by Lynda Miller
There are many paths in a photographer’s creative journey. Here I have shared some of the ideas and experiences
of mine, and hope I have encouraged you to become engaged with your creative life through your camera’s lens. If you are looking to expand your creative vision give Multiple Exposure photography a try.
The 2019 Toronto International Photography Festival was held recently under the auspices of the International Photographers Federation. The Festival awards CAPA medals with this years competition comprising 12 categories with over 4100 images in total. As usual, this third international photographic competition used only CAPA trained judges, including Glenn Bloodworth (CAPA Ontario Zone Director), Rod Trider (CAPA President), Bill Hall (SW Ontario DR), and Anthony Schatzky, Yun Wan, He Zhao, Zhiwen Li & Ying Shi.
The awards ceremony was held on Sunday December 8 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. CAPA President Rod Trider was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his multi-year assistance to the IPF in curating and judging their competitions. CAPA Secretary Jonathan Ward was presented with a Golden Lens Award for having judged their competitions over a number of years. Congratulations to all the winning photographers.
Le salon « mon pays/my country », organisé conjointement par l’ACAP et le Musée national de la photographie Desjardins, ouvrira ses portes en janvier et promet d’être un vènement important pour la promotion de la photographie au Québec en 2020. Le vernissage aura lieu le 12 janvier à 14 h au Musée national de la photographie Desjardins, 400 rue Hériot, Drummondville Québec.
La cible déclarée par la direction de la zone Québec d’atteindre 150 membres a été atteinte. La zone est présentement composée de 13 clubs répartis en trois districts ainsi que de 139 membres individuels.
Un certificat d’appréciation a été remis à M. Marc Dufour, responsable du membership pour la zone du Québec, en reconnaissance de sa contribution en tant que bénévole et du support qu’il a fourni au directeur des compétitions et au directeur de l’éducation de l’ACAP. Le certificat lui a été remis le 30 novembre par le président de l’ACAP, M. Rod Trider, lors du cours de jugement en français.
Un premier cours de jugement en français a eu lieu grâce à la généreuse participation du club hôte l’Oeil qui voit de Saint-Hubert. Selon les commentaires positifs reçus de la part de plusieurs des 39 participants, l’évènement fut fort apprécié et un franc succès. Les personnes qui veulent s’inscrire pour devenir juge doivent contacter Michael Breakey à education@capacanada.ca Un deuxième cours de jugement en français au
printemps prochain est à l’étude. D’autres informations à cet effet seront communiquées sous peu.
A photography exhibition at the MNPD The salon “mon pays/my country,” organized jointly by CAPA and the Musée national de la photographie Desjardins, will open to the public in January and promises to be an
important event for the promotion of photography in Quebec in 2020. The opening ceremony will take place on 12 January at 2 PM at the Musée national de la photographie Desjardins, 400 rue Hériot, Drummondville Québec.
The declared objective by the Quebec zone direction to reach 150 members has been reached. The Zone is now composed of 13 clubs distributed in three districts as well as 139 individual members.
A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to Mr. Marc Dufour, responsible for Quebec Zone membership, for his outstanding services and contribution as a volunteer and for his support to the CAPA competitions
director and the CAPA education director. The Certificate was presented to him on 30 November by CAPA President Mr. Rod Trider during the French judging course.
A first judging course in French took place thanks to the generous participation of the host-club l’Oeil qui voit of Saint-Hubert. From the positive comments coming from several of the 39 participants, it appears the
event was well received and appreciated. Those wishing to register to become judges must contact Michael Breakey at education@capacanada.ca A second French language judging course is being considered for next Spring. Further information in this regard will be communicated soon.
On December 5th Gerry Alger – C.A.P.A. District Rep. for Southwestern Ontario, Area 1 – presented awards to members of the London Camera Club.
The following were award winners from the October 15 Nature/Wildlife Individual Competition held October 15:
London Camera Club member, Steve Donnelly, was awarded C.A.P.A’s Excellence in Photography medal for his Best In Show image at Southwestern Ontario’s Western Fair 2019. Steve’s Image, ‘Himba Woman in Smoke Bath’ was judged best of more than 800 images. This was Steve’s third Best In Show wins in as many years.
