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, April 8th, 2026 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Printing your Photo Book by Fran DeRespinis
and Mike Ligett
Herb Young Community Center, 101 Wilkinson Ave in Cary.
(In person only)
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 - Zoom only 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Blake Rudis - founder of f.64 Academy and f.64 Elite
From the President:
It’s finally warming up, and the signs of Spring are all around us. Especially, the yellow stuff that’s making it difficult for me to breathe. Oh well, it will pass. We have received our grant from the Town of Cary, allowing us to participate in the Community Cove at this year’s Spring Daze in Bond Park. Last year was a great success and a lot of fun. We purchased an Instax camera and film that we used to take pictures of the attendees who stopped by our table. We asked them to write a few words about Cary on the border of the print. We then posted the print on a board so everyone could see what people think about Cary. Everyone loved it, and it was surprisingly easy to get folks to pose for their portrait. We are ordering more film for the Instax camera, and I have ordered a brightly colored table covering so people will easily identify the CPA table. We need help working the event, so I hope you will consider signing up for a time. We will have a signup sheet at the April 8th meeting. Bhinesh Patel will be organizing the schedule. If you cannot attend that meeting, please send him an email with the time you can be at the table on the 25th. Now go out and make photographs!
Henry Rinne, President
The results of the Cary Photographic Artists (CPA) 3rd Annual Julia Daniels student photography competition for undergraduate college and university students in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle will be announced soon.
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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Deadline coming soon - April 15th
6th Annual CPA Digital Exhibit
The 6th Annual CPA Digital Exhibit is now open. Submit entries thru CaFE: https://www.callforentry.org/.
Submissions close on CAFE on April 15th. Write down those dates and start to gather and/or get out to shoot some winners.
DIGITAL EXHIBIT Information
* Entries and payment will be thru CaFE only. The call goes live March 1 and closes on April 15th, 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, April 8th, 2026 – 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Printing your Photo Book by Fran DeRespinis and Mike Ligett
Herb Young Community Center - 101 Wilkinson Ave, Cary.
We all have many great photographs: travel shots, family vacations, personal projects and more, that we rarely see. Photo books offer a perfect format for getting our images onto paper in a way we can easily access them and share them with others. Mike Ligett and Fran DeRespinis will share recent photo books printed by Presto Photo, a Zebulon-based printer and book binder. Presto offers a wide variety of book styles and sizes, and accepts books made with the Apple Photo app, the Lightroom book module, Adobe Indesign and any app that can export to PDF format. Members are encouraged to bring their own photo books, to share and discuss.
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
7-9 pm - Zoom Only
Blake Rudis - founder of f.64 Academy and f.64 Elite
Two timely topics:
Why is photography always under attack? Photography has always faced criticism in the art world. From the time it first came on the scene, people have questioned whether it was "real art". He looks back at moments in art history when new tools sparked fear and backlash, from early photography to the Kodak Brownie to digital photography. Each time, artists were challenged to adapt, and each time, art didn't disappear; it just evolved.
AI Authenticity Algorithm: Lately, he's been thinking about three things every artist is up against today: AI, authenticity, and the algorithm. These aren't small forces by any stretch of the imagination. They shape what we see, what gets shared, and even how we feel about our own work. Blake is a classically trained artist who started as a painter. He transitioned into printmaking and sculpture while attending the University of Delaware where he received his Bachelor's degree in Fine Art. Shooting analog film starting in 1998, he took up digital photography in 2006. His journey through the American Landscape led him to start a blog and YouTube channel in 2010. Blake is a self-published author and works as an independent photo educator. He has helped untold numbers of photographers excel in photo post-production through his acclaimed Photoshop workflow.