Inspiring Photographers in the Triangle since 2007
Early Morning, East Bound - Don Ducey
Crossing the Fjord, Norway - John Lapp
41 Mercury - Nick Verna
Bolivian Matron - Harry O'Connor
Alligator River Barred Owl - Jim Jilson
A Quiet Stroll - Billy Stewart
Au Vieux Paris - Billy Stewart
Clara's Dream - Brooke Meyer
House of Dior - Michele Alias
Early Morning at Bond Lake - Phillipe Courtay
Butterfly - Jack Leavell
Persistence of the Gaze - Jo Bolton
Egret in Fall Flight - Irene Kuo
Elegant - Brooke Meyer
The Reckoning - Fran DeRespinis
Round House - Bob Culver
Feather Tips - Irene Kuo
First Frost - Mike Ligget
Omar Sosa - Will Robinson
Our Close Encounter - Jim Jilson
Panajachel Woman, Guatemala - Bob Blum
Philadelphia Skyline - Jeff Hopp
Portrait of an Elderly Eagle Hunter - Bob Blum
Prague Reflections - Bhinesh Patel
Haunted River - Lynne Necrason
Spring Greening on the Haw River just below the Dam - Jon Meyer
The Harbinger - Fran DeRespinis
Spring Greening on white Oak Creek - Jon Meyer
St Paul de Vence, France - Mike Weitzman
Streets of San Miguel - Steve Rebach
Sunset in the Badlands - Maurice Weaver
Tail Dip - Michael Cannon
Winter at Yates Mill - Bob Culver
CPA Meeting Dates -7:00- 9:00 pm
NOTE: Because of conflicts with Town of Cary events, we have had to alter the meeting schedule for July through December 2026. Please note that the October dates are flipped. ZOOM meeting is on the 2nd Wednesday and HYCC meeting is on the 4th Wednesday. Here are the new dates:
September 9 - Herb Young Community Center
(annual meeting)
September 23 - ZOOM - Les Picker
October 14 - ZOOM - Jennifer King
October 28 - Herb Young Community Center - Around the House Challenge
November 18 - Herb Young Community Center - Jamie Konarski Davidson
December 2 - Herb Young Community Center
(Holiday Celebration & Show and Tell)
Please remember that we only meet once in the months of July, August, November, and December. All of those meetings are at the Herb Young Community Center.
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From the President:
We are approaching our annual meeting in September, when we elect our officers for this fiscal year (FY2027). We also ask the membership to affirm the Board’s appointment of Committee Chairs. CPA needs its members to step up and volunteer to assist the Board and even take on the responsibility of a committee chair. We have a slate of officers for the upcoming year, but several areas need your help. Exhibits, which is one of our most important committees, needs assistance. Our current chair, Don Ducey, has made it clear that he will step down at the end of this year (in June 2027). This committee oversees our Juried Exhibits as well as our member shows at the Cary Arts Center and at Glenaire. We need several members to step forward and volunteer to help Don with the exhibits this year. It would be a great opportunity for “on-the-job” training
Henry Rinne, President
19th Annual Open Juried Photographic Exhibit
Opened on September 15th on CaFE
CaFE Deadline: October 16th
You have until October 19th to get your images taken, edited, and framed before the 19th Annual Open Juried Photographic Exhibit. The 50 mounted and framed, juried images will hang October 20, 2026 through December 18, 2026 in the Cary Senior Center, 120 Maury Odell Place, Bond Park (off High House Road), Cary NC 27513. As usual, there will be two categories— MONOCHROME and COLOR - Prints Only! This is NOT a digital show. If you cannot get your entry to Cary, NC, do not enter. Only mounted and framed images will be judged. Prints must be delivered to the Cary Senior Center between 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Monday, October 19, 2026.
Cash Prizes will be awarded
See entries and winners for last year at :
https://www.caryphotographicartists.org/cpa-open-juried-exhibitions
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Let’s have some Fun
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm (Social time starts at 6:30 pm)
Where: Herb Young Community Center 101 Wilkinson Ave in Cary. (In person only)
The October 28 meeting will have a fun event that we are asking you to join. It will be a challenge contest asking you to photograph something INSIDE the doors of your own home. No exotic locations. No travel required. No gas money. No hiking boots. You don’t even have to change your pajamas!
Look around and find something worth photographing. We are encouraging creative but artistic viewpoints that emphasize shape and shadow over "this is a vase," "this is my cat" type of images. Make the ordinary look extraordinary; challenge the viewer to figure out what is shown or how the photo was produced. CASH PRIZES will be awarded. YOU will have a vote on which photos win. The contest will view digital images, but you have to be there to see and vote. You can enter two images. Details on size, deadlines and submission procedures will be emailed to you and contained in the October Newsletter, but you can start now. So, grab your camera, look around your house, and remember: Great photographs may be hiding right under your nose. (And if you’re lucky, your nose might even be in the photograph!)
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Jennifer King
Zoom
Jennifer will speak on one of four topics the members have voted on. The choice as of this writing has not been determined. Choices were
Image Design: Using the Principles of Design to Create More Dramatic Photos
Creative Composition: It’s Not What You Photograph, It’s How You Photograph
Finding Photographic Inspiration
The Fine Art of Black & White Photography
In her own words:
“Since 1994, I have worked as an art director, creative director, and director of photography. These roles taught me how ideas develop, how individual elements come together to strengthen an image, and how to guide someone toward a creative solution without taking away their own voice. That experience continues to shape the way I teach today. I don’t want to tell you what to photograph—I want to help you recognize what draws you to a scene and express it in a way that feels personal to you”.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 - 7:00 - 9:00PM
Around the House Challenge
In Person - Herb Young Community Center
The October 28 meeting will have a fun event that we are asking you to join. It will be a challenge contest asking you to photograph something INSIDE the doors of your own home. No exotic locations. No travel required. No gas money. No hiking boots. You don’t even have to change out of your pajamas!
Look around and find something worth photographing. We are encouraging creative but artistic viewpoints that emphasize shape and shadow over "this is a vase," "this is my cat" type of images. Make the ordinary look extraordinary; challenge the viewer to figure out what is shown or how the photo was produced.
CASH PRIZES will be awarded. YOU will have a vote on which photos win. The contest will view digital images, but you have to be a dues paying member and be there to see and vote. You can enter two images.
So, grab your camera, look around your house, and remember:
Great photographs may be hiding right under your nose.
(And if you’re lucky, your nose might even be in the photograph!)
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
Deadline for submissions will be October 24, 2026 at midnight, Cary time. Later submissions WILL NOT be accepted even if your MAC eats your Windows, hurricane Zelda blows your roof off or CHATGPT hallucinates you into a different time zone.
Your images must be in JPG format.
We suggest SRGB color space.
Your images can have any dimensions, but we suggest something approximately 2000 pixels on the long edge. Smaller images may not fill the display screen. Very large images might find restrictions from your email provider. All images with be inserted into a consistent slide show for voting. No cropping or adjustments affecting appearance will be performed.
Email your submission(s) as attachments to:
cpa.inbasket@gmail.com
Submissions will be acknowledged. The last week of submissions, we will monitor daily. Earlier submissions might experience a couple of days before reply.