Owen Sound event: Don Komarechka

Teacher / Author / Artist / Podcast Host
Macro Photography Photographer Extraordinaire

Everything from pollen to snowflakes, insects to water droplets and so much more. It’s a great talk about a photographic genre that plays by a different rule book. Some tips and techniques are very simple and others are extremely technical, giving something of value to everyone of all experience levels.

Don Komarechka will be at the First Christian Reformed Church (201 4th Ave W., Owen Sound, ON) on April 9th, 2019 at 7pm. The cost is $10 at the door. Contact osccinfo@gmail.com or 519-372-6501 for more information.

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Owen Sound Camera Club event: Don Komarechka

 

 

Victoria Camera Club Print Show

Victoria Camera Club Print Show
Victoria Camera Club
2019 Print Show April 19 – May 5th

You’re invited to see a juried collection of photographic prints made by members of the VCC. Our 2019 Print Show will be held at the Victoria Arts Council’s gallery, 1800 Store Street, Victoria, B.C.

Opening reception, April 20 from 2PM to 4PM. Running daily from April 19 through May 5, noon to 6PM. Closed Mondays.

Tell your friends. Share on social media. Let’s make this an event!

CONTACT Photography Festival

SCOTIABANK CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES
ITS 2019 SPOTLIGHT ON CARRIE MAE WEEMS

Toronto’s preeminent month-long festival in May presents an outstanding roster of established and emerging Canadian, American, and international lens-based artists
Carrie Mae Weems Untitled, 2017. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
Carrie Mae Weems Untitled, 2017.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada… Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival today announced that renowned American artist Carrie Mae Weems will headline the 23rd edition of the city-wide event spanning the month of May 2019. Weems’ exhibition in five parts, sited at distinct locations across the city, represents the artist’s first solo exhibition in Canada.

In addition to Weems, a selection of North American and international lens-based artists will present a diversity of projects in museums, galleries, and public spaces across Toronto. The preliminary list of artists includes Taysir Batniji, Moyra Davey, Weronika Gesicka, Mike Hoolboom and Jorge Lozano, Ayana V. Jackson, Sanaz Mazinani, Meryl McMaster, Nadia Myre, Louie Palu, Sputnik Photo Collective, Michael Tsegaye, and Carmen Winant.

Critically acclaimed and recently chosen by T: The New York Times Style Magazine as one of the “The Greats” in the creative sector in 2018, Weems is among the most acclaimed photographers and multi-media artists of her generation. Her work explores the human experience by revealing different aspects of society and the role of systemic power, both historically and today. Since Weems began her practice in the late 1970’s, she has examined and expanded visual narratives of gender, family, racism, class, and identity, and investigated themes of social inequity and injustice, environmental degradation, conflict, and violence. Although addressing a wide array of issues, her overarching commitment is to help us better understand our present moment by examining our collective past. Often produced in series, her work is exhibited and collected by major museums and galleries around the globe.

Artistic Director Bonnie Rubenstein said, “CONTACT has chosen to place a spotlight on Carrie Mae Weems in 2019 to highlight the significant depth, breadth, and power of her oeuvre; her importance as a groundbreaking artist of the 20th and 21st centuries; and her work’s ongoing critical relevance.”

Weems’ work will be presented in two gallery exhibitions during CONTACT 2019, including a new iteration of her recent multi-layered project Heave (2018), at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto. The installation incorporates photography, video, text, spoken word, music, projection along with design and architectural strategies to probe the devastating effects of violence in our lives.

Additionally, the CONTACT Gallery will display a series of Weems’ photographic works and present three major public art installations in downtown locations including the exterior of the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the headquarters of the Toronto International Film Festival.

Taysir Batniji, No. 51, 2001. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg/Beirut
Taysir Batniji, No. 51, 2001

CONTACT executive director Darcy Killeen said, “We are delighted to welcome Carrie Mae Weems—one of the most influential artists of our times—to our city and to the 2019 Festival. We are also pleased to offer a preview of the exciting line-up of participating artists coming to Toronto next May. We look forward to working with them, many of whom will create site-specific works for our primary exhibitions and public installations. The CONTACT team is also thrilled to welcome back many of our long-standing partners and sponsors who continue to support one of the world’s top photography festivals.”

Preview of CONTACT 2019 artists

  • Taysir Batniji (born in Gaza, based in France and Palestine) will have work featured at Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art revealing the social, cultural, and political realities of Palestine, the challenges of migration, and the state of being “in between.”
  • Moyra Davey, Detail from Subway Writers, 2011/2014.
    Moyra Davey, Detail from Subway Writers, 2011/2014.

    Moyra Davey (Canadian, based in New York), winner of the 2018 Scotiabank Photography Award, will be featured in a two-part retrospective exhibition at Ryerson Image Centre. Davey explores notions of intimacy and unseen, ordinary, and often overlooked moments.