By: Tom Gallant, DR, Eastern Nova Scotia
The Scotsburn-Northumberland Amateur Photography Society (SNAPS) has become the first club in Eastern Nova Scotia to join CAPA. SNAPS has been in existence since 2012. SNAPS was started by two newcomers to the area, Dave and Christine Hache, both photographers; Dave coming from New Brunswick and Christine from Truro, Nova Scotia. The club started in Scotsburn, the home of Scotsburn Milk and Ice Cream, with just over 10 members. There are presently 30 registered members and 750 listed as members of their Facebook page. The members come from a wide variety of professional backgrounds, including: doctors, nurses, educators, business people and many others from the two-dozen communities in Pictou County. The majority of the membership of the club resides in New Glasgow and Pictou, with the population of Pictou County approximating 55,000 people.
SNAPS represents a group of photographers who are more than willing to give of their time to help all members regardless of their skill level. There is a very low cost for membership. The rate is $10.00 per year, and $2.00 per meeting, which happens the first Wednesday of each month, at the Northumberland Regional High School in Alma, a small community in Pictou County. The low membership fee was put in place to attract everybody who has a desire to learn or improve their photography.
At regular monthly meetings, members can showcase their work, through digital presentations, partake in workshops given by outside presenters and inside from skilled club photographers. As well, the club members have the opportunity to get together as a group on field-trips to photograph the beautiful scenery of Nova Scotia (see attached samples). These field trips happen on a monthly basis. At least once per year, the club has an exhibition in one of the County venues, where any member can showcase their work to the public. In addition, one of the senior club members, Dr. Gerry Farrell, has given up space at the Aberdeen Hospital’s “Art on the Wall,” where he has traditionally showcased his work, to SNAPS members where they can showcase and sell their own work. Part of the proceeds of sales goes to the hospital foundation. The remainder goes to the artists. As a gesture of community spirit, some members of the club volunteer, in order to enhance their photographic profile, and cover events of non-profit community organizations. Their photos are given to these organizations to be used for publicity. All of the activities that SNAPS undertakes is done in a relaxed fun way, with no pressure.
Becoming a CAPA member will allow club members to compete at a regional and national level, have their work adjudicated by professional and certified judges, and to become a certified judge themselves, if they choose to do so, and be involved in regional and national seminars, and workshops.
You can obtain more information about SNAPS on Facebook at: SNAPS (Scotsburn-Northumberland Amateur Photography Society).
As of September 1, 2019, I pre-screen submitted images to ensure images meet the Scope of Competition and the CAPA Eligibility Criteria prior to the ‘day-of-judging.’ With questionable images are discovered, I will endeavour to contact the respective entrant and raise a possible concern with their images with suggestions of correcting the image or submitting a different image.
On the ‘day-of-judging,’ the judging panel will view all the images and assign scores. As of September 1, 2019, the judging panel now can disqualify image(s) and there is no appeal to their decision. If two of three judges are in agreement that an image does not meet the Scope of Competition then the noted image will be disqualified and the entrant will be advised of the disqualification thereafter.
To ensure your image is not disqualified by the judging panel and you receive the best possible score, it is important for you to review the competition details page prior to submitting images to a CAPA competition. Please do not assume by the competition title that your images will be accepted into a competition.
This competition closed on October 15, 2019 and 900 images were submitted into this competition. Two judging teams viewed and scored these images.
Some amazing images were submitted and all entrants are congratulated on their outstanding photography. You can view the winning images for:
Club category here – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-2019-curves-lines-club/
Individual category here – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-2019-individual-lines-and-curves-lignes-et-courbes/
The Curves & Lines final report can be viewed after you log into our website and selecting the Competition Report on the Competition dropdown menu.
This competition closed on October 30, 2019 and 988 images were submitted into this competition. Of the 988 images, 75% were submitted by Individual CAPA members and 25% coming from Camera Club submissions.
This total submission level now holds the record for the most images submitted into a single CAPA competition.
With this large number of submitted images, we used two separate judging panels.
The distribution of images submitted are illustrated in the two following pie charts.
