1st Day Cover - Venus Slumber

1st Day Cover - Venus Slumber
Originally uploaded by Toni Wallachy

** Winner of The Following Awards **

- CAPA Gold Medal, Best Contemporary - 117th Toronto International Salon
- Runner Up, Advanced Division - Toronto Camera Club, Creative

The 117th Toronto International Salon of Photography had a very successful Salon this year. A total of 583 makers from 56 countries submitted 3,765 images!

In total, awards handed out:

- 40 Gold and Silver Medals
- 85 Honourable Mentions
- 966 Acceptances (25.6%), which includes Medals and HMs

** Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA) **

So Just How Good Are you Really?

OK - so you think you're good. But really - how well does your work stack up against some of the best imagery in the world? Are we great in our own minds, even our local communities - or can our work really stand its ground internationally - side by side with other equally amazing artists.

Well - you really won't know unless you put yourself out there to be seen and to see.

The Toronto Photo Club is a fun place for people serious about photography.
If you are ready to be inspired and share your passion and knowledge with people alike from all over the world, then this is the perfect place for you - The Toronto Photo Club [ click here for web site ]

I've been a member now for a mear few months, and the talent and quality that crosses the pages amazes me day after day. Needless to say, when two of my images grace both the 'Editors Choice" and "Photo of the Day" - I am humbled greatly.

The Toronto Photo Club: www.torontophotoclub.ca

Broken - In all the Right Places

Broken #6
Originally uploaded by Toni Wallachy

In early August, friends and I ventured down to N.Y State. settled in around the Catskills area to shoot abandon wonderments. Not feeling my usual happy place, I Blogged how I channelled the "broken" energy into a series of images that spoke of how I felt at a particular time.

Broken it may be - but in all the right ways - tonight the image placed Best in Show and 1st place, Open Category. Beach Photo Club November 2010 digital competition. The Judges commented on how the image told a story, evoke emotional depth. BINGO - I say.

In other Competition news. "London Bridge Over Calm Waters" placed 3rd, bridges category for the Beach Photo Club November competition, and Top Image in the advanced category, Toronto Camera Club, October project images competition.

Many Stories Once Told

Many Stories Once Told
Originally uploaded by Toni Wallachy

I know its been awhile since I last wrote of any competition successes. That's usually because the photo circuit takes the summer off. Now that we are back into the swing of things I also have a few images that will tantalize you just as much as it did the photo judges.

here is my most recent win: Many Stories Once Told

Winner of an Honourable Mention (HM) award at the 2010 Annual Digital Competition with the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA)

Taken in an abandon apartment building located in the heart of Gary IL. The birth town of Michael Jackson.


Another image "Weathered Religion", an old abandon church in the heart of Buffalo, also won an Honourable Mention (HM) award at the 2010 Annual Digital Competition with the Canadian Association of Photographic Arts (CAPA )