Feb 2020 Competition News

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2020 A Series Of Four Photos Competition

This competition closes on February 15, 2020 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

You can view the competition details page here – https://capacanada.ca/2020-series-of-four/. Please read the competition detail page prior to uploading you images into this competition.
If you have questions about this competition, please email the Competition Coordinator – Henry Schnell at hatschell@yahoo.com or myself at competitions@capacanada.ca

2020 Monochrome Competition

This competition closes on February 28, 2020 at midnight Eastern Standard Time. 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/. If you have questions about this competition, please email the Competition Coordinator – Sheldon Boles at competitions@capacanada.ca

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With regards to our Monochrome Competition, three photographers asked if a sepia tone is permitted then why is not a duo tone permitted in this competition. My response to this point was as follows:

Our monochrome competition does include the FIAP Monochrome definition which is used by 94 camera societies around the world. It states as follows:

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category.

CAPA’s supplements this definition by stating as follows:

A sepia image is considered a monochrome image. A ‘duo-toned’ image is not considered a monochrome image for the purposes of this competition.

Sepia is a reddish-brown colour named after the rich brown pigment brown derived from the ink sac of the common cuttlefish Sepia. I have included a CAPA sepia images that was received a 2018 Four Nations Gold medal.

The point you were emphasizing is contained in the FIAP Monochrome definition above and is re-stated below:

A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category.

Therefore, if two tones are used or partially toned with a single hue in addition to the base hue then the image becomes a Duo Tone image and would not be acceptable as it would be considered a colour image.

What I must be emphasized is that the submission of images to our CAPA competitions must meet the specific competition’s Scope of Competition and not on the interpretations one makes on details found elsewhere on internet or Facebook.

Each of our competitions are developed and refined on the contribution of leading CAPA photographers and internationally recognized judges.

2020 Audio Visual Presentation Competition

This competition is being extremely popular with some outstanding images being submitted.

Competition closes on March 15, 2020 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

Prior to submitting your presentation, you must read and comply with the details contained on the competition detail page here – https://capacanada.ca/2020-av/. If you have any questions about this competition and the processing of your submission, please email the Competition Coordinator Ann Alimi at anthie@hotmail.com or myself at competitions@capacanada.ca

If you like to receive some of the past winning presentations as example on preparing your presentation submission, please contact our CAPA Secretary at secretary@capacanada.ca

2020 Canada: My Country Competition

This competition is now open for uploading of images.

Competition closes on March 30, 2020 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.

You can view the competition detail page here – https://capacanada.ca/2020-canada-my-country/.  If you have any questions about this competition and the processing of your submission, please email the Competition Coordinator at competitions@capacanada.ca

Février 2020 Nouvelles des concours

2020 Concours Une série de quatre photos

Ce concours ferme le 15 février 2020 à minuit heure normale de l’est (HNE).

Les détails du concours peuvent être consultés sur cette page : https://capacanada.ca/2020-series-of-four/. Lisez attentivement les détails de ce concours avant de soumettre des images.

Pour toute question, envoyez un courriel au coordonnateur du concours, Henry Schnell, hatschell@yahoo.com, ou à Sheldon Boles, competitions@capacanada.ca

2020 Concours Monochrome

Ce concours ferme le 28 Février 2020 à minuit heure normale de l’est (HNE).
Lisez attentivement les détails du concours avant de soumettre des images.
Les détails du concours peuvent être consultés sur cette page : https://capacanada.ca/2020-monochrome/.

Pour toute question, envoyez un courriel à Sheldon Boles, competitions@capacanada.ca.

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Trois photographes ont demandé pourquoi une image deux tons n’est pas acceptée dans le concours Monochrome alors qu’une image Sepia est acceptée. La réponse du directeur des concours est la suivante :

Notre concours Monochrome utilise la définition de la FIAP du terme Monochrome qui est utilisée par 94 sociétés de photographie autour du monde. Elle se lit comme suit :

Une œuvre en noir et blanc qui s’étend du gris très foncé (noir) jusqu’au gris très clair (blanc) est une œuvre monochrome avec différents tons de gris. Une œuvre en noir et blanc comportant des tonalités d’une seule couleur demeure une œuvre monochrome qui se classe dans la catégorie du noir et blanc. Par contre, une œuvre noir et blanc modifiée avec des tonalités partielles ou avec l’addition d’une couleur devient une œuvre en couleur (polychrome) et se classe dans la catégorie couleurs.

