Listed in Inside Toronto.com

NICE - check it out.

A great write up in Inside Toronto about our calendar. It show cases Maureen's picture too.

To read the whole article [ click here ]

Great job guys.

Toni

Julie Clark is pleased to announce that she will be participating in The Beach Studio Tour for the first time this fall. Please drop by the weekend after Thanksgiving (Oct 15, 16 & 17) to see her Photography Exhibit. (times on attached flyer).
julie@julieclarkphotography.com or www.julieclarkphotography.com

• 166 Bellefair
• Friday October 15,2010 6pm-9pm
• Saturday October 16,2010 10am-6pm
• Sunday October 17 ,2010 11am-6pm

www.beachstudiotour.ca

BPC gets mentioned - Insider Toronto

A big thank you to Joanna Lavoie, of Insider Toronto. Her piece on our calendar will only enhance the amazing momentum we are seeing with calendar sales.

It’s a great read. Toni

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/875585--celebrating-the-beach

This Coming Weekend Is All About The Arts

Member's Show's - (if you have an up-coming show or sale, please let us know so we can promote your talented art.)

The Queen West Art Crawl began as a one-day event in 2003. Since then it has blossomed into a weekend-long festival of creativity and community. While there don't forget to drop by club member Rod Trider's booth and say hello. http://www.parkdaleliberty.com/show_info.php?page_id=99

Photo Club member John Deweerd will be participating in the second annual Danforth East Arts Fair this coming weekend, September 18th and 19th. John will be selling his greeting cards with photos from BPC outings as well as images from around Ontario and locations throughout the US and Europe. There will be a total of 50 artists displaying their creations at the Fair including other photographers, ceramic artists, jewelers, painters and fabric artists. The Fair runs from 10 to 5 each day and will be at East Lynn Park just west of Danforth and Woodbine. Check out the website at http://www.deca-arts.ca . Come to the Upper Beaches this weekend and visit!

Past Life: An exhibit by Sean Galbraith

On September 9th, Sean Galbraith will be launching his first solo exhibition which opens at Toronto Image Works gallery in Toronto. Sean is really excited about this exhibition, which is mostly comprised of new work created since he switched to shooting film. The opening reception is an early one, 5pm-7pm, and I hope you can attend. The exhibition runs until October 2nd.
Sean will also be exhibiting at the Queen West Art Crawl in booth C86. The QWAC takes place at Trinity Bellwood Park, towards Queen Street, September 18th and 19th.

Looking to Freshen up your PS skillz this fall. Why not do some web surfing for a few free tutorials.

Here is an example that you could try your hand at. I took the image at the Toronto Burlesque festival, but wanted to see if I could turn it into a pin up like image.

Delilah, our beautiful performance model was wearing dark clothing against a harshly lit black background. I'm sure if I took more pain stacking time, I could isolate the umbrella more skillfully

I learnt a few new blending mode techniques as well as selection techniques, including how to isolate an images luminousity.

Why not give it a try. here is the link to Planet PhotoShop. www.planetphotoshop.com/pin-up-effect.html

Here is the original image. A before look - by Toni Wallachy

Get Your Education On!

Just received the Toronto District School Board catalog of Fall night school courses

which includes seven photography courses. Registraion started yesterday Aug.16th.

Pick up a cataloge at your local library or pull up www.learn4life.ca on the net ..

Mark Trusz (one of our amazing speakers last season) has been teaching these courses for years. Seniors are half price

CALL FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS: AESTHETICA CREATIVE WORKS COMPETITION

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is well on its way now and we've got some fantastic new prizes lined up! With just under two months left to go, we're keen to let photographers from Canada know about the opportunity and I would be really grateful if you could just remind your members at Beach Photo Club about the competition.

Please find the information below for your reference. If you would prefer to display a poster then please do download one by clicking here.

Aesthetica International Creative Works Competition 2010

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is now open for entries! Aesthetica Magazine is inviting all photographers, artists, writers and poets to submit their work into the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010. Now in its third year, the Creative Works Competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across three disciplines, identifying new artists and writers and bringing them to international attention.

