North Shore Challenge 40th Anniversary Update

Update on the 40th North Shore Challenge

January 12th was the deadline for submissions for the 40th North Shore Challenge from both clubs and individuals.

The number of participants this year is record-setting. 29 clubs from around BC and the Yukon are participating this year as well as 156 individuals (a new record!).

Our goals were far exceeded!

Now the judging of all the images begins.

Don’t worry, if you missed the deadline to submit images for this year’s Challenge. You can still be part of one of Western Canada’s premiere photography competitions by purchasing a ticket to attend the Gala Event on Zoom on Saturday, March 1st starting at 7 pm.

Attendance is only $10. Click here to purchase your ticket.

You don’t want to miss out on this celebration of excellence in photography.

See you at the Challenge but you will need a ticket to attend…

For more information, you can send us an email 

 

Randy, Geri and Kathryn

Victoria Camera Club – Dec. 2024 – Update

On November 21, 2024 Richard Letourneau, CAPA District Representative (Lower Vancouver Island) presented a GOLD MEDAL to Leah Gray, a member of the Sidney Camera Club.

Her image, “Three on the run”, scored 25.5 points in the CAPA – Gold – Individual – Advanced – Pacific Zone Competition.

Gold Medal Presentation – Leah Gray and Richard Letourneau
(Photo Courtesy of Steve Smith)

North Shore Challenge 40th Anniversary

Distinguishing features of the upcoming North Shore Challenge

The North Shore Photographic Society is delighted to be hosting its unique 40th North Shore Challenge on Zoom on Saturday, March 1st, 2025. Over the years, the North Shore Challenge has evolved into a premiere photographic competition in Western Canada.  Photographic competitions occur around the world. What makes ours unique? Three characteristics do, a combination of club and individual images, two rounds of scoring for individuals and judges’ comments.

The North Shore Challenge started as a club-only competition years ago but has evolved into a competition featuring the best images from clubs and individuals from around BC and the Yukon. This is the first distinguishing characteristic. Prizes are awarded for both individual and club submitted images with one image being chosen best in show. Each individual can put forward three images.  Each club can submit up to six images from six different photographers. The club with the highest scoring images will win the North Shore Challenge trophy. 

This brings us to the second distinguishing characteristic, two rounds of scoring for individuals. All individual images are scored by a panel of judges in round 1. Scores from round 1 are shared with the participants. Each individual’s highest-scoring Round 1 image will advance to the second and final round which will be scored by a different panel of judges. Judges meet online to discuss images that have tied scores to determine which one from each participant becomes part of the North Shore Challenge gala show on March 1st, 2025.

By far, the biggest difference from other photographic competitions is a recent addition to the North Shore Challenge, judges’ comments. Each of our judges will be commenting on three different images including all six of the winners. Apart from the six winners, judges get to choose which images they would like to comment on. Sometimes judges all want to comment on the same image but only one judge can.

This new feature of judges’ comments is an incredibly popular hallmark to the North Shore Challenge. Photographers and non-photographers alike truly relish hearing from our panel of distinguished judges about what strikes them about particular images and in some cases how they  can be improved.  Judges may provide their comments live on the actual night of the North Shore Challenge or in a recorded format. If the comments are pre-recorded, sometimes the actual image is brought into a processing software and the suggested changes highlighted that way. Regardless of the format of their delivery, judges’ comments are becoming the most popular portion of our evening.

Competition entries for the 2025 North Shore Challenge open on November 1st, 2024 and will close at midnight PST on January 12, 2025. British Columbia and Yukon individuals and photography clubs are encouraged to consider “taking the Challenge” and submitting images this year. The cost of participation includes free admission to the Zoom session on March 1st, 2025.  Non-competitors from around the world are welcome to attend, for a small fee, the gala show which will begin at 7 pm PST on March 1, 2025.  We invite you to witness for yourself why the North Shore Challenge is a celebration of excellence in photography.

Richmond Photo Club Society – 2024 September Update

Once again, The Richmond Photo Club Society participated in Richmond’s Culture Days. This event in Richmond BC runs from September 20th to October 13th. This year Richmond is hosting over 80 diverse digital and in person events celebrating the diversity and importance of arts and culture in communities across Canada. Richmond, BC is one of the biggest participants in Canada!

The Richmond Photo Clubs contribution this year was to photograph the Community Arts Council of Richmond’s sponsored event, the Camilli String Quartet as they performed at the Steveston Town Square Park, Sunday, September 22nd from 2 to 4 PM. Club members Gerry Boretta and Laurie Lirette graciously provided their expertise to this very well attended event.

