Freeman Patterson will be at the Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Centre on November 14, 2019.
Tickets are available at Focus Camera Club meetings starting September 26th, 2019. Non-members can purchase tickets via eventbrite.ca starting Oct. 1st, 2019
CAPA’s member/club survey this year focused on many aspects of the association, including Canadian Camera magazine. The overall consensus was that readers would like to see a broader range of articles, including articles for beginner photographers, preparing images for CAPA/club competitions and black and white photography.
If you can provide articles and photos for any of these topics – or any others – please contact Canadian Camera editor-in-chief Ralph Bridgland at editor-in-chief@capacanada.ca.
Sharron Palmer-Hunt has been a photographer for 30 years. Her photo career started with a Bowen Island photography business primarily working with community team sports, weddings and family portraits. Over the past 10 years she has expanded her photo interests to include local nature and wildlife. She currently lives on Gabriola Island, B.C.
Sharron attained a certified freelance photographer certificate from the Photography Institute in Vancouver, BC and has taken a photo journalistic certificate course in Costa Rica from Photography without Borders. She has taken numerous on line photo courses and uses Lightroom and Photoshop for post processing. Sharron was the founder of the Bowen island Photography Club which she presided over for 3 years and currently serves as the president of the Gabriola Photography Club. Sharron is looking forward to representing and sharing ideas with CAPA members in the central Vancouver Island district.
Ronald is the past District Representative for Central Interior British Columbia. Ron stepped down due to an unexpected family event.
Melding… The Art and Science of Photography and Aviation
Born in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley, and not unlike many teenagers, Ron was unsure what his career vocation should be. Thanks to the manager at a newly minted TV station he got his first job and it wasn’t long before his aptitude for framing a shot surfaced. Now, after a career as a cinematographer and television director that has spanned over five decades, he is still most content with a camera in hand.
As far back as memory will allow, he has also been fascinated by aircraft. He recalls, as a young lad, stopping and looking skyward as that distinctive roar of the radial engine signaled a formation of bright yellow Harvards passing overhead.
Over the years this fascination with aircraft has been combined with his passion for photographic composition. Studying the expertise of internationally recognized aviation photographers Ron continually strives to meld the art and science of aviation with photography.
It is a distinct honour to be selected as the CAPA District Representative for the Central Interior District of British Columbia. Ron looks forward to meeting photographers of all abilities while promoting the many benefits and activities of the Canadian Association for Photographic Art.
Ron resides with his family in West Kelowna, British Columbia. To see a sampling of Ron’s photography you are invited to visit www.ronaldmullinskreativ.smugmug.com
The Pacific Digital Photography Club is presenting our 16th annual audio visual presentation, ‘PHOTOMOTION’, which showcases members’ award winning photography.
PHOTOMOTION is a professional multimedia event consisting of presentations with special effects covering a wide range of photographic themes.
Approximately twenty juried shows, each 3 to 4 minutes in length, will be shown at the Inlet Theatre in Port Moody on Saturday November 16th, 2019.
We anticipate approximately 320 people will attend this event, either at the 2pm afternoon or the 7pm evening showing.
Atlantic Zone will have a regional competition this year as a pilot project.
It will be an individual competition that welcomes CAPA Individual/Family members AND the members of the CAPA CLUB members to participate.
The theme of the competition is Open. Each entrant can submit up to 2 images. The submission deadline is April 20, 2020. Details will be followed in January, 2020.
Please contact Michiko Nishijima, the Atlantic Zone Director at atlantic@capacanada.ca for questions.
Un ou une membre de la zone du Québec de l’ACAP recevra un Prix Focus lors du gala du Prix Focus du Musée National de la Photographie Desjardins le 26 octobre.
Les personnes en nomination sont :
Ilina Block, Montreal Camera Club
Lorraine Deslauriers, Montreal Camera Club, District Rep Montreal
Jocelyne Feizo, Club photo impression
Marg Foley, Lakeshore Camera Club,
Yves Keroack, Club photo impression
Benoit Larochelle, Club photo évasion.
Félicitation à tous.
Si des membres individuels ou des membres d’un club de l’ACAP seraient intéressés par cet atelier, communiquer avec Alain Dubeau à l’adresse quebec@capacanada.ca. Le premier atelier aura lieu le 26 octobre et pourrait être redonné soit en français ou en anglais.
