C’est à l’âge de 8 ans que mon père m’a initié à la photographie. Dès l’âge de12 ans je produisais des reportages photographiques sur les entreprises de la région de Québec. Lors de mon passage à l’école secondaire, j’ai occupé le poste de photographe scolaire pour le journal étudiant. Par la suite, montage de ma chambre noire personnelle à la maison, que j’utilise toujours pour le développement de mes films, de différents formats, 35mm, 6×6, 6×7. À cela s’ajoute la photographie numérique, avec les logiciels de traitement d’image par ordinateur. Diplômé de l’école « Famous photographer’s course » en 1983, et « NA Photographer Fellow » en 2011, je poursuis mon cheminement avec les cours offerts à l’Agence Magnum, en photographie de rue.
Toujours passionné de photographie, c’est en 2012 que je fonde le Club Photo des Pays-d’en-Haut, situé dans les Laurentides, club que je préside encore aujourd’hui.
Denis Landry – EN
It was at the age of 8 that my father introduced me to photography. From the age of 12, I produced photographic reports on businesses in the Quebec City region. While in high school, I worked as a school photographer for the student newspaper. Then, installing my personal darkroom at home, which I still use for the development of my films, in different formats, 35mm, 6×6, 6×7. Added to this is digital photography, with computer software for image processing. Graduated from the “Famous Photographer’s Course” school in 1983, and “NA Photographer Fellow” in 2011, I continue my journey with the courses offered at the Magnum Agency, in street photography.
Always passionate about photography, it was in 2012 that I founded the Pays-d’En-Haut Photo Club, located in the Laurentians, a club that I still chair today.
Quebec Zone District Rep Jocelyn Jeffrey
Jocelyn Jeffrey – FR
Originaire de La Pocatière dans le Bas St-Laurent, j’ai étudié en agro-économie à l’Université Laval de Québec, puis passé la plupart de ma carrière dans le milieu bancaire dont 12 ans pour le Mouvement Desjardins et 15 ans à Financement agricole Canada, une société de la couronne. Retraité depuis 2015, je me suis impliqué dans divers organismes entourant le monde de la photographie. Je pratique la photo de façon amateur depuis environ 20 ans. Je me suis intéressé à plusieurs facettes de cet art en suivant de nombreuses formations , tant au niveau des logiciels de retouches que de la prise de photo. Je suis membre du Club Dimension de Québec depuis 2017.
Jocelyn Jeffrey – EN
Originally from La Pocatière in the Bas St-Laurent, I studied agro-economics at Laval University in Quebec, then spent most of my career in banking, including 12 years for Desjardins Group and 15 years at Financement Agriculture Canada, a crown corporation. Retired since 2015, I got involved in various organizations surrounding the world of photography. I have been doing amateur photography for about 20 years. I became interested in several facets of this art by following numerous trainings, both in terms of retouching software and taking pictures. I have been a member of the Dimension Club of Quebec since 2017.
Quebec Zone District Rep Francine Raymond
Francine Raymond – FR
Intéressée à la photographie depuis l’adolescence, je me suis procuré mon premier appareil argentique vers l’âge de 18 ans. Je n’ai pas perdu cette passion depuis. Dans les années 80, je suis devenue membre du club photo Évasion à St-Bruno en banlieue de Montréal. C’est là que j’ai amélioré mes connaissances m’intéressant à la photo noir et blanc ainsi qu’au travail en chambre noire. Pour des raisons personnelles, j’ai quitté le club pour n’y revenir qu’en 2009. Découvrant pour la première fois le numérique, j’ai réalisé que deux de mes passions s’alliaient parfaitement; informatique et photo. Un pur bonheur! Pour moi, la photo c’est une occasion de laisser libre cours à ma créativité. Prise de photo et post-traitement me procurent un égal plaisir et je suis toujours à la recherche de quelque chose de nouveau. Présidente du club depuis plusieurs années, je nourris ma passion et j’éprouve un vif plaisir à aider les gens qui désirent faire de la photo.
Francine Raymond – EN
Interested in photography since my teenage years, I got my first film camera around the age of 18. I haven’t lost that passion since. In the 1980s, I became a member of the Évasion photo club in St-Bruno, a suburb of Montreal. This is where I improved my knowledge of black and white photography as well as darkroom work. For personal reasons, I left the club only to return in 2009. Discovering digital for the first time, I realized that two of my passions fit together perfectly; computer and photography. A pure happiness! For me, photography is an opportunity to let my creativity run free. Taking pictures and post-processing give me equal pleasure and I’m always on the lookout for something new. President of the club for several years, I nurture my passion and take great pleasure in helping people who want to take pictures.
Interim Quebec Zone Director
Lorraine Deslauriers – EN
An instant, an emotion, a fleeting moment in time is what Lorraine seeks to bring to life to those lucky enough to see her images.
Passionate about nature and life, she explores life and the world around her, from near and afar.
A great sensitivity emanates from her images and a feeling of calm and happiness resonates within after the viewing.
For her, photography is a source of vital energy and her greatest happiness is to share the light she has captured.
Lorraine Deslauriers – FR
Un moment, une émotion, un instant fuyant, c’est ce que Lorraine cherche à faire vivre à ceux qui ont la chance de voir ces images.
Grande passionnée de nature et de vie, elle explore avec passion la vie et le monde qui l’entoure, de près et de loin. Une grande sensibilité émane de ces images et un sentiment de calme et de bonheur nous habite après un visionnement.
Pour elle, la photographie est une source d’énergie vitale et son plus grand bonheur est de partager la lumière qu’elle a su capturer
Latow Photography Guild’s 42nd Annual Seminar
April 9-10 and 16 are the dates for the upcoming Latow Photography Weekend. An online presentation like last year, the featured photographer is Salmon Arm’s Viktoria Haack. The theme for the seminar and Viktoria’s workshops is People, Places, Dogs, a title that encapsulates her creative and cross-genre approach to photography. Details: www.latowseminar.com.