Gerry and Laurie’s photos of that day are attached for your enjoyment!

You can reach more informations by clicking here.

Intellectual Property Presentation

The education committee is pleased to announce the following presentation:

“Cameras, Copyright, and Criminals: Legal Concerns in Public Photography”

In this presentation, Halifax lawyers Nolan Little and Thomas Panther provide an overview of copyright law in Canada with special attention to legal issues potentially faced by photographers in public spaces. They will discuss the basic regime for creating copyrighted works, licensing those works to others, and remedies that photographers may use if they believe their photographs have been copied without permission. They will then cover issues specific to public photography, such as copyright infringement, voyeurism, trespass, and invasions of personal privacy. We hope that you’ll gain a better appreciation for your rights to photographs, how they can be used (and cannot be used), and how to avoid causing problems for yourself or others when taking photographs in public spaces.

This presentation is offered online, Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 04:00 pm (Pacific Time)

Please join us on Zoom for this presentation. Access to the Zoom link is provided through the member section of the CAPA website.

Victoria Camera Club – 80th Anniversary

Victoria Camera Club (VCC) is holding an 80th Anniversary Exhibition of juried prints during the month of September. The event, held in the downtown Bay Centre, includes over 100 images from members. The Exhibition also includes selected images from a 24-hour photo shoot held on June 8th, 2024 – “A Day in the Life of Victoria”.

Last fall our Club created a $1000 scholarship to be awarded to a deserving student in the Visual Arts program at Camosun College, with an emphasis on photographic arts. The inaugural recipient of the VCC Award for Excellence in Photography was Jeannie Chipps; she was presented with her award at the college’s graduation ceremony held on June 19th, 2024.

You can have more informations by clicking here.

Richmond Photo Club Society – August27 Update

Summer in Richmond, BC, is a wonderful place to be. Public events occur throughout the season celebrating our heritage, the arts and the beauty that surrounds us. The Richmond Photo Club is a large part of this and contributes by volunteering and documenting these events.

On July 17th we participated in the 14th Grand Prix of Art. This event featured over 150 artists that are tasked with creating a painting within a three-hour time limit. Over 4000 visitors attended this event that was spread across three kilometers of beautiful Steveston waterfront! Photographers that are members of the Richmond Photo Club that day were Julian Rozental, Chuck Vaugeois, Fabian Dominguez, Grant McMillan, Laurie Lirette and David England. Photos from the event can be viewed here: http://grandprixofart.ca/blog/

On August 11th Family Farm Day at London Farm occurs. This is an annual fun filled family-oriented day that features food trucks, live music, arts and crafts and kid’s entertainment. Photographers from the Richmond Photo Club that participated in this memorable event were Julian Rozental, Elmar Theissen, Laurie Lirette and Gerry Boretta.

Our hope is that our contribution of photography to these community activities not only creates a record of them, but that it strongly contributes to promoting interest, engagement & participation in them!

Victoria Camera Club 80th Anniversary Update

Victoria Camera Club (VCC) continues to celebrate its 80th Anniversary. On May 16th, a Gala and Internal Competitions Year-End Awards Night was held and 65 presentations were made to Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced members in these categories: Open, Altered Reality, People, Nature, Theme, Print Open, Monochrome Print, Nature Print, and Open Print. Additionally, Distinguished Photographer plaques were awarded to Jake Saito (Novice), Tom Stewart (Intermediate), and Kathryn Delany (Advanced).

On June 1st, VCC members participated in ‘A Day in the Life of Victoria’ fun shoot, to capture what happens in our communities, within a 24-hour period. As an open theme – animals, birds, insects, landscape, cityscape, nature, people, domestic animals, and wildlife were permitted as well as creative composite images.

The Club is also gearing up for a Print Show, this fall. Scheduled for September 2024, the show will include two juried categories: a stand-alone print category featuring individual prints and a triptych category featuring series of three related prints. The Show will be held in downtown Victoria. VCC is a diverse group of photographers, and we welcome the opportunity to showcase the work of members from all experience levels.

Richmond Photo Club Society – June24 Update

The votes are in! During the Richmond Photo Clubs Photography Show at Lansdowne Mall in Richmond BC last month, the club reached out to the public to vote and comment on their favorite images. All votes were anonymous.

There were over 400 ballets cast and overwhelmingly the popular vote went to Jason Li!