• The Competition has three categories, Artwork & Photography, Poetry and Fiction.
• Winners and finalists are published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual.
• Winners of each category receive £500 prize money (apx. $780) plus other prizes.
• Entry to the Creative Works Competition is £10 (apx. $15).
• The entry fee allows the submission of 2 images, 2 poems or 2 short stories.
• The deadline for submissions is the 31st August 2010.
• More guidelines on how to submit can be found online at http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

Please join me in CONGRATULATING our 13 lucky members who were chosen to feature in our 1st Beach Calendar project.

Cover - Mike Maclaverty - Flying South.
Jan - John Wallace - No Lifeguard On Duty
Feb - Adam Tatarnic - Night Tree
March - Michael Mcauley - Thin Ice
April - Maureen Littlewood The RC. Harris Treatment Plant
May - Natalia Shields - Kew Beach Morning Promenade
June - David Frame - Leuty Bride And Groom Variation
July - Marley Adams The Gardener's Cottage
Aug - Mark Kremblewski August Sunrise
Sep - Rod Trider - 502 & 503
Oct - David Sweeney - Misty Morning Glow
Nov - Toni Wallachy - Luety 2
Dec - Julie Clark - Winter Wonderland

We hope you will enjoy the 49 images of our beloved Beach. We apologise there are only 6 of the Leuty Lifeguard Station but we figured other parts of the neighbourhood needed a chance too.

Twenty four members submitted 241 shots for consideration by two independent panels. The first panel looked at technical issues & at reducing the number of some of the more popular locations to the very best. The next panel then had the difficult job of picking the final 49 shots out of the remaining 124.

The team is currently finalising the layout & getting it ready for delivery to the printers. Then they move into Pre-Sale Mode. At that time they will have samples of the calendar & will be looking for volunteers to help pre sell to stores, realty agents, Dr’s, Lawyers, etc.

Timelines

• Initial run of calendars will be made in early September.

• Official launch with Centre 55 will occur in mid September.

• Calendars will be made available to members for sale by the second club meeting in September.

Stay tuned - more detailed information will be available as we come closer to our launch date!!!

Long point camping trip recap

Friday May 21st, Members from the BPC headed south west to the shores of Lake Erie. Here we would explore the marshes, dunes and beaches of Long Point Provincial Park. The annual spring camping trip has become a bit of a tradition at the club, having done it now for several years on the May 24 weekend.

This year would be no exception to our share of bugs, ticks, and other things that crawl in the night. Most of the group arrived at Long Point on the Friday just before dinner time, giving us enough time to set up camp, and head to the beach to check out the sunset action. The park is situated on a very long peninsula which stretches out into Lake Erie for several kilometers. The point is a unique biosphere with its own unique eco system. Everything that lives there supports life around it.

Over the weekend, we spent time exploring the area, checking out different sections of beach, roaming around some of the local towns such as the nearby Port Rowan. Looking for lighthouses, mills, and other things. We had a great time.

Shooting Reality - Expressing the Inexpressible

This article is now online at www.gxo.com

Peter Dudar, A Beach Photo Club member, presents ......

Shooting Reality - Expressing the Inexpressible

In Shooting Reality, multi-disciplinary artist Peter Dudar has come up with a provocative means of representing reality in fine art.

To do this, he advises 'cherry picking' aspects of photography, video and painting—and redeploying them so that they actually mean something in 2010.

Shooting Reality includes concurrent statements from artists, art critics, evolutionists and physicists such as: Robert Bresson, Fritjof Capra, Richard Dawkins, Paul Dirac, Walker Evans, Jean-Luc Godard, Philippe L. Gross, Mike Hoolboom, Mark Kingwell, W. J. T. Mitchell, Philip Monk, Peter Plagens, Gerhard Richter, Dot Tuer, and Bill Viola.

Perceiving reality, especially through movement, is the crux of Peter Dudar's own work. In Shooting Reality, he shows how this perception originated in his performance art—and informed his current photo-based and video projects.

DOORS OPEN Comes to Toronto

OPEN DOOR event for over twenty Toronto buildings

Taking place May 29th & 30th. Pull up the link for pictures. Mark your calendars

[ clik here for official Doors Open info ] Some of these buildings are very old.

AGO Adult Studio Courses

Hello Everyone - I hope you enjoyed Michael Bica's images during our April 15 members night showing. Here is some addtional information on the course that Michael spoke about.