  • Weronika Gesicka (Polish) will present a site-specific art installation in Osgoode Subway Station (part of the Toronto Transit Commission network). Her work is about memory and its mechanisms.
  • Mike Hoolboom (Canadian) and Jorge Lozano (Colombian, based in Toronto) will create a multi-screen video installation at A Space Gallery. Both artists use cinema of collage to create unlikely juxtapositions and challenge viewers.
  • Ayana V. Jackson (American) will present works from her series Dear Sarah (2016) and Intimate Justice in the Stolen Moment (2017) in the historic Campbell House Museum. Jackson’s work examines the photographic construction of race and gender.
  • Sanaz Mazinani (Iranian-Canadian, based in San Francisco and Toronto) will create a site-specific installation at the Aga Kahn Museum. Working primarily in photography and large-scale public art and installations, her research focuses on the study of digital image propagation and its impact on representation and perception.
  • Meryl McMaster (Canadian) will present As Immense as the Sky, an exhibition at Ryerson Image Centre featuring a series of self-portraits showing performative scenes in site-specific landscapes, where the artist examines contact areas of both her Plains Cree Indigenous and European ancestors.
  • Nadia Myre (Indigenous and Québecois, based in Montreal) will present her first major solo exhibition in Toronto at Textile Museum of Canada comprising large-scale photographs, video, custom wallpaper, and new textile sculptures. She reclaims Indigenous traditions and narratives through a visual language that communicates her longstanding investment in political critique and personal well-being.
  • Louie Palu (Canadian, U.S. based) will exhibit a project created for National Geographic at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, documenting the legacies of the Cold War and the increased military presence in the North American Arctic today. The series examines the growing geopolitical tensions in the region, climate change, and Inuit communities in one of the planet’s most extreme places.
  • Sputnik Photo Collective (Central and Eastern European, based in Poland), will create a site-specific installation at Brookfield Place. The collective uses the individual experiences of its members as a starting point for an analysis of socio-political processes and socio-cultural phenomena in the former Soviet republics.
  • Michael Tsegaye, Future Memories II, 2009
    Michael Tsegaye, Future Memories II, 2009

    Michael Tsegaye (Ethiopian) will present two bodies of work from his ongoing series Future Memories at BAND Gallery. Future Memories is an exploration of the metamorphosis and redevelopment occurring in Addis Ababa threatening the city’s identity and collective memory.

  • Carmen Winant (American) will create billboard images to be shown in Toronto and across Canada. Winant is a writer and visual artist who explores representations of women through collage, mixed media, and installation.

About Scotiabank CONTACT Photography FestivalScotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

CONTACT fosters and celebrates the art and profession of photography with its annual Festival in May and year-round programming in the CONTACT Gallery in Toronto. CONTACT presents lens-based works by acclaimed and emerging artists, documentary photographers, and photojournalists from Canada and around the world. The curated program of primary exhibitions (collaborations with major museums, galleries, and artist-run centers), and public installations (site-specific public art projects), are the core of the Festival. These are cultivated through partnerships, commissions, and new discoveries, framing the cultural, social, and political events of our times. The featured and open exhibitions present a range of works by local and international artists at leading galleries and alternative spaces across the city. CONTACT also includes a wide range of events including a book fair, lectures, talks, panels, workshops, and symposia during the Festival and hosts exhibitions and programs at its Gallery throughout the year.

CONTACT, a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997, is generously supported by Scotiabank, Scotia Wealth Management, Nikon Canada, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, Vistek, Toronto Image Works, The Gilder, Transcontinental PLM, 3M Canada, BIG Digital, Waddington’s Auctioneers and Appraisers, Four By Eight Signs, Beyond Digital Imaging, Steam Whistle Brewing, Art Toronto, The Gladstone Hotel, The Globe and Mail, NOW Magazine, CBC Toronto, and Canadian Art.

CONTACT gratefully acknowledges the support of Celebrate Ontario, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, Ontario Arts Council, The Government of Ontario, Partners in Art, Canada Council for the Arts, La Fondation Emmanuelle Gattuso, the Howard Webster Foundation, Mondriaan Fund, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Goethe-Institut, Tourism Toronto and all of their funders, donors, and programming partners.

Carrie Mae Weems at CONTACT Photo Festival

The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival has announced that renowned American artist Carrie Mae Weems will headline the 23rd edition of the city-wide Toronto event May 1-31.

Weems’ exhibition in five parts will be sited at locations across the city and represents her first solo Canadian exhibition.

Her work will be presented in two gallery exhibitions at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and at three major public downtown art installations, including the exterior of the Toronto International Film Festival headquarters.

n addition to Weems, a selection of North American and international photographic artists will present their projects in museums galleries and public spaces around Toronto.

Among the Canadian artists to be featured are Toronto natives Moyra Davey, Louie Palu and Mike Hoolboom, Ottawa resident Meryl McMaster and Montreal native Nadia Myre.

CONTACT fosters and celebrates the art and profession of photography with its annual May festival and year-round programming in the CONTACT Gallery in Toronto.

More information is available at www.scotiabankcontactphoto.com.

Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival

PhotoLife Contest and Discount

PhotoLife MagazinePhotoLife is offering a discount on subscriptions to CAPA members. Click here for more information

Photo Life invites you to submit your images to The World We Live In VIII – Special Edition. For this eighth edition, participants are invited to submit their best images under one theme: Celebrate Life. Whether it’s the people we meet, the exceptional beauty of nature and wildlife, or a simple moment of connection to our surroundings, there are unlimited things to appreciate about life as it unfolds around us. Follow your curiosity, share your photographic talent, show us your vision of the world we live in, and celebrate life with us!

  • Three cash prizes—1st place ($1000), 2nd place ($600) and 3rd place ($300)—and honourable mentions
  • International press coverage in Photo Life and Photo Solution magazines
  • A selection of the most outstanding images exhibited in the 15 Simons stores across Canada
    Selected prints featured for sale on Fabrique 1840
  • Images judged by a jury that will include prominent professionals in the photography industry
  • Deadline: March 24, 2019

For more information,  click here

Ateliers thématiques

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Ateliers thématiques

La zone Québec de l’ACAP a récemment sondé l’intérêt de ses membres pour la participation à un atelier thématique, notamment sur la créativité photographique. Pour des raisons hors du contrôle des organisateurs, l’initiative n’a pu être menée à terme. L’exercice, par contre, a révélé un intérêt marqué pour ce genre d’activité parmi les membres de la zone. En effet, l’appel d’intérêt a généré plus de réponses positives que de places prévues à l’atelier. La direction de la zone retient donc l’idée d’un atelier
thématique et propose de relancer une telle initiative dans un avenir prochain.

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Thematic Workshops

CAPA’s Québec Zone recently asked its members for a show of interest for attending a thematic workshop, specifically, one dealing with creativity in photography. For reasons beyond the organizers’ control, the workshop could not be carried out as planned. The survey did reveal, however, a definite interest for this type of event on the part of members of the Zone. In fact, the call for participation generated more positive responses than the number of places allocated for the workshop. The zone
administration has therefore retained the idea of a thematic workshop and proposes to launch one such initiative in the near future.

Can Am Photo Expo 2019

The Can Am Photo Expo

is sponsored by the Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Clubs

The Niagara Frontier Regional Camera Clubs (NFRCC) were established to be a unique bi-national photographic organization whose members include both amateur and professional photographers. The NFRCC is made up of 18 individual camera and photography clubs, in Western NY, Pa and Southern Ontario Canada. Some of these clubs belong to the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA) and/or the Photographic Society of America (PSA).

Can Am Photo Expo

SAVE THE DATE

The Can Am Photo Expo will be April 26-28, 2019. This is the premier Expo for Photography in Western New York and Southern Ontario, CA. The Expo will be held at the Buffalo Grand Hotel (formerly known as the Adams Mark Hotel) in downtown Buffalo. We have some exciting speakers this year, such as Hazel Meredith and Jesùs Rameriz. You can buy a Full convention pass which allows for full access to all programs (excluding Artistry level programs) and includes the Banquet Dinner, a continental Breakfast on Saturday, and Lunch on Saturday. You also have other choices for a Day Pass or a Three Class Pass. The flexibility is yours.

Register Here

Snow Board by Jesus Rameriz
Meredeth Images
Topaz Antiqued Peonies by Hazel Meredith

Pacific Zone Print Challenge

The prints are in, the Challenge is on. Don’t miss it!

Saturday 23 February 2019, 1pm — doors open at 12:30

1160 Lansdowne Drive, Coquitlam V3B 5V8
16 Photo Clubs — all competition prints on display
Awards Ceremony
Refreshments
$8. Per person to cover room rental and refreshments

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Pacific Zone Print Challenge

ACAPA award to Derek Hayes

ACAPA award from CAPA, ACAP
Derek Hayes (left) receives his ACAPA award from Sheldon Boles

On February 5, 2019 at the Crescent Beach Photography Club, Derek Hayes was presented with an Associateship (ACAPA) Award for his many contributions to photography and achievements. These achievements include publishing 17 photography related books, committee member for the 2015 CAPA Conference, CAPA Awards as well as many published articles in Canada, United States and United Kingdom.

On behalf of the CAPA Board of Directors, Derek was presented his award by Sheldon Boles (right) – Director of Competitions.

Jean-Daniel Gagné

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Un Membre de L’ACAP invité d’honneur en France

Jean-Daniel Gagné, photographe de la nature et animalière, sera l’invité d’honneur au Festival Inter’Nature du Haut-Jura (FINA) en France. L’évènement, le premier de ce que l’on espère deviendra un rendez-vous

photographer Jean-Daniel Gagné
Jean-Daniel Gagné

annuel des professionnels et des amateurs de l’image ainsi que des passionnés de la nature, aura lieu du 12 au 14 avril 2019 dans la petite ville de Saint-Claude dans le département du Jura. En plein coeur du Parc naturel régional du Haut-Jura, le FINA visera à « faire vivre un territoire et promouvoir une nature de caractère » au travers des expositions photographiques, des conférences et des ateliers qui seront tenus dans divers endroits de la localité. Les organisateurs se sont tournés vers Jean-Daniel Gagné comme invité d’honneur pour enrichir le FINA d’une immersion dans les paysages naturels canadiens.