L’ACAP ajoute à cette définition :

Une image Sepia est considérée comme une image monochrome. Une image ‘deux tons’ n’est pas considérée comme une image monochrome pour ce concours.

Le Sepia est une couleur brune-rougeâtre dérivée du pigment d’une couleur brune riche provenant du sac d’encre d’un poisson commun, la seiche Sepia. Une image Sepia présenté par l’ACAP au concours Quatre Nations 2018 et ayant gagné la médaille d’or est incluse.

L’argument sur lequel les trois photographes insistaient est couvert par la définition de la FIAP et est répété ici :

Une œuvre en noir et blanc qui s’étend du gris très foncé (noir) jusqu’au gris très clair (blanc) est une œuvre monochrome avec différents tons de gris. Une œuvre en noir et blanc comportant des tonalités d’une seule couleur demeure une œuvre monochrome qui se classe dans la catégorie du noir et blanc. Par contre, une œuvre noir et blanc modifiée avec des tonalités partielles ou avec l’addition d’une couleur devient une œuvre en couleur (polychrome) et se classe dans la catégorie couleurs.

En conséquence si deux tons sont utilisés ou bien qu’une teinte avec des tonalités partielles est utilisée en plus de la teinte de base alors l’image devient une image ‘deux tons’ et est considérée comme une image couleur.

Il faut insister sur le fait que la les images soumises doivent se conformer à la description faite dans les concours de l’ACAP et non suivre l’interprétation faite par quelqu’un qui se base sur des détails trouvés ailleurs sur l’internet ou sur Facebook.

Chacun des concours de l’ACAP est développé et raffiné par la contribution de chefs de file en photographie et par des juges reconnus internationalement.

2020 Concours Canada: Mon pays

Ce concours est actuellement ouvert à la soumission d’images.

Le concours ferme le 30 mars 2020 à minuit heure normale de l’est (HNE).

Consultez les détails du concours sur cette page
https://capacanada.ca/2020-canada-my-country/

Pour toute question sur ce concours ou sur la manière soumettre vos images, envoyez un courriel au coordonnateur du concours competitions@capacanada.ca.

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CAPA awards Sheena Wilkie

Sheena Wilkie was presented an Honorary Membership and Hon FCAPA. Over the 10-15 years, she continued her tireless efforts to promote digital photograph across Canada by:

  1. being a respected and highly sought after Certified CAPA judge by many camera clubs;
  2. promoted digital photography through 10 years of her training courses;
  3. being a member of the CAPA Board of Directors for many years and held the position of Vice President;
  4. 10 years as the editor-in-chief for the Canadian Camera magazine;
  5. wrote many articles the noted magazine;
  6. member of the organization committee for the 2015 CAPA Conference held at the University of British Columbia;
  7. key member of the 2016-2017 CAPA Website Renewal project
  8. filled the new CAPA webmaster role for 2017.

We salute the dedication and achievements of Sheena, she is an example to many photographers across Canada.

Sheldon Boles – FCAPA
CAPA Director of Competitions

Sheena Wilkie is awarded a CAPA Honorary Membership
Sheen Wilkie (left) is awarded a CAPA Honorary Membership by Sheldon Boles

Toronto Salon

The Toronto Camera Club is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the International Salon of Photography. There are special awards being offered, starting this year. The closing date is November 9th, 2018.

www.salon.torontocameraclub.com

email: salon@torontocameraclub.com

Information about the Toronto Salon of Photography
Toronto 125th International Salon of Photography

The Lighthouses of Passamaquoddy Bay

by Carol Behan-Sokolow

Located at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy and forming part of the international border between Maine and New Brunswick, Passamaquoddy Bay has some of the most spectacular scenery in the region.
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Article by Carol Behan-Sokolow
The Lighthouses of Passamaquoddy Bay by Carol Behan-Sokolow

CAPA Conference in Calgary

Capture it Raw!