Pour plus de détails sur l’atelier, consulter :
https://capacanada.ca/quebec-may-news/
Organisé par le Club de photo l’oeil qui voit de Saint-Hubert, ce cours sera donné le samedi 30 novembre 2019 à un maximum de 40 personnes et se remplira rapidement. Le stationnement est disponible sur place. Le lunch sera la responsabilité des participants. Il y a plusieurs endroits pour manger aux alentours mais on peut aussi apporter son lunch, ce qui donnera plus de temps pour des discussions. Le manuel de jugement complet de l’ACAP sera fourni. Tout ce qu’il faut, c’est un stylo et un esprit ouvert.
Pour plus d’information consulter :
https://capacanada.ca/events/judging-course-saint-hubert/
Conférence dans la série Matinée-rencontre de la SPPQ, donnée par Heidi Hollinger le 15 septembre 2019.
Pour plus de détails consulter :
https://sppq.com/v3/index.php/actualite/531-matinee-rencontre-du-15-sept-2019-avec-heidi-hollinger
Exposition des photos d’Antoine Desilets jusqu’au 27 septembre au :
400 Rue Hériot
Drummondville, Québec J2B 1B3
Pour plus d’informations, consultez :
https://www.museedelaphoto.info
La Zone du Québec dénombre présentement 124 membres individuels, 11 clubs et un musée membre.
La Zone est divisée pour le moment en trois districts avec un représentant ou une représentante pour chaque district.
Club photo de Boucherville
Club photo évasion, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Club photo l’oeil qui voit, Saint-Hubert
Les Photo capteurs, Granby
Représentante, Francine Raymond
Club photo impression,
Montreal Camera Club
Lakeshore Camera Club
Représentante, Lorraine Deslauriers
Club photographie amateur des sources, Asbestos
Club photo dimension inc, Québec
Club photo drummond, Drummondville
Club photo horizon, Victoriaville
Représentant, Pierre Vezina
Il serait souhaitable que chaque membre vérifie l’exactitude de l’information dans la base de données de l’Association afin d’y apporter, si nécessaire, les corrections requises.
A member of the Quebec Zone who is a member of CAPA will receive a Focus Award at the Musée National de la Photographie Desjardins gala on October 26th.
The nominees are:
Ilina Block, Montreal Camera Club
Lorraine Deslauriers, Montreal Camera Club, District Rep Montreal
Jocelyne Feizo, Club photo impression
Marg Foley, Lakeshore Camera Club,
Yves Keroack, Club photo impression
Benoit Larochelle, Club photo évasion.
Congratulations to all.
If individual members or members of a CAPA club would be interested in this workshop, contact Alain Dubeau at quebec@capacanada.ca. The first workshop will take place on October 26th and could be given again in French or in English.
For more details on the workshop, see:
https://capacanada.ca/quebec-may-news/
Exhibition of Antoine Desilets’ photos until 27 September at the
400 Rue Hériot
Drummondville, Québec J2B 1B3
For more information, consult:
https://www.museedelaphoto.info
The Quebec Zone currently has 124 individual members and 11 member clubs as well as one member museum.
The Zone is currently divided into three districts with a representative for each district.
Club photo de Boucherville
Club photo évasion, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville
Club photo l’oeil qui voit, Saint-Hubert
Les Photo capteurs, Granby
Representative, Francine Raymond
Club photo impression,
Montreal Camera Club
Lakeshore Camera Club
Representative, Lorraine Deslauriers
Club photographie amateur des sources, Asbestos
Club photo dimension inc, Québec
Club photo drummond, Drummondville
Club photo horizon, Victoriaville
Représentant, Pierre Vezina
It is requested that each member check the accuracy of the information in the Association’s database in order to make, as required, the necessary corrections.
The Lion’s Gate Camera Club invites all BC and Yukon Camera Clubs to participate in their fourteenth annual digital competition. Registration is by Oct. 1, 2019 and the submission deadline is November 1st., 2019.
See the results from 2018 here.
The Global Chinese Photographic Association is holding their first International Salon in 2019. This is a CAPA recognized Salon. There will be eight categories offered with a total of $10,000 in prizes. This competition closes on the 20th of September, 2019.