Membre individuel de l’ACAP ainsi que du Club Photo Évasion dans la Montérégie au sud de Montréal, Jean-Daniel Gagné accumule plus de 40 ans d’expérience photographique durant lesquels il s’est créé une expertise technique et artistique impressionnante. Il partage ses connaissances en animant régulièrement des ateliers de photographie de paysage et de photographie animalière dans les Rocheuses canadiennes et dans le Sud-ouest américain. Jean-Daniel Gagné puisera dans cette richesse d’expérience pour choisir les 24 photos de grande taille qu’il présentera et pour animer les conférences qu’il prononcera dans le cadre du FINA. Sa participation à cette célébration de la photographie et de la nature a été rendue possible grâce à l’invitation de ses hôtes et de la généreuse contribution logistique d’Air Transat.

L’ACAP veut offrir à ses membres des services en français et en anglais. Avec cet objectif en tête, nous travaillons au meilleur de nos capacités à traduire en français les principales pages du site. Cela représente un important défi et prendra un certain temps à réaliser. Merci de votre patience.

A CAPA member is guest of honour in France

Jean-Daniel Gagné, nature and wildlife photographer, will be the guest of honour at the Festival Inter’Nature du Haut-Jura (FINA) in France. This event, the first of what is hoped to be an annual get-together for professional and amateur photographers as well as for lovers of nature, will take place from 12 to 14 April 2019 in the small town of Saint-Claude in the department of Jura. Situated in the very heart of the Parc naturel régional of the Haut-Jura, the FINA aims to celebrate the area’s unique landscapes and promote the characteristics of the local habitat through photographic exhibitions, conferences and workshops located throughout the locality. The organizers chose to invite Jean-Daniel Gagné as guest of honour in order to enrich the event with an immersion in Canada’s natural landscapes.

An individual member of CAPA as well as a member of the Club Photo Evasion in the Montérégie region south of Montréal, Jean-Daniel Gagné has accumulated over 40 years of photographic experience, cumulating in an impressive technical and artistic expertise. He shares his abilities by regularly leading workshops in the Canadian Rockies and in the American southwest. Jean-Daniel Gagné will make his rich photographic experience available at this year’s FINA through the exhibition of 24 large-format photographs as well as through speaking engagements. His participation in this celebration of photography and nature is made possible by the invitation from his hosts and by the generous contribution of Air Transat to the logistics of the event.

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It is CAPA’s intention to offer services to its members in both English and French. With this in mind, we are working to the best of our abilities on French translations of the website’s main pages. This is a demanding task and will require some time to achieve. We appreciate your patience.

February 2019 Competition News

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2019 Altered Reality Competition

This competition closed on January 15, 2019.

Some amazing photos were submitted for this competition.

You can view the winning image for the Club category of the competition here. For the Individual category winnings, you can check them out here.

The competition report has also been posted to the website but access to it is restricted. However, you will need to log into the website to view this document. All participants in this competition have been emailed a copy of this report.

2019 Monochrome Competition

This competition closed on January 30, 2019. At the time of the closing, a total of 861 images were submitted for both the ‘Club’ and ‘Individual’ categories of this competition.

Two teams of judges are now viewing and scoring the submitted images.

It will take some time to finish the judging and the breaking of any ties.

Hopefully, the final competition report will be completed by the end of February or sooner if possible.

Open Theme Competition

This competition is open for the uploading of your images. Competition closes on February 20, 2019 midnight (Central Standard Time – Ontario).

You can check out the details of this competition here.

We are expecting a large number of images to be submitted for this competition and have arranged for two teams of judges.

This competition is being hosted by the Toronto Digital Photography Club.

Any questions about this competition, please forward them to Lance Gitter at capa@tdpc.ca

2019 Portrait Competition

This competition is now open for the uploading of your images. The competition closes on March 31, 2019 at midnight (Central Standard Time – Ontario).

Competition is being hosted by the Prince George Photographic Society.

You can check out the details of this competition here.

Any questions about this competition should be directed to Tanya Stewart at quintato0301@gmail.com and Selena Laing at sjwagner@shaw.ca

2019 Canada: My Country Competition – 2020 Salon My Country

The Musée National de la Photographie (MNP) in association with CAPA and Olympus will host a three month print exhibition from January to the end of March 2020 called “2020 Salon My Country.” A total of 39 images representing our Country with 3 images depicting each province & territory. All images submitted into the 2019 Canada: My Country competition will be considered for selection as the top 39 (3 images per theme) winning images for the 2020 Salon My Country. Got it!

This competition closes on April 30, 2019 midnight (Central Standard Time – Ontario) and is being hosted by the Director of Competitions.

You can view the competition details here.

Any questions about this competition should be forwarded to the Director of Competitions at competitions@capacanada.ca

Some recent questions received for this competition are listed below with our corresponding responses:

  • Question#1: Just to clarify, 2020 Salon My Country, is an exhibition? What does it mean?

Response: The top 39 images from our 2019 Canada: My Country (Club and Individual categories) will be selected for inclusion in the 2020 Canada My Country Salon. This selection process for the 2020 Canada My Country Salon will take place after the 2019 Canada: My Country Award Winners have been finalized. For the Salon, CAPA judges will select the best three images for each theme (province/territory) from the top images from the ‘Club’ and ‘Individual’ categories of the 2019 Canada: My Country Competition. The selected 39 top images will be printed and mounted by the MNP then put on display.

