Burnaby Photographic Society’s Print Exhibition

The Burnaby Photographic Society’s 25th Annual Print Exhibition
at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby, B.C.

What’s the recipe for a great photograph?

Mix together a bundle of observations, a burst of insight, a pinch of preparation and equal parts right place and right time. Simmer, edit to taste and share generously.

The Burnaby Photographic Society invites you to savour a fresh selection of printed works from December 4, 2022 through January 28, 2023 in Shadbolt’s Centre Aisle Gallery and Encores Cafe. From landscape to wildlife to abstract, there’s something for every taste. Inspiring. Engaging. Energizing. Add art to your day and you’ll be hungry for more.

Since 1970 the Burnaby Photographic Society has been an active community of photo hobbyists, enthusiasts and pros. We meet regularly to learn from each other and to shape the future of photography in the region.

Info at www.bpsphoto.ca. Check venue hours at www.shadboltcentre.com.

CAPA Gold Medal Presented to LCC

Presented to the club president, Lorna Scott by CAPA District Representative, Carol Jackson. Congratulations to the Langley Camera Club and to the photographers whose images were contributed for this achievement, namely; Lorna Scott, Susan Kuyer, Janet Slater, Michele Broadfoot, Michelle Lark, & Colleen Walden.

 

Congratulations to all.

Nov. 2022 Richmond Photo Club News

As a reminder, The Richmond Museum is currently hosting an exhibit entitled “The Arts Live Here”. The event runs from September 24, 2022 for 11 months. The event highlights how the arts speak to us, connect to us and give us unique ways to understand ourselves, our communities and our city.

We are honored to have had the Richmond Museum reach out to us to request permission from a number of our club members to use their images in this event. The Museum discovered these images by perusing our club’s website, proving how valuable online exposure is to the club. Those members who images were chosen are:

Urs Fricker – Traditional Taiwanese Dancers / Polish Festival
Albert Tsai – Purple Orchid / Red Tulip / Flying Butterfly
Hendy Wu – Look Forward On Stage
Eva Sylvanna Wong – A Longing Gaze

As an exciting addition we weren’t aware of last month, is that Juliet Fricker’s photo entitled “Thai Dancer” is featured on the main exhibition poster. Her image was also used for additional promotional literature. We’ve included all of Juliet’s images pertaining to this event.

We extend congratulations to Juliet for having her image selected for this event’s banner.

The exhibition hours are:

9am-9pm weekdays
10am-5pm weekends
Closed on statutory holidays

We have also included all artists’ images to this article.

During the month of October, a group of Richmond Club photo prints are on exhibit at the South Arm Community Centre in Richmond, BC. The emphasis is on scenes and events native and peculiar to the City of Richmond. This is an event that may be repeated several times throughout the coming year(s). This event provides an opportunity to display images from the Richmond Photo Club further promoting the art of photography at a local community level.

Looking forward, the largest upcoming event for the Richmond Photo Club will be the Lansdowne Photographic Show. This event will be held in Lansdowne Mall, Richmond, BC February 9 – 12, 2023. This public exhibit will showcase 96+ photos from Richmond Photo Club’s members. More on this event will follow as the date nears.

39th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge

A competition for individual photographers and clubs in BC and the Yukon

Hosted by the North Shore Photographic Society

Proudly presented by Beau Photo

Saturday March 4, 2023
Keynote: 4:30 pm, Show: 7:00 pm (Pacific Time)

For more details you can contact Denise Karkkainen by email : denise@bravurasolutions.ca or visit the website : www.nsps.ca

* Photographic credit: “Scrambling for Food”, Danny K Chan, Chung Ai Photographic Society, Club Silver 2022

New Westminster Photography Club News

In September, the New Westminster Photography Club started its 2022/23 Program Season. It is a year of change with 70% of the leads for the Executive changing.

