Competition Winners – 2023 Fall/Winter ‘Individual’

Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal Winners

GOLD MEDAL Hans Arnold Destination Unknown
GOLD MEDAL Hans Arnold Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
GOLD MEDAL Hans Arnold Once Upon A Time
SILVER MEDAL Heather Loewenhardt Dragonfly Wet Feet
SILVER MEDAL Heather Loewenhardt Java Sparrow Doubletake
SILVER MEDAL Heather Loewenhardt Praying Mantis
BRONZE MEDAL Michael Winsor Mom Stop Shaking
BRONZE MEDAL Michael Winsor My Protector
BRONZE MEDAL Michael Winsor Wintery Sunset With Momma

Merit Award Winners

1st Merit Award AS Gail Stephan Dancefloor Delight
2nd Merit Award AS Rae Mcleod Joe Smiles
3rd Merit Award AS Rae Mcleod Joe Serious
1st Merit Award CO Peter Chi Ho Lau Heat Up The Frozen Bubble Lake
2nd Merit Award CO Olivia Dolinsky Went Hunting
3rd Merit Award CO Hans Arnold Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
1st Merit Award CU Pierre Pomerleau Fiesta
2nd Merit Award CU Mary Chambers Chicken Dinner   Not Yet
3rd Merit Award CU Clayton Reitzel The Happy Chef
1st Merit Award MA Andre Secours Season Of Life
2nd Merit Award MA Laura Ranallo First Snow
3rd Merit Award MA Hans Arnold Once Upon A Time
1st Merit Award NW Jocelyne Feizo Moment Of Tenderness
2nd Merit Award NW Steve Wilson Walking On Water
3rd Merit Award NW Michael Winsor My Protector

Honour Award

HONOUR AWARD Cynthia Magliocco Frost On My Window, Fly Away
HONOUR AWARD Cynthia Magliocco Frost On My Window, The Fog Has Lifted
HONOUR AWARD Cynthia Magliocco Frost On My Window, Scattering Of The Fowl
HONOUR AWARD Jocelyne Feizo Arctic Fox
HONOUR AWARD Jocelyne Feizo Not So Innocent Games
HONOUR AWARD Jocelyne Feizo Moment Of Tenderness
HONOUR AWARD Missy Mandel Canadian Lynx
HONOUR AWARD Missy Mandel Red Tailed Hawk
HONOUR AWARD Missy Mandel Red Fox
HONOUR AWARD Yves Kéroack Speed Graphic, The Press Favorite Of Yesteryear
HONOUR AWARD Yves Kéroack Rochester Optical'S Premo, Circa 1905
HONOUR AWARD Yves Kéroack George Hare Tailboard Camera, Circa 1865
HONOUR AWARD Beata Binka Great Horned Owl
HONOUR AWARD Beata Binka Take Me To Church
HONOUR AWARD Beata Binka Snow Off The Wings
HONOUR AWARD Cathleen Mewis Well Pasture Flying Days
HONOUR AWARD Cathleen Mewis They Call Her One Eye
HONOUR AWARD Cathleen Mewis Thrills And Spills
HONOUR AWARD Laura Ranallo First Snow
HONOUR AWARD Laura Ranallo A Winter Cosmos
HONOUR AWARD Laura Ranallo Lovers In A Storm
HONOUR AWARD Olivia Dolinsky Went Hunting
HONOUR AWARD Olivia Dolinsky High Five
HONOUR AWARD Olivia Dolinsky Manitoba Hydro
HONOUR AWARD Steve Wilson Frosty Ice Candles
HONOUR AWARD Steve Wilson Riverbank Frost
HONOUR AWARD Steve Wilson Walking On Water
HONOUR AWARD Andre Secours Winter
HONOUR AWARD Andre Secours Season Of Life
HONOUR AWARD Andre Secours Winter Tree
HONOUR AWARD Lesleyanne Ryan Coastal Peaks
HONOUR AWARD Lesleyanne Ryan The Storms of December
HONOUR AWARD Lesleyanne Ryan the Ice Fjord
HONOUR AWARD Zhenhuan Zhou Frozen
HONOUR AWARD Zhenhuan Zhou Lake Shore 11
HONOUR AWARD Zhenhuan Zhou Museum
HONOUR AWARD Cynthia Hamilton Encased In Ice
HONOUR AWARD Cynthia Hamilton Frozen Snacks
HONOUR AWARD Cynthia Hamilton On Winters Floor
HONOUR AWARD David Guscott Pollinator On Target
HONOUR AWARD David Guscott Seed Eater   Yellow Throated Toucan
HONOUR AWARD David Guscott Twas The Night Before...
HONOUR AWARD Rae Mcleod Calanais Standing Stones At Sunset
HONOUR AWARD Rae Mcleod Joe Serious
HONOUR AWARD Rae Mcleod Joe Smiles
HONOUR AWARD Clayton Reitzel Raven Eye
HONOUR AWARD Clayton Reitzel The Happy Chef
HONOUR AWARD Clayton Reitzel Twin Towers Of Yeg
HONOUR AWARD Michel Groleau Antarctic Storm
HONOUR AWARD Michel Groleau Immensity
HONOUR AWARD Michel Groleau The End Of My World