CAPA Speakers Series – Summertime
Speakers Series
For the past three years CAPA has provided a monthly Speakers Series to our CAPA members. Participants have been inspired and motivated by exciting and innovative photographers who have shared their photographs and expertise via Zoom. Look for September’s speaker to be announced here in late August.
Updated National Judges’ List
Effective May 6, 2022, the updated judges’ list has been released to Zone Directors for distribution to member CAPA clubs in the respective zones. This incorporates new CTs who applied to be in the accreditation process following recent training courses, corrections to typos etc brought to my attention following the previous update, some deletions of individuals who are no longer CAPA members in good standing or withdrew from the accreditation process, and some new CCs who recently achieved that status.
Club CAPA representatives – please contact your CAPA District Representative if you have not yet received a copy of the new list.
Please note that the list is copyrighted by CAPA and distribution of it is restricted – it is solely a service to CAPA member clubs. It may not be provided to other clubs, groups or individuals.
Glenn Bloodworth
CAPA Judges’ Liaison Officer/Officier de liaison des juges de l’ACAP
Exposition virtuelle du Club photo Boucherville
Exposition virtuelle du Club photo Boucherville
Le Club photo de Boucherville, c’est 65 membres passionnés, amateurs et professionnels, qui vous proposent une exposition virtuelle des coups de coeur de ses membres. Chaque photo est l’expression d’un point de vue unique et d’une créativité hors du commun.
Visionnez notre expo et notre diaporama au www.clubphotoboucherville.org
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Virtual Exhibition of the Club photo Boucherville
Club photo Boucherville’s 65 dedicated professional and amateur members invite you to visit a virtual exhibition of some of their best work. Each photo is the expression of a particular, unique point of view as well a very high level of creativity.
Exposition annuelle Club Photo Évasion Annual Exhibition
Exposition annuelle Club Photo Évasion Annual Exhibition
Cette année, le Club Photo Évasion tiendra son exposition annuelle sur un mode virtuel. L’exposition sera accessible à compter du 25 mai prochain à 18 heures jusqu’au 15 septembre 2020 par le biais du lien suivant : https://clubphotoevasion.com/
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This year, Club Photo Evasion will hold its annual exhibition virtually. The exhibition will be available from May 25th, 6 PM until September 15th, 2020 through the following link: https://clubphotoevasion.com/
2020 Johnson Scholarship Program
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The 2020 Johnson Scholarship Program opens April 22nd. The Program is open to children and grandchildren of all CAPA members (even if they are not Johnson policyholders).
Johnson is proud to offer 50 scholarships, valued at $1,000 each, to eligible students completing high school in 2020 and starting post-secondary education in the fall of 2020. Johnson has awarded over 1,500 scholarships valued at more than $1 million to support young Canadians across Canada in pursuit of their post-secondary education.
Le programme est ouvert aux enfants et petits-enfants de tous les membres de l’ACAP (même s’ils ne sont pas des titulaires de police Johnson).
C’est avec fierté que Johnson Assurance offre 50 bourses d’études, d’une valeur de 1 000 $ chacune, aux étudiants et étudiantes admissibles qui terminent leurs études secondaires en 2020 et commencent leurs études postsecondaires à l’automne 2020.
Soucieuse d’aider les jeunes Canadiens et Canadiennes d’un coin à l’autre du pays à poursuivre leurs études postsecondaires, Johnson Assurance a décerné plus de 1 500 bourses d’études totalisant au-delà de 1 M$.
We have a new CAPA Members Benefit: a Discount on a subscription to Photo Life or Photo Solution annual subscriptions.
You will find details of this offer under the members tab when you are signed into the CAPA website.
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Nous avons un nouvel avantage pour les membres de l’ACAM: une réduction sur un abonnement aux abonnements annuels à Photo Life ou Photo Solution.
Vous trouverez les détails de cette offre sous l’onglet membres lorsque vous serez connecté au site Web de ACAP
Glenn Bloodworth Appointed Judges Liaison
I am pleased to announce the Board’s appointment of Glenn Bloodworth, Ontario Zone Director, as CAPA’s Judges Liaison officer.
As part of our response to findings from the 2019 national members’ survey the Board has instituted this new position. The survey highlighted that judges wanted enhanced regular communication from CAPA.
Glenn brings considerable judging experience to this new position, as well an enthusiasm & dedication to the ongoing improvement of CAPA’s judging system. Glenn will be assisting Michael Breakey, CAPA’s Director of Education, to help enrich our efforts in ensuring quality certified judges for club, regional, national and international competitions. His initial efforts will focus on the administration of all our judges, certified and those in training.
Glenn can be contacted at Judgesliaison@capacanada.ca – Please use in your e-mail header or subject the word “Judges”.
Rod Trider, President CAPA
liaison des juges
J’ai le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination de Glenn Bloodworth, directeur de la zone de l’Ontario, comme “agent de liaison des juges” de l’ACAP.
Le Conseil a créé ce nouveau poste dans le cadre de notre réponse aux conclusions du sondage national auprès des membres de 2019. Ce sondage a souligné que les juges souhaitaient une communication régulière améliorée de la part de l’ACAP.
Glenn apporte à ce nouveau poste une expérience considérable en matière de jugement photographique, ainsi qu’un enthousiasme et un dévouement à l’amélioration continue du système de jugement de l’ACAP. Glenn assistera Michael Breakey, directeur de l’éducation de l’ACAP, pour enrichir nos efforts afin d’assurer des juges certifiés de qualité pour les compétitions de club, régionales, nationales, et internationales. Ses premiers efforts se concentreront sur l’administration de tous nos juges, certifiés et en formation.
Glenn peut être contacté à judgesliaison@capacanada.ca – Veuillez utiliser dans votre en-tête ou ligne de sujet de courriel le mot «juges».
