Moose Jaw Camera Club (MJCC) hosted their first outdoor photoshoot event of the year with their club members on Saturday, Jan. 14 at Wakamow Valley skating oval.
“It’s something brand new to us,” said MJCC Vice-president Betty Calvert. “We haven’t done anything quite like this before.”
She says, although this was their first time shooting in the skating oval, some of the members have already experienced photographing figure skaters before in the skating rink. She also says Maria Rigetti was able to show some good skating moves that the club members were able to photograph. “It was a good experience,” she said.
“It was fun,” said former figure skater and current Saskatchewan Roughriders cheer team member Maria Rigetti. “I have always liked skating and it’s a big part of my life.I am comfortable in front of the camera, but I have never done it with skating actually.”
She quit competitive skating six years ago, but continues to skate once or twice a year just for fun.
“Today was to get our members to try out their shutter speed and create slow-motion blurs,” MJCC event coordinator Rob Harden said.
He says today’s event went awesome and it was essential to practice quite a bit to get that magic blur and keep the faces sharp which is the hardest part. He also says it was a treat to shoot a figure skater and see somebody [at a] calibre [level] with [good] form.
“It’s magical,” he said.
He thinks the MJCC membership is improving [in their photography] every time they are out doing similar things together. “There are few of us and we just want to get even better [at taking pictures,” Harden said.
“We came out today where Rob was demonstrating how to depict motion in our photographs by adjusting shutter speed and everybody was having a fun time,” club member Bob Schultz said.
He says, there were a couple of speed skaters at the beginning of the shoot, which was great, and then they had a figure skater. He also said it’s always good when you have a model who can do what you are asking her to do. He is hopeful to get some quality good photographs.
Calvert also says the club is always welcoming new members. She says there is a reduced registration fee for interested new members who are looking forward to joining.
Registration fees are presently thirty dollars until the end of June. For registration, kindly visit MJCC’s website https://themoosejawcameraclub.com/. You can also call Wanda at 306-631-7440 or Leonard at 306-693-7865.
