OCC Presents: Exploring Canada’s National Parks with Marlis Butcher.
On 10/30/2023 at 07:00 pm
The fee is $10
Guests are welcome.
You can register by clicking here.
OCC Presents: Headlines of 2023 – Canadian Press with Graeme Roy.
On 11/13/2023 at 07:00 pm
The fee is $10
Guests are welcome.
You can register by clicking here.
For the first time in many years a Canadian club, the Chinese Photographic Club of Toronto, has entered the FIAP World Cup for Clubs competition (FWCC). The FWCC is a yearly international event for photographic clubs. In this competition each club submits 20 images with a maximum of 2 images per author. These images are scored by a panel of international judges. In the most recent competition 224 clubs from 48 countries entered a total of 4,385 images.
The Chinese Photographic Club of Toronto, the sole Canadian entry, placed 3rd in this prestigious competition. In addition, Francis King was awarded the top individual award, while Katie Mak tied for the second individual award, giving the Chinese Photographic Club of Toronto two of the top three individual awards in this competition.
CAPA takes this opportunity to congratulate all of the authors who submitted images with the Chinese Photographic Club of Toronto for their success in this competition.
The overall results for the clubs that entered, and the photos of the winning club can be found on the FIAP website.
On September 9, the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia had the pleasure of visiting the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS). Shannon Parker, Laufer Curator of Collections arranged a special viewing of a selection of prints from Andy Warhol’s Little Red Book #144, Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s work of high-speed photography and the Annie Leibovitz: Photographs from her Books collection held in trust at the AGNS. It was an educational and inspiring experience for the members able to review the works of these artists.
More info by clicking here.
Monday, November 13, 2023
Celebrating its 76th 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.
Timelapse Imagery with Shiv Verma takes place on Monday, November 13, 2023 at 7:30 PM AST. President of the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) and Vice Chair of the Massachusetts Camera Naturalists, Shiv Verma, FPSA, HonNEC belongs to many photographic clubs and associations. To Shiv, a successful image is a personal opinion, what is more relevant than the subjective quality of an image, is how personally compelling that image is and the emotions it triggers in the viewer.
In this webinar, Shiv will discuss the equipment, settings and basic processing needed in order to create a successful time-lapse video.
You can register by clicking here.
Sunday, November 19, 2023
Photography workshops – What to expect, What to plan for and What you get out of them with Lynn Fergusson takes place on Sunday, November 19, 2023 at 7:30 PM AST Lynn Fergusson is a multi-genre amateur photographer from Dartmouth NS who loves to be outdoors which is where the focus of her photography (Landscape, wildlife, and ICM) takes place. Her work has been published in magazines such as BBC Wildlife Magazine, Saltscapes and Our Canada.
This webinar will take you through the planning, preparation and what to expect when participating in a photography workshop as well as the benefits of attending one based on Lynn’s experience attending the Alpine Artistry Workshop put on by the Offbeat Photography Community in Banff National Park.
You can register by clicking here.
Monday, December 11, 2023
Working with Textures and Overlays – Turn Ho-Hum into a Work of Art with Hazel Meredith, APSA, HonNEC takes place on Monday, December 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM AST. Hazel Meredith is an award-winning photographer and a sought-after teacher, speaker, and competition judge. She and her husband, Dave, produce the “Virtual Creative Photography Conference” with attendees from around the world. Hazel loves the creative aspect of photography and postprocessing, especially the use of textures and software to create unique images. In 2020, she was the recipient of the Ashbrook Award for Digital Imaging Instruction from the Photographic Society of America.
In this webinar, Hazel will discuss how to create your own textures using layers and blend modes to create a beautiful work of art.
To see more of Hazel’s work, visit her website
You can register by clicking here.
Guests are welcome to attend via Zoom for a fee of $10 (see link below).