Rod Trider Président l’ACAP
Nouvelles de la Zone Québec – avril 2020
Annulation de tous les évènements prévus pour le printemps par la zone du Québec jusqu’au relâchement des mesures de contrôle de la pandémie Covid-19.
En conformité avec les consignes et règlements des divers paliers gouvernementaux, la zone du Québec de l’ACAP doit malheureusement annuler tout évènement menant à un rassemblement physique jusqu’au relâchement des mesures de confinement et de distanciation. Dans l’intérim, vous êtes invités à visiter le site web de l’ACAP pour d’autres activités, pour les concours, pour les images gagnantes et pour proposer vos photos à la section « Photo Forums » dans le contenu réservé aux membres.
Québec Zone News – April, 2020
All Québec Zone events planned for the Spring have been cancelled until the reprieve of measures limiting the propagation of Covid-19.
In accordance with the rules and regulations dictated by various levels of government, the Québec Zone must unfortunately cancel all events that would involve physical meeting while the measures of distancing and confinement are still in place. In the meanwhile, you are invited to consult CAPA’s website for activities, competitions, competition results and also to submit images to the « Photo Forums » section in the content reserved for members only.
For this competition, there were a total of 865 images submitted into this competition: 188 from camera clubs and 677 from individual CAPA members.
You can view the Club winning images here
Individual winning images can be viewed here
2020 Audio Visual Competition
For this competition, we received 8 club submissions and 24 submissions from individual CAPA members.
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Medal winners for the Club category:
Gold Medal – Richmond Hill Camera Club
Silver Medal – London Camera Club
Bronze Medal – Montreal Camera Club
The individual category medal winners:
Gold Medal – Rick McKenzie (Hamilton Camera Club)
Silver Medal – Marianna Armata (Lakeshore Camera Club)
Bronze Medal – Catalin Sandu (Toronto Camera Club)
Honourable Mention – Pie Oleary (London Camera Club)
Terry Webb (Pacific Digital Photography Club)
Due the use of copyrighted music contained in these presentations, the winning presentations will not be posted on our CAPA website. However, camera clubs and individual CAPA members can request a free copy from our CAPA Librarian at hatschnell@yahoo.com
2020 Monochrome Competition
This competition received a total of 1,056 images: 302 submitted images from 52 different camera clubs and 754 images submitted by 197 CAPA members.
You can view the Club winning images here
Individual CAPA winning images can be viewed here
2020 Annual Photo Challenge
As a reminder, this competition closes on April 30, 2020 and is only available to CAPA Individual members, family members and life members.
Canon Canada and Adobe Corporation are the two primary sponsors of this competition.
NEW – October 2020 to April 2021 Competitions
Our 2019 survey of camera clubs and individual CAPA members outlined a desire to be provided the forthcoming competition details in early April. Our 2020 – 2021 competition details are now posted on the CAPA website. To the view the details, select the Current Competitions option from the Competitions dropdown menu. They are listed below our 2019 – 2020 competition listing.
Avril 2020 Nouvelles des concours
2020 Concours Une Série de quatre photos
Un total de 865 images ont été soumises à ce concours: 188 par des clubs de photographie et 677 par des membres individuels de l’ACAP.
Vous pouvez visionner les images gagnantes des clubs sur ce lien
Vous pouvez visionner les images gagnantes des membres individuels sur ce lien
2020 Concours Présentation audio-visuelle
Pour ce concours, il y a eu 8 soumissions faites par des club et 24 par des membres individuels de l’ACAP.
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Les médaillés dans la catégorie ‘clubs’:
Médaille d’or – Richmond Hill Camera Club
Médaille d’argent – London Camera Club
Médaille de bronze – Montreal Camera Club
Les médaillés dans la catégorie ‘membres individuels’:
Médaille d’or – Rick McKenzie (Hamilton Camera Club)
Médaille d’argent – Marianna Armata (Lakeshore Camera Club)
Médaille de bronze – Catalin Sandu (Toronto Camera Club)
Mention d’honneur– Pie Oleary (London Camera Club)
Terry Webb (Pacific Digital Photography Club)
Les présentations gagnantes ne seront pas disponibles sur le site Web de l’ACAP afin de respecter les droits d’auteur sur la musique. Toutefois, les clubs et les membres individuels peuvent demander une copie gratuite à notre bibliothécaire à hatschnell@yahoo.com
2020 Concours Monochrome
Un total of 1,056 images ont été soumises: 302 images par 52 différents clubs et 754 images par 197 membres individuels.
N’oubliez pas que ce concours se termine le 30 avril 2020 et qu’il est accessible seulement aux membres individuels de l’ACAP, aux membres de leur famille ainsi qu’aux membres à vie.
Les détails de ce concours sont disponibles sur ce lien
Canon Canada et Adobe Corporation sont les deux principaux parrains de ce concours.
Nouveau – Concours d’octobre 2020 à avril 2021
Notre sondage de 2019 auprès des clubs de photographie et des membres individuels de l’ACAP a révélé un désir que les détails des concours à venir pour la prochaine année soient disponibles au début d’avril. Les détails pour les concours de 2020-2021 sont maintenant affichés sur le site Web de l’ACAP. Pour y accéder, sélectionnez ‘Current Competitions’ depuis l’item ‘Competition’ du menu principal. Ils sont énumérés en dessous des concours de 2019-2020.
During these trying times we know that as Canadians we will work through this and become stronger as a community. But as we have come to realize, the next few months will not be ‘business as usual’, especially for photography clubs and other groups that meet regularly.
Is your club doing something special or developing plans to stay connected with your members? Here are some of your answers:
Victoria Camera Club:
One of our Victoria Camera Club members, initiated a new website forum for all members. Lorna Shaw’s idea is called the Distraction Project to run weekly during the Covid 19 events.
