By Ryley Smith
To help us celebrate The Camera Store’s 25th Anniversary, Fujifilm is sponsoring an Instagram contest! The prize is a Fujifilm X-E3 camera with a 23mm F2 lens. All you have to do to enter is follow the steps below by Sept. 12th, 2021.
By Ryley Smith
To help celebrate our 25th Anniversary, Panasonic is sponsoring a Win Your Purchase Contest! One of our lucky customers who purchases a Panasonic camera or lens in September will win a gift card for Panasonic, equal to the value of the highest-priced Panasonic product on their invoice. All you have to do is come by The Camera Store or shop online between September 1st-30th, 2021 and buy all the Panasonic gear you’ve been eyeing up!
By Ryley Smith
It’s time to check out the newest Defend the Darkroom podcast! In this episode, Paulette Michayluk interviews Deanna Pizzitelli on starting an art career and how that career can shift and change over time. As an emerging creative, starting your career and trying to make it grow into something meaningful and sustaining can seem like a daunting task, but you’re not alone! Listen as Deanna Pizzitelli discusses how she has worked to stay inspired while taking steps in developing her art career.
By Ryley Smith
If you are looking for an all-in-one system for recording, monitoring, switching and encoding, oh boy, do we have the product for you! Say hello to the YOLOLIV Yolobox! A multi-camera production system that doesn’t require anything external. It’s simple, portable, reliable and affordable. It’s leading the way into the next generation of live streaming tools!
By Ryley Smith
Canadians aged 18 to 24, Canon Canada’s first-ever inaugural young creators incubator program, Futures by Canon Creator Lab, is ready for you! Futures is an instructional and mentorship program designed to not only accelerate your visual storytelling and creative skills but to offer you insights into the business of being a creative! Twenty lucky participants will get to spend a year learning from a diverse panel of experts including, sports photographer and videographer Atiba Jefferson, portraiture photographer and YouTuber Irene Rudnyk, and filmmaker and photographer Justin Wu! The deadline to apply is August, 16th 2021, so you still have time to take the first step in launching your creative career!
By Ryley Smith
The 2022 Exposure Photography Festival Emerging Photographers Showcase is now open for submissions! If you are an Alberta-based photographer or visual artist, this is your chance to break into the industry and show the world your outstanding talent! There are tons of exciting perks to just submitting your work, plus there is the chance to be chosen as an Emerging Photographer and win numerous Exposure prizes!
By Ryley Smith
Live Streaming has been our new normal for events since COVID started. But, fun fact, The Camera Store has a much longer history with live streaming than just the last year and a half. In our most recent TCSTV episode, our extraordinary team talks about our history with live streaming and how all this experience made it possible for us to live stream from the top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff, Alberta!
By Ryley Smith
One of the many perks of being a Calgary Camera Club member is you get to see tons of outstanding Guest Speakers throughout the year! The Calgary Camera Club’s upcoming 2021/2022 Guest Speakers have been announced, with two overarching topics – The Snapshots Speaker Series and the In Focus Speaker Series – and let’s just say, the lineup looks very exciting!
By Ryley Smith
The Consulate-General of Japan in Calgary is pleased to present that its 7th Japan Photo Contest is now open for submissions! This contest was created to celebrate and promote Japanese culture and the connection between Japan and Canada. Open to three provinces and two territories, with amazing prizes from The Camera Store, Nikon and Japanab, this is a great opportunity to show your love of Japanese culture and photography!
By Ryley Smith
On May 20th, 2021, Ricoh announced that the Pentax K-3 Mark III was named “BEST APS-C CAMERA EXPERT” by the prestigious Technical Image Press Association! Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) consists of 25 photo and imaging magazines from around the world, including a cooperative agreement with the Camera Journal Press Club of Japan. In other words, this is a great achievement for the Pentax K-3 Mark III!
