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Prairie Photographers sharing Photographic Experiences Alberta • Saskatchewan • Manitoba

cÜt|Ü|x YÉvâá Prairie Region of Photographic Arts Volume 55 No. 4 Summer 2015

Sandhill Greenery by Valerie Ellis, Saskatoon Camera Club

1st “ Photographer’s Choice” Digital Image 2014 Outing Competition

cÜt|Ü|x YÉvâá Summer 2015

CONTENTS

8-11. Outing 2014 Winning Images

12. Saskatoon Club Report

12. Webmaster & Archivist Reports

13. Editor Report

13. Newsletter Ad Rates; Deadlines

13. Membership Form

14. Contacts, Club Websites, Club Reps

From the Chair by Gwen McNichol

2. Chair Report

3. Print Circuit Report

4. Foothills Club Report

5. Competition Chair Report

5 Judging Clubs for 2015-16

6 Competition Results 2014-15

7 Outing Competition Results 2014

graphs and to Gleneath Camera Club for organ-izing this year’s Outing.

I look forward to summer and anticipate go-ing fishing for that big fish, or taking a perfect photograph from our fishing boat. Enjoy your summer and best of luck taking that perfect photo.

By the time you read this our Outing at Can-dle Lake will have started. Weather permitting we will have a wonderful time.

This will be my last AGM as Chairperson as I am stepping down to let someone else with new ideas and energy continue steering this great organization.

We have had another successful year with competitions and the challenge of getting that perfect photograph. I am interested to see how many “bear” pictures were entered in the 2014 Outing.

The idea of having clubs join PRPA as a member club seems to be working well. The Moose Jaw Camera Club joined as a new club this year and we are pleased to have them. We were sad to see that Wild Rose Camera Club disbanded and hope that more from Alberta join us as individuals or within a club membership.

We have also experimented the last couple of years with some new competitions. These will be reviewed to see how successful they have been and the Board will let the member-ship know if there are any changes. I think all of our competitions are interesting and chal-lenging so I encourage you to enter any or all of them in the coming year.

Thank you to the Board who keep us run-ning and to all who judged, or entered photo-

Watching the Parade with Grandma Gwen & Siya

Thanksgiving 2014 photo by Stan Hingston


Print Circuit Report by Maureen Sinclair

Three Print circuits continue to circulate be-tween Saskatchewan and Alberta. Most run quite smoothly with six people per binder although seven has worked.

Two people have left Circuit #2 this year, but I have one name on the waiting list for a total of twelve participants.

The circuits are a good way to try out new tech-niques and to hone one’s skills with comments from other photographers. As low tech as these books are, they still seem to be meeting a need.

I enjoy coordinating the circuits and hope to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Print Circuit #1

1. Bumper Reflection by Curtiss Lund

2. Stairs with Shadows by Curtiss Lund

3. Old Red Barn by Gwen McNichol

Print Circuit #2 1. Lynx by Mary Jacobs

At press time, I have the results for Print Circuits #1 and #2 for the Fall 2014 round.

Print Circuit #1 1st Bumper Reflection Curtiss Lund 2nd Stairs with Shadows Curtiss Lund 3rd Old Red Barn Gwen McNichol Print Circuit #2 1st Lynx Mary Jacobs 2nd Fall Colours Katie Anderson* 3rd tie Bangkok Bridge Pat Derbowka 3rd tie Vietnamese Fishermen Pat Derbowka

* image unavailable as Katie left the circuit at the end of the round and removed her photos.

3. Bangkok Bridge by Pat Derbowka

3. Vietnamese Fishermen by Pat Derbowka


The 2015 – 2016 season is looking like it will be an exciting time for the Foothills Cam-era Club. Over the past year we have had many members step up and organize field trips with a variety of different focuses. Some have been to experience a special opportunity like our visits to the Turner Valley Gas Plant, some have been a challenge to step out of our comfort zones with a focus on looking at life from a different perspective, and some have purely been for the joy of hanging out with people of a similar in-terest.

Over the past year, we have had the pleasure of hosting speakers such as Alan Dyer, Jeremy Fokkens and Chris Large, just to name a few. We have been running a special interest group for beginners both in the field and in stu-dio settings. In the coming year we are even looking forward to a field trip to Churchill for

12 lucky members.

At 133 members strong, FCC has a diverse base of different experience levels and photo-graphic tastes. In an effort to make sure that all members have the opportunity to get the most out of their affiliation we have been empower-ing our membership to get more involved by organizing field trips, providing learning oppor-tunities and increasing their participation in challenges and competitions, both within the club and without.