October 5: 7:00 PM EDT Walter Raemish – Fauxtography beyond the Conventional
In-person meeting in London with Zoom access for members and paid guests unable to attend in person.
October 12: 7:00 PM EDT J.P. Stones – Storytelling for Photographers
October 19: 7:00 PM EDT Gary L. Friedman – Computational Photography
November 2: 7:00 PM EDT Leann Cotton -The Unseen Light: a journey thru Infrared Photography
November 9: 7:00 PM EDT Angie McMonigal – Abstract Architecture Photography
To check our up-coming speakers and to sign up as a guest please use this Eventbrite link.
Also we are offering a 4-week Lightroom Classic course to our members in October-November.
Details about membership & workshops for members by clicking here.
Caroun Photo Club: 17th Annual Photography Exhibition 2023
December 2-14, 2023
Opening Reception: December 2, 4-8 pm
Photographs of the participants in photo contest 2023 will be exhibited.
Prizes of the winners will be given by one of the judges on the opening reception (Dec 2).
More information by clicking here.
On Saturday, September 23rd, from 12 noon to 4 PM the Richmond Photo Club Society participated in Richmond’s Culture Days. This is an event running from September 23 to October 15, 2023. Over these three weeks, dozens of Richmond artists and arts organizations will offer free, inspiring interactive events and behind the scenes access to a wide range of art forms and creative practices.
The Richmond Photo Club Societies contribution to this event was to provide high quality portraits to the visiting public. We did this in a studio-like setting in the Cultural Centre, upstairs near the roof-top garden. Families, children and singles were all invited to have their portraits taken. We are providing up to five high quality images (suitable for prints up to 8″ X 10″) free to all visitors!
Richmond Photo Club Society members that volunteered their time that day were:
Chuck Vaugeois
Grant McMillan
Corina Lynn
Joseph Eng
Gerry Boretta
Eva Sylvanna Wong
Julian Rozental
We had 30 eager visitors show up that day to have their portraits taken! Thank you to our volunteers for offering their time and making this event a great success!
We look forward to participating in more events of this type to promote interest, participation and improvement in photography in our city and the surrounding areas.
More information by clicking here.
Competitions Now Open For Uploading of Images
Black & White competition (closes November 15, 2023) – You can view the competition details by clicking here.
Ontario Zone competition (closes January 14, 2023) – You can view the competition details by clicking here.
New Quebec Zone Competition
We are pleased to announce that we will be offering a new Quebec Zone competition and competition will close on January 15, 2024.
We will be working with David Boutin (new Quebec Zone Director) to finalize the competition narrative. Details regarding this competition should be posted to the CAPA website by the end of October or early November 2023.
Artificial Intelligence Generative text-to-images
To stay abreast of the rapidly changing AI generative technology, we’ve established an AI Advisory Committee to the Director of Competitions. The committee comprises of Dr. Bob Ito, Parez Khatib, and Robert Hulbert.
In response to recent advancements in AI generative capabilities, we have revised our CAPA Eligibility Criteria webpage to incorporate the following statement:
This statement has also been added to all our 2023 – 2024 competition narratives.
Prior to entering any competition, we strongly encourage you to carefully review the other components of the CAPA Eligibility Criteria webpage concerning artificial intelligence and the definition of a photographic image. You can access the complete CAPA Eligibility Criteria by clicking here.
We have developed an informative presentation on Artificial Intelligence to enlighten our photographers about this swiftly changing evolving technology.
Camera clubs interested in hosting this presentation via Zoom can contact the Director of Competitions.
2023 CAPA Survey Suggestions Related to Competitions and Our Responses
In a proactive approach to carefully evaluate and implement a multitude of suggestions aimed at improving our competitions and processes, we will created documents which summaries suggestions and our responses.
The following is a listing of suggestions and response which are now available for your review:
Between now and April 2024, we plan to incorporate 3 to 4 suggestions and provide corresponding responses each month. For instance, in November, we will present the following suggestions:
