Welcome to the Cary Photographic Artists’ website!
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
We are Cary Photographic Artists and we strive to learn, teach and share our passion for creating Photographic Art.
CPA Meeting Dates (scroll down for details)
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Share your Prints!!
Herb Young Community Center 101 Wilkinson Ave in Cary. (In person only)
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Wednesday, February 25th - Zoom only 7:00pm to 9:00pm
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From the President:
A new year is upon us. It seems that only yesterday we were dealing with the various myths and vagaries of Y2K. Now, 26 years later, technology pervades our lives, blessing us with handheld computers that masquerade as cameras. (Or is it handheld cameras that masquerade as phones?) I’m still sorting it out but am grateful for living long enough to experience these advances, even if they cause contradictions in my brain. Since it’s a new year, resolutions always seem to be in order. I suppose a resolution is just a promise to yourself, and we all know that too many promises end up broken. I’m a bigger proponent of setting goals, and the start of a new year is an excellent time to bring a few of these to the surface. So, not in any particular order, here are a few of my goals for the new year:
• Write more. I compose these short messages each month, but my goal for 2026 is to create more essays and post them to my blog site. [ I started the blog five years ago and only have five posts. https://hrinnephotography.com/blog]
• Do more street photography. In other words, get out on the street and make images. I’m especially intrigued by trying to find street images in the many small towns in the area.
• Go back through the past 18 years of photography and develop five or six new projects. Create PDFs of these projects and create prints for binding into small books.
• Look through my father’s negatives, scan them, and use them in a project.
• Finally, my granddaughter has expressed interest in photography, and I gave her a small point ’n’ shoot camera. I need to help her develop some skills and her eye for composition.
• And one more final thought…. continue to help CPA become more effective as a community organization, especially in the area of education.
Henry Rinne, President
Cary Photographic Artists (CPA) is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Julia Daniels student photography competition for undergraduate college and university students in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle.
The competition is named in honor of the late Julia Daniels, a long-time member of Cary Photographic Artists and professor at Wake Tech, and is made possible through donations from her family and CPA members.
Click here to see 2nd Student Exhibit
Click here to see 1st Student Exhibit
Click here for more information on the 2026 - 3rd Student Competition
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Heads Up!!
6th Annual CPA Digital Exhibit
We are getting ready to open the 6th Annual CPA Digital Exhibit. The Exhibit will be open for entries beginning on March 1 thru CaFE: https://www.callforentry.org/ .
Submissions close on CAFE on April 5th. Write down those dates and start to gather and/or get out to shoot some winners. We will provide detailed information via email to members in mid February.
DIGITAL EXHIBIT Information
* Entries and payment will be thru CaFE only. The call goes live March 1 and closes on April 5th, 2026. https://www.callforentry.org/
* There will be two categories for judging, Color and Monochrome.
* We will display 50 images, selected by the jurors, in the Exhibitor’s Gallery on the Cary Photographic Website on May 15th, 2026.
* An online Awards Ceremony with comments by the judges will be held on May 17th, 2026.
For questions, contact Jo Bolton at exhibits2@caryphotographicartists.org
Wednesday, February 11 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Subject: An Evening of Favorite Prints
Herb Young Community Center - 101 Wilkinson Ave, Cary.
Join us live for an evening of viewing and talking about some of our favorite printed photographs. We're asking members to bring two (2) of their favorite prints to the meeting. There are no matting, framing, or size requirements. In fact, just the prints by themselves are welcome. All the prints will be laid flat and arranged on tables in our meeting room. No judging, no critiques, just plain fun. We'll provide the opportunity for members to speak up about which prints they like, and the photographers to wax poetic about the prints they brought to share. There will be refreshments, art, and conversation. We're hoping to get a minimum of 30 prints to look at, but it will be wonderful if we can get more. Please join in and bring your two favorites. If you plan to bring prints, we would like to hear from you in advance so that we can plan better for the evening. Send an email to Will Robinson at visualswr@gmail.com or Jon Meyer at jkmartphoto@gmail.com
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
7-9 pm Zoom Only
tbd