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A weekly challenge subject is given to members via email. Lorna says “if you’re needing a boost, missing photography, or wanting some normalcy, a healthy distraction, please get your camera out and participate. This is open to ALL members. Each theme can be completed indoors or out.
Submit ONE photo each week on that week’s theme. You can do this through the VCC website. A gallery called “The Distraction Project” has been set up, with a sub gallery for each week.
The topics are meant to be open-ended. Interpret them however you want and let your creativity come alive.
It isn’t a test or a competition – this is for fun, connection, and healthy distraction.” The link to it is
We are keeping in touch through Zoom. Thanks. Judy
Club photo Impression
Nous organisons, sur notre groupe Facebook, une activité “La photo de la semaine”. Les membres proposent deux photos sur un thème hebdomadaire.
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C’est l’occasion d’échanger sur nos photos, souvent sorties de nos banques de photos.
Nous prévoyons aussi tenir notre exposition annuelle en mode virtuel sur l’outil izi-travel.
We are organizing a virtual contest “The photo of the week” on our facebook group. The members can summit two pictures responding to a specific theme. This is the occasion to retrieve pictures from our photographic bank and to comment the pictures.
We expect to have our annual exposition in a virtual mode with izi-travel.
Ça va bien aller. It will be fine Bernard Legault, Président. Club photo Impression
Abbotsford Photo Arts Club
Well we had an executive meeting in March via Zoom but that’s about it so far.
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We are working on a website upgrade with Visual Pursuits much like Langley but I’m not sure at this point whether we will have any online club meetings between now and June. It depends how our testing goes. We might have images judged online by a remote judge but its all up in the air right now.
Cheers from APAC Phil Dyer
Chung Ai Photographic Society
We do our meeting by WhatApp and we also WeChat for our club menbers. It works out very well. Thank you very much, James Yip
RA Photo Club
As soon as the COVID-19 lock-down hit, one of the club leaders suggested that we implement a weekly themed challenge on the Club’s Facebook page.
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It’s a private Facebook site, so this means we have good control on who can post (i.e. keeps the trolls out). A topic is put up at the beginning of the week and people (abiding by all the local restrictions on getting out and physical distancing) create, process and post their images. The topic is communicated through both the Club’s email list server and the Club’s Facebook page.
The Nature group at the club is looking at doing something similar; backyard nature outings that comply with nature rules, i.e. avoiding the “hand of man”. This initiative is still in startup phase.
Our meeting facility was shut down between when we did the judging on one of our monthly competitions and when we were going to have the judges review the images at the next weekly club meeting. Our tech people are setting up the infrastructure to get all three judges to comment on the images remotely and will be streaming the event to the club members. We are looking at recording the proceedings so that members can stream this in the comfort of our homes. This should take place in another couple of weeks. We are also looking at running our final competition this way; remote judging with judges commentary to follow. This is planned for mid-May. We run mixed digital and print competitions, but unfortunately this last event will be digital only.
We run a monthly photo critiquing program where people bring in their images and members of the group critique each other’s work. We are looking at using the same infrastructure as the remote judging platform to enable this; again, something that we hope to get running in May.
A bit more hazy, but also under consideration is to offer seminars using web meeting platforms like WebEx and Zoom. We have asked some of our regular instructors to think about how to implement this type of program. We have not determined a startup date for this yet
Once these activities are up and running, we are going to look at uptake and participation to see what else we can offer club members. Ultimately, we are looking at ways to keep RA Photo Club members engaged during this crisis so that they want to come back when the situation normalizes.
Regards (and keep safe!) Manfred Mueller, RA Photo Club Chair
Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia
Our club has image critiquing online. In the Members Only section of our website, we have something called Share and Evaluate where members can post an image for feedback from all our members.
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I hope you are well and taking some time for yourselves as we all adjust to working from home as well as social distancing. Here’s a message that I sent out to the members of my club. Some of them have been successful in receiving anywhere from 2 to 3 months free. You may wish to share this with members of your clubs.
I hope you all are keeping safe and finding ways to explore your creativity during this time of social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here is some happy news (not an April Fool’s joke) about Adobe. If you are a current subscriber, you might be able to get a payment holiday.
1) Login to your Adobe account at: https://www.adobe.com/ca/ 2) Make sure you are on full screen so you can see the magnifying glass. In the search window type “Covid 19” 3) On the bottom right of your screen, the “Contact Us” icon will appear. Click on it to open the chat window. 4) Type in Discount in the chat window. 5) This should give you the chat agent. (It may take a few minutes). Ask for a payment holiday and you should get 2 free months added to your subscription.
Happy Creating and Stay Safe! Joyce
Lions Gate Camera Club
The Community Centre where we meet is closed until the end of June. Our Club year usually ends in late June.
During COVID-19 situation we are doing everything remotely by internet.
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We are continuing our monthly Projected Image Evaluations by sending images to a designated person who collects them and who then sends all the images by “We Transfer” to the judge(s) and all members.
The judges have agreed to do this for us. The judges scores and comments are then sent back to all members. Scores and winning images are also posted on the website (as usual).
This month we are using the same system for Nature Night, judging will be by 3 experienced members who are Nature Photographers. Members are allowed to submit 3 images for Nature Night.
In addition, while we cannot meet together, we are running a weekly competition. Each member will submit one image to be judged by the other members participating. Again a designated person will collect the images and send out by “We Transfer”. This person will also act as the collector of the scores and at the end of the Club Year a small prize will be awarded to the winner.
Tony Keen
President, Lions Gate Camera Club.
Napanee Photo Club
Our current plan for the Napanee Photo Club will be doing our June Competition online including online judging with CAPA judges instead of doing our regular print competition.
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As well we will continue to have a monthly theme where we will post and share images via Flickr.
Regards
Sean Hearon
West Kootenay Camera Club
Our March 16th 2020 West Kootenay Camera Club Meeting was canceled due to CoVid 19 and as of March 19th all Camera Club Meetings and Activities have been cancelled. This includes Monthly Outings, Travelling Exhibits and June Photo Show Exhibition.