You view the winning images here:
– Nature/Wildlife ‘Club’ winning images – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-fall-nature-wildlife-club/
– Nature/Wildlife ‘Individual’ winning images – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-2019-nature-wildlife-individual/
On January 30, 2020 at midnight this competition closes.
If you intend to enter images into this competition, please ensure your carefully read the competition details page first – prior to uploading your images.
You can view this competition detail page here – https://capacanada.ca/2020-creative/
This competition is now open for you to upload your images.
Competition closes on February 28, 2020. Please remember to first read the competition detail webpage prior to uploading your images into this competition.
You can view this competition details page here – https://capacanada.ca/2020-monochrome/
Depuis le 1 septembre 2019, les images soumises sont vérifiées avant le jour du jugement afin de s’assurer qu’elles respectent la portée du concours ainsi que les critères d’admissibilité de l’ACAP. Lorsqu’une image comportant un doute est découverte, le participant ayant soumis l’image est contacté pour lui en faire part et lui suggérer des pistes pour corriger l’image ou soumettre une image différente.
Le ‘jour du jugement’, le comité des juges visionne toutes les images et leurs accorde une note. Depuis le 1 septembre 2019, le comité des juges peut disqualifier une image et sa décision est sans appel. Si deux juges sur trois s’accordent pour dire qu’une image ne rencontre pas la portée du concours, alors elle sera disqualifiée et le participant en sera avisé par la suite.
Afin de vous assurer que vos images ne soient pas disqualifiées par le comité des juges et pour recevoir la meilleure note possible, il est important de revoir les détails du concours avant de les soumettre dans un concours de l’ACAP. Ne vous fiez pas seulement au titre du concours pour assumer que vos images seront acceptées.
Ce concours ferme le 15 novembre 2019 à minuit. Traditionnellement ce concours est très populaire pour de nombreux photographes. Ce concours est une occasion de soumettre une image que vous avez améliorée pour en faire un objet d’art photographique unique.
Veuillez s’il vous plait lire tous les détails de ce concours avant de soumettre vos images. Consultez les détails du concours sur ce lien – https://capacanada.ca/fine-art-2/
Ce concours s’est terminé le 15 octobre 2019 et 900 images ont été soumises. Deux équipes de juges ont vu et noté ces images.
Des images étonnantes ont été soumises. Nous félicitons tous les photographes participants pour leur talent exceptionnel. Vous pouvez voir les images gagnantes sur ces liens :
La catégorie club – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-2019-curves-lines-club/
La catégorie individuelle – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-2019-individual-lines-and-curves-lignes-et-courbes/
Le rapport final du concours Courbes et lignes peut être consulté après vous être connecté au site Web en sélectionnant le sous-menu ‘’Competition Report’’ du menu ‘’Competition’’.
Ce concours s’est terminé le 30 octobre 2019 et 988 ont étés soumises. Les membres individuels ont soumis 75% de ces images et les clubs de photos 25%.
Cette participation établis un nouveau record d’images soumises dans un concours de l’ACAP.
Avec un aussi grand nombre d’images nous utilisons deux comités de juges différents.
Les deux graphiques suivants en forme de tarte illustrent la distribution des images soumises :
Vous pouvez voir les images gagnantes ici :
– Nature/Vie sauvage ‘Club’ – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-fall-nature-wildlife-club/
– Nature/Vie sauvage ‘Individuel’ – https://capacanada.ca/competition-winners-2019-nature-wildlife-individual/
Le concours fermera le 30 janvier 2020 à minuit.
Si vous avez l’intention de participer à ce concours, alors veuillez relire avec attention les détails du concours avant de soumettre vos images.
Vous pouvez consulter les détails de ce concours sur cette page – https://capacanada.ca/2020-creative/
Ce concours est maintenant ouvert et vous pouvez soumettre vos images.
Le concours fermera le 28 février 2020. Veuillez prendre soin de lire les détails du concours avant de soumettre vos images.
Vous pouvez consulter les détails de ce concours sur cette page – https://capacanada.ca/2020-monochrome/
Native de Saint-Quentin, une petite ville située au nord-ouest du Nouveau-Brunswick, je demeure dans la région de Moncton depuis 1991.