Please visit their website for more information
The 2019 results from this competition are here.
There are 4 upcoming CAPA Judging Courses this Autumn.
The first is September 21st in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, followed by Prince George in BC on Nov. 2nd.
Two Courses will be offered in November: Ottawa on November 23rd, and Saint-Hubert on November 30th. The Saint Hubert course will be offered in French.
Ce cours est organisé par le Club de photo l’Oeil qui voit de Saint-Hubert le samedi 30 novembre 2019.
Click here for more information.
Interior Monologues running till next November at the Kamloops Museum & Archives is a fascinating photo exhibit juxtaposing images taken in 1871 by Benjamin Baltzly as part of a Geological Survey of BC (The government was looking for a railway route through the Interior) with images taken in 2019 by KPAC FaceBook friend, Cory Hope. Cory had the help of KPAC’s Lindley Roff who used Google Earth and other resources to pinpoint the GPS locations of the same camera views. There are wonderful enlargements and original photos from the McCord Museum in Quebec along with archival material from the Kamloops Museum. This is a World Class exhibit. Don’t miss it!
Baltzly, along with a team from the Geological Survey of Canada, was tasked to prospect and document a
route through the interior plateau that would be suitable for the new railway that would connect BC to the rest of Canada.
Kamloops Museum & Archives
207 Seymour St. | 250-828-3576
Museum hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9:30AM – 4:30PM ~ Admission $3 per Adult/ $1 per Child
. . . .The expedition was fraught with bad planning and difficulties from the start. They did not leave Montreal until June 26; they missed their steamboat connection in San Francisco causing them to seek alternative transport by local steamer and stage coach. They were further delayed for fifteen days after arrival in Victoria because of the difficulty in locating and purchasing a camping outfit. On reaching Yale at the mouth of the Fraser River Canyon, approximately 120
miles from New Westminster on July 27, they could not find transport of any sort and were obliged to walk along the Cariboo Road up the Fraser River Canyon. Another two weeks were lost in Kamloops due to the difficulty in finding horses and men to hire for the trip into the wilderness of the North Thompson River, the real objective of the exploration party.
Benjamine Baltzly Exhibition (youtube)
CAPA was awarded 1st place in this competitions for the fifth consecutive year in a row. Our placement in this competition was attributed some outstanding images which collectively received the highest scores in each of the four categories.
To learn more about the Four Nations Competitions, click here.
CAPA placed first overall with a total score of 1896.
The Photographic Society of South Africa had 1861.
The Australian Photographic Society had 1843.5,
The Photographic Society of new Zealand had 1811.5
1st place Open Monochrome. Individual awards were:
1st place in Nature. Individual awards were:
1st place in Our Country. Individual awards were:
1st place in Open. Individual awards were:
To read the competition report, click here
Freeman Patterson, a CAPA life member, posts periodical letters on his website.
In the recent letter, Freeman talks about flowers and gardens including Kingsbrae Garden in St, Andrews, NB. It is a great place to visit in the summer. You can view the previous letters and sign up for the subscription here. http://www.freemanpatterson.com/newsletters.htm
Michael Winsor, a CAPA member in Saint John’s, NL, is featured on the Newfoundland Photo Tours website. Amazing story, video, and images for this year’s iceberg. Please check it out at
https://www.newfoundlandphototours.com/calvingiceberg
Michael Winsor recently was recognized for an iceberg image taken in 2017. His image appeared on a Canadian stamp announced in January, 2019. Read the story here.
Among 39 images selected for 2020 Canada Salon are by those from Atlantic Zone:
The selected images will be professionally printed and be put on display at the National Museum of Photography/Musée Populaire De La Photo in Drummondville Quebec between 7th January 2020 to 29th March 2020.
The 2019 results are in for the Harbour City Photography Exhibition held in Nanaimo, B.C. May 27 – June 14th, 2019. This was endorsed by CAPA.
