Dan Sigouin, Author at Canadian Association for Photographic Art

2023 Fall – Winter

Gold Lois DeEllAge Does Not Matter Lois DeEll

Honour Award The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Betty Chan Polar Bears Kissing

2nd Merit NFLD Camera 35 St John's David Hiscock Winter Fun

Scope of Competition

This competition and its themes are aimed at providing photographers with the opportunity to exercise their creative skills: to capture outstanding and stunning images in areas that may be out of their comfort zones. Images submitted into this competition can be staged or candid.

Competition Details (click for more)

Definition

Please enter your image into one of the following themes:

1. The Cold – image reflecting the low temperatures. For example (but not limited to): animals and birds in the cold; cold weather sports or other human activities, including winter portraits; outdoor winter scenes (including Christmas or other winter religious celebrations); rural or urban landscape, astrophotography, seascapes, cityscapes; close-ups of snow flakes, ice bubbles, etc; winter leaves of plants, trees etc.; frozen elements such as frozen ponds or icebergs; cold weather phenomenon such as the northern lights; winter transportation such as sleds, snowmobiles, etc.
2. Man-made Structures/Objects– images of any man-made object, buildings, transportation (air, land, sea or space), still-life, rural and city landscapes. Images may contain the hand of man.
3. Culinary – image which relate to the preparation, cooking, presentation, serving and/or consumption of food. Locations could include (but are not limited to) restaurants, street markets, picnics, kitchens, banquets, weddings, homes, food Images could be of the food itself, the persons creating the food, the utensils used, and /or the persons enjoying the food.
4. Active Seniors – According to American feminist Betty Friedan “aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” For this Theme, we are seeking images which express the experience and benefits of an aging-friendly community. All images should focus on seniors in all walks of life and lifestyles. Some suggestions: portraits of seniors; celebrations with family; seniors and their pets; senior artists and artisans and crafts-persons; celebrations and/or sports.
5. Nature/Wildlife – image(s) of subjects such as amphibians, insects, marine-life, reptiles, wild or domesticated animals or birds, etc. This category also includes botanical, insect, subjects. Domesticated animals and birds are permitted in this theme. Hand-of-man is permitted.

Editing Criteria

Eligibility Criteria – Prior to submitting any photo in a CAPA competition, all entrants must first read the CAPA Eligibility Criteria relating to images submissions. – READ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HERE
Open Editing: All in-camera, on-camera and post-processing techniques are permitted, such as removing elements, cloning elements within the image, double-exposure, high dynamic range (HDR), stacking, intentional camera movement (ICM), etc.The photographer must have taken all components of the final image.Digital frame, pin-line, borders and mats are NOT permitted in this competition.

Image Specifications

Specifications

Title of Image

When images are uploaded into a competition, you are required to enter the title of your image into the Title Field. Title can be in either English or French or both.

Do Not: enter your name, the name of the photographer or the club name in the Title Field (that is for the Title of the image)

Do Not: include punctuation or symbols (such as / –_ , ; : ‘’ “” ! ? & $%*{} [ ] @ # &) or quotation marks in the Title of your image.

The Image Title should be simple, and introduce or set the mood or perspective for your image. For example: Sublime Nova Scotia Sunset

A weak image title, such as ‘pretty flower,’ will fail to stimulate the judge’s interest in the image and may result in a lower score than expected.

Image File Name

Do Not: include punctuation marks or symbols such as / –_ , ; : ‘’ “” ! ? & $%*{} [ ] @ # &) or quotation marks in the Image File name. For example, do not use: “NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER”it_a_red rose”.jpg”

The image file name that you create prior to uploading into this competition should also be simple, and could be the same as the Image Title. For example: John Snow-Sublime Nova Scotia Sunset

Image Size – Dimensions

You must ensure your image is re-sized to meet the following two parameters:

Saved as a jpg image with a maximum file size of 1.8 MB.
Dimensions: Maximum horizontal size: 1400 pixels and maximum vertical size: 1050 pixels.

Note: Images smaller than the maximum dimensions will ONLY be accepted when one of the image edges has a horizontal size is 1400 pixels or the vertical size is 1050 pixels. For example: square image – 1050 x 1050 pixels; landscape 1400 x 800 pixels; or portrait 700 x 1050 pixels.

Note: Images will NOT be rotated by the judges and will scored as submitted.