Medal Winners

Gold Medal – Hans Arnold

Silver Medal – Heather Loewenhardt

Bronze Medal – Michael Winsor

Merit Award Winners

1st Merit – Active Seniors – Gail Stephan’s image “Dancefloor Delight”

2nd Merit – Active Seniors – Rae McLeod’s image “Joe Smiles”

3rd Merit – Active Seniors – Rae McLeod’s image “Joe Serious”

1st Merit – Culinary –  Pierre Pomerleau’s image “Fiesta”

2nd Merit – Culinary – Mary Chambers’ image “Chicken Dinner – Not Yet”

3rd Merit – Culinary – Clayton Reitzel’s image “The Happy Chef”

1st Merit – Manmade – Andre Secours’ image “Season of Life”

2nd Merit – Manmade – Laure Ranallo’s image “First Snow”

3rd Merit – Manmade – Hans Arnold’s image “Once Upon A Time”

1st Merit – Nature – Jocelyne Feizo’s image “Moment of Tenderness”

2nd Merit – Nature – Steve Wilson’s image “Walking on Water”

3rd Merit – Nature – Michael Winsor’s image “My Protector”

1st Merit – The Cold – Peter Chi Ho Lau’s image “Heat Up The Frozen Bubble Lake”

2nd Merit – The Cold – Olivia Dolinsky’s image “Went Hunting”

3rd Merit – The Cold – Hans Arnold’s image “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”

Honour Awards

Cynthia Magliocco

Jocelyne Feizo

Miss Mandel

Yves Kéroack

Beata Binka

Cathleen Mewis

Laura Ranallo

Olivia Dolinsky

Steve Wilson

Andre Secours

Zhenhuan Zhou

Cynthia Hamilton

David Guscott

Rae McLeod

Clayton Reitzel

 

Competition Winners – 2023 Fall/Winter – Club

Gold, Silver & Bronze Medal Winners

GOLD MEDAL Montreal Camera Club Amir El Etr Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque
GOLD MEDAL Montreal Camera Club Carole Pelletier Sophistication
GOLD MEDAL Montreal Camera Club Cindy Canavan Last Tango Revisited
GOLD MEDAL Montreal Camera Club Heather Loewenhardt Yellow Water Iris
GOLD MEDAL Montreal Camera Club Maria Teresa Garavito Ice Cover
GOLD MEDAL Montreal Camera Club Philip Goldsmith Ins Oirr Lighthouse, Aran Islands
SILVER MEDAL Jiahua Elite Photography Association Haokun Xu The Charm Of Nature
SILVER MEDAL Jiahua Elite Photography Association Jasmine Suo Old Man And His Sleding Dogs
SILVER MEDAL Jiahua Elite Photography Association Jia Chen Snow Sparrow Play Snow
SILVER MEDAL Jiahua Elite Photography Association Sarah Hei La Grande Hermine
SILVER MEDAL Jiahua Elite Photography Association Shaozhen Luo Golden Monkey
SILVER MEDAL Jiahua Elite Photography Association Yanhua Lu Love
BRONZE MEDAL Richmond Hill Camera Club Ben Liu Last Dignity
BRONZE MEDAL Richmond Hill Camera Club Debbie Gottdenker Snow Day
BRONZE MEDAL Richmond Hill Camera Club Emma Zhao Mother Walking In A Storm
BRONZE MEDAL Richmond Hill Camera Club Jenny Allen Autumn Tree Entrance To Country Home
BRONZE MEDAL Richmond Hill Camera Club Nick Shearman A Tender Moment
BRONZE MEDAL Richmond Hill Camera Club Philip Wong Aggression