The CCC2019 website is up and ready for registration! Go to www.ccc2019.ca to see who our speakers are and what they’ll be presenting at the conference. Follow the social media and website links on the speaker pages to learn a bit more about them and see some awesome images. We believe we’ve assembled a wonderful and varied group of photographers who you will learn from and be inspired by at CCC2019. More information

CAPA members can get their $50 discount code by logging in and checking for the code under the Members tab. Please note this code is for CAPA members only.

CCC 2019 Summary (.pdf)

Calgary: Capture It Raw
Canadian Camera Conference in Calgary, July 16-18. 2019

Burnaby 2019 Showcase

To all admirers of excellent photography:

This year the Burnaby Photographic Society celebrates 23 years of presenting to the public our high-quality slide shows put to music.  Our 23rd Annual Showcase will take youaround the world with an evening of slide shows set to music on 26 January 2019 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, 21 January through Saturday 26 January 2019.

Slide shows set to music: Saturday, 26 January 2019, 7:00 PM, at James Cowan Theatre in the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby. For tickets ($20), contact Brian Maskell at either showcase@bpsphoto.ca or phone 604-318-9369. You can also visit bpsphoto.ca.

 

Burnaby 2019 Showcase
Burnaby Showcase Jan. 21-26

New District Rep for Pacific

I would like to announce a New District Representative who will represent CAPA on the Sunshine Coast.  Please welcome Janet Slater to this role.  She is responsible for the Sunshine Coast Shutterbugz, a new CAPA club.

Janet has been a long time member of the Langley camera club as well as an individual member of CAPA.  She and her husband have recently retired to this community from Langley.  At the moment they are living in their 5th wheel awaiting the arrival of a new grandbaby, and a move into their new home around Christmas time.

Lynda Miller
Pacific Zone Director

October 2018 Competition News

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2018 FINE ART

We have received two email messages seeking clarification about the new Scope of Competition for the 2018 Fine Art competition. The points raised and the clarification provided is outlined below.

The key elements of the Scope of Competition are state:

Fine art photography has no universally agreed upon meaning or definition. However, fine art photography does go beyond just capturing an image and cropping. Therefore, an image must not be submitted into this competition if it would have qualified for a CAPA competition with a Restricted Editing Criteria such as: Nature, Photo Journalism or Wildlife.

The goal of fine art photography is in creating a fine art image is to use subjects and techniques as vehicles in the process of conveying a strong message, idea, vision and/or emotion.

So the question has been raised – “can a nature or wildlife image be submitted into the Fine Art competition with the above noted key elements?” Yes – however the image must go beyond mere capturing of an image, cropping and making minor changes to the image.

Another question raised was “can I submit a ‘once-in-a-lifetime amazing nature photo’ in the 2018 Fine Art Competition? “ No. However, this photo can be submitted in the 2018 Nature and/or the 2019 Open Theme competitions.

Why were these changes made? Over the past year, we have received many complaints that nature and wildlife images have dominated the Fine Art Competition while others felt that these images did not meet the Scope of Competition.

The emphasis in our CAPA competitions is to provide an equal opportunity for all photographers and encourage them to enter competitions when their images meet the Scope of Competition.

In reviewing the past three years of CAPA Fine Art competitions, it was discovered that:

  • It appears that the competition hosts did not pre-screen the submitted images to ensure only images that met the Scope of Competition were presented on the ‘day-of-judging’
  • Selected judges had a strong background in nature/wildlife photography

To correct this situation and ensure an equal opportunity for all photographers, the following steps have been implemented:

  • refinement of the 2018 Fine Art Competition Scope of Competition
  • three judges have been selected who are all Certified CAPA Judges and have extensive experience with the topic of Fine Art
  • updated the CAPA Competition Standards to include support for the Competition Host:

A Review Committee of two or more Certified CAPA Judges may be appointed by the Director of Competitions or the Competition Chair Person to preview images/presentations submitted to a CAPA competition to ensure all the images/presentations comply with the competition details webpage and will advise the Director or the Competition Chair Person of their findings.

  • all CAPA competition detail webpages contain a Special Note at the bottom which states: Questions about the scope of the competition and/or the editing criteria should be directed to the Competition Coordinator prior to the closing day of the competition. For the Fine Art Competition – the Competition Coordinator is Derek Hayes (Certified CAPA Judge & recognized fine art photographer and author) – derek@derekhayes.ca

A post-competition review will be undertaken to determine if further refinements are necessary for our Fine Art competitions.

