Message from the Chair

MESSAGE

from the Chair

This is the celebration issue. This is the issue that highlights the results from our National Image Competition. This is the issue that includes all of the best images of 2021. It is a chance for us to look at, be inspired by, and celebrate all Ross Outerbridge, MPA PPOC National Chair of the exceptional images from 2021. The four Photographers of the Year, their images and their stories and some of the Best in Class Images. These will all serve to inspire us as we read and look through these pages. I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all of the successful entrants in the 2021 PPOC National Image Competition. Those that won awards, those that got their first Excellence score, those that got their first National Accepted image are all to be celebrated and congratulated. Producing exceptional images that are Accepted into this image competition is hard work. It speaks to having a vision and a story to tell through imagery, great composition and technical excellence all combined to produce a photograph that moves us. I would also like to draw your attention to our judges. On Saturday and Sunday of the Victoria Day weekend I participated in the National Judging Clinic in order to become qualified as a judge. This clinic has gone on for many years within PPOC and is currently, very passionately run and organized by Kent Wong. The other participants were all very accomplished image makers and I learned a great deal from them as we all became familiar with this judging process. I realized in taking this clinic how difficult the process of objectively adjudicating images and providing positive, constructive, accurate and motivational critique of images to their makers. Although I am somewhat familiar with the amount of work it takes to produce successful competition images, I was not aware of how difficult this process of judging really is. We must all recognize and applaud the hard work and efforts that the judges put into adjudicating the images entered in our National Image Competition and Accreditation submissions. Enjoy this issue of Gallerie Magazine, the images and the stories they tell.

Ross Outerbridge, MPA

PPOC Chair GALLERIE IS THE PREMIER MAGAZINE FOR PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ACROSS CANADA. EACH ISSUE FEATURES AWARD-WINNING IMAGES, EDITORIAL INFORMATION, TECHNICAL AND FEATURE ARTICLES, ADVERTISING, AND MEMBER SERVICES. ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WELCOME TO VIEW THE DIGITAL VERSIONS ON OUR WEBSITE.

GALLERIE is published three times annually; - Winter (online issue) - Summer (print and online) - Fall (online issue)

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All PPOC members receive the printed issue directly to their doorstep. Online issues are available to all photographers. To be added to our email mailing list please contact the PPOC office (info@ppoc.ca) indicating your province of residence. Additional printed copies of Gallerie are $6.95, plus postage. Please contact the PPOC Office.

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EDITOR

Terry Tinkess & Louise Vessey, MPA, SPA e: editor@ppoc.ca

DESIGNER AND COMPUTER GRAPHICS

Josée Talbot, MPA p: 418-881-3998 e: josee@talbotphotoart.ca

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Brad Kelly, MPA e: advertising@ppoc.ca

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