Our season opening meeting included an overview of planned activities and an introduction of the new Executive. The meeting also included Members Sharing of photography highlights from the summer.

The Club participated in the popular Fraser River Riverfest activities. Our club had a tent on the New Westminster Quay. Our tent included an exhibition as well as an assortment of photographs matted and under a sleeve. A success as photographs were shown to the public and some artists sold their photographs.

The club had created a new lead role for Exhibitions and our lead Anna Camporese took on the exhibition and sale as her first community event. Well done, Anna! There was a high level of interest from the community. We were exhibiting our work and in turn this initiated the public to show their photography on their cell phones. We are happy with all discussions of photography. As result of our involvement in the festival, our local newspaper ran an article on the Club.

The club also has increased its presence on social media channels. Two roles now lead our communications through Facebook (New Westminster Photography Club) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/new_west_photo_club/).

Our photography outings are popular and have included Vancouver’s False Creek Olympic Village and Granville Island. Not only is the outing fun for those who attend, the experience is expanded with members posting photographs to the Club’s Outings Gallery as well as our Social Media channels.

We have a full schedule of meetings that include those in a ZOOM format where we have out-of-area speakers and in-person meetings.

Richmond Photo Club News

We would like to thank our outgoing president, Neil leNobel for his leadership. During his tenure Neil provided sincere photographic encouragement, direction, and knowledge. His wisdom was delivered with humour, humility and honesty. His chairmanship of the Competitions Committee for many years and his continued assistance with this committee was exemplary. We are extremely grateful for his governance and are honored that he will be staying on in an advisory role as his time permits.


We are very pleased to introduce our new President, Julian Rozental. Julian brings with him a wealth of photographic & management experience. His leadership capability is already evidenced by the number of events RPC is currently moving forward on. Examples of these are noted below.


In September, volunteer members of the Richmond Photo Club contributed pictorial content to the London Farm Family Day, providing a large number of expert family portraits in a suitably set-dressed old barn and smithy. They also documented a number of various vendors, a rabbit farm, a Lego club, and a host of activities. There were rabbit-petting, spoon and egg races, horse-back riding for children, and a hot jazz band, for the amusement and edification of adults and children alike. Finally, our members gifted the photographic results to the City of Richmond for archival and promotional use.

A subsequent similar event entitled Richmond Culture Days, part of the Canada-wide Culture Days, was also served by volunteer members of the club. Here, free family photos were taken and will be e-mailed to thirty-three participants. Again, an illustration of how the Richmond Photo Club is an active and appreciated participant in local community events.

Some very exciting news is that The Richmond Museum is currently hosting an exhibit entitled “The Arts Live Here”. The event runs from September 24, 2022 for 11 months. The event highlights how the arts speak to us, connect to us and give us unique ways to understand ourselves, our communities and our city.

We are honored to have had the Richmond Museum reach out to us to request permission from a number of our club members to use their images in this event. The Museum discovered these images by perusing our club’s website, proving how valuable online exposure is to the club. Those members who images were choses are:

Urs Fricker – Traditional Taiwanese Dancers / Polish Festival
Albert Tsai – Purple Orchid / Red Tulip / Flying Butterfly
Hendy Wu – Look Forward On Stage
Eva Sylvanna Wong – A Longing Gaze

The exhibition hours are:

9am-9pm weekdays
10am-5pm weekends
Closed on statutory holidays

We have also included the artist’s images to this article.

During the month of October, a group of Richmond Club photo prints are on exhibit at the South Arm Community Centre in Richmond, BC. The emphasis is on scenes and events native and peculiar to the City of Richmond. This is an event that may be repeated several times throughout the coming year(s). This event provides an opportunity to display images from the Richmond Photo Club further promoting the art of photography at a local community level.

Looking forward, the largest upcoming event for the Richmond Photo Club will be the Lansdowne Photographic Show. This event will be held in Lansdowne Mall, Richmond, BC February 9 – 12, 2023. This public exhibit will showcase 96+ photos from Richmond Photo Club’s members. More on this event will follow as the date nears.

