• Looking for Slide or Colour Film?

    Posted On: July 30, 2010

    David Williams has 30-40 rolls of slide and negative film he wants to unload. The price is right, “they are yours if you take them away.” Any KPAC member who is interested should contact Frank (or send an e-mail to the contact link on this website) in order to get David’s address and contact information.

  • CAPA CONVENTION AUG 1ST IN KELOWNA - FIELD TRIPS

    Posted On: July 28, 2010

    CAPA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING: SUNDAY, AUG 1, 2010
    FIELD TRIPS: HOLIDAY MONDAY, AUG 2, 2010
     Canadian Association for Photographic Arts’ AGM will be held at UBC Okanagan Campus, Arts Building, Room 103 in Kelowna Sunday August 1, 2010 at 1:30 PM PDT. (see message box 3 on CAPA website www.capacanada.ca/  for details and meeting agenda.)
     Aug.2/10 - 2 short field trips
    - Myra Canyon area of Kettle Valley Railway
    - Guided walk in downtown Kelowna with Gordon Hartley, a longtime CAPA member, architect and architectural and cityscape photography specialist.

  • Gallery Update

    Posted On: July 20, 2010

    It’s quiet over the summer with few changes to the gallery. One exception is Frank Dwyer who has recently posted sample photos from the epic road trip he and Jan recently took through some of the western United States. Looks like they had a fantastic journey to some amazing places.

  • CAPA 2011 Theme Announced

    Posted On: July 14, 2010

    It’s revealed on the CAPA website that the theme for the club 20111 Theme Competition (to be submitted in February of 2011) is “Footwear.” So, watch for suitable subjects in your travels this summer. Some of us may find the choice frustrating, hoping perhaps for a topic more to their liking, but theme competitions are all about testing our imagination and coming up with original interpretations. This is what artistic photography is all about, so by that measure “Footwear” is going to test us.

  • PHOTO OP

    Posted On: July 13, 2010

    Robert N. reports the Mariposa Lilies are blooming in profusion in Peterson Creek Park right here in town.

  • 2010 -2011: SHOWCASE CHALLENGES

    Posted On: June 28, 2010

    Showcase, the first meeting of the month, September - June, is when KPAC members share images - past, present and “the Challenge”.  The Challenge encourages members to step out of their comfort zone, focus on a topic and exercise their creativity.  It is those bits of neurons lurking behind the photographer’s eye that sees the picture. Right?

     

    Please check the how-to section on our website re sizing your images (Max 1024 pixels horizontally/landscape and/or 768 pixels vertically/portrait) to fit the screen.  Preferably, send (a maximum of 4) your images to the KPAC ‘Receiver of Images, David Johnson, by Tuesday evening or you can bring them on a thumb-drive or CD early to the Wednesday meeting for up-loading to the Club’s projector.

     

    Here then are the 10 Showcase Challenges plus a bonus one, for 2010-11.

     

    Sept. 08/10    VACATION: time out for pleasure, rest, relaxation or a change of scene; a holiday.

     

    Oct. 06/10      DEPTH OF FIELD: The world is 3-dimensional; photos are not. Using one subject alter & explore the illusion of distance.

     

    Nov. 3/10        HARVEST: gathering in the bounty of the earth, water and sky.

     

    Dec. 01/10     SHOOT FROM THE DARKSIDE: put the subject between the lens and the light source - a favourite technique of iconic Canadian photo-journalist, Ted Grant.

     

    Jan. 5/11        TOYS: Lots of scope here post Christmas - kids’ toys, adult toys, antique & space-age toys, pet toys.  Capture the fun.

     

    Feb. 02/11     PEOPLE: these are the shots that will be prized a hundred years from now. Catch the character, the emotion, a sense of their time and place in the world.

     

    Mar. 02/11     FIXED LENS/ 50 MM: use your feet to change the perspective of your subject and explore the quality of a fixed lens image as opposed to a zoom.

     

    April 06/11     POSTCARD: I was here! Celebrate a sense of place. This Challenge could prep individual CAPA members for a Postcard Competition. Check www.capacanada.ca for details.

     

    May 04/11      SPORTS MOTION: Anticipate the action, follow the moves; get up to speed to capture the Western Canada Summer Games being hosted here in Kamloops August 2011.

     

    June 01/11     ALPHABET LETTERS: search for the letters of your name/ initials (or someone else’s) out there in nature.

     

    BONUS: - VIDEO: Combining still shots with material captured with the video function on some digital cameras is the hot new technique.  Give it a try.  Bring to regular meetings to be shown as time allows. Check with Program Coordinator, Bart Cummins for an appropriate meeting. Submit ideas for next year’s challenges, programs and speakers to Bart, also, or any executive member.