During the uploading process of your image, our online competition system will verify if the image is less than 1.8 MB and meets the two parameters.

If your image fails this verification process, you will receive an error message and it will appear below the upload image box.

Depending on the error message – you will need to either reduce the file size of the image to be 1.8 MB or less or re-size the dimensions of your image. After doing so, please re-try uploading your image.

Suggestions – Use sRGB colour space for your image. For colour accuracy: we strongly recommend that you calibrate your monitor to ensure colour accuracy from your monitor to the image projected to the judges.

Judging Criteria

Image title should complement or contribute to the vision or message being presented in the image.
Judges will award their scoring based on creative vision and the story telling value of an image along with the pictorial quality and technical quality (e.g. quality of execution, innovation, creativity, and ‘wow’ factor) as well as the degree that the image is within the Scope of the Theme.

Competition Processes

Competition Coordinator – CAPA Director of Competitions – competitions@capacanada.ca
Closing Date of Competition – March 1, 2023 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
Open To – All paid-up CAPA members and camera clubs associated to CAPA. Read Eligibility here.
Two Parallel Competitions – ‘Individual’ Competition for only CAPA Individual members (limited to a maximum of 3 images) and ‘Club’ Competition for all camera clubs (limited to a maximum of 6 images). For camera club submissions, all six images must be from six different photographers.
There will be a Merit Award electronic certificate awarded for each of these themes. In addition, CAPA medals will be awarded to three entrants who receive the highest overall accumulated score in this competition.
How To Upload Images To CAPA Competition here

Special Note

Questions about the scope of the competition and/or the editing criteria should be directed to the Competition Coordinator prior to the closing day of the competition.

The top images in this competition will be considered for possible inclusion into CAPA’s submission for the international Four Nations competition. For each selected image, CAPA will contact the photographer and seek their permission prior to including the image in the noted submission.

2022 Fall Monochrome

BRONZE MEDAL The Chinese Canadian Photographic Society Of Toronto Kaisun Law Merganser Mating Dance

GOLD MEDAL London Camera Club Chris Nesbitt Better Times To Come

Scope of Competition

For this year’s competition, we have introduced some new themes to challenge and stretch your photography skills and abilities.

For this competition, CAPA is using the definition of Monochrome as defined by the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique’s (FIAP) and is as follows:

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white), is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey.

A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour, will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category.

On the other hand, a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category.

CAPA has provided further clarification on the FIAP monochrome definition with the following:

A monochromatic color scheme uses the grayscale as the primary hue (colour) with a range of black shades (darker) and tints (lighter) of the grayscale.

A ‘duo-toned’ image is not considered a monochromatic colour scheme because it consists of two or more hues which are not consistent with the primary hue.

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Definition

Each submitted image should convey a story or message.

Please enter your image into one of the following themes:

Person(s) – image(s) can be traditional or casual portraits, and could incorporate the environment and/or workspaces of the individual(s).
Architecture – image(s) should be of a human-made construction (mobile, free-standing, or outdoor). Image can be taken from inside or outside the structure. This theme includes both rural and urban settings.

Still Life – image(s) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on) in an artificial setting.

Landscape– image(s) of subjects such as weather phenomena, geological formations, landscapes, seascapes and natural phenomena, planets, stars and astronomical events.

Nature/Wildlife – image(s) of subjects such as amphibians, insects, marine-life, reptiles, wild or domesticated animals or birds, etc. This category also includes botanical, insect, subjects. Domesticated animals and birds are permitted in this theme.

‘Hand-of-man’ is permitted in all images submitted into this competition.

Your submitted images be entered into one theme or distributed amongst the other themes.

Editing Criteria

Eligibility Criteria – Prior to submitting any photo in a CAPA competition, all entrants must first read the CAPA Eligibility Criteria relating to images submissions. – READ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HERE
Open Editing: All in-camera, on-camera and post-processing techniques are permitted, such as removing elements, cloning elements within the image, double-exposure, high dynamic range (HDR), stacking, intentional camera movement (ICM), etc.The photographer must have taken all components of the final image.All adjustments must appear natural. Digital frame, pin-line, borders and mats are NOT permitted in this competition.

Image Specifications

Specifications

Title of Image

When images are uploaded into a competition, you are required to enter the title of your image into the Title Field. Title can be in either English or French or both.