The Sunshine Coast Camera Club 2022 Fall News

The Sunshine Coast Camera Club in BC is excited to announce their new president, Evan Brynne for 2022-23. Although his interest in cinematography and lighting go back to his childhood running around the backstage of various theatres, he only translated that into a mild obsession with the practice of photography about eight years ago, when he was gifted an a6000 for Christmas. Initially most of his projects were motivated by requests to support friends in the performing arts before branching out to other collaborations, which has helped him develop a deep rooted passion for portraiture and for the collaborative process of working with other photographers and models.

For the past three years the Sunshine Coast Camera Club has provided Evan (and many others) with exceptional opportunities for developing and challenging his photography skills, a forum to showcase and critique his work, and a community where he found friends and collaborators. In taking on stewardship of the group, Evan hopes to continue to provide the same for the members, as well as the many folks on the coast who the club will be connecting with over the course of the year.

Cheers,


Evan

Lorna Scott awarded CAPA Excellence In Photography Medal

Lorna Scott  has received a well deserved Capa Medal for Excellence In Photography. The award is in recognition of three CAPA Medals in one year. Lorna is a multiple award winner in Photography Arts. Presenting the award Tom Keigher of the Langley Camera Club. 
 
Lorna’s accomplishments are many within the field of Photographic Arts, 9 CAPA Medals, 6 Merit Awards, and multiple Honourable Mentions. Lorna has had her photographs selected twice to represent Canada in the CAPA Four Nations International Competition. 
 
Lorna is the CAPA  Treasurer, President of Langley Camera Club, and Pacific Zone Treasurer.

 

Lorna Scott

Award to Len Suchan the honour of Honorary FCAPA

The CAPA Board was pleased to award Len Suchan the honour of Honorary FCAPA for his 16 years of service as Treasurer for CAPA. Read more about Len from his time as CAPA Treasurer and view some of his favourite photos here. (https://capacanada.ca/len-suchan-capa-treasurer-fcapa/)

Surrey Photography Club has organized Workshop

News from Surrey Photography Club

SPC has organized yet another Workshop for members and guests.

Let’s Make Art @ Granville Island
All interested parties must contact Dennis as there may be a few spots left.

06/04/2022, at 10:00 am

www.surreyphotographyclub.com

 

Other news

Some members are meeting in person and viewing the meetings and Speakers via Zoom, on the big screen.
Our last in person/Zoom Meeting will be June 13. Our AGM, on June 27th, will be held in a park where we can go shooting afterwards.

Vernon Photography Club’s Outings

Vernon Photography Club's Outings

Outings have always been a very popular activity for the Vernon Photography Club (VPC). When COVID-19 struck we were a disappointed group but we made do with individual outing challenges (pick a theme and members found their own shooting locations) and Zoom slide shows. With the lifting of some of the Provincial Health restrictions and the ability to now hold in-person outings, the Outings Committee worked hard to provide members with a wonderful assortment of outings through the summer and into the fall.
In early July, members met in the Village at Silver Star Mountain and enjoyed a scenic gondola ride to the top of the mountain. After days of smoky skies from the BC wildfires, we had a reprieve with some clear vistas and we enjoyed a very pleasant hike down the mountain trails and back to the Village. The wildflowers and butterflies were great and we enjoyed watching the brave jumps of the downhill bikers.

We are fortunate to have an energetic and knowledgeable Outings Committee who work around the challenges of weather, locations and health restrictions.

It was a hardy bunch of photographers who braved rain and sleet to photograph the two remote small lakes, Dee and Island in mid September. Shivering, they struck out in kayaks and small craft to capture loons and a lovely assortment of lily pads, all in a moody and grey setting.