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The Photo Show group had already done a lot of preliminary work and they were quite saddened to have the show cancelled. However, we now are moving on in another way with Zoom video conferencing. A few members are familiar with Zoom but the majority are not, so at the present time we have three or four Hosts trialling Zoom with small groups within our club. The feedback from members has been quite positive and some are hosting on there own and discovering a new way to stay connected with friends and family.
For our Club, the goal now is to have our first online meeting at the end of April. The main objective is to continue with photographing the Monthly Theme and showing and judging the photos that have been sent in. Also we always seem to have excellent photography presentations and we are hoping that presenters can retool so to speak and make presentations online as well. At the moment one small group has decided to have reoccurring weekly meetings mainly to share photos that have been taken in their back yards. Maybe other members will host meetings on their own with specific interests like Macro or Equipment discussions. So we are experimenting and going gradually to allow as many members as possible to participate with confidence online.
Over a long period of time social isolating will be more difficult to do, but we hope by keeping busy, active and carrying on with some kind of Photography Meetings online we may continue to push everyone’s limit in taking better photos. Now is the time to make this happen. Good luck to all.
Cheers,
Ken Lebedoff
President
Hamilton Camera Club
Hamilton Club has been trying out new ways to keep members connected by having a date set for a webinar with Matt Kloskowski. A number of other clubs have also done this for their members.
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We are to register to this webinar and then be able to watch it on the date chosen from the comfort of our own homes or be able to watch it at a later date.
Another way we try to keep members informed was to have a member from the club set up a workshop on how to create composites. Members signed in to Zoom and watched from their own devices from home, they were allowed to ask questions and interact with the member leading the workshop. This was a new thing, but worked out well. Hopefully a few more workshops may be set up soon.
We also plan to hold the AGM meeting using zoom so all members can watch and interact.
Other members have also been sending links to online courses that are now offered free or at a low cost for people to enjoy at their own leisure.
Hope this helps, Take care, stay safe, Kathy Heykoop
Port Franks Camera Club
Hamilton Club has been trying out new ways to keep members connected by having a date set for a webinar with Matt Kloskowski. A number of other clubs have also done this for their members.
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We are to register to this webinar and then be able to watch it on the date chosen from the comfort of our own homes or be able to watch it at a later date.
Another way we try to keep members informed was to have a member from the club set up a workshop on how to create composites. Members signed in to Zoom and watched from their own devices from home, they were allowed to ask questions and interact with the member leading the workshop. This was a new thing, but worked out well. Hopefully a few more workshops may be set up soon.
We also plan to hold the AGM meeting using zoom so all members can watch and interact.
Other members have also been sending links to online courses that are now offered free or at a low cost for people to enjoy at their own leisure.
Hope this helps, Take care, stay safe, Kathy Heykoop
Vernon Camera Club
The President and entire executive of the Vernon Camera Club is working well and making important contributions to keep the club active during this difficult time.
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The Education Committee organized a Zoom online conference on Thursday, April 2nd attended by 37 members. Ian Bull gave an excellent presentation “Getting to Know your Flash” giving us inspiration to unearth the equipment and dispel the boredom of being stuck indoors. Ian had also made up a video from photos submitted by members of the club from the trip to Bella Coola last September – a lot of marvelous images . The poll taken at the end of the meeting was overwhelmingly enthusiastic. We will be holding another online meeting on Thursday April 9th. This will be an Evaluation meeting whereby members submit a maximum of four photos on stipulated themes to be displayed and reviewed by two of the Club’s evaluators. So the plan is to continue on with online meetings until the crisis is over. In the mean time the members are kept informed via e-mailed newsletters and a lively interaction takes place on FaceBook. Gill Kopy, Vernon Camera Club CAPA Rep.
Foothills Camera Club Calgary
COVID-19 CAPA Summary
Meetings:
All regular twice monthly meetings are cancelled for the remainder of the 2019-2020 year. These will not be replaced by virtual meetings.
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The Executive is continuing to meet using Zoom.
The AGM was to be held before the end of May (scheduled for April 21st). We will send the membership the AGM reports on-line and recruit the new executive who will be temporarily appointed until an AGM can be held at one of the earliest face-to-face regular meetings in the fall. At the deferred AGM, the new executive will be formally appointed.
Photography Competitions and Challenges:
Digital competitions will continue as previously planned with on-line judging.
Additional digital photography challenges have been initiated – the first one being ‘Signs of Spring’ and this challenge will be judged by all the members on-line through a ranking system.
Educational Opportunities:
We are offering on-line Zoom meetings on photography topics hosted by various club members.
We have set up a Discussion Forum for sharing on-line photography educational resources that members have found useful.
Thanks, Dan
The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto
These are very unusual times. We did not expect or prepare for it. But we have to adapt.
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1) Our executive committee holds virtual meetings online. We also use Whatsapp for time-sensitive communication.
2) We plan to hold online meetings with members. Topics of meetings include educational presentations, sharing travel experience and photos, photo evaluation and critique.
3) We have a private Facebook group for members to share their pictures and to have discussions on all things photographic.
4) We hold informal friendly bi-weekly mini photo contests on special assigned topic. To encourage members to stay indoor and be creative, we ask members to take pictures on an assigned object commonly found around one’s home. One object is assigned for each contest. Participants post their photos on our Facebook page. The one who gets the most ‘like’ wins and be recognized.
Stay safe and healthy
Regards, Frankie
Focus Camera Club
Social distancing being our new normal, Focus Camera Club has decided to embrace technology and host our meetings via video conferencing.
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Much to our surprised, our first meeting had 75 members in attendance and the feedback was so positive that we decided to change our 2-hour bi-weekly meetings to a weekly one-hour meeting. Our scheduled guest speakers have so far been able to present their presentation; allowing us to deliver our program. We continue to incite our members to submit their images for our upcoming competitions and we will show the images and the winners using the video conferencing tool.