As you may or may not know, the AGO Adult Studio courses have been cancelled in anticipation of the construction of The Weston Learning Centre to be opened in the Fall of 2011. As a result some of the instructors in the Adult Studio program have taken the initiative of establishing a site where art classes can continue. The site is at 230 Queen Street West in a space above El Mundo gift shop.

Two photography courses that may interest you:

• Tuesday evening 7-10: Advanced Photography of the Figure
• Wednesday evening 7-10: Introductory Photography

The courses are eight weeks in duration commencing May 3 and ending June 28. There is space for as many as 15 students in each course. The cost is $275 including GST.

The same courses will be offered during the Summer Session, commencing July 5 and ending August 30.

If you are interested in these courses for the Spring Session please email as soon as possible to register.

For more inquirines on registration and course offerings. Please contact:

Brian Piitz
239 Westlake Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M4C 4T1
piitznazar@rogers.com.

Meet Alison Hancock

Alison Hancock is a Toronto Beaches-based photographer with a passion for shooting flowers and architechual elements.

She is also a long time member of the Beach Photo Club with an amazing eye for beauty.

To see some of Alison's work, just [ click here ] to link to her web site.

Do you have a web site that you want to share with other club members? Great, just email us and we will gladly add your web link to the growing list of great beach talent.

Are you ready for a challenge?

Dear Camera Club Members,

Are you ready for a challenge? This is an invitation to your club to participate in a worldwide camera club competition hosted by Ultimate Photo Tips. Let's get a little friendly, inter-club rivalry going!

Here's the deal. Submit ONE image to represent your club, and we'll pick the best of the best. The prize? The competition is just for fun -- the prizes are glory and bragging rights, and having your image featured on the Ultimate Photo Tips homepage! Three professional photographers will serve as judges for the competition.

The deadline for submissions is April 30th, 2010. The category is photographer's choice -- anything goes! Invitations have been issued to over 400 clubs from 10 countries. I hope to see an entry from your club!

Find out how to enter here.

Please also pass along our website URL to your members. It's a free website that contains loads of photography tips, and a new community section with a monthly photo challenge (April's topic is "Feet!"), a place to post your favorite photography books (and see the reviews of others), and the latest photography news.

www.ultimate-photo-tips.com

Best regards

Exhibit Reception
artists in attendance
Wine & Cheese
Friday April 9, 5-8 pm
Sat. April 10, 6-9 pm

Women’s Art Gallery
23 Prince Arthur Ave
Toronto, ON
416-922-2060

Additional Exhibit Hours
Friday April 16, 5-8 pm
Sat. April 17, 12-4 pm

Out With The New, In With The Old

Some may say "in with the new, out with the old!" - But no, not I. Sometimes old is good, if not great, as in this case.

This image was part of a set of images taken over two years ago in one of my favourite places across the border, which I should add, is almost non-existent as it's on the verge of being torn down. Non-the-less, it was the beginning of a an amazing project that's still in the works (In Search of Venus).

As you can tell from the original image, the space was quite cramp and not easy to move around in. Quite a bit of post processing was needed just to straighten and align the image. It was the contrast between old and new, hard and soft that appealed to me. Which is probably why I processed the 2008 image with punchy, high contrasty over tones.

A lot has changed over the years. For one, I have been visually studying and learning new ways to post process my work with HDR and texture overlays. Giving images new life and drama. New software integration also makes it easy to jump between applications like Photomatix, Lightroom and Photoshop seamlessly.

So why keep those old images buried?? Go back and revisit them. Play and experiment with some of the new knowledge that you have picked up along the way and you just might be pleasantly surprised with the results.

Toni, President

GTCCC 2010 Results

What a great year we had for the 2010 GTCCC Interclub competition. This year the Beach Photo Club impressed everyone with our best yet results, and it's all thanks to all of you who entered.

• Overall Number of Entries for 2010: 1378
  
• Beach Photo Club Entries: 120
  

Trophy Standings:

• Monochrome Prints: 3rd Place
  
• Digital Pictorial: Tied for 2nd Place
  
• Stuart Freeman (Based on the top 12 scores by 12 makers in that club): 3rd Place
  

Member Placements:

There were a number of club members who were acknowledge with "Accept' images. I unfortunately don't have a complete list of everyone at this time.

