Visit to Studio 404 a Great Success

Our visit to Studio 404 was a great success.  Ross showed us many aspects of Food Photography. We learned a lot about food photography and some of the tricks of the trade.

  Stephen making "ice-cream" while Ross talks "beer"

Is this real ice-cream?




Want a lick?

Guild members watching the beer demonstration

Ross and his view camera

Viewing the setup

Make sure there is foam at the top

Spraying on the water droplets

Setting up the shot

 

The final product 

Getting ready with the next food set

A side view of the product display

Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory

GPG February Outing - Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory, Saturday February 22^nd. Come enjoy the perfect warm weather photo break.

Our February photography outing will be to the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory in Cambridge on Saturday, February 22^nd from 9am to around noon.

http://www.cambridgebutterfly.com/

Admission including tax is $13.00. Parking is free.  (Please do not purchase e-tickets, as we must pay as a group at admittance).

As a group we have reserved the conservatory at 9:00am for our admittance a full hour before the general public are admitted. During that first hour we are free to use tripods. After 10am we are free to continue to photograph but we cannot use tripods.

Please note that we need to be sure to have at least 8 members attend to be able to get in at 9:00am. So Please attend if possible. This is a perfect warm weather break from this exceedingly cold winter.

For those driving directly to the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory the address is:

2500 Kossuth Road

Cambridge, Ontario

N3H 4R7

For those wanting to meet up in Guelph:

We will be meeting in Guelph at our usual location in the parking lot in front of the South facing Sears entrance at Stone Road Mall at 8:15am Saturday morning on the 22^nd.

We will organize car-pooling among the group at that time.

Studio404 Group --- Ross Davidson-Pilon --- Guild Visit Wednesday February 19, 2014

The Studio404 Group is  represented by Ross Davidson-Pilon Photography, Tots Photography, Picture This Framing and Digital imaging Labs as well as Gallery 404 fine art.

We employ three full time photographers as well as part-time staff.

Ross Davidson-Pilon has been a Commercial Advertising Photographer for over 33 years, his work appears regularly in regional, national as well as international publications.

Some of his clients include Dupont Chemicals, Pioneer Feed and Seed, Uniroyal Ltd., CIBC, M&M Meats Ltd, Ontario Foodland, Hunts Tomatoes, General Foods, LCBO Publications, Peperage Farm...

Ross Davidson-Pilon/Studio404 has won numerous awards including:

 Professional Photographers of America - Master Photographer 2010

CPAC awards best advertising photography 2002,2006,2007,2010

National Agricultural Advertising  Institute - Best advertising  campaign 2001, 2005, 2009.

CARA Awards

Guelph Citizen of the Year 2004

Ross is also a retired Major- (RCAF) , he has participated in numerous missions throughout the world  in support of NATO  , United Nations humanitarian relief and with the Canadian Forces Disaster Assistance Response Team CF - D.A.R.T.

Food Photography with Ross Davidson-Pilon Wednesday February 19, 2014

Our February 19, 2014  Guild meeting will take place at Ross Davidson-Pilon's Studio 404.  His studio is at 404 York Rd. Guelph

There will be a tour of his studio capped off with a demonstration on "Food Photography".

Winter Walk at RGB Saturday January 18, 2014

This coming Saturday morning, January 18th, we will be going on a Winter walk on the boardwalk by Grindstone Creek at the RBG in Hamilton Ontario.

We will start the walk at "Cherry Hill Gate" and follow the boardwalk and the Grindstone March trail for a spectacular winter walk.

This outing is a must for those wanting to get some great winter bird photos. Bring a little bit of bird seed if you want to entice these normally very shy birds in very close for pictures.

Below is the link to a PDF from the RBG with information.

www.rbg.ca/files/pdf/gardenareas/trails/RBGHendrieTG13.pdf

We will be meeting in Guelph at our usual location in the parking lot in front of the South facing Sears entrance at Stone Road Mall at 8:30am this Saturday morning, Jan 18th. We will organize car pooling among the group at that time.

We plan to finish up the walk before noon and return to Guelph.

For those who plan on driving straight there, you can meet us around 9:15 in the parking lot across the street from the RBG main building located at 680 Plains Road West, Burlington, ON.

Cherry Hill Gate is located at the parking lot mentioned above, again, located on the north side of Plains Road across from the main RBG building.

Please note that there is no admission fee for the trail, but there is a minimal parking fee.

I've also added the website for the RBG below:
www.rbg.ca/

Hope you can make it out! 

Stephen Just

January 15, 2014 Guild Meeting

On Wednesday, January 15, 2014, there will be a Guild Meeting at Dublin Street United Church at 7:00 PM.

The topic will be DSLR Basics & an Overview of Ponds Training for 2014.

On Saturday, January 18, there will be a Guild Outing.  It will be RGB Winter Trail Walk.

Photo Contest Results

I would like to thank all Guild members who participated in our Christmas Social photo contest. There were 83 photos submitted in all.

First prize went to Doug England
Second prize went to John McGill
Third prize went to Grant Sewell

Congratulations to the winners.

Guild Photography Exhibition Closed Today

I would like to thank all the Guild members who participated in our Guild's Photographic Exhibition at Guelph Civic Museum.

Connie DeRuyter

Doug England

Bob Jones

Stephen Just

Renata Renartowicz

Nick Mares

John McGill

Tony Moran

Alan Norsworthy

Cathy Sewell

Grant Sewell

Bruce Shapka

Gerry Shapka

Comments Taken from Guest Book

Guelph, Wellington, and the World

Photographic Exhibition

October 24, 2013 to December 15, 2013

Great exhibit
Beautiful
Amazing
Fantastic Photographs. Some of them literally took my breath away. Beautiful!
Had fun today
Wow
Nice Photos
Lovely Photos
Beautiful photos. I loved the flower (red), the horse, the Lady of Lordes Church the best.
Nice
Wonderful place for visit and travel
Beautiful Art
Great place to learn the history of Guelph
Absolutely lovely 
Fantastic exhibit everyone. Good luck to all the artists.
Beautiful photos. I came from Stratford. We have a camera club there but love to see more from your camera club.
Many thanks 

Guild Christmas Social Wednesday December 18, 2013

Our Guild Christmas social will take place on December 18, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the Penny Whistle Pub on the corner of Baker Street and Quebec Street, Guelph. There is parking at the Baker Street parking lot.

In addition to the socializing, the main event of the evening will be a photo contest. Like last year, Guild members can submit photographs (jpeg form) in four categories. Judging will be done by Guild members in attendance. You will vote on each submitted photograph. Prizes will be awarded to the top three photographs, as selected by you.

The four categories are:

a) Nature/Landscape

b) Abstract/Artistic

c) Macro/Close Up

d) People/Pets

See our Flickr site for more details.

Hope to see you there.

Bruce Shapka

"In Conversation" with Alan Norsworthy and Doug England

On Sunday, November 24 at 2:00 PM Alan Norsworthy and Doug England will be making a presentation on the photographs of Guelph Photographers Guild's Exhibition. Their presentation will be followed by a Q&A session.

The presentation will be held on the third floor of Guelph Civic Museum. It will be in the gallery where the photographs are on display.

Hope to see you there. 

Here is the review published in the University of Guelph's student news paper the Ontarion

http://www.theontarion.com/2013/11/photographers-deliver-talk-at-guelph-civic-museum/