Do Not: enter your name, the name of the photographer or the club name in the Title Field (that is for the Title of the image)

Do Not: include punctuation or symbols (such as / –_ , ; : ‘’ “” ! ? & $%*{} [ ] @ # &) or quotation marks in the Title of your image.

The Image Title should be simple, and introduce or set the mood or perspective for your image. For example: Sublime Nova Scotia Sunset

A weak image title, such as ‘pretty flower,’ will fail to stimulate the judge’s interest in the image and may result in a lower score than expected.

Image File Name

Do Not: include punctuation marks or symbols such as / , ; : ‘’ “” ! ? & $%*{} [ ] @ # &) or quotation marks in the Image File name. For example, do not use: “NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER”it_a_red rose”.jpg”

The image file name that you create prior to uploading into this competition should also be simple, and could be the same as the Image Title. For example: John Snow-Sublime Nova Scotia Sunset

Image Size – Dimensions

You must ensure your image is re-sized to meet the following two parameters:

Saved as a jpg image with a maximum file size of 1.8 MB.
Dimensions: Maximum horizontal size: 1400 pixels and maximum vertical size: 1050 pixels.

Note: Images will NOT be rotated by the judges and will scored as submitted.

During the uploading process of your image, our online competition system will verify if the image is less than 1.8 MB and meets the two parameters.

If your image fails this verification process, you will receive an error message and it will appear below the upload image box.

Judging Criteria

Image title should complement or contribute to the vision or message being presented in the image.
Judges will award their scoring based on creative vision and the story telling value of an image along with the pictorial quality and technical quality (e.g. quality of execution, innovation, creativity, and ‘wow’ factor) as well as the degree that the image is within the Scope of the Theme.

Competition Processes

Competition Coordinator – CAPA Director of Competitions – competitions@capacanada.ca
Closing Date of Competition – November 15, 2022 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
Open To – All paid-up CAPA members and camera clubs associated to CAPA. Read Eligibility here.
Two Parallel Competitions – CAPA Monochrome ‘Individual’ Competition for only CAPA Individual members (limited to a maximum of 3 images) and CAPA Monochrome ‘Club’ Competition for all camera clubs (limited to a maximum of 6 images). For camera club submissions, all six images must be from six different photographers.
There will be a Merit Award electronic certificate awarded for each of these themes. In addition, CAPA medals will be awarded to three entrants who receive the highest overall accumulated score in this competition.
How To Upload Images To CAPA Competition here

Special Note

Questions about the scope of the competition and/or the editing criteria should be directed to the Competition Coordinator prior to the closing day of the competition.

2022 Monochrome

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Scope of Competition

For this competition, CAPA is using the definition of Monochrome as defined by the Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique’s (FIAP) and is as follows:

A black and white work fitting from the very dark grey (black) to the very clear grey (white) is a monochrome work with the various shades of grey. A black and white work toned entirely in a single colour will remain a monochrome work able to stand in the black and white category. On the other hand a black and white work modified by a partial toning or by the addition of one colour becomes a colour work (polychrome) to stand in the colour category.

Competition Details (click for more)

Definition

A sepia image is considered a monochrome image. A ‘duo-toned’ image is not considered a monochrome image for the purposes of this competition. We define a ‘duo-tone’ image as consisting of two colour – replacing the darks with one and lights with another.

For the purposes of balancing out the judging for this competition, you are asked to submit your image into one of the following themes:

Portrait (will primarily contain the likeness of a person(s) in which the facial expression is predominant but can be extended to include the entire body and the background)
Landscape (can include people, buildings, etc…)
Man-made Structures/Objects (includes cityscapes, buildings, transportation, still life, table top photography, etc…)
Flowers/Plants (wild or cultivated – ‘hand-of-man- is permitted)
Animals/Birds/Insects (wild or domesticated – ‘hand-of-man’ is permitted)

Hand-of-man is permitted in all themes. Infrared images are permitted in this competition.

Editing Criteria

Eligibility Criteria – Prior to submitting any photo in a CAPA competition, all entrants must first read the CAPA Eligibility Criteria relating to images submissions. – READ ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA HERE
Open Editing – All in-camera, on-camera and post-processing techniques are permitted. The entrant must have taken all components of the final image. Digital frame, pin-line, borders and mats are permitted in this competition.

