Artist Network puts together amazing "Call For Submission" newsletter

The Artist Network of Riverdale is now compiling an amazing “Call For Submission” newsletter.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
[ photography ]
The Courvoisier Collective: In conjunction with Gallery 1313, seeking artwork submissions to be displayed on billboards and PATH posters in Toronto. Runner-up submissions to be showcased in an exhibit at Gallery 1313. Prizes, juried. Theme is "renewal". Deadline: July 11 > Info
PDN Objects of Desire Photography Contest: Categories are Food & Still Life, Objects & Interiors, and Beloved. Prizes include workshops, iPad2, CS5, camera, and publication in PDN. Deadline: June 12 > Info
PDN The Look Where Fashion Meets Art Photo Contest: Deadline has been extended with categories including Still Life, Personal Work, Fine Art, Beauty, Runway, and Student. Deadline: June 30 > Info
Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year Contest: Enter your best wildlife photos into this contest sponsored by Canadian Geographic, Royal Canadian Mint, Canadian Museum of Nature, and the Alliance of Natural History Museum. Winner will be featured on a collector's coin, other prizes include publication and cash. Deadline: Sept 2 > Info
Sony World Photography Awards 2012: Now open for entries with Open, Professional, Youth, Moving Image, and Student Focus juried categories. Winner of L'Iris D'or receives $25k, other prizes include Sony DSLR equipment. Deadline: Jan 4/12 > Info
[ general ]
Square Foot Show: The 9th annual popular group exhibition of hundreds of local, national, and international artists in all media. All work 12" x 12". Deadline for RSVP: July 1 > Info
The Gladstone Hotel's Queen West Art Fair: Deadline extended. Show your work during the crawl weekend in the second floor exhibition studio spaces and wall space in the second floor gallery. Deadline: July 1 > Info
Labspace Studio: Call for proposals from pairs of artists. Over the course of six weeks, pairs of artists are asked to take on the challenge of working together to create a collaborative art installation that uses "remembering" as part of the creative process, and memory as material. Deadline: July 5 > Info
The Courvoisier Collective: In conjunction with Gallery 1313, seeking artwork submissions to be displayed on billboards and PATH posters in Toronto. Runner-up submissions to be showcased in an exhibit at Gallery 1313. Prizes, juried. Theme is "renewal". Deadline: July 11 > Info
Homegirls: Pentimento Gallery's annual mural competition. This year's theme is Canadian Women Heroines...or Homegirls. Winning entry chosen by a neighbourhood vote from 30 images that will be presented in a gallery show at Pentimento. Winner affixed to side of building for one year and $500. Deadline: July 16 > Info
Emerging Artist Exhibition at O'Born Contemporary: First annual exhibition of emerging artists set for January 2012. All mediums accepted providing they fit the theme "Apocalypse". Prize for best-in-show. No fee for submission. Deadline: July 30 > Info
Sunnyside Beach Juried Art Show: Annual 3 day juried art show held at the Sunnyside Pavilion in Toronto. Prizes. Deadline: July 31 > Info
Saving Face: Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Portraiture: The Living Arts Centre Mississauga invites artists to submit works for an exhibition about contemporary portraiture in Canada and its relevance today. Deadline: Aug 8 > Info
SUBTEXT Multi-Arts Festival: Underneath the Lawrence Ave. East bridge E of Orton Park & West of Galloway Rd. Are you from Scarborough? Want to get involved in the festival? Get in touch with us now. Deadline: Aug 27 > Info
City of Craft: Toronto's biggest celebration of indie craft, art and culture is seeking submissions for both handmade vendors and installations for the December 2011 show. Deadline: Aug 31 > Info
Aesthetica Creative Works Competition: Submit up to 2 images into Artwork & Photography, Fiction and Poetry for a chance to be published in the annual and win prizes. Deadline: Aug 31 > Info
Toronto Affordable Art Fair: Presented by Toronto Art Expo, the 10th anniversary will be at the MTCC in the spring of 2012. Don't miss the jury and price guarantee deadline. Deadline: Sept 15 > Info
The Artist Project Toronto: looking for applications from visual artists for the 5th annual juried exhibition and sale held at the Queen Elizabeth Building in March 2012. Deadline: Sept. 15 > Info
Rotunda Gallery 2012 Exhibitions: Professional visual artists are invited to submit proposals for the Rotunda Gallery's 2012 schedule at City Hall, Kitchener. Artists from Waterloo region are given preference. Deadline: Sept. 15 > Info
6x8, an exhibition: The Paper Place will supply one 6" x 8" Etchu Hagaki 300g kozo sheet to participants who register in person for the exhibition - maximum 200. Juried, prizes awarded to pieces that celebrate the beauty and inherent qualities of the Washi paper. Deadline for submission: Sept. 1 > Info
2011 Canadian Portrait Competition: Only fine art portraiture competition in Canada with the teheme "The Miracle of the Portrait". 2 cash prizes. Deadline: Nov 1 > Info

BPC Members win at photography contest...

As part of the 2011 Doors Open Toronto theme of "Phototography", each historic site embraced the topic in a different way. The Factory Theatre did so by holding a photography contest, and thus put out a call for photographers to come and photograph the interior and exterior of the theatre as part of a contest. The prize was seasons tickets for the 2011/12 season at Factory Theatre, as well as being featured in the theatre's newsletter, and website.

Not only did three members of BPC: Mark Kremblowski, David Sweeney and Randy Rabolos, but they also took the three top spots of the contest. Each member submitted 3 images (an interior, an exterior, and a favourite). This is just another example of the amazing talent in our club! Way to go. Here are the three winning images in order of the above mentioned photographers:

In Camera Processing - did you know?

For many of us, learning all of the features inside of our camera's may take weeks or months, and even years. That is why I decided to write a brief article on a trend coming from Nikon's lineup of camera's with in-camera processing. The feature first appeared in the advanced amateur DSLR model from Nikon - the D90 in 2008. The camera featured a number of processing technique's and effects engines that could be applied to a RAW image, and then outputted as a jpeg image on the card. This feature is now in most advanced Nikon DSLR's since this time. The recent D7000 added a whole new level of image effects not previously available.

Among the in-camera processes available, one of my favourite on the D700/D300s has to be the in-camera RAW converter. The advantage of having this feature - is the ability to process a RAW file in the camera in the field, and then import it into a device such as an Ipad or Iphone, and send it electronically. A feature I am sure that would be helpful to photojournalists. (although the majority of PJ's shoot Jpeg to begin).

Note: In-Camera processes are available on the Nikon D700, D300s and D7000 and other similar models. From doing some breif reading on the internet, I believe that some Canon model of camera's do have retouch menu's, but I cannot comment or direct you on specifics.