Inspiring Photographers in the Triangle since 2007

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, November 18th, 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.

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