The event was held on September 18, 2023 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

About This Workshop

Kathryn and Nick Delany will be running a new series of image reviews (three in total) for our Intermediate and Advanced members in 2023-24. We have invited three guest reviewers to join us and we will review approximately 12 images per session. Each submission will get three opinions on how the image could be improved. We also provide a simulated competition score to indicate how the image may be judged for internal or external competitions. This will help members self evaluate their images moving forward.

VCC members at all levels are welcome and can learn from attending each session. You must register to receive the Zoom invitation, which is sent to you on the day of the workshop.

Please note that the format for the review has changed slightly for 2023-24. This year each of the three review sessions will be targeted to a specific category of images:

• September 18, 2023 - Nature category, guest reviewer Jim Fowler
• November 21, 2023 - Monochrome (open) category, guest reviewer Steve Barber
• January 23, 2024 - Open Colour category, guest reviewer Steve Lustig.

How to Submit Images for Review

Intermediate and Advanced members should send one image to Kathryn when they receive the email request for submission, usually 2 weeks prior to the review session.

Please include the following information in your image submission email: 

• Image title in the name of the JPG submitted
• Size the image: maximum 1400 pixels wide x 1050 pixels tall, at 300 dpi, no watermarks
• Camera metadata - f stop, ISO speed, focal (lens) length
• A brief statement of what you were trying to achieve with your image (i.e., the story)
• Submit to kdelany@colorsplashes.com

About Kathryn and Nick Delany

Kathryn and Nick Delany joined VCC in late 2019. During the Covid lock down they decided to educate themselves on how to post process their images and take their photography to the next level. They have both earned the QPSA (Qualified Photographic Society of America) status in the Nature, Colour and Black and White categories. Nick and Kathryn participate in the monthly VCC internal and external competitions and are members of CAPA and PSA. Kathryn and Nick ran the Advanced/Intermediate Review workshop in the 2022-23 season.  Kathryn has provided the VCC Creative SIG with several presentations about art, the creative process and how to edit images using an iPad, as well as a VCC workshop on Colour and Design Theory. Nick will be giving a VCC workshop in 2024 on Black and White photography and Kathryn will be doing a workshop on Visual Design.