For the first time ever in its seven year history, contestants will have a choice between two themes,
similar in concept, but completely different in rendition. Your assignment is to provide our judges with
Shadow Play – or – Silhouette images that are exceptional, awe inspiring, or simply stunning! Look around you, drive around town or through the countryside, and find those shadows that seem to take on a life of their own, or even induce you to daydream! Or turn the familiar form of an object, a plant or a person into an exceptional silhouette, still a photograph and not a graphic design. Play with the light, use it, manipulate it, paint with it. Let your imagination run wild, brush up on your technique, review your camera manual to find out how best to use the controls on your equipment, and go for it, snap that picture!
The Annual Digital Competition is the only CAPA competition with merchandise prizes. The announcement comes early in the year, to give you time to go out and get your best shot. Yet, if you find later on that you get an even better shot, you can easily submit this new entry in place of a previous one.
As in previous years, the first three winners will share the bounty, which will be revealed in the summer edition of Canadian Camera. In addition to our three winners, ten (10) CAPA Honour Award Ribbons will also be awarded.
This competition is open to CAPA Individual and Family members only, who are permanent Canadian residents. So, if
you belong to one of our many CAPA clubs, we encourage you to join as an Individual or Family member. By taking part in this competition you will have a chance to win one of three fabulous prize packages.
Legal Terms:
With proper credits to the photographer and a reference to the CAPA 2011 Annual Digital Competition Prize, winners give CAPA, Sony of Canada Ltd. and Adobe Systems Canada Inc. the right to publish their winning photograph
in Canadian Camera and on the CAPA Website, and use them at any CAPA, Sony and Adobe exhibition, publication, promotional or educational event. Entry into this competition implies acceptance of the above practice, unless refused in writing by notifying the Chair of this competition. CAPA recommends that the photographer obtain a model release for presentation and publication purposes, prior to submitting an entry, and have these available if requested. In case of legal challenge, the photographer agrees to hold CAPA, Sony of CanadaLtd. and Adobe Systems Canada Inc. harmless, and assume all liability or injury that may arise from entry into this competition. Photographers retain all creative rights to their art.
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The support and response CAPA continues to receive from our sponsors has a major impact on the success of this competition. As our membership continues to grow by leaps and bounds, member participation and interest is increasing, making this competition one of the most valued CAPA has ever hosted.
Jacques S. Mailloux
Past President and CAPA 2010 Annual Digital Competition Chair
Our deep gratitude and appreciation go to our sponsors for their support: Sony of Canada Ltd.; Amplis Foto Inc.; DayMen Photo Marketing; and Adobe Systems Canada. A special note of thanks is also due to Roy Hooper, for creating and maintaining our submission system, and for being so responsive to our queries; to John Elliott for providing and running the judging program that made it so easy to get the results quickly and error-free; to the RA Photo Club for making their valuable equipment available to us; and to the RA Centre for providing a comfortable venue in which to run this event.
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How to Enter:
All entries must be submitted electronically no later than midnight (Pacific Standard Time: GMT-8:00) September 30th, 2011, through our Website at www.digitalcapacanada.ca. If you participated in a previous year, you need not register again; you can use the same login and password. For new participants, all you need to do is register using your CAPA Member Number (i.e. 28999) and a valid e-mail address. Please make note of the password the software will generate for you. All participants will be confirmed as members in good standing and living in Canada against our database, before their entries are accepted and judged at the end of the competition. Your registration will also make it possiblefor you to change your mind and submit a different entry up to the very last moment! E-mail and regular mail entries will NOT be accepted, and will NOT be returned. The Rules and Guidelines governing this competition are posted on the CAPA Website and can be downloaded and printed for your convenience. E-mail enquiries should be sent to Jacques@CAPACanada.ca. Make sure you include the title of the competition and the word CAPA in the Subject line, or your message may be tagged as spam and not reach its destination.
Contestants may enter one image per theme, or both in the same topic. The themes are Shadow Play and Silhouette, as detailed above. Participation is limited to 2 Entries per member, both on topic. You can submit either colour or B&W images. Manipulation in Adobe Photoshop and other software is permitted. Keep in mind though that we are looking for digital photographs and illustrations originating from photographs that have been produced with taste and imagination. Remember, CAPA is all about photographic art. And art should be created with care and love. Judging will be carried out in Ottawa in early October, and the results will be announced on the CAPA
Competition Chair:
Jacques S. Mailloux
