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.”
Harbour City Photography Club in Nanaimo is presenting a Photo Salon from May 27th to June 14. This is a juried exhibition showcasing nearly 100 Vancouver Island Photographers.
Location: The View Gallery, Building 330, Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo
Date: May 27 to June 14
More Information: http://hcpclub.ca/index.php/2019-photo-salon/
Capturing the beauty of the Island is something that comes naturally to the Victoria Camera Club’s members, but especially for Mike Wooding, Leah Gray and Daniel Rondeau, whose photos have been selected to represent Canada in the Four Nations Photography Competition.
We have lots of photo field trips but we only have one true photo Workshop for the Canadian Camera Conference this year (CCC2019). On Monday July 15, we have our speaker Rafal Wegiel teaching an all-day class on how he creates unique headshots. See his latest sample below.
ccc2019 Workshop in July, 2019 by Rafal Wegiel
Here are the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place winners and the three honourable mentions from our 2019 Black and White invitational print competition held on Saturday April 27th 2019.
Any ties and the final picks were selected by our three judges.
M. Jonathan Hugues Potvin, directeur du Musée national de la photographie, a le plaisir d’inviter les photographes professionnels et amateurs à s’inscrire au 3e Gala prix Focus. En primeur cette année, de nouvelles catégories font leur entrée, dont le Focus de l’ACAP, le Focus Jeunesse, le Grand Focus Masculin et Féminin ainsi que le Focus Rallye-équipe. Également nouveau cette année, les participants devront
souscrire comme membres supporteurs du Musée National de la Photographie préalablement à leur inscription.
Pour recevoir votre formulaire d’inscription, veuillez communiquer avec le Musée national de la photographie au (819) 474-5782 ou par courriel au museedelaphoto@gmail.com. La date de tombée pour recevoir les formulaires remplis est le 12 juillet 2019.
M. Jonathan Hugues Potvin, director of the Musée national de la photographie, is pleased to invite professional and amateur photographers to apply for the 3rd Focus Awards Gala. This year will see the introduction of new categories: the CAPA Focus, the Youth Focus, Male and Female Focus and the Team-Rally Focus. Also new this year, participants must register as Supporting Members of the Musée National de la Photographie prior to submitting their application.
To receive your entry form, please contact the Musée de la Photographie at (819) 474-5782 or send an email request to museedelaphoto@gmail.com. The deadline for receiving entries is 12 July 2019.
L’Association canadienne d’art photographique vise à promouvoir et à disséminer l’art et la science de la photographie sous toutes ses formes à l’usage et au profit de ses membres.
Avec cet objectif en vue, la zone du Québec de l’ACAP planifie offrir à ses membres individuels et aux membres de ses clubs un atelier théorique et pratique d’une journée sur la photographie noir et blanc.
Notez bien que l’atelier ne sera pas un cours de Lightroom ou de Photoshop, mais plutôt dédié à la créa@on d’images photographiques à l’aide de techniques intermédiaires et avancés.
Fasciné par l’image, Carlos Richer a complété un baccalauréat en arts visuels avec spécialisation en photographie à l’Université d’OYawa, tout en travaillant comme projectionniste dans un cinéma de
répertoire.
En 1992, Carlos s’installe à Montréal pour travailler comme photographe de plateau, puis entreprend des études en infographie au Collège Marsan, question d’amorcer le virage numérique sur Adobe
Photoshop 1.5 Son diplôme en poche et passionné de Photoshop, il débute une carrière dans l’enseignement en photographie, en infographie et en multimédia.
En 2004, Carlos Richer fait l’acquisition du Collège Marsan qu’il dirige depuis. Il offre aussi ses services à titre de consultant en imagerie numérique et en photographie panoramique auprès d’agences de
publicité et de grandes entreprises.
En 2018, Carlos se joint à l’équipe de ESMA avec les Collèges SaleYe et Marsan dans les nouveaux locaux au 3536 boulevard St-Laurent (l’ancien cinéma ExCentristi.
Depuis 2012 Carlos Richer donne aussi plusieurs conférences sur l’inspiration, la créativité et comment trouver sa voix photographique.
The Canadian Association for Photographic Art strives to promote and disseminate the art and science of photography in all its forms for the use and benefit of its members.
With this objective in mind, CAPA’s Quebec Zone plans to offer its individual members and the members of its Clubs a theoretical and practical one-day workshop dealing with Black and White photography.
Please note: this is not a Lightroom and Photoshop workshop, but one dedicated to the application of intermediate and advanced techniques in the creation of photographic images.
With a fascination for images, Carlos Richer completed a bachelor degree in visual arts with a specialization in photography at the University of Ottawa, while working as a projectionist in a repertory
film cinema.
Carlos moved to Montreal in 1992 to work as a film set photographer before undertaking studies in computer graphics at the College Marsan in order to meet the digital challenge with Adobe Photoshop
1.5 With his diploma in hand and a passion for Photoshop, he launched his teaching career in
photography, computer graphics and multimedia.
In 2004, Carlos Richer acquired the College Marsan which he has directed ever since. He also offers his services as a consultant in digital imagery and panoramic photography to advertising agencies and large
enterprises.
In 2018, Carlos joined the ESMA team with the Colleges Salette and Marsan, in a new location at 3536, Saint-Laurent Boulevard (previously the ExCentris Cinemati.
Since 2012, Carlos Richer gives presentations on inspiration, on creativity and on finding one’s personal photographic style.
This competition was hosted by CAPA and we obtained the assistance of three recognized and independent judges from the Photographic Society of America.
Great news. CAPA has won this inter-photographic society competition for the 5th consecutive year in a row.
Amazing images were submitted by all four photographic societies.
– Check out the competition results and the winning images here – https://capacanada.ca/2019-four-nations-competition/
Congratulations to all of our 80 photographers whose images were selected for this competition.
Based on the recent CAPA survey results, our 2019 – 2020 competitions now contain many of these recommendations.
If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions about our competitions, please email me at competitions@capacanada.ca
Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
Director of Competitions
L’ACAP a été l’hôte de ce concours et a obtenu l’assistance de trois juges indépendants et reconnus de la ‘’ Photographic Society of America’’.
Bonnes nouvelles! L’ACAP a gagné ce concours inter-sociétés photographiques pour la 5ieme fois consécutive.
Des images stupéfiantes ont été soumises par les quatre sociétés photographiques.
-consultez les résultats du concours et les images gagnantes ici : https://capacanada.ca/2019-four-nations-competition/
Félicitations aux 80 photographes dont les images ont été choisies pour ce concours.
Les concours de la saison 2019-2020 intègrent maintenant plusieurs des recommandations résultantes de l’enquête récente de l’ACAP sur les concours.
Veuillez soumettre toute question, doute ou suggestion sur nos concours
à competitions@capacanada.ca
Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
Directeur des concours