Honourable Mentions:

• Eric Neuville, Polar Bear (Toronto Zoo) - Nature
  
• Francois Roeder, Open and Kept Secrets - Mono Print
  
• Julie Clark, Montana Coyote - Nature
  
• Maureen Littlewood, Fly By - Pictorial Digital
  
• Natalia Shields, Enchantment - Pictorial Digital
  
• Toni Wallachy, Balcony Seating - Pictorial Digital
  

Top Placements:

• Best Natural Things - John Wallace, Secluded Autumn Pond - Pictorial Digital
  
• 2nd Place, & Best Landscape - Natalia Shields, Killarney Pine, Historic Chikanishing Trail - Mono Prints

Congratulations to all our members who won awards - Toni Wallachy, President

May 15th & 16th - Michelle Quance Wedding Show

Beach Photographer Michelle Quance will be holding a wedding show at her gallery on Main Street this coming May 15th and 16th 2010. More information about the show on her website at: www.weddingsonmainstreet.com

Art of the Danforth Photo Mosaics

Hi – in case you’re interested in submitting any photos to the Art of the Danforth photo mosaics, here’s a little information on what we’re up to...

About the display: photographers Steve Caissie and Mark Gilligan invite local photographers - amateur and pro - to contribute pictures of the neighborhood or of any aspect of their lives. These images will be cropped to 4" x 4" tiles and mounted together to create large photomosaics. The final mosaics will go on display in one of Greenwood, Coxwell or Woodbine subway stations during the Art of the Danforth.

Want to participate? Here's what to do!

First: let us know you're participating by emailing Mark & Steve at info@artofthedanforth.com
Second: take 30 photo broken up into the following categories:

• 5 Red photos, 5 Green photos, 5 Blue photos, 5 Yellow Photos, 5 photos that illustrate something interesting about your neighborhood and 5 photos of things that make you happy.
• If you want to take less, that’s ok by us – but please make sure they fit into one or another category above. Photos that previously taken are fine if they fit the guidelines above and so long as you have the rights to share them.
• If you are taking pictures of individuals, please make sure you have their permission to use their image. Use this photo release form if you are submitting pictures of individuals.
• By submitting photos for this project, you are declaring that you have the rights and permissions to authorize their usage.

Third: Upload your photos to Art of the Danforth before or by the deadline of 5pm, April 4, 2010, by:

• EMAIL – email photos to photos@artofthedanforth.com.
• For emails over 4mg, please use FTP (you can use http://www.filemail.com/ )
• We also have an Art of the Danforth Flickr group - http://www.flickr.com/groups/artofthedanforth – if you are a Flickr fan who can help us set this up for sharing shots for use in the mosaics, please come forward!

Fourth: (optional) sign up to help Steve & Mark sort & assemble photos in AprilFifth: Tell everyone you know to come look for your work in the subway stations April 23 – May 2nd!

FAQs

• What format should I send pictures in? JPEGs preferable, 300 dpi printable at 4” x 6” We will be cropping images to 4” x 4”, so if you want to do the cropping yourself, go ahead – but please note that we will be printing them on 4” x 6” paper first and THEN cropping.
• Can I submit on CD? Sure, but you’ll have to arrange getting the CD to us – email us and we’ll work it out.
• How about photo credits and copyright?

Acknowledgement: We will acknowledge all photographers (unless you prefer to remain anonymous) in a list of contributors beside photo mosaics – at the display site and online. We will not be matching individuals with specific images within the mosaic. When you submit your images, please indicate how you would like to be acknowledged, including a website or email for the website if desired.

Copyright: You retain rights to use of your images. In submitting your work for inclusion in the Art of the Danforth project, you are also giving Art of the Danforth to use the image of the entire photo mosaic as a whole for our promotional and marketing purposes. Interested parties in specific photos will be directed to the original photographers.

For more info, write us at info@artofthedanforth.com

New camera with a built in projector!

