CAPA Canadian Association for Photographic Art

IMPORTANT REMINDER for CAPA Competitions Creative: Submission deadline - January 15, 2021 at midnight Eastern Standard Time. https://capacanada.ca/2021-creative-creativite/... Fine Art: Submission deadline - January 30, 2021 at midnight Eastern Standard Time. https://capacanada.ca/2021-fine-art-beaux-arts/

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CAPA presents via Zoom Robert Scott Abandoned Photography: Safety, Ethics and Creative Composition Wednesday January 20, 2021 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time Free to CAPA Individual Members The Zoom invitation is posted in the Members area of the website. You must be logged into your CAPA account to access the invitation.... Robert Scott is an Alberta based photographer specializing in landscape, commercial and instructional workshops. As a boy growing up on the prairies of Manitoba in the 1980’s, my friends and I would jump onto our BMX bikes and head out exploring until the orange street lights began to hum. Many of these adventures found us standing nervously at the foot of the local haunted house. In 2006 I traded in my BMX for a big boy motorcycle. During a prairie storm along a secondary highway, I was forced to pull over and seek shelter in a near by abandoned building. Lucky for me I had my small point & shoot camera attached to my hip. While waiting out the storm, I explored the building and snapped a few pictures all the while unpacking that dusty box of childhood memories. This experience reignited his passion for exploring abandoned houses while growing up a prairie boy in Brandon, Manitoba. He has now turned his passion for abandonment into a new venture called ‘Abandoned Photo Tours’. Clients are taken to the most picturesque abandoned homesteads on the prairies, with permission from the landowners where he instructs creative composition and night photography. While working daily on photography projects, Robert is also Taekwon-do instructor and Canadian coach who has been teaching in Calgary since 1993 When not taking pictures and kicking, Robert enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 year old son, William. www.robertscott.ca

In recognition of her high standard of photographic achievement and service to CAPA, the CAPA Honours Committee has awarded Janet Slater with the distinction of Fellowship in the Canadian Association for Photographic Art FCAPA. This is a high honour. It is because of committed and dedicated people like Janet Slater, who share their energy and expertise with others, that CAPA can continue our services to photographers, and also to see growth in the understanding of photogra...phic art among the general public. Janet is an avid photographer, working to improve and challenge herself, capturing colour and composition, to reflect both beauty and emotion. Her photographic journey began 7 years ago. With no background in photography but a lifetime of interest in creating beauty through her numerous crafts, Janet took courses to learn the technical aspects of photography so that she could properly focus her artistic intentions. She joined the Langley Camera Club in 2014 and joined the Sunshine Coast Camera Club in 2018 . Janet Slater is the CAPA District Representative for the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. Congratulations Janet Slater! https://capacanada.ca/janet-slater-awarded-fcapa/

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A Call to Creativity - A presentation by Freeman Patterson Harbour City Photography Club is pleased to announce that Freeman Patterson will doing a virtual presentation "A Call to Creativity" to our club on January 19th, 2021 from 6:30PM to 9:00PM and we are inviting you to join us for a fee of $10.00 ($11.62 with taxes and service charges). Tickets are available through Eventbrite at the following link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/a-call-to-creativity-a-presenta

Only in Canada...the Prince George Photographic Society held a properly distanced outdoor gathering on Saturday November 7 in the fairground parking lot to give out awards to the club members who participated in the CAPA Pacific Zone Challenge. Members brought chairs to form a circle and wore masks. There was bright sun and a stiff wind with freezing temperatures. Some parts of the city had snow overnight but the fairground was clear. Photo provided by club president, Debbie Malm. Congratulations to all! Anyone want to guess the temperature?

CAPA presents via Zoom Glenn Bartley Bird Photography Simplified My Approach to Capturing Images Wednesday December 9, 2020 - 4:00 PM Pacific Standard Time Free to CAPA Individual Members Get your Zoom invitation here: https://capacanada.ca/capa-speakers-series/... Glenn Bartley is a world-renowned professional nature photographer from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He focuses almost all his efforts on capturing intimate images of birds in their natural habitat. Glenn is especially well known for his portraits of rare and difficult to photograph birds from the Neotropical Region and his portfolio of hummingbird images. Glenn’s images are well respected and represented around the world. He is an award-winning photographer whose work is regularly featured in North American and International nature books, calendars and publications. Glenn’s work is regularly featured in magazines such as Audubon, Birdwatching, Canadian Wildlife, Birders World, and many more. His images regularly appear in books on birds including several by National Geographic. Glenn has also published several books of his own including Birds of Ecuador, Birds of Vancouver Island and Birds of British Columbia as well as instructional guides on Post Processing Flash and Tropical Nature Photography Techniques.

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CAPA presents via Zoom Don Komarechka Macro Photography: The Universe at Our Feet. This event is for CAPA members only. The Zoom presentation is this Wednesday November 18, 2020 at 4:00 PM PST. Login to the CAPA website to access the Zoom inviation.... https://capacanada.ca/capa-speakers-series/ Don Komarechka is a nature, macro and landscape photographer located in Barrie, Ontario. From auroras to pollen, insects to infrared, much of Don’s photographic adventures reveal a deeper understanding of how the universe works. Exploring the world that we cannot see with our own eyes has been a common thread in Don’s career as a professional photographer. Always science-minded but never formally trained, Don uses photography as a way to explore and understand the world around him. Photographing something unusual or unknown is the perfect excuse to learn something new. Don’s work often pushes up against the technical limitations of modern camera equipment and the physical limitations of light itself.

Pacific Digital Photography Club presents the 17th Annual Photomotion. Photography, music and storytelling: a juried selection of slideshows set to music. * Photomotion is connecting with you virtually in 2020 * Shows will be presented online, free of charge * Beginning November 14, please check our website for the presentation link: www.pdpc.ca * Enjoy the creative Photography of our members and our guest photographer, from the comfort of your home... * PDPC would like to thank our patrons for their incredible support for the past 16 years See more