Special Interest Groups
Group Feedback
The Feedback Group meets the first Wednesday of the month from October to May to give photographers an opportunity for informal feedback on each other’s work. Whatever one’s level of photographic skill, everyone can benefit from feedback and advice on how to improve images. New members are particularly welcome to take part.
During the Feedback meeting, group members respond by highlighting what they like about an image, and to suggest ways in which the image might be improved, or another direction they would have taken in processing the image.
The aim is to help each other develop an eye for what makes an attractive, compelling image, regardless of subject matter or medium.
Feedback is always given in a sensitive and supportive manner and provides an excellent opportunity for learning how others view your work.
To sign up, click here.
What do you like? What would you change?
1 - TECHNICAL QUALITY
Light: Colour, quantity, quality, direction, temperature
Focus: Sharpness, appropriate depth of field
Exposure: Appropriate exposure
Colours: Appropriate colours
Cleanliness: Free of scratches and dust
2 - COMPOSITION
Purpose: A strong centre of interest, pattern, or design
Balance: Position with the frame, use of negative space
Logic: Arrangement of the elements supports the purpose
Clarity: Simple and complete without distracting elements
Creative: Familiar subject in an unusual way
3 - IMPACT
Dynamic: Wow factor
Provocative: Excites imagination or strong emotion
Unusual: An unusual subject or an unusual approach
Feb/24
Nature
All Club members are welcome to participate in Nature outings.
Outings are announced throughout the year. In past years, outings included such places as Mud Lake, Gatineau Park, Snow Geese pursuits, and many more!
The Event and Program calendar shows the scheduled outings.
As well, outings are announced at the start of the weekly Club meeting and members will be notified via email.
Feb/24
Urban
The Urban Group is a special interest group of the Club focused on shooting "people in their environment" and "urban landscapes". Environmental shooting includes street photography, people at events, or people in their work or play setting. Urban Landscape photography involves looking for the photographic possibilities in the cities and urban areas where we live and work. The group organizes outings in and around the city. At the end of the year, members are invited to submit images for a showcase.
The Event and Program calendar shows the scheduled outings.
As well, outings are announced at the start of the weekly Club meeting and members will be notified via email.
Feb/24
Life, Faces & Figures
The Life, Faces and Figures Group aims to support the club members interested in exploring controlled lighting in photography. Much activity revolves around photographing people.
Photo shoots and workshops covering many ways of photographing people are scheduled throughout the year, some aimed at basic skill development, others aimed at providing creative opportunities.
There will be a charge for most workshops and photo-shoots, to cover the costs of models and make-up when relevant.
The Event and Program Calendar shows the scheduled activities.
As well, workshops and photo shoots are announced at the start of the weekly Club meeting and members will be notified via email.
Feb/24
Still Life
The Still Life Group is the RAPC’s newest special interest group, with the objective to hold meetings and studio sessions to facilitate RAPC members’ advancement in the art and craft of still life photography, by examining the work of the genre’s ‘masters’, developing knowledge & skills in the proper use of relevant equipment, and enhancing understanding of the optics and ‘language’ of still life.
The Event and Program Calendar shows the scheduled activities.
As well, workshops are announced at the start of the weekly Club meeting and members will be notified via email.
They are also listed here.
Sep/24
Fine Art
The Fine Art Group meets about once a month from October to April.
The Group promotes photography as one of the fine arts. It organizes outings and visits to art galleries in the city.
The Event and Program calendar shows the scheduled outings.
As well, outings are announced at the start of the weekly Club meeting and members will be notified via email.
Feb/24
