Thursday, April 29, 2021

Atlantic Members at 2021 Nationals

Atlantic region had a great year at our National Image Competition and Salon, with 4 of our members receiving awards, and 3 new designations.

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Featured Photographer: Jason Bowie

Introducing one of our newer Atlantic members, Jason Bowie! Jason has been photographing people for more than 20 years and joined PPOC in March of 2020. Because the pandemic forced his normal travel schedule to grind to a halt he was able to refine his work in his free time and earned his first accreditation in Sports in August. He is a father of two (both currently in university) and lives in Riverview where he operates a part-time studio. Jason has always had a passion for photography and was recently recognized for his work with 2 Judge's Choice Awards, Best in Class for Press and the Joe KR Stone Award for Best Commercial print at the PPOC Atlantic Regional Image Salon competition. He recently earned his second accreditation in Portrait. 

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Featured Photographer: Paula Lirette, MPA

Paula Lirette never really found photography, it found her. She first joined the PPOC in 1990, while studying in the 2-year Applied Photography & Lab Technician program at CCNB Dieppe, from which she received her diploma in 1992.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Featured Photographer: Krista Powers, MPA

Krista Powers has been an Accredited member in the Atlantic Region for the past five years.  She has recently achieved the award designation of Master of Photographic Arts. Throughout her membership she has completed 5 National Photographic Accreditations with the PPOC in the following categories; Fine Art/Photo Décor, Botanical, Ornithology/Birds, Nature, and Fantasy Illustration. 

Saturday, December 5, 2020

Featured Photographer: Debbie Brady

Introducing one of our newer members, Debbie Brady of OysterArt.ca. Debbie has achieved her first Accreditation in Fine Art/Photo Decor, and scored Accepted with her first entry into our regional image competition this year. (Headshot photo credit: Lisa Enman Photography).

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Featured Photographer: Tracy Munson, CPA

Our next featured photographer just won Photographic Artist of the Year in our Regional Image Competition, for the third year in a row! Please join us in congratulating Tracy Munson, CPA of Tracy Munson Photography and Focused On Canada! Tracy specializes in Pet Photography in the Greater Moncton area, and this is all very awkward for her as she is also the PPOC Atlantic Webmaster and Social Media Chair, so she has to write these posts herself.

Sunday, November 1, 2020

“Not Accepted” - A Story Of All Of Us

Image competition within PPOC, from a rather ‘different’ view. Well, different for me. In truth, I am very new to image competition…

PPOC Atlantic 2020 Image Competition and Salon

Huge congratulations to all the winners in our Regional Image Competition. We can't share their images until after Nationals in a few months, but please join us in congratulating:

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Featured Photographer: Brent McCombs

Leading up to Halloween, who better to feature than the creepy Brent McCombs of AlterEgo Photography, Halifax? (Just kidding, Brent is not a creepy guy, but he does create some fantastically creepy imagery). Brent is a commercial, wedding, and portrait photographer, but his monster photography is a passion project. Pull up a chair and dim the lights, Brent spins quite a tale!

World Photographic Cup Bronze Medal

Moncton Nature Photographer Amanda Beers brought home a Bronze medal in the World Photographic Cup, for her amazing image of two terns fighting in mid-air. The WPC is an international competition, with some of the greatest photographers in the world. It is like the Olympics of photography. Huge congratulations to Amanda on this amazing achievement, with the only image she entered, and on her first time entering!