(Reposted from the Photolife Newsletter)

The Nikon Coolpix S1000pj is definitely a cool gadget. If you have not seen or heard about it yet, you are missing out. This seemingly ordinary compact camera has a very special feature: a built-in projector! At first I was extremely sceptical. What can a compact camera with a gimmicky looking feature like this do for me? After giving it a chance, this feature is actually really cool and has come handy in many social situations.My first hands-on experience with this camera was at a friend’s wedding a couple of weeks ago. A friend of mine bought a Coolpix S1000pj the day before the wedding and had not had a chance to play with it before the event. Since she had not used it before, she passed it off to me and asked me to take photos for her. I have shot weddings many times before, but never with a compact camera. Since I was not the official photographer for this wedding, it gave me an opportunity to shoot fun images of all the guests having a good time rather than just the wedding party and the bride and groom. The reception was the best part. I captured dancing, bouquet tossing, and the rest of the shenanigans you can expect to find at a wedding reception. I was impressed with the quality of images I was getting from this little camera. Although low-light performance has not always been Nikon’s strength in their compact line up, this model was getting pretty good results. When the party started to settle down, I asked my friend if I could try the projector mode out since I have never seen it in action. I popped the camera on our table and switched the camera to projector mode. It projected a 40-inch image on the white wall and displayed a slideshow of the entire day. Eventually we noticed that a crowd had formed around us. Even the bride came over to see what was going on. Everyone loved seeing the photos projected on the wall, and it was great how we could all laugh about the silly poses together. It was a definitely a big hit.After playing with my friend’s camera, I decided that I wanted one too. This camera has become my official party camera! Every time I bring it to a social event, people go crazy over it. For some reason, people love to watch and laugh about events that have just happened. I highly recommend this camera for the social butterfly, as it is a fun way to share your photos on the wall instantly. You can simply toss it in your pocket and bring it anywhere and everywhere. If you are interested in learning more details about this great camera visit http://www.nikon.ca/ or thecamerastore.com.

Meet Julie Clark

Julie Clark is a Toronto Beaches-based photographer with a passion for shooting flowers, nature, animals and landscapes. She is especially passionate about photographing anything and everything Scottish ! She is also a new Beach Photo Club member with an amazing eye for beauty.

To see some of Julie's work, just [ click here ] to link to her web site.

Do you have a web site that you want to share with other club members? Great, just email us and we will gladly add your web link to the growing list of great beach talent.

GTCCC - Winning Images Presentation

GTCCC TICKET AVAILABLE

Tickets are available on a first come first served basis.

We have a limited number of tickets available. (12 for the afternoon & 12 for the evening)

Please see Maureen at the meeting on March 4 (contest night) or email Maureen at mailto:maureenlittlewood@gmail.com Please state if you would like an afternoon or an evening ticket.

DATE: Saturday, March 20th, 2010

TIME: Afternoon Presentation 2:00pm - 4:00pm or Evening Presentation 7:00pm - 9:00pm

WHERE: Toronto Camera Club - 587 Mount Pleasant Road (south of Eglinton Ave)

COST: $5.00 per ticket for either showing

Please arrive early as you will want time to view the winning images from the two print categories before the presentations start at the designated times.

NOTE: Last date to order or get your Ticket is Saturday, March 13, 2010.

Member News: David Sweeney in Vancouver 2010!

Beach Photo Club vice-president David Sweeney left Toronto this past Monday February 15th headed to Vancouver to design lighting for the Yukon First Nation's show "What The Land Remembers, Tale Of Raven & Wold" at the Cultural Olympiad as part of the Vancouver 2010 winter games. The show will be featured at the Surrey live site on February 19th, the Aboriginal pavilion in downtown Vancouver on the 21st, and the live site in Richmond on the 23rd. David heads back to Toronto on the 24th just in time to hand in his submissions for the contest! You can see some of David's photos from Vancouver on his flickr site: www.flickr.com/lxdesign or check out his blog and what he has been up to at: www.sweeneyimages.com

PHOTO LIFE'S 2010 EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS COMPETITION NOW OPEN!

Photo Life is pleased to present the opening of the 2010 Emerging Photographers competition, which gives Canadian photography students, photography workshop participants, apprentice photographers, and those just beginning their careers as photographers a unique opportunity to share their vision and talent with the world.

