critique of her work.

The philosophical side of Sarah came out as she discussed how she approaches her work.  Her work "stems from the basis of the character of things".  All things have a story.  Sarah tries to become familiar with these stories and present them in her work.  In fact, Sarah will not begin to shoot a subject until she has a clear story in her mind.  Some of her work is documenting pieces of her childhood (Grandma's kitchen, etc)  and for these images she shoots down low, from child height, to produce the images she remembers from her childhood. Sarah shoots some commercial work but her passion is portraiture.   Sarah loves ambiguity in things. 

Sarah shared with us a selection of her images and they were superb.  While in school she eschewed the use of digital manipulation she's warmed to it and it's become an important part of her style. Many of her images have been modified to give them a grittier / memory like feel to them.  Sometimes this manipulation is done optically (huge stacks of filters) and sometimes in Photoshop.

Thanks Sarah!

June "Open" Print Competition Results 

Advanced Category 

Advanced Open – Carla Fedje – Sydney

 Intermediate Category

Intermediate Open  – Helmut Schoderbock – Squirrely View

Intermediate Open  – Stephen McCracken – Dumb Bitch

 Novice Category

June "Theme" Print Competition Results: "Different point of view on a common subject"

Advanced Theme

Advanced Theme – Carla Fedje – Meat Injection

 Intermediate Theme

Intermediate Theme – Stephen McCracken

Upcoming Print Competitions Themes

For Sale

Michael Sundberg has some items for sale.  If any of the following items are of interest contact him at ml.sundberg at shaw.ca.

PRINTER: SONY SNAP LAB UP-CR10L HIGH SPEED DYE-SUB PRINTER (5X7" OR 4X6" OR 3.5X5") GREAT FOR EVENT PRINTS, ONLY 20 SECONDS PER PRINT $990+GST

HASSELBLAD MEDIUM FORMAT SYSTEM INCL. 500C/M BODY WITH WAIST LEVEL FINDER, 120 FILM BACK, 80mm f/2.8 CARL ZEISS LENS, 150mm f/4.0 CARL ZEISS LENS, HASSELBLAD STRAP & CASE (ALL IN EXC COND, ALMOST LIKE NEW) $1950+GST

TRIPOD MANFROTTO HEAVY DUTY 075 (USED CONDITION, VERY HEAVY AND STABLE) $90+GST

MONOPOD MANFROTTO 679B BLACK $40+GST

PORTABLE BACK-DROP SUPPORT SYSTEM MANFROTTO WITH CARRYING CASE $90+GST

MUSLIN COTTON DYED "VENICE" COLOUR (BROWNS) FROM OWEN'S ORIGINALS 20'X10' WITH CARRYING BAG $90

CANVAS PAINTED & DYED BROWNS $90

ETHERNET BROADBAND ROUTER D-LINK, WIRED, NEW – NEVER USED $30

Web Crawl 

Announcement of the Nikon D700.  Full frame pro-body with the D3 innards and some additional nifty-ness like automatic sensor cleaning and built-in flash.

Also.  For any members with websites that would like them listed, please e-mail the URL to me at jeff.clement at calgaryphotographicsociety.ca.

That's All Folks!

And a final reminder… During the summer there will be no further published newsletters.  Upcoming events will continue to be posted to the website and e-mailed to the membership.