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This Exploration is visual investigation of the concept of three. Open to any subject matter, three (3) is the key component - three key elements explored through their form, tonal values, texture and compositional placements.
Our brains like to see things in threes, and in simple and powerful arrangements. Things are generally more appealing and memorable if arranged in threes. Keep it simple of course. This is an opportunity to explore new ideas in your area of interest or in a new direction.
Limit of three photographs per submission.
Program Objectives:
- Built on our successful summer challenge program
- Designed to encourage personal photographic creativity and exploration.
- Practical explorations achievable in our Covid-19 environment.
- Create better images by sharing your work and getting feedback.
- Open to all OCC members at any level of experience.
- Share personal work or participate in exercises.
Participant information:
- You may submit up to 3 images for this session
- Images must be submitted to robin@imaginacorporation.com as .jpgs - any size greater than 1 mb accepted.
DEADLINE - Images must be submitted by midnight May16th
Note that we will once again be utilizing our WebEx online meeting system that will allow you to use your computer or smartphone to view the presentation as well as allow you to call in for the audio and participate with questions or comments.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please email challenges@oakvillecameraclub.com or robin@imaginacorporation.com
We hope to see you on Tuesday May18th
Regards,
Robin King, Education Director & Jared Fein, Challenges Director
Photo credit: Robin King
OCC Exploration #6 The Amazing Possibilities of Paper
Background Information:
Paper is the simplest, most versatile and best creative medium of all materials. It’s enormous potential for flexible artistic and visual expression combines creative vision and ideas with tactile experience. This exploration encourages a wide variety of approaches such as cutting, folding, embossing, tearing, sculpting, weaving, collage, origami and other techniques to create compelling images. Incorporate your knowledge of colour, line, form, composition and texture etc. as importance components of your investigation.
Each image should consist of paper as the primary content and any other object or medium should be there as a minor contrast or embellishment.
Program Objectives:
- Built on our successful summer challenge program
- Designed to encourage personal photographic creativity and exploration.
- Practical explorations achievable in our Covid-19 environment.
- Create better images by sharing your work and getting feedback.
- Open to all OCC members at any level of experience.
- Share personal work or participate in exercises.
Participant information:
- You may submit up to 3 images for this session. Limit of three different techniques/images per submission.
- Images must be submitted to robin@imaginacorporation.com as .jpgs - any size greater than 1 mb accepted.
DEADLINE - Images must be submitted by midnight March 7th
Note that we will once again be utilizing our WebEx online meeting system that will allow you to use your computer or smartphone to view the presentation as well as allow you to call in for the audio and participate with questions or comments.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please email robin@imaginacorporation.com
We hope to see you on Tuesday March 9th
Regards,
Robin King, Education Director & Jared Fein, Challenges Director
Photo credit: Robin King
DEADLINE - Images due by midnight Feb 7th.
The theme for this session is “Exploring Water in Motion”.
Solid, liquid or vapor, water provides almost endless opportunities for unique and dramatic photography. This exploration encourages you to experiment with personally novel approaches using short or long exposures to capture unique images of water. For example: waves, rivers, waterfalls, whirlpools, water drops, splash and aqueous photography, balloon bursts, snowstorms, ice flows, fog, avalanches, melting ice, steam, sprays, condensation, tears, etc.
As always with explorations, choose an approach that is new for you and explore this topic using original content - but this time you may also submit a single image from past works.
Limit of three images per submission.
Program Objectives:
- Built on our successful summer challenge program
- Designed to encourage personal photographic creativity and exploration.
- Practical explorations achievable in our Covid-19 environment.
- Create better images by sharing your work and getting feedback.
- Open to all OCC members at any level of experience.
- Share personal work or participate in exercises.
Participant information:
- You may submit up to 3 images for this session
- Images must be submitted to robin@imaginacorporation.com as .jpgs - any size greater than 1 mb accepted.
