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:
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 note that the November and December meetings are not on the usual 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month.
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From the President:
I’d like to begin by congratulating all of the awardees in our 19th Annual Juried Print Exhibition. The exhibit is very impressive, and I hope everyone stops by the Cary Senior Center to view it. As I mentioned at the Award Ceremony, this juried exhibit is at the heart of CPA. I always contend that the fine art print is photography. Digital existence is nice, but it cannot replace the physical print hanging on the wall or held in the hands. We had over one hundred prints entered this year, representing close to forty photographers. Both this juried exhibit and the digital juried exhibit in the spring are valuable assets to the photo community. With the leaves starting to turn in the Triangle region, I hope to explore some opportunities to create some fall-color images. However, I am really looking forward to the December/January period when the sun sits lowest in the sky. It always produces wonderful contrasts in the landscape that I love to exploit. Please get out and make some photographs, and I will see you at the single meeting in November on Wednesday, November 18, at the Herb Young Center.
Henry Rinne, President
19th Annual Open Juried Photographic Exhibit
The 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. See entries and winners
https://www.caryphotographicartists.org/cpa-open-juried-exhibitions
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Dates for the first half of 2027
January 13, 2027 - Zoom
January 27, 2027 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
February 10 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
Wednesday, February 24 - Zoom
March 10 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
March 24 Zoom
April 14 Zoom
April 28 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
May12 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
May 26 Zoom
June 9 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
June 23 Zoom
July 14 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
August 11 - In person - Herb Young Community Center
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 25th, 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
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.
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Jamie Konarski Davidson - Exploring Simple
In-Person - Herb Young Community Center
In a world filled with busy and clutter, it can be challenging to simplify a scene or subject to include just what’s necessary to tell the story of what made us stop. It is an exercise in subtracting what doesn’t belong or what doesn’t add to why we stopped, and including only what matters for the specific image we’re creating.
Whether you seek simple in a landscape, portraits, still life or florals, the more you remove, the more you clarify and strengthen the image. In this program, Jamie will provide some history of simplicity and minimalism in art & photography, approaches for seeing subjects differently, and share a variety of ways to remove visual distractions and create simple images.
Bio :Jamie is an award-winning nature photographer and Lensbaby Ambassador based in Greenville, NC. She is a visual artist & educator with an interpretive style & passion for nature, art, wabi sabi, all things unique and beautiful, and a decades long love of Lensbaby. Her teaching philosophy is to educate, encourage and inspire. Learn more about her work, location workshops and more at https://www.newlifephotos.com.