Opening Competitions for Uploading of Images

We have only opened up the three competitions for this fall because we are expecting to receive then upload the new enhancements to our online competition system.

To minimize any disruptions and the risk of loosing submitted images, we will be opening up the competitions in stages as follows:

  • November 1, 2018 – Altered Reality Competition and Monochrome Competition
  • January 1, 2018 – 2019 Open Theme Competition and 2019 A Series of 4 Photos Competition
  • February 1, 2019 – Portrait Competition
  • March 1, 2019 – 2019 Canada: My Country Competition
  • April 1, 2019 – 2019 Annual Photo Challenge Competition.

Noted open dates are 1 to 2 months prior to the closing date of the competition.

2019 Audio Visual Presentation Competition

The previous Special Note – For a club submission for this competition – at least two people must be involved in creating the audio visual presentation” has been revoked and replaced with:

CAPA individual members and camera clubs are limited to one AV submission. For a club submission for this competition, the audio visual presentation can be from 1 or 2 club members.

Monochrome Competition

  • Question: Is a sepia image admissible into the Monochrome Competition?

Response: The definition for Monochrome is what is defined by FIAP and is included below:

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category.

Sepia is defined as “a tone added to a black and white photograph in the darkroom to “warm” up the tones (though since it is still a monochromatic image it is still considered black and white).”

Therefore, a sepia image is permitted because it is a single colour which remains a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category.

  • Question: Is there a limit on the age of photos submitted?

Response: Based on the recent rule changes for the 2019 Four Nations Competition, we have revised our CAPA Eligibility Criteria to include:

#10 – “I will endeavour to submit a current image for CAPA competitions”

We will NOT be strictly policing this point by verifying the data contained in the image’s metadata details. However, we encourage photographers to consider this new revision.

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.

Octobre 2018, nouvelles des concours

BEAUX-ARTS 2018

Nous avons reçu deux courriels demandant des éclaircissements sur la nouvelle portée du concours beaux-arts 2018. Les points soulevés et les éclaircissements fournis sont décrits ci-dessous.

Les éléments clés de la portée du concours sont :

La photographie de beaux-arts n’a pas un sens ou une définition acceptée universellement. Cependant, la photographie de beaux- arts va bien au-delà de la capture d’une image et de son recadrage. Par conséquent, une image ne doit pas être soumise à ce concours si elle se qualifierait à un concours de l’ACAP avec des critères de post-traitement restreints tels que: nature, photo journalistique ou de la faune.

L’objectif de la photographie de beaux-arts est d’utiliser des sujets et des techniques comme moyens de transmission d’un message fort, d’une idée, d’une vision et/ou de l’émotion.

La question qui a donc été posée: « une image de la nature ou une image de la faune peut-elle être soumise au concours beaux-arts avec les éléments clés mentionnés ci-dessus? » Oui-cependant l’image doit aller au-delà de la simple capture d’une image, de son recadrage et de l’application de changements mineurs.

Une autre question posée était: «puis-je présenter une photo de nature étonnante, une photo d’une fois dans la vie dans le concours beaux-arts 2018 ?» Non. Cependant, cette photo peut être présentée dans le concours nature 2018 et/ou les concours à thème libre de 2019.

Pourquoi ces changements ont-ils été apportés? Au cours de la dernière année, nous avons reçu de nombreuses plaintes alléguant que les images de la nature et les images de la faune ont dominé le concours de beaux-arts, tandis que d’autres estiment que ces images ne répondaient pas à la portée du concours.

Les concours de l’ACAP visent à fournir une opportunité égale à tous les photographes et à les encourager à participer à des compétitions lorsque leurs images répondent à la portée du concours.

En examinant les trois dernières années du concours beaux-arts de l’ACAP, il a été découvert que:

– les responsables du concours n’avaient pas préalablement examiné les images soumises pour s’assurer que seules les images satisfaisant à la portée du concours étaient présentées lors de la «journée de jugement»
– les juges sélectionnés avaient une solide expérience en photographie de la nature et de la faune.

