16th February 2024
I was on time. Yea. The atmosphere was a little subdued. Norman did a meet and greet at the door whereas he normally floats around getting everyone stoked up. Then we found out that Elizabeth was M.C. for the evening. She mentioned that Norman would be leaving early as he was attending a wedding anniversary. His and Trudy’s. Congratulations to both and especially to Trudy!!!
Before I could get my book ready, Elizabeth had called Tony to the floor for his reports. We must be doing all right for the reports were minimalist and Tony talked about his new ‘toy’, Osmo. Osmo is a compact and versatile little camera mounted on a gimbal. He had used
the camera to record the previous meeting and use the recording for the report, but....
It was interesting to see the effect as the gimbal took over and Norman sank slowly to the bottom of the image. Later it allowed him to walk out of frame eventually catching up. Of course it was the cameras fault. What else? There is promise here though. If it works, John and I might be out of a job and instead of having to read at lot of XXXX(you choose), you’ll be able to watch it.
We could tell Elizabeth was getting worried. No Joe!! She was in charge and had Tony lined up for the job, when in strolled Joe, unfazed by the
consternation. He blamed the roadworks. Skipping no beats he asked what the topic was for shorts and how many. Art and Culture, seven movies. One member was surprised, thinking the topic was Heart. Find out later.
Speaking of Art and Culture, maybe not what you were expecting but this ‘rogues’ gallery shows some of the shorts
contributors. Guy added to the flavour. Sorry, I don’t have pictures of Helmut and Tim.
Gary Dusting - Famous Art Works – as you’ve never seen them before. I’ve said it before – for a chap who cannot think of a subject, he keeps us all on our toes. His presentation of various artists, their subjects and a very punful commentary had us all groaning – with amusement.
Helmut took his GoPro around the Elysee Palace to record many of the displays.
John Bishop - Family Art showed how his extended family from youngest to oldest are involved in art, including his wife Olga. Some very
fine examples from a talented family.
Matt – demonstrated more of his talent. Having composed a music track he put psychedelic images to it. Bit like a musical kaleidoscope. There
were many comparisons to Dr Who, War of the Worlds, Aliens etc.
Tim – The Art of being Impatient. To the music ‘When the boat comes in’, Tim showed the ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ arriving at Tasmania. Patience
was waiting for the boat to get there.
Philip – Showed how one Temple leader in Thailand had used the Temple galleries to showcase modern versions of traditional art,
expressing traditional values in modern ways.
Joe - Memory test. It is usual, we’re told, for anyone undergoing heart surgery to lose memory of events for a couple of days before the
operation and also for a few days afterwards. Joe set out to prove or disprove the notion. He could remember everything, but it caught up
with him for the last meeting!!! It was Art Joe.
Guy West Not a movie, but a pun joke about Gary Dusting. ‘Gary had entered his ten best puns in a contest. He didn’t win because ...... No
pun in ten did’. I am not explaining that. Just keep repeating it and it will be revealed.
Future Topics;
March 1st I am not afraid.
March 15th Heartless. (or Artless for anyone hard of hearing)
March 29th is Good Friday. No mention about a Club Social, but wait for an
announcement.
Members films;
Doncaster Cricket Club – 75th Anniversary by Geoff showed members talking
about the history of the Club and players, relating how it began and
progressed.
Technical segment
Helmut introduced his new toy – a 360 degree camera. We found out that it was two 180 degree units with a built in stitching program to achieve a full circle. Not only horizontally, but vertically as well. Specifically purchased to allow him to record a ‘dive’ with sharks!!
On a previous journey –when there weren’t any sharks, he became aware of the limitations of the regular camera, in that recording the animals, and spectators reactions, at the same time, was not possible, unless you were outside of the cage. The image quality of his new camera is very good. Stability is not a problem as demonstrated by attaching the camera to his motorcycle and driving over a rough road. A couple of movies showed what can be done, but we do need an in house demo. This had been planned, but we ran out of time. What a good result. No need for ‘padding’ as someone said.
Running out of time meant that Elizabeth and Philip decided that their agenda item about the Family History project was postponed to the next meeting. Elizabeth mentioned that the syllabus had been amended and will be sent out soon. She then closed the meeting thanking all members for their involvement.