We have also been running a daily challenge for 14 days where our members are encouraged to post a photograph that they have taken inside of their home to a specific theme, for example, texture, snacks, rules of third to name a few. At the end of each day, we draw one winner and at the end of the 14th day, we will be drawing a prize to an individual who has posted a picture each day of the challenge. At the end of this challenge, we will be launching a new challenge to encourage our members to continue being creative within the confinement of their property.
We are fortunate that our members have embraced this tool allowing us to continue business as usual in these abnormal times of having to practice social distancing.
Stella d’Entremont
Club photo de Boucherville
The Club photo de Boucherville has been doing online meetings on Cisco Webex (Zoom equivalent) since our place was closed by the authorities on March 13th.
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For now, we had three meetings where we shared images on screen. We voted online for a macro contest and then shared the notes and comments together. We had an evening where three “superstar” members shared their portfolio and their photography journey (that’s always a big winner in our club each year, we get to know each member deeper). We finally had another viewing and commenting of photos taking during photo trips we organized throughout the year 2019-2020. We even record the meetings so people can watch it after if they missed it! Our photographers are delighted by all those solutions. Being online also means that pictures are clearer because we’re closer to the computer and no one is chitchatting at the same time 😉
For the rest of the season, we plan to do presentations of our artistic team projects done throughout the year (another fun way to bond members and to create opportunities) and even our general assembly. We also know some photographers offering online conferences to photo clubs, which is great!
At the end of each year, we are invited to exhibit around 100 images in our public city art gallery and since we cannot do it this year, we are going… ONLINE, of course! We’ll send an invite, if you’d like!
We are also very active on our Facebook private group where we share pictures everyday, tips, news and so on!
Thanks a lot,
Marilène, CA director
Lakeshore Camera Club
This is a great idea. We’re looking forward to hearing what other clubs have been doing.
As for us, the Lakeshore Camera Club didn’t skip a beat.
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We had our last ‘physical’ meeting on Monday March 9th and our first ‘virtual’ one the following Monday livestreamed via WebEx. Since then, we’ve held four meetings without having to change anything – two competitions complete with slideshows and critiquing by three judges, one with a presentation by a guest speaker operating remotely, and the last one which was a reveal and talk on several photo essay projects by our members.
We have consistently had between 70 and 80 members (out of a total of approximately 140) participating in these meetings! We have even added two meetings to make sure there is no gap for weeks when a holiday falls on a meeting night. For instance, this coming Monday is a normally a holiday but we have added a virtual meeting on Tuesday – tech talks by three of our more experienced members.
We invited executives of another camera club (also a CAPA member as it turns out) to introduce them to these possibilities and helped them get started with an objective to being able to offer even more content to camera enthusiasts with two “meetings” a week, one by each club. Discussions are currently underway and we’ll see where it leads to.
And that’s not all!
Our webmaster and another of our members introduced us to ‘Slack’, an online community space that allows people to communicate and share ideas, images, links to webpages, youtube videos, whatever … both structured (by topic of interest) and unstructured (direct messages to each other). Aside from text and sharing files, members can easily initiate video calls among themselves up to 15 at a time. We started testing with a free account and then took advantage of Slack’s offer of a fully functional upgrade at no charge for non-profits.
We are now accessible and online 24/7. Already we have over 30 members in the first week who have activated their account and we are holding weekly challenges, posting links to educational websites and much more…This environment will continue to operate independent of the formal end of our season in early June (we normally restart just after Labour Day in September)
However, we are also starting to plan for the possibility of extending our season through the summer months given a not unreasonable likelihood that some form of containment may remain in place for much longer than our hopes would have.
Finally, if you don’t mind me using this opportunity to communicate with other clubs, we would like to mention that if there are any other clubs that might be interested in “virtually” partnering with us, feel free to contact us at president@lccphoto.org
Thanks for giving us the opportunity to share our experience and hear the experience of others.
Regards,
Carmin Cristofaro, on behalf of the
Lakeshore Camera Club
Montreal
Photo Fredericton
Photo Fredericton opened the annual print exhibit at the Playhouse galleries on March 2. However, as the building is closed to the public at the moment, we made a YouTube video for the virtual gallery tour.
Mon pays / My country camera winner Michael Winsor
Michael Winsor wins an Olympus Camera at the Mon pays / My Country exhibition in Quebec.
The salon “mon pays / my country” was held at Musée national de la Photographie in Quebec for the month of January through March, 2020. 39 pictures were showcased to represent all provinces and territories in Canada. At the opening the judges selected top three pictures for the prizes provided by Olympus. And the 1st prize went to Michael Winsor for his image of “Magical Moment”, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL).
Michael Wiinsor is a CAPA Individual member and a member of Camera 35 that is a CAPA Club member. Michael lives in St. John’s and makes amazing photographs of the icebergs that appear around NL. One of his images was selected by Canada Post for a postage stamp. Michael is the District Representative of NL since October, 2019.
Congratulations!
Le Salon « Mon pays — My Country », un franc succès
Le Salon « Mon pays — My Country », un franc succès
Fondé en 2003 et situé à Drummondville, à mi-chemin entre Montréal et Québec, le Musée national de la photographie Desjardins (MNPD) est relativement peu connu au-delà de son périmètre local en dépit de sa remarquable collection permanente de photos et d’appareils photographiques. En plus d’accueillir des expositions photographiques à longueur d’année, c’est aussi un lieu de recherche, d’enseignement et de diffusion dédié au rayonnement artistique et culturel de la photographie et de son histoire. C’est donc avec un partenaire de haut calibre que l’ACAP a choisi de collaborer en proposant une exposition de photographies parmi les meilleures oeuvres de ses membres pour rendre hommage à la beauté du paysage, de la flore et de la faune du Canada. Le MNPD a accueilli des visiteurs à cette exposition entre le 6 janvier et le 29 mars, une initiative d’envergure pour la promotion de l’art photographique au Canada.