Pour corriger cette situation et afin d’assurer une chance égale pour tous les photographes, les étapes suivantes ont été mises en œuvre:

– raffinement des règles du concours beaux-arts 2018
– trois juges ont été sélectionnés qui sont tous des juges certifiés de l’ACAP et qui possèdent une vaste expérience sur le thème des beaux-arts
– les normes des concours de l’ACAP ont été révisées afin d’y inclure un soutien à l’hôte du concours :

Un comité de révision de deux ou plus juges certifiés de l’ACAP peut être nommé par le directeur des compétitions ou la personne responsable du concours pour prévisualiser les images/présentations soumises à un concours de l’ACAP et s’assurer que toutes les images/présentations sont conformes aux règles sur le site WEB; il avisera le directeur ou le responsable de la compétition de ses conclusions.

– au bas de toutes les pages des règles de concours de l’ACAP s’affichera la note spéciale suivante: Les questions concernant la portée du concours et/ou les critères d’édition doivent être soumises au coordonnateur de la compétition avant le jour de clôture du concours. Pour le concours des beaux-arts, le coordonnateur est Derek Hayes (juge certifié de l’ACAP, reconnu comme photographe beaux-arts et auteur) – Derek@derekhayes.ca

Suite au concours une évaluation sera initiée afin de déterminer si d’autres améliorations sont nécessaires pour nos concours beaux-arts.

CONCOURS OUVERTS POUR LE TÉLÉCHARGEMENT DES IMAGES

Seulement les trois concours de cet automne sont présentement ouverts en attendant de recevoir des mises à jour des logiciels pour améliorer le téléchargement en ligne.
Pour minimiser les perturbations et le risque de perdre des images soumises, nous allons ouvrir les concours par étapes comme suit:

– 1er novembre 2018- le concours de réalité altérée et le concours monochrome
– 1er janvier 2019 – le concours thème libre et le concours une série de quatre photos
– 1er février 2019 – le concours portrait
– 1er mars 2019 – le concours Canada : mon pays
– 1er avril 2019 – le concours défi photo annuel 2019

Les dates d’ouverture indiquées sont de 1 à 2 mois avant la date de clôture du concours.

LE CONCOURS DE PRÉSENTATION AUDIO-VISUELLE 2019

La condition précédemment annoncée : « Pour une présentation de club à ce concours, au moins deux personnes doivent être impliquées dans la création de l’œuvre audio-visuelle » a été révoquée et remplacée par ce qui suit :

Les membres individuels et les clubs de l’ACAP sont limités à une seule soumission audio-visuelle. Dans le cas de la soumission d’un club à ce concours, la présentation audio-visuelle peut être celle de 1 ou de 2 membres du club.

CONCOURS MONOCHROME

Question: une image sépia est-elle admissible dans la compétition monochrome?
Réponse: la définition de monochrome est celle définie par la FIAP et est incluse ci-dessous:

Un montage en noir et blanc partant du gris très foncé (noir) et allant au gris très clair (blanc) est un travail monochrome avec les différentes nuances de gris. Une œuvre en noir et blanc teintée entièrement d’une seule couleur restera un travail monochrome capable de se tenir dans la catégorie noir et blanc. D’autre part, une œuvre en noir et blanc teintée partiellement ou modifiée par l’addition d’une couleur devient un travail de couleur (polychrome) et devrait être présentée dans la catégorie de couleur.

Sépia est défini comme « une teinte ajoutée à une photographie en noir et blanc dans la chambre noire pour “réchauffer” les tonalités (considérant que l’image est encore une image monochromatique, elle est toujours considérée comme noir et blanc).

Par conséquent, une image sépia est autorisée parce qu’il s’agit d’une seule couleur qui reste un travail monochrome capable de se classer dans la catégorie noir et blanc.

Question: Y a-t-il une limite à l’âge des photos qui peuvent être soumises?
Réponse: Sur la base des changements récents des règles du concours des 4 nations 2019, nous avons révisé nos critères d’admissibilité pour les concours de l’ACAP pour inclure:

#10 – « Je m’efforcerai de soumettre une image récente pour les concours de l’ACAP. »

Nous n’allons pas strictement surveiller ce point en vérifiant les métadonnées de l’image. Cependant, nous encourageons les photographes à tenir compte de cette nouvelle approche.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.

