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The 36th annual North Shore Photographic Challenge will be held on Saturday March 7, 2020.
Click to view 2019 Gallery of Top Images
Images captured at the 2019 Challenge by Gordon Cornwall.
The 2019 Judges 
2019 Best in Show Winner Mona D'Amours 
2019 Individual Gold Medalist Hamid Ebrahimi 
2019 Individual Silver Medalist Robert Demeter 
2019 People's Choice Winner Geoffrey Shuen 
2019 People's Choice Runner-Up Jacquie Clayton 
People's Choice Competition 
The 2019 Judges 
Spotting a winner 
2019 Prize Runners 
2019 Emcee Garry Cotter 
North Shore Photographic Society Table 
Jim Balderston from Langara College 
Chris Harris 
Chris Harris 
Jason from Beau Photo 
Beau Photo
Thank you to all who have sponsored this year's Challenge as well as those who have supported the North Shore Photographic Society over the past year.
1.Beau Photo
http://www.beauphoto.com/
2. Burnaby Photographic Society
http://burnabyphotographicsociety.com/
3. Canon Canada
http://www.canon.ca
4. CAPA
https://capacanada.ca/
5. Cotton Carrier
www.cottoncarrier.com
6. Develop your creative vision by Chris Harris & Dennis Ducklow
https://www.developyourcreativevision.ca/
7. Frank Pali Photography
https://frankpaliphotography.com/
8. Kerrisdale Cameras Ltd.
https://kerrisdalecameras.com/
9. Langara College
https://langara.ca/
10. Opus Art Supplies
https://opusartsupplies.com/
11. Photo Expert
https://photoexpert.com/
12. Russel and Wendy Kwan
http://russelandwendykwan-photographyandclasses.com/
13. Tilley Vancouver
https://www.tilleyvancouver.com/
14. Len Grinke Vancouver Business Portraits
https://grinkecreative.com/
35th Annual North Shore Photographic Challenge
Saturday March 2, 2019 at the Kay Meek Theatre, West Vancouver
Advance tickets $20, $22 at the door.
Enjoy the show! There will be live judging of images, door prizes, refreshments at intermission, photography vendors, and of course awards for the top clubs and individuals.
Come visit us at the North Shore Photographic Society table too!
The Tuesday February 12th deadline to submit images has passed. Thank you to all who submitted. To purchase additional tickets to attend the event, please go to https://kaymeek.com/events/north-shore-photographic-society
Top photographers of BC and the Yukon will go head to head with their best work at the 35th North Shore Photographic Challenge. Previously restricted to photo clubs, this year’s Challenge also includes entries from individual photographers, a change designed to raise competitive pressure, encourage diversity, and bring newcomers into the photo club community.
The open-theme competition will showcase the latest digital techniques in abstracts and altered reality, classic landscapes, portraits, nature and architectural compositions, and gritty, funny street photography. Having grown in stature over thirty years, the Challenge is recognized as the premier photographic competition in Western Canada.
Images will be scored by a qualified judging panel. Winners will be recognized with prestigious CAPA medals
Members of the audience will take home a large number of photography-related door prizes donated by our generous corporate sponsors.
The Challenge Format
Entries from individuals and clubs will be randomly mixed in competition. The judging panel will score each image out of a maximum of 27 points, as in previous years.
Two sets of CAPA medals will be awarded for single images: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize for images submitted by clubs, and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize for images submitted by individuals. The top-scoring image will receive the NSPS Best in Show medal. If there is a point tie between the top individual and club images, the judges will rule which one is Best In Show.
CAPA-member photo clubs will vie for the coveted North Shore Photographic Challenge trophy. Each club will submit 6 images.
As always, the Challenge is open-theme, admitting images of all subjects. Digital manipulation of photos is allowed. However, since the Challenge is a family event, images with ‘adult’ content may be disqualified.
Images may not have been entered in a previous North Shore Challenge competition.
Individual entrants are not required to be CAPA members.
Individual Submissions
Images submitted by individuals must be received by February 12th, 2019
Each individual photographer may submit up to 3 images, which will be pre-screened by a panel of qualified judges. From the 3 images,the panel will select at most 1 to compete in the Challenge.
To enter, individual entrants will upload up to 3 images on the NSPS website at https://www.nsps.ca/challenge/ and pay a non-refundable $15 entry fee through PayPal. Individuals may also purchase a cost-saving bundle that includes the entry fee and admission to the Challenge for only $25.
Note: there is no guarantee that any of an individual’s images will be included as finalists in the Challenge competition.
Your images must be a maximum width of 1400 pixels and a maximum vertical height of 1050 pixels, and be in the sRGB colour space to be accepted for competition.
As always, the Challenge is open-theme, admitting images of all subjects. Digital manipulation of photos is allowed. However, since the Challenge is a family event, images with "adult" content may be disqualified.
Purchase tickets to submit images for the Individuals portion of the Challenge and to attend the the live judging at the Kay Meek Theatre.
If you are unable to use the form, please contact Chris at challenge@nsps.ca.
Galleries of top images:
2018 North Shore Photographic Challenge
2017 North Shore Photographic Challenge
2016 North Shore Photographic Challenge