For what it is worth, I thought that the evening went quickly and was very entertaining.
Cheers,
Jac
Before I could get my book ready, Elizabeth had called Tony to the floor for his reports. We must be doing all right for the reports were minimalist and Tony talked about his new ‘toy’, Osmo. Osmo is a compact and versatile little camera mounted on a gimbal. He had used
the camera to record the previous meeting and use the recording for the report, but....
It was interesting to see the effect as the gimbal took over and Norman sank slowly to the bottom of the image. Later it allowed him to walk out of frame eventually catching up. Of course it was the cameras fault. What else? There is promise here though. If it works, John and I might be out of a job and instead of having to read at lot of XXXX(you choose), you’ll be able to watch it.
We could tell Elizabeth was getting worried. No Joe!! She was in charge and had Tony lined up for the job, when in strolled Joe, unfazed by the
consternation. He blamed the roadworks. Skipping no beats he asked what the topic was for shorts and how many. Art and Culture, seven movies. One member was surprised, thinking the topic was Heart. Find out later.
Speaking of Art and Culture, maybe not what you were expecting but this ‘rogues’ gallery shows some of the shorts
contributors. Guy added to the flavour. Sorry, I don’t have pictures of Helmut and Tim.
Gary Dusting - Famous Art Works – as you’ve never seen them before. I’ve said it before – for a chap who cannot think of a subject, he keeps us all on our toes. His presentation of various artists, their subjects and a very punful commentary had us all groaning – with amusement.
Helmut took his GoPro around the Elysee Palace to record many of the displays.
John Bishop - Family Art showed how his extended family from youngest to oldest are involved in art, including his wife Olga. Some very
fine examples from a talented family.
Matt – demonstrated more of his talent. Having composed a music track he put psychedelic images to it. Bit like a musical kaleidoscope. There
were many comparisons to Dr Who, War of the Worlds, Aliens etc.
Tim – The Art of being Impatient. To the music ‘When the boat comes in’, Tim showed the ‘Spirit of Tasmania’ arriving at Tasmania. Patience
was waiting for the boat to get there.
Philip – Showed how one Temple leader in Thailand had used the Temple galleries to showcase modern versions of traditional art,
expressing traditional values in modern ways.
Joe - Memory test. It is usual, we’re told, for anyone undergoing heart surgery to lose memory of events for a couple of days before the
operation and also for a few days afterwards. Joe set out to prove or disprove the notion. He could remember everything, but it caught up
with him for the last meeting!!! It was Art Joe.
Guy West Not a movie, but a pun joke about Gary Dusting. ‘Gary had entered his ten best puns in a contest. He didn’t win because ...... No
pun in ten did’. I am not explaining that. Just keep repeating it and it will be revealed.
Future Topics;
March 1st I am not afraid.
March 15th Heartless. (or Artless for anyone hard of hearing)
March 29th is Good Friday. No mention about a Club Social, but wait for an
announcement.
Members films;
Doncaster Cricket Club – 75th Anniversary by Geoff showed members talking
about the history of the Club and players, relating how it began and
progressed.
Technical segment
Helmut introduced his new toy – a 360 degree camera. We found out that it was two 180 degree units with a built in stitching program to achieve a full circle. Not only horizontally, but vertically as well. Specifically purchased to allow him to record a ‘dive’ with sharks!!
On a previous journey –when there weren’t any sharks, he became aware of the limitations of the regular camera, in that recording the animals, and spectators reactions, at the same time, was not possible, unless you were outside of the cage. The image quality of his new camera is very good. Stability is not a problem as demonstrated by attaching the camera to his motorcycle and driving over a rough road. A couple of movies showed what can be done, but we do need an in house demo. This had been planned, but we ran out of time. What a good result. No need for ‘padding’ as someone said.
Running out of time meant that Elizabeth and Philip decided that their agenda item about the Family History project was postponed to the next meeting. Elizabeth mentioned that the syllabus had been amended and will be sent out soon. She then closed the meeting thanking all members for their involvement.
For what it is worth, I thought that the evening went quickly and was very entertaining.
Cheers,
Jac