Le Salon « Mon pays — My Country » s’est greffé au concours de l’ACAP « Canada My Country — Canada mon pays ». À partir des plus de 860 photographies soumises à l’édition 2019 de ce concours, trente neuf oeuvres ont été choisies — trois des meilleures images de chacune des dix provinces et des trois territoires du Canada — pour représenter les quatre coins de notre grand pays. Imprimée sur des supports de grand format, cette collection impressionnante a séduit plus de 3000 visiteurs venant du Québec ainsi qu’en provenance de la France, de la Suisse, de la Belgique, des États-Unis, et de plusieurs autres provinces canadiennes.
D’importants efforts ont été déployés dans l’organisation de l’évènement. Né d’une idée embryonnaire au début de 2018, le projet s’est matérialisé grâce à l’enthousiasme et à la ferveur de nombreux collaborateurs de l’ACAP et du MNPD, en particulier du directeur de la zone du Québec de l’ACAP, Alain Dubeau, et du directeur général du MNPD, Jonathan Hugues Potvin. De plus, le Salon s’est attiré l’appui d’un partenaire commercial important, la corporation Olympus. En tant que présentateur et commanditaire du Salon, Olympus a gracieusement fourni des appareils photo qui ont été donnés en prix lors du vernissage de l’exposition, le 19 janvier. Voir les gagnants ici: Michael Winsor,Hong Zhang, Steve Donnelly
La réussite de cette collaboration est dûe en grande partie à sa capacité à répondre aux objectifs stratégiques de ses deux partenaires. D’une part, le MNPD cherchait à augmenter sa présence et son rayonnement sur la scène canadienne. Accueillir une collection de photographies projetant une image saisissante et attrayante du Canada répondait parfaitement à ses besoins. D’autre part, l’ACAP est toujours à l’affut de moyens de faire rayonner le talent créatif de ses membres et d’en attirer de nouveaux. Le Salon s’est démontré être une excellente plateforme pour l’avancement et la promotion de l’art photographique en affirmant le rôle de l’ACAP en tant qu’acteur de premier plan sur la scène artistique canadienne.
Le succès de cet évènement ainsi que les nombreux éloges qui ont été exprimés par ses visiteurs ont mené naturellement à réfléchir à la possibilité de profiter de la richesse photographique du Salon pour en faire un évènement itinérant à présenter à un plus grand auditoire, sur un plus vaste territoire. De fait, toutes les photos du Salon seront archivées et confiées au soins d’une institution muséale de confiance et le MNPD a déjà exprimé son intérêt à renouveler l’expérience du Salon en 2022.
Michael Winsor: Newfoundland and LabradorHong Zhang: AlbertaSteve Donnelly: Manitoba
The “Mon pays – My Country”, A Success Story
Founded in 2003 and located in Drummondville, halfway between Montréal and Québec City, the Musée national de la photographie Desjardins (MNPD) is relatively little known outside its local area, which is surprising, considering its impressive permanent collection of photographs and photographic equipment. As well as hosting photographic exhibitions throughout the year, the museum also supports research, education, and publishing dedicated to the history and promotion of photographic art and culture. It was with this unique and inspiring partner that the Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA) chose to collaborate by proposing an exhibition of photographs from among its members’ best work, paying tribute to the beauty of Canada’s landscape, flora and fauna. The MNPD welcomed visitors to the resulting event between January 6 and March 29, 2020, thus inaugurating a major initiative for the promotion of photographic art in Canada.
The Salon “Mon pays — My Country” was created as an offshoot of CAPA’s competition “Canada My Country — Canada mon pays”. From among over 860 photographs submitted to the 2019 edition of this competition, 39 works were chosen—three of the best images of each of the ten provinces and three territories—representing the breadth and scope of our immense country. With each image printed on large poster board, this stunning display was viewed by more than 3000 visitors from Québec, and also from France, Switzerland, Belgium, the U.S., and several other Canadian provinces.
Enormous efforts were required to bring about the Salon. Starting from an initial vision that took shape in early 2018, the project was brought to fruition thanks to the enthusiasm and drive of a whole team of collaborators from CAPA and the MNPD, in particular those of Alain Dubeau, director of CAPA’s Québec Zone, and of Jonathan Hugues Potvin, director general of the MNPD. Moreover, the Salon attracted the support of an important commercial ally, Olympus Corporation; as the Salon’s presenter and sponsor, Olympus provided the cameras that were given as prizes at the official opening ceremony on January 19. See the winners here: Michael Winsor, Hong Zhang, Steve Donnelly
The positive results of this collaborative effort can be primarily attributed to its ability to respond to the strategic needs of the two organizing bodies. The MNPD was looking to increase its presence and its influence on the Canadian scene; hosting a major collection of photographs projecting vivid and striking impressions of Canada was the perfect step to reaching this goal. For its part, CAPA is continuously seeking ways of showcasing the creative talent of its members and of attracting new ones; the Salon proved to be an excellent platform for the advancement and promotion of photographic art and for confirming CAPA’s position as a key player on the Canadian artistic scene.
The success of the event and the many positive comments that were made by visitors naturally led to a reflection on the possibility of building upon the assets of this rich photographic collection and transforming it into a traveling exhibition to share with a larger audience, over a wider territory. In fact, all the photographs of the Salon will be archived under the care of a trusted museum authority and the MNPD has already expressed an interest in renewing the Salon experience in 2022.
In 2020, Canada will enjoy its highest showing at the World Photographic Cup in the last 5 years. While it is too early to know the exact results, 4 Canadian Photographers finished in the Top 10 of their respective categories. This is exceptional, as each one of those images (from the 18 submitted) get Team Canada points towards a country award. And each one of those Photographers will qualify for a medal.