J’ai toujours eu un grand intérêt pour les arts, ce qui m ‘a amené à compléter un baccalauréat en Arts visuels et Histoire de l’Université de Moncton ainsi qu’un diplôme d’études collégiales en Design et gestion de production multimédia.
J’aime la macrophotographie, d’où sont nés mes deux premières collections « Givre en bulles » et « Papillusion » qui ont été exposées à plusieurs galeries au NB. Je suis aussi passionné par la vie sauvage et plus récemment, j’étends mes horizons photographiques vers le paysage.
Je suis membre de CAPA depuis 2011, et je suis devenue représentante pour le district de Moncton en 2017. Mon rôle comme représentante de district pour CAPA est de rencontrer plus spécialement les communautés francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick afin de leur présenter l’association et de recruter de nouveaux membres. Je suis aussi membre du comité qui organise la CCC 2021 qui aura lieu a Moncton.
Isabelle Levesque
Moncton, New Brunswick
Native of Saint-Quentin, a small town in northwest of New Brunswick, I now live in the greater Moncton area since 1991.
I always love art and it brought me to get a degree in visual art at the Université de Moncton and a Design and Multimédia productions Diploma from CCNB.
I practice macrophotography, from which my first two exhibits were born, « Givre en bulles » et « Papillusion ». I am also passionate with wildlife and more recently I extend my horizons to landscape photography.
I am a member of CAPA since 2011, and became the District Representative (DR) for Moncton area in 2017. My role is mostly to meet with Francophone communities in New Brunswick to introduce CAPA and recruit new members. Also I am a member of the executive for the 2021 CCC in Moncton.
Isabelle Levesque
Moncton, New Brunswick District Representative
I live in St. John’s, NL, and a member of Camera 35.
I have always enjoyed photographing landscapes under the night sky or during blue hour. However, I find that wildlife has really captured my imagination over the past couple years. I am sure a part of that is because Newfoundland has the largest gathering of humpback whales every summer.
I have been an individual and club member with CAPA now for over 5 years and it is great to be a part of an association that showcases the best places in our country. Only through sharing images, can we broaden our horizons to what the rest of the country has to offer.
Michael Winsor
Newfoundland and Labrador District Representative
I have been a member of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia since 1996. I have been the Halifax District CAPA Representative since 2009 and the CAPA club representative for the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia since 2007.
I was a member of the CAPA Nomination Committee in 2008-2009 and 2010-2011. Also I was part of the organizing committee for the two day Camera Conference (ACC) in the Atlantic Zone in 2016 and a member of the 2016-2017 CAPA Website Development Committee.
I enjoy meeting photographers from across Canada and being inspired by their work. I like to challenge myself to capture and convey what I see no matter what the subject but I love to photograph macro subjects and nature.
Joyce Chew
Halifax, Nova Scotia District Representative
I am a member of the Scotsburn Northumberland Amateur Photographic Society (S.N.A.P.S.) from Pictou County, Nova Scotia. I moved here four years ago from Manitoba after I retired as an administrator of a K to 12 school. While in Manitoba, I, along with a local doctor, started a Photography club there, and when I arrived here, I introduced SNAPS to CAPA. Then took the Judging Course in Moncton in 2018. Great course!
Throughout my long photographic career, I photographed weddings, took portraits and shot modelling portfolios. Over the past 20 years, I’ve photographed mainly landscapes, seascapes, mostly in NL with Icebergs and the amazing cliffs, and wildlife.
I also edit, print and frame my own work. As well, I love teaching photography. As a result, I’m looking forward to working with the many talented photographers both at CAPA and SNAPS. Because of the wealth of talent with CAPA and here in Nova Scotia, I am learning all the time, and being a life-long learner, this is ideal. A win, win for me!
Tom Gallant
Nova Scotia East District Representative
News Item for CAPA Members
During 2019, CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) conducted an extensive Audit and Review of the CAPA accounting records. As a result of this review, CRA has determined and advised that CAPA is no longer required to Collect GST/HST on the CAPA Memberships and any related Educational Programs (ie. Judging Courses, etc.)
The discontinuance of collecting GST/HST will take effect January 01, 2020.