  • Question#2: I do not have to supply the RAW format, only?
    · minimum size of image file – 10 MB
    · image print size – minimum 11 x 14 inches or maximum 16 x 20 inches
    · Resolution – 300 pixels/inch

Response: No, you do not need to provide the RAW file for the 2019 Canada: My Country Competition. However, the image you submit into the 2019 Canada: My Country Competition must meet the image specifications as outlined in the competition webpage such as a maximum dimension of 1400 x 1050 pixels and file size no larger than 1.8 MB.

Once the top 39 images have been selected for the Salon, the respective photographers will be contacted and they will be required to provide a larger copy of their selected image with specifications you listed above and are included in our 2019 Canada: My Country Competition webpage.

It is this larger sized image which will be printed and mounted by the Museum. If the photographer cannot provide the larger sized image file then their image will not be included in the top 39 images and it will be replaced with the next highest scoring images in that theme.

Therefore, all photographers submitting an image to the 2019 Canada: My Country must have available a larger sized copy of their submitted digital image file with the noted image specification.

  • Question #3: Can I use an enlarging program (i.e. Topaz AI GigaPixel or On1 Re-Size) to increase the size of my image to meet the larger specifications for printing?

Response: This decision is left to the individual photographer to make. The only concern that CAPA has is that the larger image file is a representation of the image selected by the judges.

  • Question #4: Open editing? Can be a composite?

Response: You are correct. This is an open competition. As outlined in the 2019 Canada: My Country Competition, it states as follows:

Open Editing– All in-camera, on-camera and post-processing techniques are permitted. Only exception – skies cannot be replaced. Final image can be a combining multiple images and elements in a final image. However, all components of the final image must have been taken by the entrant. Images that are created totally electronically with no photographic origin are prohibited from this competition. Colour or black & white or monochrome images are permitted.

With regards to submitting a composite image, the Open Editing details as noted above addresses this point.
However, one point must be emphasized – you must also comply with point #1 of the CAPA Competition Criteria which states:

“The photographer asserts and agrees that all components of the submitted image are my original work and does not contain the elements created by someone else; and as such I hold and will retain the copyright for the image”

  • Question #5: Am I limited to only photographing and submitting images from my home province/territory or can I submit images from other provinces/territories?

Response: You are free to submit images from your home province or territory or images that were taken in another province or territory. The decision on which images to select for each theme totally rests with each entrant.

It is CAPA’s intention to offer services to its members in both English and French. With this in mind, we are working to the best of our abilities on French translations of the website’s main pages. This is a demanding task and will require some time to achieve. We appreciate your patience.

Février 2019 Nouvelles des concours

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2019 Concours Réalité altérée

Ce concours s’est terminé le 15 janvier 2019.

Des photos étonnantes ont été soumises à ce concours.

Les images gagnantes dans la catégorie Club peuvent être vues ici (here). Pour la catégorie Individuel, les images peuvent être vues ici (check them out here).

Le bilan du concours a été affiché sur le site web mais son accès est restreint aux membres. Vous devez être connecté au site web pour y avoir accès. Tous les participants de ce concours ont reçu par courriel une copie de ce bilan.

2019 Concours Monochrome

Ce concours s’est terminé le 30 janvier 2019. En tout, 861 images ont été soumises à ce concours pour les catégories Club et Individuel.

Deux équipes de juges travaillent en ce moment pour visionner et noter les images soumises. Il faudra encore du temps pour compléter cette tâche et pour prendre une décision en cas d’égalité. Nous espérons que le bilan de ce concours sera disponible avant la fin de février.

2019 Concours Thème libre

Ce concours est ouvert et vous pouvez soumettre vos images. Le concours se termine le 20 février 2019 à minuit, heure normale du centre (Ontario).

Vous pouvez vérifier les détails de ce concours ici .
Nous nous attendons à ce qu’un grand nombre d’images soient soumises pour ce concours et deux équipes de juges ont été organisées.
Le Toronto Digital Photography Club sera l’hôte de ce concours.
Si vous avez des questions sur ce concours alors veuillez les transmettre à Lance Gitter à capa@tdpc.ca

2019 Concours Portrait

Ce concours est ouvert et vous pouvez soumettre vos images. Le concours se termine le 31 mars 2019 à minuit, heure normale du centre (Ontario).

Le Prince George Photographic Society sera l’hôte de concours.

Vous pouvez vérifier les détails de ce concours ici ( here.).

