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NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU Register Now for 2025 FIAP DistinctionsIf you live in the USA, are a member of the Photographic Alliance of America (PAA), that is, a member of a PSA-member club in the USA and an individual member of PSA; it is time for you to begin your submission for a 2025 FIAP Distinction. FIAP Distinction information can be found at: https://psa-photo.org/page/paa-distinctions and you can begin the process by submitting an online FIAP Distinction Registration Form now: https://psa-photo.org/page/paa-distinctions-registerRegistration closes January 10, 2025. New Assessment Dates for Portfolio DistinctionsThe PSA Portfolio Distinctions Committee announces the first of three assessment cycles in 2025. Cycle One opens on February 1 and closes on February 28, or until 20 portfolio submissions are received. PSA’s Portfolio Distinctions program offers members an exciting, different way to display a body their work and obtain ROPA. For more information go to  recognition. Volunteer Opportunity: Exhibition Recognition Directors (ERDs)Directors are needed to oversee exhibition applications and operations to ensure adherence with Exhibition Standards and policies at the Exhibition Recognition Service. They grant PSA recognition once applications are in compliance and are the main point of communication between a chairperson and the PSA. The ERDs are encouraged to monitor the Award Meetings and ensure that any complaints from entrants are resolved.  For more information please contact the Executive Director of Exhibition Services, Buket Ozatay, exhibitionsservices@psa-photo.org Serve on the Pictorial Print Committee’s (PPD) Executive CommitteeHelp manage PPD programs, competitions and share new ideas for the division. PPD is in need of a Secretary, starting now. This is a 2 year position. Please consider joining this Board and sharing your knowledge. To apply for the position, please send an email to Paul Halphen, PPD chair, at ppd-chair@psa-photo.org for additional information PSA Interclub UpdatesCalendar Deadlines for 2024-25Round 1: Nov 15, Round 2: Feb 15, Round 3: April 15 Midnight Central USA time.  New PSA Membership Clubs can still apply, depending on room. Register at https://psa-photo.org/page/interclub-overview. Interclub Competitions include Color, Monochrome, Nature, Photo Travel, and/or Photo Print. And 3D . All competition rounds are held three times during the year with an End of Year competition of Merit Images.  Read and enjoy the new Pictorial Print NewsletterThe newest edition of ‘The Final Print’ (October 2024) has been published. To read it, just follow the link below. Older issues are also available the page https://psa-photo.org/page/mo-ppd-newsletter.  If you would like to receive your own personal copy of future issues, please notify the editor listed on the web page. 2024 PSA Newsletter Competition Results Available. The winning submissions are available on the Competition page: psa-photo.org/page/newsletter-contest. This competition is open to all PSA member clubs, chapters, divisions and councils. Please see details and the “Guidance to Editors” document on this page. For additional informationplease contact the Newsletter competition Director at: newsletter-contest-director@psa-photo.org. Join the PPD Print Study GroupsThe PPD Print Study Groups welcome anyone who wishes to improve their printing and get feedback on their prints. Within each group of 4-7 members, each mails a packet of actual prints to the next member on the schedule. Everyone comments on each others’ prints, changes out their own print, and mails it on. There are color groups and monochrome groups. Please email ppd-american-portfolios-director@psa-photo.org if you are interested. Bethe...

The next CAPA competition that the club will be entering is the Colour competition.Colour InspirationSubmitted image must fall within one of the following themes: For more information on editing criteria, image specifications, etc. please go to the CAPA website at:https://capacanada.ca/2025-colour-inspiration-competition/Our club may submit 6 images to this competition. The deadline to submit your one (1) digital image for consideration for this competition will be February 18, 2025. Your image may be submitted through the Saskatoon Photography Club website under “submissions”.I encourage ALL of our members – old AND new – to consider submitting an image for consideration for this competition, as well as to enter our local club competitions. It is sometimes hard to put yourself out there and enter competitions but it is an excellent way to grow and learn with your photography and that’s what it’s all about!If any members have questions regarding this or any of the other CAPA club competitions we will be entering, or any aspect of CAPA, please feel free to reach out to me. I’m happy to help! Cathleen Mewis

As the new season for the Saskatoon Photography Club  approaches just a reminder I will be putting out a call for images from our Saskatoon Photography Club members to be considered for each of the CAPA  competition we have chosen  to enter. Note that all of these competitions are digital competitions so no prints will be needed. As indicated in a previous post it has been decided that the following CAPA competitions will be entered by the Saskatoon Photography Club. I have listed those competitions and have included a link to the CAPA website for each competition for your reference in the definitions, the criteria for each competition as well as the deadline for submission of your image for each competition. Nature/Wildlife https://capacanada.ca/2024-nature-wildlife-competition/ Our club may submit 6 images to this competition. The deadline to provide me with your one (1) digital image for consideration for this competition will be October 1, 2024 Black and White https://capacanada.ca/2024-black-white-competition/ Our club may submit 6 images to this competition. The deadline to provide me with your one (1) digital image for consideration for this competition will be November 5, 2024 Colour https://capacanada.ca/2025-colour-inspiration-competition/ Our club may submit 6 images to this competition. The deadline to provide me with your one (1) digital image for consideration for this competition will be February 18, 2025 Prairie Zone https://capacanada.ca/2025-prairie-zone-competition/ Our club may submit 18 images to this competition. The deadline to provide me with your one (1) digital image for consideration for this competition will be April 1, 2025. Upload Your Images Today I look forward to receiving some fabulous images from our Saskatoon Photography Club members!

Here is the Bingo card for this year! Photos to be taken between May long weekend to Sept long weekend only. No AI or manipulation. Contrast and lighting adjustments allowed.  Let us all have some fun with this. Happy Summer!

We have a new Instagram Account where we are sharing our members’ submissions to our clinics and competitions. Follow Us:www.instagram.com/saskatooncameraclub