Len Suchan FCAPA
CAPA Treasurer
The Harbour City Photography Club in Nanaimo is pleased to announce that their annual Photo Salon will run in 2020 from June 1 to June 12 at the View Gallery, Vancouver Island University. The exhibit will feature some of the best work of Vancouver Island photographers in four categories: Landscape, Macro&Close Up, Street Photography and Open.
For more information visit: Harbour City Photography Club
2019 marks the 10th anniversary of ProFusion – Vistek’s world-renowned pro-imaging expo – and you can be sure it’ll be the best one yet.
ProFusion is Canada’s largest, most engaging, completely unforgettable pro imaging expo. Where everything – including the latest and greatest photo/video gear, intriguing product demonstrations, and internationally renowned guest speakers – is showcased across a massive trade show floor.
For More Information and to Register for Your FREE 2-Day Pass Visit www.profusionexpo.com
Watch our Teaser Trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHVwaXZX0qU
On November 15, 2019 at midnight, this competition closes. Traditionally, this competition has been extremely popular with many photographers. This competition provides an opportunity for you to submit your image which you have enhanced to create a unique piece of photo art.
Please ensure you read the full details of this competition prior to submitting your images. Check out the competition details here – https://capacanada.ca/fine-art-2/
For this competition, you will need to have your images uploaded by November 30, 2019 at midnight.
This is also another popular competition with photographers. Your are encouraged to read the full details of this competition prior to submitting your images. Check out the competition details here – https://capacanada.ca/2019-open-theme/
As requested by photographers, we have expanded our traditional Altered Reality Competition to create a new Creative Competition.
Check out the competition detail page here before submitting your images into this competition – https://capacanada.ca/2020-creative/
If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions about our competitions, please email me at competitions@capacanada.ca
Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
Director of Competitions
Ce concours ferme le 15 novembre 2019 à minuit. Traditionnellement ce concours est très populaire pour de nombreux photographes. Ce concours est une occasion de soumettre une image que vous avez améliorée pour en faire un objet d’art photographique unique.
Veuillez s’il vous plait lire tous les détails de ce concours avant de soumettre vos images. Consultez les détails du concours sur ce lien – https://capacanada.ca/fine-art-2/
Pour ce concours vous devez soumettre vos images avant le 30 novembre 2019 à minuit.
Ce concours est aussi très populaire auprès des photographes. Lisez tous les détails de ce concours avant de soumettre vos images. Consultez les détails du concours sur ce lien – https://capacanada.ca/2019-open-theme/
Tel que demandé par les photographes, nous avons agrandi la forme traditionnelle du concours ‘’Réalité altérée’’ pour créer un nouveau concours ‘’Créativité’’.
Consultez les détails du concours sur ce lien avant de soumettre vos images – https://capacanada.ca/2020-creative/
Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
Directeur des concours
This year the Burnaby Photographic Society celebrates 24 years of presenting to the public our high-quality slide shows put to music. Our 24th Annual Showcase will take you around the world with an evening of slide shows set to music on 25 January 2020 and a dramatic print display during the previous week. Showcase will sweep you off to exotic places and cultures, and bring you up close to wildlife, fine art, and visual surprises. Tickets come with a chance to win valuable door prizes. Also, the free print display in the Shadbolt Centre’s lobby will run all week from Monday, 20 January through Saturday, 25 January 2020.
To see what Showcase is all about, here is a short video of our January 2019 Showcase event: https://vimeo.com/316134569 .
Slide shows set to music:
The Gabriola Photography Club has been in existence for over 12 years and meets at the Rollo Senior Centre from 10 am-noon, the first and 3rd Wednesday’s of every month (excluding July and August). At the meetings both members and guests present various photographic related topics with outsiders welcome to attend. Photos related to the topic are displayed and details discussed. Our latest presentation given by Sharron Palmer-Hunt, was on whales and dolphins, including how they are negatively impacted by the environment, with special emphasis given to our endangered southern Orca population.
Members also share photo taking outings with other local photo club members and have a pub social gathering once per month. Twice a year the Club puts on an exhibition at the Rollo Senior Centre. Our next exhibition is on Sunday November 17th from 10am-4pm. Everyone welcome.