Si vous avez des questions sur ce concours alors veuillez les transmettre à Tanya Stewart à quintato0301@gmail.com et Selena Laing à sjwagner@shaw.ca

2019 Concours Canada: mon pays – 2020 Salon Mon Pays

Le Musée National de la Photographie (MNP), en association avec l’ACAP et Olympus, sera l’hôte d’une exposition de photographies imprimées durant trois mois de janvier 2020 jusqu’à la fin de mars 2020 s’intitulant ‘’2020 Salon Mon Pays’’. Au total, 39 images représentant notre pays avec 3 images dépeignant chaque province et territoire. Toutes les images soumises au concours ‘’2019 Canada : Mon Pays’’ seront considérées pour cette sélection des meilleures 39 images gagnantes (3 images par thème) pour le ‘’2020 Salon Mon Pays’’.
Ce concours se termine le 30 avril 2019 à minuit, heure normale du centre (Ontario) et le directeur des concours en sera l’hôte.
Vous pouvez vérifier les détails de ce concours ici ( here.).
Si vous avez des questions sur ce concours alors veuillez les transmettre au directeur des concours à competitions@capacanada.ca

Des questions concernant ce concours ont été reçues récemment. Elles sont énumérées ci-après avec nos réponses :

  • Question#1: Est-ce que ‘’2020 Salon Mon Pays’’ est une exposition ? Pourriez-vous clarifier. Qu’est-ce que cela signifie ?
    Réponse: Les 39 meilleures images du concours ‘’2019 Canada: Mon Pays’’ (catégories Club et Individuel) seront sélectionnées pour faire partie de ‘’2020 Salon Mon Pays’’. Cette sélection sera effectuée après que l’attribution des prix du concours 2019 Canada: Mon Pays aura été complétée. Les juges de l’ACAP sélectionneront les trois meilleures images pour chacun des thèmes (province/territoire) à partir des meilleures images des catégories ‘’Club’’ et ‘’Individuel’’ du concours ‘’2019 Canada : Mon Pays’’. Les 39 images sélectionnées seront imprimées et préparées par le MNP et ensuite affichées.
  • Question#2: Est-il nécessaire de fournir l’image en format raw ?
    · taille minimum du fichier de l’image file – 10 MB
    · taille de l’image imprimée – minimum 11 x 14 pouces ou maximum 16 x 20 pouces
    · Résolution – 300 pixels/pouce
    Réponse: Non, vous n’avez pas à fournir le fichier raw pour le concours ‘’2019 Canada: Mon Pays’’. Toutefois, les images que vous soumettez doivent satisfaire les critères décrits sur la page web du concours comme une taille maximale de 1400 x 1050 pixels et un fichier d’une taille maximum de 1.8 MB.
    Lorsque les 39 meilleures images auront été sélectionnées pour le Salon, les photographes concernés seront contactés et on leur demandera de fournir une copie de plus grande taille de leur image qui respecte les critères que vous avez énumérés ci-haut et qui sont aussi sur notre page web ‘’2019 Canada : Mon Pays’’.
    Ce sont ces images de plus grande taille qui seront imprimées et préparées par le Musée. Si le photographe ne peut pas fournir l’image de plus grande taille tel que demandé, alors cette image sera retirée des 39 meilleures images et remplacée par l’image suivante parmi la liste des images ayant obtenues les meilleures notes.
    Tous les photographes qui soumettent une image au concours ‘’2019 Canada : Mon Pays’’ doivent aussi avoir une copie de plus grande taille de leur image satisfaisant les critères mentionnés.
  • Question #3: Est-ce que je peux utiliser un logiciel (i.e. Topaz AI GigaPixel ou On1 Re-Size) pour accroître la taille de mon image et satisfaire les critères d’impression ?
    Réponse: Cette décision est laissée au bon jugement du photographe. La seule exigence de l’ACAP est que cette image représente celle sélectionnée par les juges.
  • Question #4: Post-production illimitée? Image composite?
    Réponse: Vous avez raison. C’est un concours ouvert. Comme c’est décrit sur la page web du concours ‘’2019 Canada : Mon Pays’’ , les ‘’Critères de post-production’’ se lisent comme suit :Post-production illimitée – tout dans l’appareil, dans l’appareil photo et les techniques de post-traitement sont autorisés. La seule exception – les ciels ne peuvent pas être remplacés. Cela inclut combiner plusieurs images et éléments dans une image finale. Cependant, toutes les composantes de l’image finale doivent avoir été photographiées par le participant. Images créées totalement numériquement avec aucune origine photographique sont interdites pour ce concours. Les images couleurs ou noir et blanc ou monochrome sont autorisées.Le paragraphe sur les ‘’Critères de post-production’’ répond aussi à la question sur l’admissibilité des images composites.
    Toutefois, un point doit être souligné – vous devez respecter le point #1 des Critères d’éligibilités de l’ACAP qui stipule que:‘’Le photographe certifie et convient que toutes les composantes de l’image soumise est mon travail original et ne contient pas des éléments créés par quelqu’un d’autre; et en tant que telle je tiens et conservera le droit d’auteur de l’image’’

     

  • Question #5: Est-ce que je dois me limiter à photographier et soumettre des images de ma province/territoire ou bien est-ce que je peux soumettre des images d’autres provinces/territoires.
    Réponse: Vous êtes libre de soumettre des images de votre province/territoire ou des images prises dans une autre province/territoire.
    C’est le participant qui prend la décision de choisir et soumettre une image pour chaque thème.
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PHOTOMOTION in Port Moody

Once again the Pacific Digital Photography Club is presenting our annual PHOTOMOTION
presentation, now in it’s15th year. The event is scheduled for November 17th, 2018.

