We sincerely thank our external judges for their adjudication and comments in our Novice, Intermediate and Advanced digital and print competitions. Their comments on our images are a valuable learning opportunity for all participants and will help our club members in all their photographic endeavours.
Images and judges’ comments are available at the Victoria Camera Club website:
https://www.victoriacameraclub.ca/Competitions/CompetitionResults.aspx
Glenn Bloodworth: Catergory - Macro
Glenn is a visual artist, with degrees from Algonquin College’s Photographic Techniques Program, and the School of Photographic Arts Ottawa (SPAO), receiving a diploma in Photographic Arts and Production. He works primarily in medium-format film and composite digital fine art, and his pieces are held in public and private collections in Canada and abroad, including the City of Ottawa’s Art Collection. He exhibits extensively in Ottawa as well as nationally and internationally. He has been featured in various press media, accorded numerous awards, and has published, including “Fine Art Photography” in the Canadian Camera, Spring 2021. In January 2022 he was named LUXlife magazine’s “Landscape Photographer of the Year (Ontario)”.
Glenn has been a member of Ottawa’s RA Photo Club since 2007 including being a Past Chair.
Glenn is a Certified Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA) Judge since 2012 and judges extensively in Canadian and international photographic competitions. He is a senior trainer for CAPA’s judging course and a senior assessor in its judges’ certification system. He is the immediate past Director of CAPA’s judging Program. In 2020 Glenn was invested as a Fellow (FCAPA) of CAPA.
More information about Glenn’s photography can be found at: https://bloodworthphoto.com/
Gilles Vezina: Category - Open
Gilles is a Gatineau/Ottawa based photographer, he is interested in all genres of photography (nature, portrait, sports, travel) and more particularly in contemporary dance and ballet performances as well as outdoor concerts.
He was a member of the RA Photo Club of Ottawa for over fifteen years where he organized and presented numerous photography workshops. He also held various administrative positions, including that of president of this club of nearly 200 members.
He has exhibited his works many times in recent years and has produced a number of travel videos.
Gilles has been a certified judge of the Canadian Photographic Art Association (CAPA) since 2010. He judges a dozen competitions a year for the CAPA and clubs across Canada.
More information about Gilles photography can be found at: https://www.vezinaphoto.ca/en/
Kathleen Frombach: Category - Nature
Kathleen is from the “Land of Living Skies” Saskatchewan and is the Membership Coordinator for the Regina Photo Club. She is happily retired after a career as a Medical Social Worker.
Kathleen has been captivated by photography since she received her first camera at the age of nine. She enjoys all genres of photography, focusing on street and travel. She always has a camera close by.
Kathleen is a Certified CAPA judge as of April 2023.
Richard Robesco: Category - People
Born and raised in Montreal, Richard has been an avid photographer since he was a young teenager. He started his working career in the early 1970’s as a filmmaker and television program producer and worked on hundreds of documentary films mainly for the National Film Board. He moved to Ottawa in 1980 and continued his work as a TV producer. He was hired by the Government of Canada as Director of the Government Film and Video Centre in Ottawa, producing up to 800 new programs per year for federal government departments and agencies. This led to a 30-year career as a government executive, from which he retired in 2013.
After retirement, Richard then enrolled in the Diploma Program at the School of the Photographic Arts, Ottawa (SPAO), graduating in 2015. He started his full time photo-based art practice shortly after and has held several solo exhibitions in and around Ottawa and Gatineau. He has participated in many group exhibitions, receiving several awards, and has seen his work published in books and magazines.
Richard is also currently the Vice-President of the Management Board of the Daïmôn Production Centre which is an artist-run media production centre in Gatineau, Quebec. Richard became a CAPA Certified Judge in 2022 and received his full certification in 2024.
More information about Richard’s photography can be found at: www.richardrobesco.com
Richard’s photography can also be viewed at: https://www.instagram.com/richardrobesco/?hl=en
Lynne R Kelman: Category - Creative Images
Lynne studied photography at the Berkshire College of Art in the 60’s and worked as an assistant photographer for the British Government in London, England.
On moving to Vancouver B.C. she worked in the arts administration field for both the Emily Carr College of Art and Design and as curatorial assistant at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Lynne is now retired but still pursuing her love of photography. Her photographs have appeared in magazines both local and afar and she has taught photography to new photographers in her home town of White Rock.
Lynne has exhibited and sold works in exhibitions at the White Rock Museum and Archives, the Surrey Art Gallery, Photohaus Gallery in Vancouver and more recently her work was in an exhibition “More than the Eye Can See” in her home town of White Rock. Lynne judges photography for CAPA Canada and judges locally for several art venues.
Lynne has fallen in love with Still Life Photography and endeavours to introduce anew, the genre to a wider audience. Her article “My Journey through Still Life” was published in the winter 2023 edition of The Canadian Photography Magazine: www.capaccanada.ca
Lynne is giving presentations to clubs on Still Life Photography, contact her if you are interested:
More information about Lynne’s photography can be found on her website: https://lynnekelmanphotography.weebly.com/index.html
You can also view Lynne’s work at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/55204819@N04/
Mitch Stringer: All Print Categories
Mitch is a freelance photographer and photography instructor in Victoria, British Columbia.
He truly enjoys the entire photographic process from capture, process to print and the constant quest of creating exciting images with each and every new assignment. As photography is his creative passion he has been constantly exploring and improving a diversity of skills, experience, and with each new assignment, creating a strong technical and creative photographic understanding.
Mitch has run many destination workshops to locations around the world. His passion and knowledge of photography have successfully driven over 30 years of teaching experience.
More information about Mitch’s photography can be found at: https://www.mitchstringer.ca/