DEADLINE - Images must be submitted by midnight Sunday Feb 7th
Note that we will once again be utilizing our WebEx online meeting system that will allow you to use your computer or smartphone to view the presentation as well as allow you to call in for the audio and participate with questions or comments.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please email challenges@oakvillecameraclub.com or robin@imaginacorporation.com
We hope to see you on Tuesday February 9th!
Regards,
Jared Fein, Challenges Director & Robin King, Education Director
Photo credit: Robin King
The theme for this session is Minimalism with Contrasting Colours.
You may submit up to 2 images to this session.
Deadline – Images must be received by midnight Jan 10th
Images must be submitted to:
This exercise is an exploration in creating an impactful image using two contrasting colours in a simple and dynamic minimalist arrangement. Choose contrasting colours from the colour wheel (using color.adobe.com is a great place to start) then develop ideas for subjects/objects that you can arrange so that one of the colours is dominant and the other acts as the context or background.
Keep it very simple. If possible, try a fresh, new approach to explore this topic using original content rather than an image from the past.
Photo credit: Robin King
OCC EXPLORATION SESSION #3
Photo credit: Robin King
The theme for this challenge is “Analogous Colours”
This exercise is an exploration in creating an impactful image using analogous colours – colour hues that are close together in the colour wheel. For example, fall colours are often a limited range of yellow or red hues in different levels of saturation and intensity. Try to apply the hue, saturation and intensity of the chosen colour to enhance the visual impact of the image. Use any subject matter that you feel works for this assignment.
You may submit more than one image to this theme, but the total number of images submitted to the challenge must not exceed 3.
Images must be submitted by midnight December 6th to robin@imaginacorporation.com.
(FOR THIS CHALLENGE, DO NOT SEND THEM TO CHALLENGES@OAKVILLECAMERACLUB.COM)
Here are some helpful links on colour theory, colour wheels and analogous colours:
https://uxplanet.org/analogous-colors-and-color-wheel-609a05b5b90e
https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK THIS SESSION WILL BE HELD ONLINE VIA WEBEX. PLEASE WATCH YOUR EMAIL FOR WEBEX LINK DETAILS. THE OCC LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PROGRAM IN A DIGITAL FORMAT.
If you are not currently an OCC member but would like to join us in this Webex meeting, please email info@oakvillecameraclub.com OR register at our site to enjoy all the privileges that Membership provide https://www.oakvillecameraclub.com/membership/join
Please join us for our 2nd OCC Exploration Session
The theme for this session is Making the Ordinary into the Extraordinary. The meeting will be held on WebEx.
This exercise is an exploration in creativity using kitchen tools or other metal objects emphasizing novel viewpoints, composition and imaginative arrangement to create impactful images.
Each Exploration Session features a specific theme, however, all members of OCC are also encouraged to submit other personal images for sharing and discussion.
If time permits there will also be a brief tutorial at the end of the session on the theme of colour theory.
Participant information:
• Submit any one or two images to the second session or just join us on Webex.
• The deadline for image submission is Nov. 15, 2020 (48 hours before the session).
• Images must be submitted to robin@imaginacorporation.com
as .jpgs - any size greater than 1 mb accepted.
For more info. on the objectives of the Exploration Sessions, see:
https://www.oakvillecameraclub.com/program/325-occ-exploration-sessions
Picture Credit: Robin King "Cheese Grater"
Announcing a new educational initiative for Oakville Camera Club - OCC EXPLORATION SESSIONS
Creative Exploration Technique for Session 1: Intentional Camera Movement
Program Objectives:
• Built on our successful summer challenge program
• Designed to encourage personal photographic creativity and exploration.
• Practical explorations achievable in our Covid-19 environment.
• Create better images by sharing your work and getting feedback.
• Open to all OCC members at any level of experience.
• Share personal work or participate in exercises.
Participant information:
• Online Webex sessions approximate every two or three weeks starting
October 27th.
• Submit any one or two images to the first session or just join us on Webex.
• The deadline is 48 hours before each subsequent meeting.
• Images must be submitted to robin@imaginacorporation.com
as .jpgs - any size greater than 1 mb accepted.
Picture Credit: Robin King