PHOTOMOTION is a professional multimedia event consisting of audio/visual slideshow presentations with special effects, created by award-winning photographers.The slide shows are juried on the basis of quality by a panel of CAPA( Canadian Association of Photographic Artists) certified judges.The event is held annually in November at the Centennial Inlet Theatre at  100 Newport Drive, Port Moody, BC.

There will be an afternoon show at 2:00pm as well as an evening show at 7:00pm. Tickets are $15:00 and are available online at www.pdpc.ca or call Elfi at 604-929-7860

Thank you,

Terry Webb, Pacific Digital Photography Club

Shuswap Photo Arts: Viktoria Haack

In February the Shuswap Photo Arts Club will be presenting Viktoria Haack as special speaker – February 25, 2019, 7PM at Fifth Avenue Senior Centre in Salmon Arm.

Admission is by donation.

For more information, see the Shuswap Photo Arts website.Shuswap Photo Arts Club

Latow AV Festival

The Latow Photographers Guild in Burlington, Ont. will be presenting its 40th Annual Seminar in April, and the special guest will be Richard Martin. Richard will present a full day on visual design and related themes on Saturday, 13 April. On the following day, he will present two shorter sessions, taking a deeper dive into seeing and design.

On Saturday evening, there will be an AV Festival. More details and tickets are available at www.latowseminar.com. This year there are submissions from Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, Norway and South Africa that will make up the shows that will be presented at this year’s gala evening presentation on April 13th at the Art Gallery of Burlington (see the poster for the lineup).

If you need AV Festival tickets for family and friends they are $10.00 in advance and can be purchased online through http://latowseminar.com/product/av-festival-saturday-evening/ or they can be purchased that evening “at-the-door” for $15.00 (depending on availability).

Latow AV Festival
Latow International AV Festival, A Celebration of Photography

Canadian Stamp by Michael Winsor

CAPA member Michael Winsor’s photograph of an iceberg beside Ferryland, N.L, will be travelling worldwide as part of Canada Post’s “From Far and Wide” stamp series.

Winsor, of St. John’s, was informed last March that his image taken in April 2017 that captured an iceberg framed behind two homes and a docked fishing boat just after sunset would appear on a stamp.
But the 44-year-old professional photographer wasn’t able to share the good news with the public until Canada Post made the official announcement on Jan. 14.

“It’s great recognition,” says Winsor, a member of the Camera 35 Camera Club in St. John’s. “It will be seen all over the world. It’s pretty cool.”

A full interview with Michael Winsor will appear in Spring issue of Canadian Camera magazine.

Canadian Stamp photograph by CAPA member photographer Michael Winsor
Michael Winsor’s photograph of an iceberg beside Rerryland, N.L.

2020 Salon My Country

CAPA, ACAP photographic salonIt is with pleasure that CAPA announces a photographic Salon to be held at the Musée National de la Photographie in Drummondville, Que., in 2020.

The Musée National de la Photographie (MNP) in association with CAPA and Olympus will host the three month print exhibition from January to the end of March 2020 called “2020 Salon My Country.” A total of 39 images representing our Country with 3 images depicting each province & territory.

All images submitted into the 2019 Canada: My Country competition will be considered for selection as the top 39 (3 images per theme) winning images for the 2020 Salon My Country.

As this Salon will showcase the talents of CAPA photographers and the beauty of our Country, we invite all members to get your camera and submit your best images.

The Director of Competitions will contact each entrant whose image was selected as one of the top 39 images and request that they provide their selected image with the following parameters for printing by MNP.

  • minimum size of image file – 10 MB
  • image print size – minimum 11 x 14 inches or maximum 16 x 20 inches
  • Resolution – 300 pixels/inch

During the Salon, the organizers will recognize 3 images that best represent the province/territory.

This competition closes on April 30, 2019.

Check out the details of the Canada: My Country Competition webpage for details. If you have any questions about this competition or the 2020 Salon My Country, please email the Director of Competitions at competitions@capacanada.ca or Alain Dubeau for those wishing clarification in French at Quebec@capacanada.ca

All copyright will remain with the photographer. CAPA, MNP & Olympus may use the images for promotional purposes with credits to the photographer.

 

January 2019 Competition News

Update – Canada: My Country competition

The Musée National de la Photographie (MNP) in association with CAPA and Olympus will host a three month print exhibition from January to the end of March 2020 called “2020 Salon My Country.” A total of 39 images representing our Country with 3 images depicting each province & territory.

All images submitted into the 2019 Canada: My Country competition will be considered for selection as the top 39 (3 images per theme) winning images for the 2020 Salon My Country.

The Director of Competitions will contact each entrant whose image was selected as one of the top 39 images and request that they provide their selected image with the following parameters for printing by MNP

  • minimum size of image file – 10 MB
  • image print size – minimum 11 x 14 inches or maximum 16 x 20 inches
  • Resolution – 300 pixels/inch

During the Salon, the organizers will recognize 3 images that best represent the province/territory.