The club displayed several of Jason’s Owl images all of which were captured locally in Richmond, BC.

We’ve attached a few of them here for your viewing pleasure. Other examples of Jason’s work can be seen using his provided Instagram link.

Jason Li (@jason_li_photo) • Instagram photos and videos

Richmond Photo Club Society – May24 Update

The Richmond Photo Club displayed 80 of its members images in Richmond’s Lansdowne Mall from April 25th to the 28th During this event the public was invited to fill in a ballet indicating which image was their favourite. All votes were anonymous.

Over 400 ballets were filled in! The club is still in the process of tabulating the results. The positive response from the public was overwhelming and indicates the high level of enjoyment that the community receives from events of this nature.

The Richmond News also published an article on this event which increased the public’s awareness of the show. Here a few photos of this event.

Three images showing Gerry, David and Kyoko beside their images and two showing the public at the exhibit

Surrey Photography Club March-April 2024 Upcoming Presentation

FREE Online Presentation: Monday, March 25, 2024 at 7:00pm

Minimalist Photography with Judy Hancock Holland.

More info by clicking here

 

Osoyoos Photography Club Exhibition

Osoyoos Photography Club are collaborating with Artists on Main for a gallery exhibition titled ‘Pixels and Paint’ March 30 to April 20, 2024 at the ART Gallery Osoyoos.

For this unique show, 12 photographers paired up with 12 painters, painting their interpretation of a selected photograph.
We will display each photo print next to the painting for this exhibition, along with other photographs from our photo club members.

Exhibition dates – March 30 to April 20, 2024
Location: ART Gallery Osoyoos
Address. 8713 Main St, Osoyoos, BC

Link to website for additional information by clicking here.

01 Merv Graf 2 - Barbara Freese
02 Randy Rotheisler 1 - Diane Zorn 'Round Midnight copy
03 Mike Fitzpatrick 3 - Jane Scheffler retired copy
04 Ian McCoan 1 - Jane Scheffler C62A7148 copy
05 Merv Graf 3 - Sandra Albo 26 Feb 2023 Aurora 8-19 PM 230226-113 X copy
Vancouver's Granville Street is lit up in lights. The city's abundant rain intensifies the colours of the light as it is reflected on the pavement.
07 Merv Graf 7 - Shirley Trites I 200614-96-B-16x16 copy
08 John Nearing 5 - Shirley Trites Fleeting Image copy
4x6 CARD Topaz GIGA DNG
10 John Nearing 1 - Shirley Trites Dream Scape copy

Latest News From The Richmond Photo Club Society

On November 28, The Richmond Photo Club held a Print Evaluation evening at the Thompson Community Centre in Richmond, BC. This event was very well attended. 32 prints were submitted by our members and 27 of these achieved award recognition.

Our CAPA certified judge for the evening was Neil Le Nobel.

We are very pleased to be able to show a few of the Gold recipients publicly on The Richmond Arts Council Website. You can view these outstanding images by clicking on this link.

The Artists and the titles of their works are noted below:

Up Up in the Sky Albert Tsai
The Swan Flies Away Albert Tsai
Pansey Movement Gerry Boretta
Colorful Cuba Juliet Fricker
Vietnamese Pipe Smoker Juliet Fricker
Dawn at Fisherman’s Wharf Kyoko Kimura
In The Image of a Body Builder Susan Olsen
Crown Jewel on Waterfront Eva Sylvanna Wong
An evening of illumination and reflection Eva Sylvanna Wong
Temples of Bagan in Myanmar Urs Fricker
Beauty in Ethiopia Urs Fricker

We thank all our club participants for their contribution to this event. We look forward to showing more of our members works throughout 2024!

New DR for the Mid Vancouver Island District

CAPA is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean Hamilton as District Representative for  the Mid Vancouver Island District in BC.

With the encouragement and support of a friend Jean joined the Cowichan Valley Camera Club (CVCC) in 2011, as a way to advance the development of her creative expression. At the same time, she was motivated to progress to using a digital single-lens reflex camera (DSLR).

Land/seascapes along with nature and animals are favourite subjects with a special interest developing for evening/night/morning photography plus black and white photos. Recently Jean has been enjoying the process of turning her photos into Abstract Art. Jean’s images can be found in private collections and can be viewed online at: https://pbase.com/cvcc/mg_jean_h.

In 2012, Jean became the Treasurer of the CVCC and an individual CAPA member in 2013. For many years, Jean has been the club’s CAPA club coordinator, BC/Yukon Interclub club liaison and since the Fall of 2022the BC/Yukon Interclub secretary. In addition, Jean has been looking after the CVCC website for the past few years.