The Foothills Camera Club is looking for-ward to trying something new with a partnership between its PRPA representative and its CAPA representative. In an unprecedented effort, they will be working together to increase awareness and participation from their member base with both of these illustrious groups by creating a unified vision and voice.

Foothills Camera Club Club Report by Jacky Dormaar


Competition Chair Report by Ann Dies

I welcome you all to the Annual Outing. I hope that you all have a fun time visiting with friends and meeting new ones. Candle Lake is abundant with all that can be found in northern Saskatchewan. Take advantage of your time here.

Entries in the competitions increased overall this year. There were 393 entries in total, 148 pictures in the Outing competition, up from 77 last year, 116 in the Fall competitions – down from 154 last year and 129 in the Spring competitions which was about the same. The two new competitions, the Ann Dies slideshow in the fall and the Print Portfolio in the spring continue to have poor entry. We will run them one more year and then reassess. If entries con-tinue to be low they may be discontinued. These are fun competitions to enter so please check them out and see what you can come up with. It would be a shame to lose them.

Thanks to all the judges for your time and impar-tiality when judging the competitions. You have done an excellent job. I would also like to extend my thanks to the club reps for all your hard work organ-izing judges, filling out the forms, compiling com-ments and returning the results and images to me promptly. I appreciate it as it makes my job easier. Thanks to all the entrants. Once again your images were outstanding as you will see from the presenta-tion at the Outing Saturday night. Well done.

We have a new member club this year – the Moose Jaw Camera Club. Welcome and thank you for entering the Spring competitions. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your images in the future.

Some housekeeping issues:

1. Remember to title your images. Something unique is appreciated. The judges for last year’s Outing competition were a bit bewildered by all the “Cameron Lakes”.

2. Please remember to label and size your entries according to the criteria in the Handbook (which is always available on the website).

3. The theme for the Russell competition this year is Fast/Slow.

4. Judging club list for 2015/16 follows. Save it!

Have an enjoyable Outing experience and a hap-py summer.

Judging Clubs for 2015-2016

FALL COMPETITIONS Deadline November 1

Outing: Gleneath Camera Club c/- Alice Pritchard, 176 Stewart Cres., Kindersley, SK, S0L 1S1 or email [email protected]

Everest Club Competition: Rosetown Photog-raphy Club c/- Jim Turner, PO Box 1448, Rosetown, SK, S0L 2V0. Please burn club entries on a disc.

Russell (Opposites) Fast/Slow: Foothills Camera Club c/- Jacky Dormaar, email [email protected]

Fall Digital: Moose Jaw Camera Club c/- Anna Hergert, email [email protected]

Ann Dies Digital Slideshow: Saskatoon Camera Club c/- Maureen Sinclair, #216 A – 4040 – 8th Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7H 5L4. Please burn to disc or jumpdrive in a format/s which can be viewed on PC and Mac

Hand of Man: [email protected]

SPRINGCOMPETITIONS Deadline April 15

Gerry Fish Club Competition: Regina Photo Club c/- Shirley Gerlock, 2471 Broder St. Regina, SK, SK, S4N 3T1

Attanyi Salon: : Group of Ten c/- Cath Sinclair, Box 82, Congress, SK, S0H 0Y0

Human Portraiture: Rosetown Photography Club c/- Jim Turner, PO Box 1448, Rosetown, SK, S0L 2V0

Sports in Action: Moose Jaw Camera Club c/- Anna Hergert, Box 1274, Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 4P9

Curtiss Lund Altered Reality: : Saskatoon Camera Club c/- Maureen Sinclair, #216 A – 4040 – 8th Street East, Saskatoon, SK, S7H 5L4

Portfolio Print Competition: Foothills Camera Club c/- Jacky Dormaar, 168 Edgemont Estates Drive NW, Calgary, AB T3A 2M3

Spring Digital: Gleneath Camera Club c/- Ann Dies, email [email protected]


FALL COMPETITIONS

Everest Club (digital image) (60 entries)

Best Portrait: Fire Eater – Arthur Rachul, SCC Best Candid Child: A Private Conversation – Nina Henry, SCC Best Nature: Pelican Dive – Linda Hagan, SCC Best Landscape: The Mill – Ian Sutherland, SCC Best Open: Friendly Squirrel – Gwen Pope, RoPC Best of Show: The Mill – Ian Sutherland, SCC Club Scores 1st Saskatoon Camera Club – 447.5 points 2nd Rosetown Photography Club – 408 points 3rd Gleneath Camera Club – 406 points