Clarification:

This is not a ‘restricted editing criteria’ competition. Therefore, you do not need to have available the original RAW file or the original un-touched JPEG file, but must be able to provide a printable file per above parameters.

This competition closes on April 30, 2019.

Check out the details of the Canada: My Country Competition webpage for details. If you have any questions about this competition or the 2020 Salon My Country, please email the Director of Competitions at competitions@capacanada.ca or Alain Dubeau for those wishing clarification in French at Quebec@capacanada.ca

All copyright will remain with the photographer. CAPA, MNP & Olympus may use the images for promotional purposes with credits to the photographer.

 

Revised – A CAPA Series of Four Images Competition

Competition details for this competition have been re-fined to provide more clarity.

The revision is outlined below in  yellow :

Two Parallel Competitions – a CAPA Photo Series ‘Individual’ Competition, open only to CAPA members, and a CAPA Photo Series ‘Club’ Competition, open to CAPA member camera clubs. In the ‘individual’ competition CAPA members can upload a maximum of 4 images to complete a series. In the ‘club’ competition camera clubs can upload a maximum of 2 series of 4 images each,  but each series must be from at least 2 different photographers and no photographer may enter in more than one of the series.  For both the Individual and Club components of this competition, CAPA medals and Honourable Mention Ribbons will be awarded to entrants with the highest aggregate scores. Merit Award Ribbons will be awarded to the top three individual images.

Clarification:

This is not a ‘restricted editing criteria’ competition. Therefore, you do not need to have available the original RAW file or the original un-touched JPEG file.

This competition is now open and images can be uploaded. It closes February 28th, 2019. Hosting Camera Club – Shuswap Photographic Arts Club – Competition Coordinator – Henry Schnell – hatschnell@yahoo.com

 

Open Theme Competition

This competition is also now open for uploading of your images.

Clarification:

This is not a ‘restricted editing criteria’ competition. Therefore, you do not need to have available the original RAW file or the original un-touched JPEG file.

This competition closes February 20th, 2019. Hosting Camera Club – Toronto Digital Photography Club – Competition Coordinator– Lance Gitter at capa@tdpc.ca

 

Altered Reality Competition

This competition is now open and closes on January 15, 2019 at midnight (Central Standard Time – Ontario).

Clarifications:

  1.  This is not a ‘restricted editing criteria’ competition. Therefore, you do not need to have available the original RAW file or the original un-touched JPEG file.
  2. Can I submit a caricature image for this competition? The answer is YES.
    Competition closes on January 15, 2019 at midnight (Central Standard Time – Ontario) and is being hosted by Lance Gitter at capa@rhcameraclub.ca

 

Monochrome

For this competition, we have five different themes.
An entrant can enter one or more images in any of the five themes. Both camera clubs or individual CAPA members must enter images in at least two themes.
Based on messages received, we have expanded the Animals/Birds theme to include (wild or domesticated)

Clarifications:

  1. If my image is not in the right theme will it be moved by the Competition Host into the right theme? The answer is No.
  2.  Is a ‘sepia’ image permitted in this competition. The answer is Yes because sepia is a form of photographic toning – a tone which has been added to a black and white photographer to ‘warm’ up the tones. Sepia tones images are still considered a black and white image for our competition.
  3.  Will my image be disqualified if it is deemed not to be in the right theme? The answer is Yes.
  4. Which theme would I enter a covered bridge in? The answer is Architecture theme.
  5. I am considering in submitting a monochrome photograph of an aircraft. If so, what theme could I submit under? The answer is – aircraft would not fit in any theme unless it could be included in a Landscape theme.
  6. If an image could possibly be in more than one theme – the primary focal point of the image should be used to determine what theme it should be in. If the situation is unclear then the entrant will be given the benefit of the doubt.
  7.  This is not a ‘restricted editing criteria’ competition. Therefore, you do not need to have available the original RAW file or the original un-touched JPEG file.

This competition closes on January 30, 2019 and is being hosted by the Director of Competitions.
If you have questions about this competition, please email the Director of Competitions at competitions@capacanada.ca

 

Photo Journalism Competition

The winners of this competition are now posted on our website. You can view the winning images and results on the Competitions’ Winners – Club and Winners – Individual webpages.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year discount

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Discount

until March 31, 2019

Striking wildlife, breathtaking landscapes and the remarkable beauty of our natural world are captured in Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
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Le Photographe naturaliste de l’année

jusqu’au 31 mars 2019

L’exposition Le Photographe naturaliste de l’année révèle la beauté saisissante de la nature, de la faune et de la flore de notre monde.
Obtenez 20 % de rabais sur les billets d’entrée au ROM. https://capacanada.ca/discounts/

Neil Ever Osbourne Seminar by Lakeshore Camera Club

Photography Seminar by Lakeshore Camera Club
A Visual Storytelling Seminar and Workshop hosted by Lakeshore Camera Club

A Visual Storytelling Seminar & Workshop
hosted by the Lakeshore Camera Club

>> more information (.pdf)

Stewart Hall, Pointe Claire, Quebec
Sunday, March 31, 2019
8:45 AM – 5:00 PM
Cost: $85
Contact: Peter Clarke at events@lccphoto.org