Welcome to the CAPA Team!

Surrey Photography Club wins the Gold Medal – Nov.2023

 

Congratulations to the Surrey Photography Club that won the Gold Medal in the Pacific Zone Competition.


Accepting for the club from left to right: Gail Stephan, John Kalley

Richmond Photo Club Dec.2023 Update

The Richmond Photo Club has been extremely busy in the community!

On Friday, November 24th Julian Rozental provided his time as the event photographer for the “ARTRICH 2023” Opening Reception.

This event runs from November 24 to December 31 at the Richmond Art Gallery. The Richmond Arts Coalition in partnership with the Richmond Art Gallery is pleased to present this exhibition for the fifth time. This dynamic juried exhibition features fifty emerging and established artists from Richmond, the Lower Mainland, and nearby communities to exhibit together and celebrate local talent. It features an eclectic array of styles and subject matter.

On Sunday, November 26, 2023, Elmar Theissen and David England participated as volunteer photographers for the “Islamic Art Experience Event 2023” at the Richmond Public Library.

This event was a full day of events made possible by the Community Arts Council of Richmond and The Richmond Public Library. It focused on sharing the beauty of Islamic art from around the globe and was an exciting and educational opportunity for people of all ages. In addition to the entertainment and educational value, these events encourage vibrant cross-cultural exchange among all faiths and cultures. The aim being to bring forward new art, artists, and performers from the local Muslim community in BC and Canada.

Both events were very well attended by the public. The Richmond Photo Club Society is delighted to have been able to participate in these community events and to provide The Richmond Arts Coalition, The Richmond Art Gallery, The Community Arts Council of Richmond, and the Richmond Public Library with many memorable images of these special occasions.

To see more details, visit the website

Victoria Camera Club 80th Anniversary Events

January 12, 2024: As part of the BC/Yukon Inter-Club Speaker Series, Victoria Camera Club will be hosting Elizabeth Gray whose topic is “Black and White Photography – Shooting with Intent”. Prior to Elizabeth’s presentation, Richard Letourneau, our Club representative to the Speaker Series, will present a half-hour slideshow. It will showcase the VCC’s 80th Anniversary with photographs collected over the years of the Club’s existence

March 2024. Well-known former VCC Member, Leah Gray will be presenting “Expanding (Perfecting) your Vision as a Photographer” at Camosun College’s Gibson Auditorium. Along with her partner, Steve Smith, Leah will be leading a photography field trip and image review that same weekend. Watch for details on dates/times and tickets.

June 1, 2024. A Day in the Life of Victoria Photo Shoot. Your chance to explore Greater Victoria and shoot your choice of people, places and events over the course of one 24-hour period.

Month of September 2024. The Victoria Camera Club will be staging a juried exhibition of Members’ prints at the Victoria Arts Council Gallery on Store Street. The theme of the exhibition will be A Day in the Life of Victoria.

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Surrey Photography Club November Presentation

Zoom Speaker Presentation – November 27, 2023 – 6:45 PM PST

Francis Cleroux speaking on Street Photography

to register email to info@surreyphotographyclub.com

Langley Camera Club November Presentation

Zoom Speaker Presentation – 11/29/2023 – Doors Open 6:50 PM

Multiply Your Creativity with Multiple Exposure – Dennis Ducklow

The many joys of photography include the endless possibilities available to us. Dennis will share his journey from being a ‘straight shooter; to an impressionist photographer.

He will explain how he uses multiple exposure as well as intentional camera movement in different ways to create impressionist and abstract photographs, photos that are unique, non-replicable and highly personal.

The talk will be illustrated with many examples and a slide show.

Participants will:

  • Gain a perspective on where impressionism comes from, inspiration from past masters, and why
    it’s relevant today.
  • Learn specific techniques they can use right away to create impressionist and abstract photos
    with any camera
  • Learn about an approach to photography that will challenge them to see in new ways and expand their ways of responding to a scene

Further information by clicking here

When you register by emailing president@langleycameraclub.ca a link will be sent out prior to the night.

Caroun Photo Club Oct23. Update

Caroun Photo Club: 17th Annual Photography Exhibition 2023
December 2-14, 2023
Opening Reception: December 2, 4-8 pm

Photographs of the participants in photo contest 2023 will be exhibited.
Prizes of the winners will be given by one of the judges on the opening reception (Dec 2).
More information by clicking here.