Fall Digital (19 entries)

1st Power With-In – Mary Ann Janzen 2nd Sitting Pretty – Paule Hjertaas 3rd First Light – Rella Lavoie HM Classic Wheel Reflections – Curtiss Lund

Russell (digital image) – Fragile/Sturdy (9 entries)

1st Fragile – untitled – Paule Hjertaas Sturdy – The Gardener 2nd Fragile – Parts Missing – Gwen McNichol Sturdy – Line of Giants 3rd Fragile – untitled – Jim Turner Sturdy – untitled HM Fragile – Dragonfly – Maureen Sinclair Sturdy – Gatepost

Hand of Man (digital image) 23 entries 1st Tranquility in the City – Scott Prokop 2nd Border Security – Jean Harris 3rd Balancing Act – Rella Lavoie HM A Daisy a Day Dear – Mary Ann Janzen HM Fireworks Collage – Stan Hingston HM The Future – Jim Turner

Ann Dies Digital Slideshow 5 entries

1st My Wonderful World – Ann Dies 2nd Grandpa – Roxanne Paslawski 3rd What’s New Pussycat? – Michelle Vold

SPRING COMPETITIONS

Gerry Fish Club (print) 57 entries

Best Portrait: Smoke – Ken Greenhorn, SCC Best Candid Child: Prodigy – Gordon Sukut, SCC Best Nature: Duck on Shady Pond – Don Mathieson,

RePC Best Landscape: Into the Mist – Rob Harden, MJCC Best Open: Exploring Light – Anna Hergert, MJCC Best of Show: Smoke – Ken Greenhorn, SCC Club Scores 1st Moose Jaw Camera Club – 238.5 2nd Regina Photo Camera Club – 235.25 3rd Gleneath Camera Club – 231 4th Saskatoon Camera Club – 229.75 5th Rosetown Photography Club – 220.75 6th Foothills Camera Club – 160

Attanyi Print 17 entries

1st Time and Motion – Don Mathieson 2nd Night Time Turns Me On – Amy Wildeman 3rd Really – Jake Zondag HM Harvest Moon – Michelle Vold HM Sanderling – Paule Hjertaas HM Vermillion Calm – Barry Jennings

Sports in Action Print 11 entries

1st Hit it Boys – Jake Zondag 2nd Go! Go! Go! – Paule Hjertaas 3rd Grit Your Teeth – Jake Zondag HM Home Stretch – Curtiss Lund HM Rough Ride – Mary Jacobs

Human Portraiture Print 11 entries

1st Winter’s Mystical Maiden – Amy Wildeman 2nd Jade – Paule Hjertaas 3rd Jessica and Dustin – Shirley Gerlock HM Black and White – Michelle Vold

Curtiss Lund Altered Reality Print 11 entries 1st Sheep at Waterton – Don Mathieson 2nd A Tisket, A Basket – Helen Brown 3rd When I’m With You, Time Stands Still – Amy

Wildeman HM Electrifying Rose – Mary Ann Janzen

Spring Digital 13 entries

1st Leg. and Fountain – Don Mathieson 2nd Iceland Opera – Curtiss Lund 3rd Decorations – David Thompson Ingoe HM Paradise – Amy Wildeman

Portfolio Print Competition 9 entries

1st Paule Hjertaas 2nd Brenda Winny 3rd Larry Easton

Competition Results 2014-15

Congratulations to

all the winners! Plan

now to enter next

year’s competitions.


PRINTS (33 entr ies)

Water 1. Cameron Falls #1 by Mary Jacobs, Ind. 2. Waves by Marie Wilson, Regina Photo Club 3. Cascading Rain and Melt by Shirley Gerlock,

Regina Photo Club

Creatures 1. Night Hawk by Mary Jacobs, Individual 2. OK, I’ll Let You Take One More by Shirley

Gerlock, Regina Photo Club 3. Fox by Mary Jacobs, Individual

Wildflowers 1. Shooting Star by Mary Jacobs, Individual 2. Glacier Lily by Stan Hingston, Rosetown

Photography Club 3. Scarlet Paintbrush by Maureen Sinclair,

Saskatoon Camera Club

Photographer’s Choice 1. These Boots are Done by Maureen Sinclair,

Saskatoon Camera Club 2. Purple Splendor by Pat Derbowka, Saska-

toon Camera Club 3. Stump in Reflection by Shirley Gerlock,

Regina Photo Club HM Table Knives by Pat Derbowka, Saskatoon

Camera Club

DIGITAL IMAGES (115 entr ies)