Merit Award Winners

1st Merit Award AS Montreal Camera Club Cindy Canavan Last Tango Revisited
2nd Merit Award AS Osoyoos Photography Club Ynet Gomez In Quiet Contemplation
3rd Merit Award AS Vernon Photography Club Ian Bull Bob
1st Merit Award CO The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Kai Sun Law Chasing Downhill
2nd Merit Award CO Grand River Imaging And Photographic Society Karen Von Knobloch Winter'S Icy Cloak
3rd Merit Award CO Trillium Photographic Club Greg Alderson Broken Stick Attack
1st Merit Award CU Sarnia Photographic Club Evelyn Buchner Berrylicious
2nd Merit Award CU Grand River Imaging And Photographic Society Melissa Graham Raspberries
3rd Merit Award CU Chilliwack Camera Club Tracy Friesen Sourdough Comfort
1st Merit Award MA Grand River Imaging And Photographic Society Lillian Westbrook Teatime
2nd Merit Award MA Jiahua Elite Photography Association Sarah Hei La Grande Hermine
3rd Merit Award MA Toronto Camera Club Vladimir Palchkov Humpback Wooden Bridge Quebec
1st Merit Award NW Trillium Photographic Club Judy Boufford Damselfly
2nd Merit Award NW Club Photo Évasion Sylvain Vachon Semences
3rd Merit Award NW North Shore Photographic Society Raymond Chan Romance D'Amour

Honour Awards

HONOUR AWARD - Trillium PHotographic Club Ariel Andres Ski Lift
HONOUR AWARD Trillium Photographic Club Bela Acs Weeping Willow Tree After Snowstorm
HONOUR AWARD Trillium Photographic Club Geoff Dunn White Egret Snags A Fish
HONOUR AWARD Trillium Photographic Club Greg Alderson Broken Stick Attack
HONOUR AWARD Trillium Photographic Club John King Chipmunk On Sunflower
HONOUR AWARD Trillium Photographic Club Judy Boufford Damselfly
HONOUR AWARD London Camera Club Andrew Campbell Only In Canada
HONOUR AWARD London Camera Club Brenda Harwood Frozen Guardians Of The Realm
HONOUR AWARD London Camera Club Charon Lauzon Ice Diamonds
HONOUR AWARD London Camera Club Cynthia Hall Canadian Winter, Port Stanley
HONOUR AWARD London Camera Club Steve Donnelly Say Goodbye To Fall
HONOUR AWARD London Camera Club Paul Connor Muskoka Fall Leaves
HONOUR AWARD The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Frankie Chan Winter Sunset At The Bay
HONOUR AWARD The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Jill Lam Sunrise In Abraham Lake 2
HONOUR AWARD The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Kai Sun Law Chasing Downhill
HONOUR AWARD The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Keith Au Ontario Dogsled Derby
HONOUR AWARD The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Mabel Au Winter Solitude
HONOUR AWARD The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Peter Chi Ho Lau Humber Bay Arc Bridge Sunrise
HONOUR AWARD Club Photo Évasion Alain Bleau Apaisement
HONOUR AWARD Club Photo Évasion Cathy Boivin Verrines Au Saumon
HONOUR AWARD Club Photo Évasion France Leduc Envol
HONOUR AWARD Club Photo Évasion Francine Raymond Property Line
HONOUR AWARD Club Photo Évasion Laurent Lecerf Prey In Sight
HONOUR AWARD Club Photo Évasion Sylvain Vachon Semences
HONOUR AWARD St. Catharines Photographic Club Bryan Urquhart Common Loon
HONOUR AWARD St. Catharines Photographic Club Cathy Swain Sky Of Fire
HONOUR AWARD St. Catharines Photographic Club Dave Van De Laar Darby At Point
HONOUR AWARD St. Catharines Photographic Club Gunter Haibach 1938 French Beauty
HONOUR AWARD St. Catharines Photographic Club Heather Halfyard Elk In Fall
HONOUR AWARD St. Catharines Photographic Club Ludmila Klammer Mammoth

Medal Winners

Gold Medal – Montreal Camera Club

Silver Medal – Jiahua Elite Photography Association

Bronze Medal – Richmond Hill Camera Club

Merit Awards Winners

1st Merit – Active Seniors – Montreal Camera Club – Cindy Canavan’s image “Last Tango Revisited”

2nd Merit – Active Seniors – Osoyoos Photography Club – Ynet Gomez’s image “In Quiet Contemplation”

3rd Merit – Active Seniors – Vernon Photography Club – Ian Bull’s image “Bob”

1st Merit – Culinary – Sarnia Photographic Club – Evelyn Buchner’s image “Berrylicious”