Images of the Milky Way have always had a special fascination for photographers and this certainly holds true for the VPC. These night sessions are always popular although they are often difficult to schedule as clear skies are required. The night before Halloween, a group of 16 photographers gathered in the dark at Kekuli Bay, along beautiful Kalamalka Lake. While the ambient light from Vernon and Kelowna made capturing great images of the Milky Way a challenge, it was delightful to get out with this group and work on our night photography skills.

Capturing various light sources is always a lot of fun and members gathered on an October evening to explore their creativity. Starting with night cityscape images of Vernon, the group then photographed vehicle light trails along the highway before setting up on a local beach. Here a variety of light sources were used – LED light stick, glow sticks and burning steel wool in a whisk. It was a fun evening, with an umbrella, the only casualty! 

In mid August Club members gathered at Craigellachie, the site of the Last Spike, before heading on to the 3 Valley Gap Ghost Town. After being closed on account of being on evacuation alert for several weeks, finally, this historic and photogenic tourist attraction had opened. Before heading home, the group stopped to check out and capture Crazy Creek Falls and Malakwa Suspension Bridge.

The North Okanagan is fortunate to have an organization, The Allan Brooks Nature Centre (ABNC), that promotes the enjoyment of nature and the awareness of habitat conservation. In late August the ABNC sponsored a Raptor show that brought in several species of raptors for demonstration and viewing. Members of the VPC were able to capture some great images of the majestic birds.

What a pleasant morning was spent at the Sparrow Grass Field & Flower Farm near Armstrong on a glorious day in early August, wandering along the rows of colourful flowers. The sunflowers were at their peak just brimming with cheer inviting the photographers to capture their beauty. The multitude of honey bees and butterflies were a special bonus. 

Presentation Photo 2021

2021 Pacific Zone ‘Club’ Bronze medal and certificates were awarded by Sheldon Boles (CAPA Director of Competitions) at the Crescent Beach Photography Club to: (left to right) Leo Le Couteur, Mike Strong and Rob Donaldson.  Missing from the photograph are Ron Kelman and Hafeez Mian.

Abbotsford Photo Arts Club

Outstanding news and congratulations goes to our own Anita Teljeur for her image entitled, “Illuminatis” that took the coveted “Best In Show” award and a CAPA Gold Medal!!

Also congratulations to Gerry Hiebert who won a Bronze 3rd Place Medal in the individual submissions for his image entitled, “Holiday Warmth”.

APAC is collaborating with The Fraser Valley Conservancy (FVC) in exploring the topic of climate change in the Fraser Valley.

At our Program Night on March 21st the coordinator of The FVC’s new Close to Home program Laura Brodey spoke to APAC about climate change and the FVC. We did a breakout brainstorming session on photography and its role and had a first look at some of the images being collected so far.

As photographers,our great observational skills are important for this, along with our ability to communicate these realities in ways that touch people’s hearts and minds.

Members have already contributed over 150 relevant images into the galleries and we will continue to do so as we explore new ways to partner with the FVC in the near future.

more details by clicking this link

38th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge

38th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge
Hosted by the North Shore Photographic Society
Proudly presented by: BEAU PHOTO

On March 5, 2022, the North Shore Photographic Society will host the 38th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge, an exciting evening designed to showcase the highest levels of all genres of the photographic arts. Everyone is welcome to this spectacular evening which will be hosted again this year on Zoom. The Keynote Presentation starts at 4:30 pm (Pacific) and the Show starts at 7:00 pm (Pacific).

As the premier photographic competition in Western Canada, the Challenge welcomes entries from individual photographers and clubs from BC and the Yukon. The Challenge is open theme: Subjects can include rare wildlife action, breathtaking landscapes, street, architecture, the human form, altered reality and abstracts. This is an outstanding opportunity for photographers to showcase their work, meet other photographers (virtually), learn from vendors about the latest tools and techniques, and compete with the best on Challenge night – March 5, 2022. Winners will be recognized with CAPA medals.