Throughout the year we have individual members displaying their work downstairs at the Gabriola Medical Centre, at 695 Church Street. Diane Green is currently displaying photographs until October 15th followed by Steve Struthers until November 18th. Our photographs are also often displayed in other local establishments on the island and at the Port Theatre in Nanaimo.
Sharron Palmer-Hunt has recently been chosen as the district CAPA representative for 3 island clubs in the Pacific region, including Gabriola, Harbour City and Cowichan Valley. We are looking forward to getting together with district group members and sharing fun ideas.
Daniel Curren was presented the CAPA Scholarship cheque at the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia’s opening Wine and Cheese Event.
He was very pleased to receive the award and made a very nice speech thanking CAPA for all they have done for him as a new photographer and encouraging other members to also join CAPA as an individual.
Daniel pursued photography as a hobby in late 2018, and went on to complete photography courses at Nova Scotia College for Art and Design. He is an active member of the Nova Scotia Photoguild and Darmouth Photography Society. He plans on completing the CAPA judging course so that he may volunteer to assist his clubs.
Vision Beyond Seeing is a photography seminar that aims to weave science and art together and help photographers of every skill level understand the limitations of both our cameras and our own vision, and then step beyond those limits.
N’oubliez pas d’inscrire à votre agenda le gala du Prix Focus du Musée National de la Photographie Desjardins qui aura lieu le 26 octobre prochain à Drummondville. Ce sera l’occasion de fêter le talent des photographes québécois par la remise du prix Focus. La cérémonie débutera à 19 h 30 et sera animée par Jean-René Dufort. Pour vous procurer vos billets ou obtenir de l’information, consultez le site du musée à https://www.museedelaphoto.info
Les préparatifs vont bon train pour la tenue du salon Mon pays – My Country qui ouvrira ses portes en janvier 2020. Les trente-neuf photos représentant les dix provinces et trois territoires du Canada ont été choisies et pourront être admirées lors de cette exposition au Musée national de la photographie Desjardins à Drummondville. D’autres annonces suivront pour vous tenir au courant de cet évènement important de diffusion de la photographie canadienne.
Voici un rappel de la tenue du premier cours de jugement photographique en français qui sera donné le samedi 30 novembre 2019. Organisé par le club de photo L’Oeil qui voit, le cours aura lieu aux locaux du club au 2060, rue Holmes, local A2-A3, Saint-Hubert Québec J4T 1R8.
Pour vous inscrire ou pour obtenir plus d’informations consulter :
https://capacanada.ca/events/judging-course-saint-hubert/
Don’t miss out on the Focus Prize Gala of the Musée national de la photographie Desjardins which will take place on 26 October in Drummondville. The event will showcase the best of Québec’s photographic talent with the announcement of the Focus prize. The ceremony will begin at 7:30 PM and will be hosted by television personality Jean-René Dufort. For tickets and information, consult the Museum’s website at https://www.museedelaphoto.info
Planning is well advanced for the organization of the Salon Mon pays – My Country which will open in January 2020. All thirty nine photographs representing Canada’s ten provinces and three territories have been selected and will be on display at this exhibition to be held at the Musée national de la photographie Desjardins in Drummondville. More information will be available in the coming weeks to keep you informed of this important event publicizing Canada’s photographic talent.
In the forthcoming days, we will be updating the Judging Criteria on most competition detail pages.
This competition closes on October 30, 2019.
As a reminder to all photographers, ‘hand-of-man’ cannot be contained in images submitted into the Nature-Wildlife competition. The following are some examples of what your image should NOT contain:
If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions about our competitions, please email me at competitions@capacanada.ca
Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
Director of Competitions
Dans les prochains jours une révision des critères de jugement sera effectuée sur la page des détails de la plupart des concours.
Les critères révises se liront comme suit. Les changements sont écrits en rouge :
Ce concours ferme le 30 octobre 2019
Rappel, la présence humaine ne doit pas faire partie des images soumises dans le concours Nature/Vie sauvage. Voici des exemples que vos images ne doivent PAS contenir :
Si vous avez des questions, préoccupations ou des suggestions, alors veuillez me les transmettre par courriel à competitions@capacanada.ca
Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
Directeur des concours