Water 1. Gentle Flow by Scott Prokop, Saskatoon

Camera Club 2. Cameron Falls by Lorna Story, Gleneath

Camera Club 3. Double Image by Ann Dies, Gleneath Cam-

era Club HM Veiled Rocks by Rusty Morris, Rosetown

Photography Club HM Lundbreck Falls by Curtiss Lund, CAPS HM Lundbreck Falls by Rella Lavoie, Gleneath

Camera Club

Creatures 1. Don’t Get Rammy by Jesse Graham,

Gleneath Camera Club 2. Yes, I am Foxy! by Jim Turner, Rosetown

Photography Club 3. Who Goes There? by Ann Dies, Gleneath

Camera Club HM Marmot by Curtiss Lund, CAPS HM Ruffy, Scruffy and Peck by Rusty Morris,

Rosetown Photography Club HM Gross by Lorna Story, Gleneath Camera

Club

Wildflowers 1. I’m Not Just Any Old Slipper by Ann Dies,

Gleneath Camera Club 2. Bursting! by Jim Turner, Rosetown Photog-

raphy Club 3. Extreme White by Roxanne Paslawski,

Gleneath Camera Club HM Stubborn by Rusty Morris, Rosetown Pho-

tography Club HM Indian Paintbrush by Rella Lavoie,

Gleneath Camera Club HM Pastel Purples by Maureen Sinclair, Saska-

toon Camera Club

Photographer’s Choice 1. Sandhill Greenery by Valerie Ellis, Saska-

toon Camera Club 2. The Grand Landscape by Scott Prokop, Sas-

katoon Camera Club 3. Real Flowers, Fake Garage by Brenda Win-

ny, Rosetown Photography Club HM Red Grill by Roxanne Paslawski, Gleneath

Camera Club HM The View by Mary Ann Janzen, Rosetown

Photography Club HM Barely Surviving by Rella Lavoie,

Gleneath Camera Club HM Evening Reflections by Rella Lavoie,

Gleneath Camera Club HM Grape Delight by Roxanne Paslawski,

Gleneath Camera Club

Outing Competition Results 2014 Pincher Creek, AB

Judged by Gleneath Camera Club

See next 4 pages for the winning images from this competition


Outing Competition 2014—Water

Prints Digital Images

1. Gentle Flow – Scott Prokop

2. Cameron Falls – Lorna Story

3. Double Image – Ann Dies

1. Cameron Falls #1 – Mary Jacobs

2. Wave – Marie Wilson

3. Cascading Rain and Melt – Shirley Gerlock


Outing Competition 2014—Creatures


1. Don’t Get Rammy – Jesse Graham

2. Yes, I am Foxy – Jim Turner

3. Who Goes There? – Ann Dies

1. Night Hawk – Mary Jacobs

2. OK, I’ll Let You Take One More – Shirley Gerlock

3. Fox – Mary Jacobs


Outing Competition 2014—Wildflowers


1. I’m Not Just Any Old Slipper – Ann Dies

2. Bursting! – Jim Turner

3. Extreme White – Roxanne Paslawski

1. Shooting Star – Mary Jacobs

2. Glacier Lily – Stan Hingston

3. Scarlet Paint-brush – Maureen Sinclair


Outing Competition 2014—Photographers’ Choice


1. Sandhill Greenery – Valerie Ellis [cover]

2. The Grand Landscape – Scott Prokop

3. Real Flowers, Fake Garage – Brenda Winny 1. These Boots are

Done – Maureen Sinclair

2. Purple Splendor

– Pat Derbowka 3. Stump in Reflec-

tion – Shirley Gerlock


One June 2, 2015, a good crowd of camera club members, along with guests, met at the Parktown Hotel for an end of year awards ban-quet. After a hiatus of several years, the ban-quet was reinstated in 2014 and was very well received. It is an evening of fellowship, food and enjoyment of the year’s best work. The results of the year-end competitions were an-nounced along with the excellence awards for achievement in the monthly clinics.

One of the highlights of the fall program was a presentation from Grey Cup photographers explaining their assignments, positions on the field and how they transferred their images.

Club members who shared their travel imag-es and technological knowledge included Scott Prokop, Karen Pidskalny, Ian Sutherland, Jan-nik Plaetner and Adele Wagner. They were joined by guest presenters Robin and Arlene Karpan, John Perret and Colin Chatfield. PRPA and CAPA each had an evening while the regular results nights and various member participation events and required meetings filled the other meeting nights.