Image Specifications

Specifications

Image Titles

When images are uploaded into a competition – you are required to enter the title of your image into the Title field. Title can be in either English or French or both.

An image title should be simple and introduce or set the mood or perspective for your image.

Do NOT:

enter the name of the photographer or club name in the title field
include punctuation or symbols (such as / –_ , ; : ‘’ “” ! ? & $%*{} [ ] @ # &) or quotation marks in the title (For example: “Running_the_Roads-in/style”
include punctuation or symbols in the filename (for example: dave/smith-“red rose!!!”..jpg)

Image Size – Dimensions

You must ensure your image is re-sized to meet the following two parameters:

Saved as a jpg image with a maximum file size of 1.8 MB.
Dimensions: Maximum horizontal size: 1400 pixels and maximum vertical size: 1050 pixels.

Note: Images will NOT be rotated by the judges and will scored as submitted.

During the uploading process of your image, our online competition system will verify if the image is less than 1.8 MB and meets the two parameters.

If your image fails this verification process, you will receive an error message and it will appear below the upload image box.

Judging Criteria

Image title should complement or contribute to the vision or message being presented in the image.
Judges will award their scoring based on creative vision and the story telling value of an image along with the pictorial quality and technical quality (e.g. quality of execution, innovation, creativity, and ‘wow’ factor) as well as the degree that the image is within the Scope of the Theme.

Competition Processes

Competition Coordinator – CAPA Director of Competitions – competitions@capacanada.ca
Closing Date of Competition – February 28, 2022 at midnight Eastern Standard Time.
Open To – All paid-up CAPA members and camera clubs associated to CAPA. Read Eligibility here.
Two Parallel Competitions – CAPA Monochrome ‘Individual’ Competition for only CAPA Individual members (limited to a maximum of 4 images) and CAPA Monochrome ‘Club’ Competition for all camera clubs (limited to a maximum of 6 images). For camera club submissions, all six images must be from six different photographers.
There will be a Merit Award electronic certificate awarded for each of these themes. In addition, CAPA medals will be awarded to three entrants who receive the highest overall accumulated score in this competition.
How To Upload Images To CAPA Competition here

Special Note

Questions about the scope of the competition and/or the editing criteria should be directed to the Competition Coordinator prior to the closing day of the competition.

2022 Monochrome

Portée du concours

Pour ce concours, l’ACAP utilise la définition de monochrome promulguée par la Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique (FIAP) qui se lit comme suit:

Une production en noir et blanc utilisant le gris très foncé (noir) jusqu’au gris très clair (blanc) est une production monochrome avec une variété de ton de gris. Une production noir et blanc utilisant des tons d’une seule couleur demeure une production monochrome et entre dans la catégorie noir et blanc. Par contre, une production noire et blanc dont les tons de gris ont été instaurés partiellement ou modifiés par l’addition d’une couleur devient une production en couleur (polychrome) et entre dans la catégorie couleur.

Détails du Concours (plus de détails)

Définition

Le sépia est considéré comme une image monochrome. Une image ‘deux tons’ (A ‘duo-toned’) n’est pas considérée comme une image monchrome pour ce concours. Nous définissons une image « duo-ton » comme étant composée de deux couleurs – remplaçant les sombres par une et les lumières par une autre.

Afin de répartir la tâche du jugement de ce concours, on vous demande de soumettre vos images sous l’un des thèmes suivants :

Portrait (représente principalement une personne dont l’expression du visage prédomine mais peut aussi contenir tout le corps et l’arrière-plan)
Paysage (peut inclure des personnes, bâtiments etc…)
Structures/objets faits par l’homme (inclus les paysages urbains, bâtiments, les transports, nature morte, ‘table top photography’, etc…)
Fleurs/Plantes (sauvages ou cultivées – la présence humaine est permise)
Animaux/Oiseaux/Insectes(sauvages ou domestiques – la ‘présence humaine’ est permise)

La présence humaine est permise pour tous les thèmes. Les images monochromes et infra-rouges sont permises.

Critères de post-production

Critères d’admissibilité– avant de soumettre une photo à un concours de l’ACAP, tous les participants doivent d’abord lire les critères d’admissibilité de CAPA relatives aux présentations d’images. – LE LIEN SUIVANT VOUS PERMETTRA DE LIRE LES CRITERES D’ADMISSIBILITÉ.
Post-production illimitée – toutes les techniques dans la caméra, sur la caméra et toutes les techniques de post-traitement sont autorisées. Toutes les composantes de l’image finale doivent avoir été photographiées par le participant. Les cadres numériques, lignes de démarcation, bordures et passe-partout, sont permis pour ce concours.