2nd Merit – Culinary – Grand River Imaging and Photographic Society – Melissa Graham’s image “Raspberries”

3rd Merit – Culinary – Chilliwack Camera Club – TRacy Friesen’s image “Sourdough Comfort”

1st Merit – Manmade – Grand River Imaging and Photographic Society – Lillian Westbrook’s image “Teatime”

2nd Merit – Manmade – Jiahua Elite Photography Association – Sarah Hei’s image “La Grande Hermine”

3rd Merit – Manmade – Toronto Camera Club -Vladimir Palchkov’s image “Humback Wooden Bridge Quebec”

1st Merit – Nature – Trillium Photographic Club – Judy Boufford’s image “Damselfly”

2nd Merit – Nature -Club Photo Évasion – Sylvain Vachon’s image “Samences”

3rd Merit – Nature – North Shore Photographic Society – Raymond Chan’s image “Romance d’Amour”

1st Merit – The Cold – The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto – Kai Sun Law’s image “Chasing Downhill”

2nd Merit – The Cold – Grand River Imaging and Photographic Society – Karen von Knobloch’s iimage “Winter’s Icy Clock”

3rd Merit – The Cold – Trillium Photographic Club – Greg Alderson’s “Broken Stick Attack”

Honour Awards

Trillium Photography Club

London Camera Club

The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto

Club Photo Évasion

St. Catharines Photographic Club

 

 

Individuals in the image are from the Montreal Camera Club. Left to right: Marie Teresa Garavito, Carole Pelletier, Amir El Etr, Cindy Canavan, Philip Goldsmith and Heather Lowenhardt

Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia (PGNS) 03/19/2023 & 04/10/2023 Presentations

Celebrating its 75th year as a club, the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia is pleased to extend an invitation to join us for our Fred & Edie Greene Speaker series. There is no charge to attend these webinars, but donations to support the speaker series are gratefully accepted.

1. Portraits Unplugged with Bobbi Lane takes place on Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM ADT. Bobbi Lane, a Fujifilm “X” Photographer, is an award-winning commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits on location and in the studio. In this presentation we will learn how to find the “Beauty in Natural Light” and how to use various lighting conditions in order to make creative environmental portraits.
To register for Bobbi’s presentation, please use the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/portraits-unplugged-by-bobbi-lane-tickets-421559855877

2. SCUBA Diving the Coral Triangle: Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands with Lin Craft, FPSA, FSCACC takes place on Monday, April 10, 2023 at 7:30 PM ADT.
A marine biologist and underwater photographer for over 40 years, Lin Craft’s love of what lies beneath the sea has taken her all over the world. Join us on a photographic journey through the Coral Triangle of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands as we explore the coral reefs and seamounts. Lin will also describe some of the unique challenges that the underwater photographer faces in trying to capture the beauty and diversity of the world beneath the sea.

To register for Lin’s presentation, please use the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/scuba-diving-the-coral-triangle-papua-new-guinea-and-the-solomon-islands-tickets-534903098567

Richmond Photo Club Spring Update

Meeting Schedule

Based on a member survey the Richmond Photo Club Society (BC) has decided to schedule a combination of in person and Zoom meetings until the end of the year.

 

“Ann Reiner Memorial” Exhibit

In follow up to the successful Lansdowne Print Show there are now twenty-six prints displayed in the Rotunda Gallery at the Richmond Arts Centre. This is the “Ann Reiner Memorial” Exhibit. This display is running from March 1 to March 31, 2023. If you are in the area, be sure to drop in and view these wonderful images. Google map link: https://goo.gl/maps/eiPsSwCcDpbVvfBCA

 

CAPA Club Competitions

The RPCS members’ involvement with CAPA Club competitions continues to receive wonderful results. Congratulations to all our members who have participated.

Prairie Zone Portrait Workshop

On March 25, 2023, the CAPA Prairie Zone, together with Strobe Pro, is hosting a one-day, hands-on portrait photography workshop at Rad Studios in Calgary. Instructor, Tracy Elliott, will take the participants through the principals of shooting with natural light, off camera flash and strobe lighting. Three models will be available and will pose in natural daylight, off camera flash and strobe lighting. Participants will be broken down into groups and the participants will cycle through the three different lighting situations.

Date of the workshop is March 25, 202, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Cost of workshop is $240.96 (lunch is provided)

Location is Rad Studios, Calgary, Alberta

To register for this workshop please visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hands-on-portrait-photography-workshop-tickets-545307809337