Photographers who wish to participate to Emerging Photographers are invited to send their submissions exclusively via our on-line facilities at www.photolife.com/emerging.php. Participants can submit up to 3 images and must provide technical information and a brief narrative/comment for each image. Please note that this competition is open to Canadian residents only. Additional submission instructions are available at www.photolife.com/emerging.php.

From the submissions received, editors will select the most outstanding up-and-coming talents; those will be showcased in Photo Life's August/September issue.

Deadline for submissions: May 15, 2010

ORCHID ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Entries for photos and art can be brought to the Toronto Botanical Garden on Friday, Feb. 12, 2010 between 12 noon and 7:30 pm. (Entry forms can be filled out at that time)

Artists may request space for 1-4 paintings in the following categories

1. paintings, etchings, charcoal etc
2. photographs
3. sculptures, ceramics, china, jewelry and metal art, needlepoint, fibre art, quilts collectible orchid -related art or crafts (Display must contain orchids).

In order to exhibit, the Artist must remit 15% commission of any sale to the Southern Ontario Orchid Society. This amount will be deducted at the time of sale SUBMISSION FORM (pdf)

For further information, please email artandphoto@soos.ca

Work previously shown at a Southern Ontario Orchid Show will not be accepted.

Volunteers and exhibitors have one free pass to the show. If you could volunteer for security or setup, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact us with the times you are available to volunteer.

After the success of our 2009 exhibit, Building Storeys 2010 arrives Feb 4th for a longer stay at the Gladstone Hotel!

Come on out and support fellow BPC Members Toni Wallachy and Olena Sullivan.

A collaborative effort by Heritage Toronto and members of the photography groups the Shadow Collective and the DK Photo Group, Building Storeys is a visual documentation and anecdotal exhibit of city's heritage building and sites. By showcasing some of Toronto's industrial past we hope to change the perception of heritage in our city, by revealing some of the hidden beauty of these sites.

www.buildingstoreys.com

Thursday, February 4 - Saturday, April 24th, 2010

The Gladstone Hotel

3rd & 4th Floors

1214 Queen Street WestToronto

Show hours: 12:00 - 5:00 pm daily

Cost: Free

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ECO Film Arts Festival - Call for Submissions

ECO Film Arts Festival - Call for Submissions

Photography Competition

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Tuesday, March 23, 2010

WHO IS ELIGIBLE - The competition is open to anyone 18 years of age or older, residing in Ontario.

For More information and competition details - click on link

http://www.ecofilmartsfestival.com/submissions/photographerguidelines.pdf

The world's oldest and most expensive camera

A Daguerréotype camera - one of the first commercially produced cameras - is set to go on sale with an estimated price of £600,000.That will make the wooden sliding-box 1839 camera, the oldest and most expensive in the world.It was built by Alphonse Giroux, the brother-in-law of Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre and is even signed by Daguerre himself, the inventor of the first practicable photographic process. The rare camera has been in private ownership in northern Germany for generations and the present owner’s father gave it to him in the 1970s as a present when he became an optician. It features a black velvet interior and ground-glass screen… no there is no autofocus or face.

Member News: David Sweeney to present photo project.

BPC Member and Vice-President David Sweeney will present his historical mills project to "The Tool Group of Canada" in Markham, Ontario this coming February 6th. David's presentation will be approximately 1 hour in length, and will give a brief overview of the importance of milling in Canada and as part of the industrial revolution. The connection that the milling industry gave to small towns in Ontario to larger industrial centre's such as Toronto. And he will feature some of the mills he has visited over the past 3 years which have a strong connection to the tool group. This will be a slightly shorter version of a similar presentation that David will give the BPC on June 3rd.

More info on The Tool Group of Canada can be seen here on their website: http://www.thetoolgroupofcanada.com/

The SNAP! Photo Competition is now open!

All photographers - from enthusiast to professional - can submit an original work of photography or photo-based art.  Have your work viewed, critiqued and selected for silent auction by our esteemed jury.

Submit to SNAP!, support ACT, and be eligible to win great prizes! Enter by February 11, 2010.
For more information and for easy online submission, go to www.snap-toronto.com.

Our one-time submission fee is $25 (no limit to number of entries); all fees collected benefit the AIDS Committee of Toronto (ACT).

