It’s that time of year again when the results of the regional image salon come in. Last year, I was a judge so I couldn’t participate in my own region. Even though I’ve been a judge, it’s still a nerve-wracking experience to put my work out there to be critiqued. While judges look at four …
In the Professional Photographers of Canada, once you’ve achieved the coveted Master of Photographic Arts designation, you can continue to accumulate service and print merits based on the images that are accepted in the National Image Salon and your involvement with the association. Once you reach a certain threshold, you will receive a bar in …
This year I entered 5 images (members can normally only enter 4 but there is a class for those with a Master of Photographic Arts designation) into the Professional Photographers of Canada‘s National Image Salon competition and 4 got accepted in this year’s image salon competition with 2 earning a Merit (the loon and the …
I knew that when my birthday rolled around in November, we’d probably still be staying put due to the pandemic. In 2019, I had flown to Dubai and Oman so I wanted to do something that still felt somewhat adventurous even if it wouldn’t be quite so exotic. I had heard that Parc Omega, a …
Last year, I received my 11th accreditation in Wildlife Photography. This year, I applied for Fine Art/Photo Decor and am pleased that all 10 images were accepted to grant me my 12th accreditation. Here is a description of the category and criteria. Ten (10) images of ten (10) different subjects taken in ten (10) different …
2020 has been an interesting year so far but on the positive side, the images I entered in the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) National Image Salon did well enough to have me in the running for the prestigious Photographic Artist of the Year Award. Spoiler alert: I didn’t win but I was so pleased …
Here is the long version of my harrowing journey home from Peru that ended with an engine fire on the plane I was on from Miami to Montreal. I was part of a G Adventures National Geographic Journeys tour that started on March 8 with a group made up of people from Australia, New Zealand, …
Last fall, I received an invitation to join a small group of fellow travel advisors from across Canada on what’s called a FAM trip (short for familiarization) with Kensington Tours, a tour operator I’d used to build some custom, private guided safaris for clients. Getting first hand experience exploring a destination is better than any …