Judy Hancock Holland; 1st; On the Wings of a Dove
Rena Myles; 2nd; Leading Lines
Don Frood; 3rd; Vasco Da Gaman
Maggie Tilley; HM; Urban Bike Race
Rena Myles; 1st; Transcendence
Judy Hancock Holland; 2nd; Tulip No. 5
Jack Harynuk; 3rd; Mirrored March
Irene Peinhopf; HM; Fragmented
Bruce Moffat; 1st; Common Loon Close up on Maple Lake
Kate Ampersand; 2nd; Autumn Forest
Evan Guengerich; 3rd; Food Fight
Craig Letourneau; HM; Our Island Tree
Sue Nurmi; 1st; Solitude
Leah Gray; 2nd; Wild Dance
John Young; 3rd; Mexican Fiesta
Michele Hillier; HM; Puno Dog, Peru 2018
There are two new judging courses coming up:
For more information and to register, please go to the CAPA Judging Page
The EPSON International Pano Awards 2019
US $50,000 prize pool, including $12,000 cash!
Enter online at thepanoawards.com
Professional and amateur photographers around the world are invited to enter The 10th EPSON International Pano Awards to compete for $50,000 in cash and prizes.
Early-bird entries are open now until Monday 1st July, 2019.
The EPSON International Pano Awards is dedicated to the craft and art of panoramic photography. Advances in digital photography and editing software have resulted in an ever-increasing rise in the
popularity of image stitching, especially in the panoramic format. VR ‘immersive’ photography also continues to excite and develop at a rapid pace, and dedicated panoramic film photographers still
remain.
The Epson International Pano Awards showcases the work of panoramic photographers worldwide and is the largest competition for panoramic photography.
The 2018 competition saw 4937 images submitted from 1251 photographers in 74 countries.
The 2019 competition is open to all professional and amateur photographers with a combined pool of more than US$50,000, including $12,000 cash.
Prizes include an Epson SureColor P7070 printer, an Epson SureColor P5070 printer, an Epson EB- 1776 ultra-slim projector and a Nikon D850 camera.
We also welcome new sponsor Haida, and welcome back One-of-a-Kind Photography Adventures.
The judging panel includes some of the world’s top photographers and industry professionals, including Adam Williams, William Long, Isabella Tabacchi, Bill Bailey, Mark Gray, Aaron Spence, Chris Collacott, Abe Blair, Timothy Poulton, Sean Davey, Juan Pablo de Miguel, Anna Gibiskys and Ayrton Camargo.
We would like to thank all those who took time to complete the CAPA Members Survey as it will help provide direction for the future.
Please note that although every comment has been read, the surveys were anonymous, so if you had a question or wished to volunteer, please contact an executive member directly.
Emails are listed under the Board of Directors page.
Rod Trider
President, CAPA
We are pleased to announce that Virginia Stranaghan has again taken up the gauntlet of District Representative for the Niagara Region in the Ontario Zone.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Virginia lives in Lincoln, Ontario. From an early age she was encouraged to appreciate the world of art, and even during her profession as an I.T. Manager, prior to retiring in January 2016, she was commissioned to photograph engineering projects.
Virginia has held numerous positions in several camera clubs, including Competitions Chair, Treasurer, and Board Director with the Latow Photographers Guild; Webmaster for the Trillium Photographic Club; Website Assistant with the St. Catharines Photographic Club; and Program Chair, External Liaison, Secretary, Vice President and currently President of the Hamilton Camera Club, as well she is currently the Vice President of the Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Club.
She has also an extensive history with CAPA, including being the Niagara District Rep from 2007 – 2018, during which time she simultaneously held the position of CAPA’s Competitions Director. A CAPA certified judge since 2008, Virginia is also an OCCC (Ontario Council of Camera Clubs formerly GTCC) certified judge since 2009.
Virginia has attained various photographic recognitions over the years, including Juror’s Choice in the UNESCO Kaleidoscope Annual Photographic Awards 2011; Juror’s Choice in the AGB Juried Show (UN Year of the Forest); 2nd Place – Silver in CAPA’s 2013 AV Competition; 1st Place – Gold in the GTCCC Inter Club 2015; 1st Place in the NFRCC Annual Spring Seminar 2015 Competition; Honour Award in CAPA’s Nature Competition October 2018; and 1st Merit – Place & an Honour Award in CAPA’s Monochrome Competition January 2019.
Virginia states that “as a photographic artist the world around me is my inspiration and fuels my passion to capture my vision in a photograph; this drives me to continue to pursue and develop my skills and style.”