Caractéristiques de l’image

Titre des images

Lorsqu’une image est téléchargée dans un concours il est requis d’entrer le titre de l’image dans le champ ‘Titre’ (Title). Le titre peut être en anglais ou en français ou bien les deux.

Le titre d’une image doit être simple et servir d’introduction ou bien indiquer l’humeur ou la perspective de l’image.

Ne PAS:

Entrer le nom du photographe ou du club dans le titre de l’image
Inclure des signes de ponctuation ou des symboles (comme , ; : ‘’ “” ! ? & $%*{} [ ] @ # &)ou de guillemets dans le titre, par exemple: “Running_the_Roads-in/style”

Critères de Jugement

Le titre de l’image doit compléter ou contribuer à la vision ou au message présenté dans l’image.
Les juges attribueront leurs notes en se basant sur la vision créative, la qualité de l’histoire racontée par l’image et aussi sur les qualités picturales et techniques (ex. qualité de l’exécution, innovation, créativité et facteur wow) tout en mesurant la pertinence de l’image dans le thème.

Taille et dimensions de l’image

Vous devez redimensionner votre image pour rencontrer les deux paramètres suivants :

La taille du fichier contenant l’image en format jpg ne doit pas dépasser 1.8 MB.
Dimensions: taille maximale horizontale: 1400 pixels et taille verticale maximale: 1050 pixels.

Note: les images plus petites ne seront acceptées que si l’une des deux dimensions maximales est atteinte, c’est-à-dire si la taille horizontale fait 1400 pixels ou bien si la taille verticale fait 1050 pixels. Par exemple, une image carrée de 1050×1050 pixels; un panorama de 1400×800 pixels; ou un portrait de 700×1050 pixels.

Les images ne seront pas tournées par les juges et seront évaluées telles que présentées.

Durant le téléchargement, le système vérifiera en ligne que la taille de l’image ne dépasse pas 1.8MB et que les deux critères de dimensions de l’image sont respectés.

Si votre image échoue cette vérification, vous allez recevoir un message d’erreur en dessous de la boite associée à l’image téléchargée.

En fonction du message d’erreur, vous devrez ou bien réduire la taille du fichier de l’image à moins de 1.8MB ou bien redimensionner l’image. Ensuite essayez à nouveau de télécharger votre image.

Suggestions – Utilisez l’espace couleur sRGB. Il est fortement recommandé de calibrer votre écran afin de garantir que les couleurs de votre image affichées sur votre écran correspondent à celles de votre image lorsqu’elle sera projetée devant les juges.

Les processus de compétition

Coordonateur du concours – le directeur des concours de l’ACAP – competitions@capacanada.ca
Date de clôture du concours– le 28 février 2022 à minuit, heure normale de l’Est.
Ouvert à: tous les membres en règle l’ACAP et les clubs photo associés à l’ACAP. LE LIEN SUIVANT VOUS PERMETTRA DE LIRE LES CRITERES D’ADMISSIBILITÉ
Deux concours en parallèles – le concours ‘’Individuel’’ de l’ACAP seulement pour les membres de l’ACAP et le concours ‘’Club’’ pour tous les clubs photos. Les membres de l’ACAP peuvent télécharger un maximum de 4 images. Les clubs photos peuvent télécharger un maximum de 6 images mais l’auteur de chacune des 6 images doit être un photographe différent.
Des certificats électroniques de mention honorable seront attribués pour chaque thème. De plus, des médailles de l’ACAP seront attribuées aux trois participants qui auront les plus hauts pointages accumulés dans ce concours
Comment participer: consultez Les instructions pour télécharger vos images sont ci-jointes.

Note Spéciale

Les questions quant à la portée du concours et/ou les critères de post-traitement doivent être transmises au coordonnateur de la compétition avant le jour de clôture du concours.

Les meilleures images de ce concours seront considérées pour faire partie de celles que l’ACAP soumettra au concours international ‘’’ Four Nations competition’’. Pour chaque image sélectionnée, l’ACAP contactera le photographe et demandera sa permission avant de l’inclure dans la liste officielle.