CAPA Award to Larry Breitkreutz

Larry Breitkreutz was awarded the Honorary Fellow CAPA Award for his dedicated support for CAPA over many years. In the past, he was the President of the Crescent Beach Photography Club, CAPA Zone Director for the Pacific Region and the national President of CAPA. In addition, he lead the organization committee for the 2015 CAPA Photo Expo held at the University of British Columbia. CAPA Director of Competitions Sheldon Boles presented Larry with the award on behalf of the CAPA Board of Directors. The presentation was made at the Crescent Beach Photography Club on September 19,2018.

CAPA Director of Competitions Sheldon Boles presents CAPA Vice President Larry Breitkreutz with a Honorary Fellow CAPA Award on behalf of the CAPA Board of Directors
Sheldon Boles (left) presents Larry Breitkreutz with an Honorary Fellow CAPA Award

Gerry Kelly

CAPA District Representative Virginia Stranaghan presents Gerry Kelly with a 2018 Four Nations Gold Medal for his image entitled “Tranquil.” The medal was awarded as being the highest scoring image in the Our Country category of the 2018 Four Nations competition. See the results from this competition here.

Gerry Kelly receives a Gold Medal
Gerry Kelly receives a Gold Medal

Rick McKenzie Merit Award

CAPA District Representative Virginia Stranaghan presents Rick McKenzie with his Gold Medal and Merit Award ribbons for the 2018 Close-Up ‘Individual’ Competition. In this competition, Rick received the Gold Medal for his four submitted image in this competition and two of these images received the 1st and 2nd Merit Award Ribbons. A great recognition for a great photographer See all of the other award winners here.

Rick McKenzie
Rick McKenzie receives an Award from Virginia Stranaghan.

Gold Medal for the Toronto Club (TDPC)

Jonathan Ward presented the Toronto Digital Photography Club (TDPC) with the Gold Medal for the CAPA  2018 Club Closeup Competition. The ladies receiving the medal were Luba Citrin (middle) and Diana Noriel (right) who are the club CAPA Competition Chairs.

Presentation of the Gold Medal to TDPC
TDPC wins Gold

FCAPA Award

FCAPA award goes to Lance Gitter
Lance Gitter (right) receives the FCAPA Award from Jonathan Ward

Lance Gitter recently received the Fellowship Award (FCAPA) at the Toronto Digital Photography Club on September 11th, 2018.

There were five members in the 2017/18 year approved by the Honours Committee for distinctions. Honours Awards are granted for photographic accomplishments; service to the Canadian Association for Photographic Art or equivalent international organizations and for their contribution to photography. Click here for more details about CAPA Honours and Awards.

Congratulations!

Ann Alimi

Ann Alimi

Henry Schnell

Pacific Zone News

Hi Everyone,

Dennis has received this from Terry Webb of the Pacific Digital Photography Club and forwarded it to me for distribution. From what I understand, the CAPA Slide Show Competition is really popular this year. Please let your clubs know of this competition. I hope there is lots of interest!

As you are aware, the PZ News is on hold until we can find someone to work with it. If any of you are interested in getting this news out to our clubs and members, please let me know. Please also ask your clubs if they have any aspiring editors in their membership.

I will also forward this notice to Kayla to include in the CAPA monthly newsletter. We can keep these news bits flowing there too.

I have one more piece of great news! Just this week I was delighted to welcome Cheryl Bramble as District Rep. to the Central Interior District. I know her passion and enthusiasm will be passed on to the clubs and members here.

Thanks for you help and enjoy this Spring weather and photo ops!

Pacific Zone Football Photogs

Don’t miss this Football Photography Opportunity:

There are still spaces available for our photographers at the BC Lions vs Hamilton Tiger Cats Football game September 22, 2018!

Aaron Martin from the B.C. Lions has made purchasing a ticket simple: The price is $56.00 initially, but when you actually choose a seat/s, it goes down to $50. each. There’s a $2.00 fee on top of the $50 all-in ticket price, so people are paying a bit more for the ease of buying through the link:

.  Please contact Lynda Miller for the discount code. Purchasing this way allows Aaron to track the ticket holders and make sure they get all the information about timing and details of this game.

This year there are no restrictions on lens size or equipment. The caveat is that you must not get in the way of other football fans or anyone else. Everyone who comes to the game and photographs must also realize that these images are for personal use, not for sale!