Attendees of Challenge 2022 will be thoroughly entertained by a keynote presentation and Q&A… this year by award-winning photographers, Connor Stefanison and Jess Findlay.

We, at NSPS, are confident we can deliver another captivating virtual experience, as in 2021. Holding the Challenge online removes traditional physical barriers thereby allowing photographers from across the Province and Territory and show-goers from across Canada to participate fully. We welcome back all those who have taken part in prior years’ Challenges either as competitors or audience members, and extend a special welcome to those for whom this will be a first time experience. Everyone who enjoys creative photography will take away something including, if you’re lucky, the raffle prize, 50/50 draw and/or one of many great door prizes from our generous sponsors.

For further information, here the link : https://nsps.ca/2022-north-shore-challenge/

BC/Yukon Inter-Club Speaker Series

After a successful, initial BC/Yukon Inter-Club Speaker Series last year,  a new virtual Speaker Series has been organized for this year.  The 2021-2022 Speaker Series features four accomplished and inspiring photographers and runs from November 19, 2021 to April 8, 2022. A total of 33 photography clubs representing over 1,500 photographers from across BC and the Yukon  (including 5 new clubs this year) are supporting this exciting undertaking with CAPA, Pacific Zone providing a financial contribution as well.

The BC/Yukon Inter-Club Speaker Series was created in October 2020 through a collaborative effort of photography clubs around BC and the Yukon.  It fosters connection between hundreds of photographers and provides rich learning experiences via presentations from famous and recognized photographers. Individual members from participating clubs can register for free for all four speakers.

We are thrilled with all four of our acclaimed speakers this year.

Michelle Valberg will be our kick-off speaker on Friday, November 19th with her presentation, “Creating Emotional Impact with Wildlife Photography”. This presentation will be moderated by North Shore Photographic Society.

Guy Tal on Friday, January 14, 2022 will be presenting “Creativity and Expression in Photography”. This presentation will be moderated by Central Okanagan Photographic Society.

George Kourounis on Friday, February 25, 2022 will be presenting “Documenting Earth’s Extremes: Getting the Shot and Staying Alive”. This presentation will be moderated by Prince George Photographic Society.

The final presentation in the Series will be An Evening with Joe McNally on Friday, April 8, 2022, which will be moderated by the Langley Camera Club.

Prior to our first speaker, a “Connections” night on November 5th, 2021 is being held to foster camaraderie amongst club members by meeting fellow photographers in small groups in breakout rooms.

Anyone from BC and the Yukon interested in attending the Speakers Series presentations should consider joining a participating photography club to be able to access these 4 incredible speakers.

Looking forward to an inspiring Series.

 

The BC/Yukon Inter-Club Steering Committee

Surrey Photography Club

Surrey Photography Club.

From March 3 to the 29th the Arts Council of Surrey will be hosting a Virtual Gallery, in person viewings by appointment only, at the Newton Cultural Centre in Surrey.  A Video will be created, on March 4, introducing the viewers to the Surrey Photography Club’s works and up coming events. Video will be up after March 4 here: http://artscouncilofsurrey.ca

 

 

Surrey Photography Club recognizes Natalie Coates

Surrey Photography Club recognizes Natalie Coates. Natalie has been a member of the SPC for 12 years. Soon after joining she became the President and was instrumental in bringing the CAPA judging course to Surrey. She wears many hats to keep our club ticking.

She is very active in promoting Competitions by being the Competitions Chair and advertises our Events over Social Media.

Natalie does so much for the Surrey Photography Club:

-Natalie helped form our website and continues with its maintenance
-She is dedicated enough to actively participate after moving to another municipality, across the river.
-She is optimistic, outgoing, friendly, supportive individual with inexhaustible energy, all while working at a full time demanding job.
-Natalie manages our Zoom account and hosts all of our meetings.

Natalie also took on our Grant Applications to the City when the past coordinator stepped down. It is because of these grants that we have been able to pay our speakers and invite guests free of charge which in turn has blessed us with new members.