During the summer, the club has planned two outings per month culminating on August 29th with a scavenger hunt, which proved very popular last year in its debut.

The club will be organizing and hosting the photography competition and exhibit at the Sas-katchewan Art Showcase during the Saskatoon Exhibition in August.

The club members took time at the Christ-mas party to celebrate with our archivist and long time PRPA member, Vern Sanders as he marked 50 years with the club. An amazing accomplishment indeed!

Saskatoon Camera Club Club Report by Maureen Sinclair

We are looking forward to 2015/16 as anoth-er busy, informative and exciting year awaits.

Webmaster Report by Scott Prokop

No report this issue.

Archivist Report by Shirley J. Gerlock

No report this issue.

Vern Sanders Celebrating 50 years with the SCC

photo by Nina Henry


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I also enjoy the club reports – it’s always inter-esting to see what other clubs are doing. I aim to get each club to report once a year. The AGM and board meeting reports are important but not as ex-citing – I try to make them concise with just the rel-evant information so they aren’t too tedious to read!

I would be happy to include more educational articles if anyone wants to submit something, pref-erably with your own photos as illustrations.

I’ve enjoyed working on the newsletter over the past 15 years and, if you’ll have me, I should be good for a few years yet.

Editor’s Report by Stan Hingston

This month’s Prairie Focus issue completes my 11th year as PRPA newsletter editor. I took on the position in the fall of 2000, 15 years ago. Gwen McNichol served as editor for four years, from the fall of 2009 to summer of 2013, while I was Chair. The newsletter itself is 55 years old, so was around for 40 years before my involvement. I’d love to see some of the first year’s issues sometime if Shirley has found any in the archives.

Technology has changed quite a bit just since I began, making the job much easier. Layout using Publisher is fast and easy. My color laser printer allows me to use color on any page I want, prints both sides, and collates, ready to staple. Sending pdf versions by email and publishing them on the web-site has reduced the cost of printing and mailing, as only about half the members request paper copies. And the total number of subscribers has also de-clined over the years. I used to print well over 100 copies; now we’re down to about 25.

My favorite part of the newsletter is publishing the winning images from the previous year’s com-petitions. I spread them out over the 4 issues, al-ways saving the Outing competition winners for the Summer issue. In the Summer issue we also publish the full list of winners (but not the images) for all the previous year’s competitions.


CONTACTS

PRPA Executive & Committee Chairs for 2014‐2015

Chairperson Gwen McNichol Box 2084, Rosetown, SK S0L2V0 306-882-2403 [email protected] Secretary, Shirley J. Gerlock 2471 Broder Street, Regina SK S4N 3T1 306-757-3328 Past President & Archivist [email protected] Treasurer Laird Wilson 127 Merlin Crescent, Regina, SK S4R 3E6 306-543-0739 & Membership [email protected] Vice-Chair Ann Dies PO Box 36, Netherhill, SK S0L 2M0 306-463-3177 & Competitions [email protected] Newsletter Stan Hingston Box 1177, Rosetown SK S0L 2V0 [email protected] Res: 306-882-2263 Work: 306-882-2220 Fax: 306-882-2370 Website Scott Prokop [email protected] 306-715-8484 Print Circuit Maureen Sinclair 216-4040A 8th Street E, Saskatoon, SK S7H 5L4 306-955-2373

[email protected]

Member Clubs of PRPA

PRPA www.prpa.photography Foothills Camera Club www.foothillscameraclub.ab.ca Gleneath Camera Club www.kindersley.ca/index.aspx?NID=1043 Group of Ten Photography Club www.groupoftenphotographyclub.com Moose Jaw Camera Club http://moosejawcameraclub.com Regina Photo Club www.reginaphotoclub.com Rosetown Photography Club www.rosetownphotographyclub.blogspot.ca Saskatoon Camera Club www.saskatooncameraclub.com

PRPA Club Representatives

Foothills Camera Club Jacky Dormaar 587-777-5033 [email protected]

Gleneath Camera Club Michelle Vold 306-463-6374 [email protected]

Group of Ten Cath Sinclair 306-642-0027 [email protected]

Moose Jaw Camera Club Anna Hergert 306-631-8539 [email protected]

Regina Photo Club Shirley Gerlock 306-757-3328 [email protected]

Rosetown Photography Club Gwen McNichol 306-882-2403 [email protected]

Saskatoon Camera Club Maureen Sinclair 306-955-2373 [email protected]

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