Your participation allows ACT to continue to deliver programs and services free of charge to people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, and to develop new initiatives to prevent HIV transmission in our communities.

Award Categories
• Best Overall Submission: Jim P. Shea Memorial Award
• Best Landscape
• Best Photo-Journalism
• Best Still-Life/Abstract
• Best Portrait/Figurative
• Best Photo-Based

SNAP! Competition Jury
• Kelly McCray, Edward Day Gallery
• Lesley Sparks, Hot Docs, World Press Photo
• Jeff Harris, celebrated photographer and Photo Editor at Maclean's magazine
• Bob Makinson, creative director and photographer
• Rita Leistner, photojournalist

EVENT DETAILS

Live & Silent Auction
Photography and photo-based art by renowned and emerging photographers

Sunday, March 21, 2010
National Ballet School (400 Jarvis Street, Toronto) To purchase tickets: www.snap-toronto.com

Want More Info?

• SNAP! Hotline: 416-340-9255
• Questions about tickets: tickets@actoronto.org
• Media Relations: Carolyn Abbass, Paradigm PR: 416-203-2220 or cabbass@paradigmpr.ca

My Neck of the Woods II

work by Natalia Petrenko Shields
E-mail: natshields@rogers.com
photographic musings about trees

Exhibiting from January 1st- 31st

Artist Reception: Thursday January 28th - 7pm to 9 pm

The Dark Horse Espresso Bar
682 Queen Street East, Toronto,
Tel. No. 647-436-3460
Hours: Daily from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Parking available in municipal lot off Broadview Ave N.

Thinking about self publishing a book?

Here is a great article on self-publishing a photography book:

http://blogs.photopreneur.com/publishing-a-photography-book-the-traditional-way

International Symposium held at the AGO on Jan 23rd

Check out this International Symposium held at the AGO on Jan 23rd., from 10:00-4:00PM on a Saturday. It sounds like something anyone wanting a serious career in photography, or even as a serious amateur, should attend. 

See the link below. It's based around an interesting photo show at the Gallery and marks the closing of it...(the Beautiful Fictions exhibit.)

http://www.ago.net/beautiful-fictions-international-symposium

Photo Tip of the Day

Here's a tip I hope you can share with club members.

If you are having trouble attaching a photo file (JPG) to an email, there could be something wrong with the META DATA that every digital image contains. If that data is corrupted for some reason, the photo may cause problems in transmission. For example, I recovered some images off a formatted hard drive and though they appeared OK, when I tried to email one I kept getting an error message.

Here's what to do: Open the photo in Photoshop. Select the photo using Select All. Under Edit, select Copy. Close the photo. Under Edit, select New. Just accept what is presented in the pop up box that appears. Now go to Edit again and select Paste.

Flatten the image (MERGE THE LAYERS) then select Save As and rename it with a short file name. Note, this creates a file with NO META DATA, so the time of capture, date etc. will not be included in the file. Also, make sure the format is 8 bit, not 16.

The photo attached is for reference. I added the Title and Author using File Info, which is now the new, imbedded Meta Data. This is a good way to protect images from copyright infringement.

The free software I used to retrieve my data is called Recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva

Cheers, Bennett

December 17 Holiday Social at the Beachside Grill!

by Catherine MacKinnon

Reporting out on the Beach Photo Club's Thurs Dec 17 holiday social at the Beachside Grill!

Owner Al gave over the back room to 2 dozen photographers who enjoyed excellent food while basking in the Club's 2nd-ever exhibit at the Grill. Amid framed images of snow flakes, sledding, and scenes from the Beach, members wrestled with gift exchanges back and forth, as if capturing the last rays of the setting sun. Debates over hanging vertical versus horizontal, large versus small, colour versus monochrome receded as the membership led by Toni Wallachy reflected on our collective successes of this year. Always dubbed the last minute club, this year's member who visited the most number of other places with Beach or related concept while trying to locate the group of diners was Steve, you know who you are. Second place for false starts was a leading real estate agent househunting in the general neighbourhood. But first place for imagination goes to the Beachside Grill for accepting our artistic genius and taking a leap of faith with the Beach Photo Club. Our next exhibit at the Grill starts in February, can't wait. Happy New Year!