Want to join or renew your membership in the RAPC?
(For current members, please call the RA Centre to renew your membership at 613-733-5100. Or, in person, go to the Member and Guest Services desk in the East end of the RA Centre. Click here for contact information and hours of operation.)
The RA Photo Club brings together people who enjoy and want to learn more about photography. We welcome amateur photographers of all levels. Potential members are welcome to join up to three regular Tuesday meetings free of charge.
The RAPC offers a variety of options to explore and expand your photographic interests such as:
- hearing accomplished photographers speak on a vast array of topics;
- workshops and educational opportunities to learn how to create Audio-Visual productions, Fine Art images, Still Life images, and much more; and
- nature and urban outings.
More information is available here.
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RAPC Mission Vision & Values
Mission
A volunteer-driven club providing its members opportunities to increase their knowledge and to apply this knowledge to improve their skills and achieve their photographic goals and objectives.
Vision
To provide our members with a full range of programs and services that serve their needs regardless of their area of photographic interest or their current capabilities.
Values
Our club values:
gaining and sharing knowledge and experience across all aspects of photography
members who are involved and willing to help other members and the club
having fun through exploring and sharing photographic opportunities with other members
Sporting Events Photography
Opportunity this Summer!!
Ottawa hosts several high-level sports events over the summer, and here is a chance to sign up to photograph a few of them. Use this page to try basketball, soccer and volleyball with world-class athletes. No experience is required.
https://itsallaboutthelight.ca/ra-links-to-shooting-opportunities
If you have questions, contact jamie@jamiejohnson.ca
Summer Meetings
All Club members are welcome to come out for summer meetings.
The Club doesn’t shut down during the summer, but the meetings are definitely more relaxed.
The meetings are held in Clark Hall at 7:30 pm on June 9th, July 14th and August 11th.
The 2025-2026 Competitions awards video can be viewed here
Tuesday Evening Presentations can be found here in Documents (Click on Resources/Presentations, Techniques & Tools/then appropriate year)
Jamie Johnson's presentation on AI is here (as it can't be uploaded to the Documents at this time).
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List of Competitions for the upcoming Club year 2025-2026 - Click here
The Interclub Competition login is here.
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Monthly Showcase Instructions and Deadlines for Club year 2025-2026 - Click here
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Club Program
Tuesday night meetings.
Join us for more relaxed meetings during the summer. You can bring up to 30 of your images on a USB memory stick that you can share with the others. Of course, you do not need to share images to attend the meeting. We hope to see you in Clark Hall!
You are the program, so get those images ready! Bring up to thirty images, or an AV presentation of up to seven minutes.
Of course, you don't have to show images to attend the meeting.
Presenters should arrive at the meeting venue by 7:15 at the very latest, so there is time to load the images onto the club computer before the start of the evening.
If you need detailed help, you can find advice about preparing your images in the Documents section of the club web site. Go to Documents ==> Competitions & Showcases ==> Image Preparation Guidelines 2020.pdf
Otherwise, it is sufficient to remember that your images should not exceed 1920 pixels on the horizontal, or 1080 on the vertical. Images should be .jpg, sRGB
Join us for more relaxed meetings during the summer. You can bring up to 30 of your images on a USB memory stick that you can share with the others. Of course, you do not need to share images to attend the meeting. We hope to see you in Clark Hall!
You are the program, so get those images ready! Bring up to thirty images, or an AV presentation of up to seven minutes.
Of course, you don't have to show images to attend the meeting.
Presenters should arrive at the meeting venue by 7:15 at the very latest, so there is time to load the images onto the club computer before the start of the evening.
If you need detailed help, you can find advice about preparing your images in the Documents section of the club web site. Go to Documents ==> Competitions & Showcases ==> Image Preparation Guidelines 2020.pdf
Otherwise, it is sufficient to remember that your images should not exceed 1920 pixels on the horizontal, or 1080 on the vertical. Images should be .jpg, sRGB
Join us for more relaxed meetings during the summer. You can bring up to 30 of your images on a USB memory stick that you can share with the others. Of course, you do not need to share images to attend the meeting. We hope to see you in Clark Hall!
You are the program, so get those images ready! Bring up to thirty images, or an AV presentation of up to seven minutes.
Of course, you don't have to show images to attend the meeting.
Presenters should arrive at the meeting venue by 7:15 at the very latest, so there is time to load the images onto the club computer before the start of the evening.
If you need detailed help, you can find advice about preparing your images in the Documents section of the club web site. Go to Documents ==> Competitions & Showcases ==> Image Preparation Guidelines 2020.pdf
Otherwise, it is sufficient to remember that your images should not exceed 1920 pixels on the horizontal, or 1080 on the vertical. Images should be .jpg, sRGB
The RAPC Gallery
There’s a new theme on display in the Gallery by Clark Hall for you to enjoy. This time it’s an exhibition of Urban or Nature Landscape prints, as well as a new slideshow on the Gallery monitor. The slideshow consists of on-topic images from various showcases over the past three years by current members only. Both will be on display until September or October.
A huge thank you to the volunteers who made this possible: Greg O'Leary-Hartwick, Tram Nguyen, Jim Hamilton, and Ken Church.