North Shore Photographic Challenge

North Shore Photographic Society

Our club is hosting the 37th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge, a competition for BC and Yukon individual photographers and photo clubs on Saturday, March 6, 2021.  Keynote: 4:30pm Show: 7:00pm

New and exciting this year!  Attendees will be delighted with a keynote presentation by renowned photographer and adventurer Chris Harris.

And we’re going virtual this year!  No matter where in BC or the Yukon you live, submit your best entries, and tune in from the comfort and safety of your own home and enjoy the show.

Entry deadline:  Feb. 12, 2021. To enter, buy show tickets, or for more information, please visit www.nsps.ca

 

BC/Yukon Inter Club Speakers Series

Numerous BC\Yukon photography clubs have been meeting over Zoom since the pandemic started, primarily to share ideas on how to keep clubs engaged while we can’t meet. Out of this collaboration, a Speaker Series featuring four Canadian photographers was launched. The intent of this initiative was to use our collective human and financial resources to bring in presenters that clubs might not normally be able to afford. The series was open to any club in BC or the Yukon willing to share the cost of the speakers. Victoria Camera Club kindly offered to host the speakers on their Zoom platform and CAPA Pacific Zone generously sponsored the cost of upgrading Victoria’s Zoom platform to accommodate more attendees. Twenty-five BC\Yukon clubs signed up.

 

  • Richard Martin –  Monday, November 23rd, 2020 – Hosted by Victoria Camera Club, will be held on November 23, 2020 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
  • Jeffrey Wu – Friday, January 8th, 2021 Hosted by Sunshine Coast Camera Club, will be held on January 8th, 2021 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
  • Laura Letinski – Friday, March 26, 2021 – Hosted by Tri-City Photography Club, will be held on March 26th, 2021 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
  • George Barr – Friday, May 14, 2021 – Hosted by Richmond Photo Club, will be held on May 14th, 2021 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
To be eligible to register you must be a member of a BC/Yukon Club that has signed up for this series. For more information visit the Victoria Camera Club website.

September Club Tidbits

Crescent Beach Photography Club – have had a couple of Executive meetings, one via Zoom and the other in person, physically distanced in a park.  We have had one outing and another is planned soon. They do not have Zoom meetings. They are recruiting a new President.

Surrey Photography Club – have had an outdoor Executive Meeting and AGM at a park.  There have been several summer outings, the annual Scavenger Hunt, Take 35, and sunset outings. The last outing of the year is on Sept 28 to Granville Island for some night photography.  They have reluctantly embraced Zoom and the meetings are fairly well attended. SPC has speakers and a judge lined up for the remainder of the year.

Abbotsford Photographic Arts Club – is doing well.  Our new 2020/21 season is underway.  We have installed the Visual Pursuits software and have been developing our new website over the summer.  We are meeting via Zoom like most clubs these days and everyone is happy with our progress given these trying times. APAC has made Phil Dyer a lifetime member for being a member of the club for 30 years. Phil is currently the acting president and treasurer of the club.

Doreen Jung recently won a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Abbotsford Arts Council.  She has been covering the art scene here for many years for the online version of the Abbotsford News as well as volunteering her time at the Kariton Art Gallery. She is also a valued member of APAC and has been arranging for our club to participate in various art gallery shows in Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Mission for several years as well as the local Wine and Art Walks twice a year.

On Saturday Sep 26 we had a club meeting outdoors at Ellwood Park to present our own awards to the winners for the 2019/20 season followed by a short walk-about with our cameras.  There were 20 club members in attendance all socially distanced of course.

Langley Camera Club – continues to thrive despite the obstacles of COVID19.  We have had an article in the local paper and take full advantage of social media for advertising.  This has given us a healthy rate of members renewing and new members joining. We’re full steam a head with our program successfully utilizing Zoom.