You can call Aaron at 604-930-5454, if you have questions, although it is easiest to use the link above. I know everyone is to have fun photographing and watching this game!

2017/18 Powerpoint Presentations

David Bromley has completed the development of powerpoint presentations for all of the 2017 – 2018 winning competition images.

CAPA members and camera club can request a copy of these presentation by contact our CAPA Librarian – Henry Schnell via his email address of secretary@capacanada.ca

2018-2019 Competition Season

We have some updates for our CAPA Competitions:

Website and Bilingual Format for Competitions

Our CAPA’s online system is now in a bilingual form. We encourage you to check it out and let us know what enhancements are required.

Many thanks to Quebec Zone Director Alain Dubeau for providing us with the French translations and to our new CAPA webmaster Leah Gray for the new design of our webpages to incorporate a bilingual format.

Updated CAPA Eligibility Critera

Our CAPA Eligibility Criteria webpage serves as our ‘terms and conditions’ in participating in a CAPA competition.

We have updated our CAPA Eligibility Criteria webpage to include:

  1.  recent rule changes for the submission of images into the Four Nation
  2. compliance with the Canadian Copyright Act

You can review the updated here Eligibility Criteria here.

Under the Editing Criteria of each competition detail page, there is a reference to and a hyperlink to the Eligibility Criteria.

2018 – 2019 CAPA Competitions

For this competition cycle, we have refined some of our traditional competitions and added some new competitions:

  • 2018 Nature – updated the Editing Criteria’s Restricting Editing to be in compliance with the definition used by the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and The Royal Photographic Society (RPS)
  •  2018 Fine Art – expanded the Scope of Competition to include: “fine art photography does go beyond just capturing an image and cropping. Therefore, an image must not be submitted into this competition if it would have qualified for a CAPA competition with a Restricted Editing Criteria such as: Nature, Photo Journalism or Wildlife.”
  • New – 2019 Monochrome – contains five different themes: Human Individual/Groups; Landscape/Sea-scape/Sea-scape; Architecture (inside/outside); Flowers/Plants (wild or cultivated); Animal/Birds (wild or feral). Merit Awards will be awarded for each theme.
  • New – 2019 A Series Of 4 Photos – is a new style of competition which is gaining in popularity in Europe and in North America.
  • New – 2019 Portrait – is a competition which has been asked for by many photographers.
  • 2019 Canada: My Country – expanded to include 13 themes (10 provinces & 3 territories). The top images in each theme will receive Merit Award Certificates and the overall winner will receive CAPA medals.
    Top images from this competition will be considered for selection into the new 2020 Canadian Salon. Details about this salon will be announced in October 2019 by the CAPA President.
  • 2019 Annual Photo Challenge – theme is ‘reflections.’

With the exception of our A Series Of 4 Photos, all our competitions will be run as ‘remote-judging’ and all images will be previewed to ensure only images that meet the Scope of the Competition are presented on the ‘day-of-judging.’

Two to three months prior to the ‘closing-date’ of a competition, each competition will be opened up to permit the uploading of images.

Closing Comments

If you have any questions or concerns relating to our competitions, please email me at competitions@capapcanada.ca

Sheldon Boles, FCAPA
Director of Competitions

2018 Four Nations Competition

For this competition, CAPA was required to select 80 images from different photographers and image appropriate for inclusion into one of four categories: Nature (15 images), Monochrome (15 images), Open (35 images) and My Country (15 images).

The 50 to 75 images from each of our 2017-2018 ‘Club’ & ‘Individual’ competitions were shortlisted and re-judged by a separate team of Certified CAPA judges. Based on their scoring, the top 80 images were selected as CAPA’s submission to this competition.

Pie Chart of CAPA images for 4-nation competitions

In mid-August, we received official notification that CAPA placed 1st in this competition. You can check out the details on the 2018 competition here.

CAPA has put together a PowerPoint presentation containing all the 80 CAPA submitted images to the Four Nations competition. CAPA members and camera clubs can request a copy of this presentation by emailing Henry Schnell (CAPA Secretary) at secretary@capacanada.ca

In 2019, CAPA will be hosting the Four Nations Competition. We will be using the same selection processes as we did in 2018.