Welcome to the World Photographic Cup! I highly recommend that you go to their website to understand the organization and this competition.
In 2020 (teams assembled in 2019) there were 43 countries competing for the top spots. Over 750 images in 6 categories vying for the right to call themselves the best.
It’s the Olympics of Photography.
The final awards ceremony has been postponed to September 28, 2020 at 18:30 local time in Rome Italy (editor’s note: The ceremony has been moved to September 28th). Canada will be well represented with 2 Team Canada members and 1 co-captain (all of this is dependent on travel restrictions due to the Novel Coronavirus). You can watch it online – just go to the World Photographic Cup facebook page.
Why do we have a Team Canada?
We have a Team Canada because 4 organizations (CAPA, CAPIC, NPAC, and PPOC) were able to reach out to their members and assemble a library of incredible images to choose from. WPC Team Canada is not affiliated with any specific national association – it transcends any specific organization and reaches out to all 4.
Each association allocates a representative and any resources they feel can help us put together a great team. PPOC is currently the financial and administrative sponsor, while NPAC provides strong support on the press release side. This year we were able to get national exposure thanks to NPAC. CAPA provided a strong judging contingent as well as some great training to our Co-Captains regarding understanding international judging.
Anyone can enter. Any Canadian who feels they have an image that is worthy of the international stage can enter. It can be from someone who does it for a living, or someone who happened to be at the right place at the right time with the right equipment. They don’t even have to belong to an association (although that does get you a small discount!).
What do you get out of it? If Photography is your business, you can get great marketing opportunities – from “I am on WPC Team Canada” to “I won a medal at the Olympics of Photography”. If Photography is not your business, then you go for the glory and the bragging rights!
It’s not for the faint of heart. I watched 60 top notch images in one category get whittled down to 10 – and then 3. Like the current state of the salary cap NHL, the difference between the 4th best image and the 20th best image was miniscule.
The judges are trained to choose the best images for INTERNATIONAL competition. Why is this important to you? Because it means you should not put in your favourite image from a North American competition but go to the World Photographic Cup and see what other nations judges love – see what did well in International Competition. The world is a big place, and there are a lot of different tastes in China, Japan, and Russia! Give yourself that edge and do your homework.
I look forward to seeing your entries. The portal will open in early June 2020. More images to choose from means a stronger team. A stronger team means that if you make it, you made in spite of greater odds. But you won’t make it if you don’t try.
I am always available for questions and always willing to help. Don’t hesitate to email me at geraldpdavid@me.com, or call me at (403) 816-9935.
CAPA has had to cancel or postpone several courses and activities. During these trying times we know that as Canadians we will work through this and become stronger as a community. We hope that you will take this time to create new images, update some skills, photograph what’s in your back yard, or work on your macro skills. Take time to be creative.
Our volunteer Competitions team is hard at work to ensure that the upcoming individual and club competitions run smoothly. Our Certified Judges who also volunteer their time are looking forward to evaluating your great images. Even if you do not normally enter a CAPA competition, this may be the perfect time to use our competitions to push your photographic boundaries. By early April we plan to publish the list of competitions for the Fall 2020 – Spring 2021 season. Hopefully the new list will inspire people to work toward creating entries for the various categories.
Moreover, as a reminder we are always looking for interesting articles from members for the Canadian Camera magazine. And our Monthly Newsletter is a great way to learn about current events.
Thank you for all you do to help promote CAPA. Without members like you, we would not be the national organization that we are today and will be in the future.
Although we all have had our lives disrupted, let’s all do what we can to help our friends and neighbors, first responders, health care professionals, and everyone who is keeping our lights on and our grocery shelves stocked.
On behalf of the CAPA executive and directors we hope you stay safe. Our mothers were right – wash your hands! With common sense and good hygiene, we will get back to normal in the coming months.
Sincerely,
Rod Trider, FCAPA
President
Chers membres et amis de l’ACAP
À la lumière des événements récents, l’ACAP a dû annuler ou reporter plusieurs cours et activités. En ces temps difficiles, nous savons qu’en tant que Canadiens, nous ressortirons de cette épreuve plus fort que jamais en tant que communauté.
Nous espérons que vous profiterez de ce moment pour créer de nouvelles images, mettre à jour certaines compétences, photographier ce qui se trouve dans votre arrière-cour, ou travailler sur vos compétences macro. Soyez créatifs.
Notre équipe de compétition bénévole est toujours à pied d’œuvre pour assurer le bon déroulement des prochaines compétitions individuelles et de club. Nos juges formés qui donnent également de leur temps ont hâte d’évaluer vos superbes images. Même si vous ne participez pas normalement à un concours de l’ACAP, c’est peut être le moment idéal pour utiliser nos concours pour repousser vos limites photographiques. Au début d’avril, nous prévoyons de publier la liste des compétitions pour la saison automne 2020 – printemps 2021. Espérons que cette nouvelle liste incitera également les gens à travailler davantage à la création d’entrées pour les différentes catégories.
De plus, pour rappel, nous recherchons toujours des articles intéressants de la part des membres pour le magazine Canadian Camera. Et comme toujours, notre bulletin mensuelle est un excellent moyen de vous renseigner sur les actualités.
Merci pour tout ce que vous faites pour promouvoir l’ACAP. Sans membres comme vous, nous ne serions pas l’organisation nationale que nous sommes aujourd’hui.
Bien que nos vies aient toutes été perturbées, faisons tout ce que nous pouvons pour aider nos amis et nos voisins, les premiers intervenants, les professionnels de la santé, et tous ceux qui gardent nos lumières allumées et nos étagères d’épicerie approvisionnées.
Au nom du conseil d’administration de l’ACAP, nous espérons que vous restez en sécurité. Nos mères avaient raison – lavez-vous les mains! Avec bon sens et bonne hygiène, nous reviendrons à la normale dans les prochains mois.
