Catherine Page is always turning heads with her outstanding snaps. For two months next year, her photos will be turning pages, too, as two of her works were recently chosen to grace the 2019 Canadian Geographic calendar.
“It is exciting,” the St. Albert Photography Club member said, emphasizing the honour. “Unfortunately, I’m in a position that I’m not doing it to make money. I’m doing the photography because I really enjoy it so it’s always an honour for me, and it is exciting to see. And Canadian Geographic sounds so good, you know?”
One image is a brilliant close-up of yellow tulips from the outdoor garden at the Muttart Conservatory while the other is a black and white shot of a leafless tree in the middle of a snowy field near Legal during a frosty January. Actually, that image is probably in colour, too, but that’s just how Alberta winters look.
Her works were chosen from the magazine’s online photo club forum that she occasionally posts in. Another of her photographs was used in its Great Canadian Quiz book.
“It’s always exciting if they do pick yours out of the many that are posted.”
She doesn’t know the months that the photos will be assigned to, nor does she know when the calendar will be available for sale. There is also no other compensation for the use of her photos except for bragging rights, nationwide notoriety, and one free calendar as a gift. People can buy the calendar and other publications, or participate in the photo club or other contests, by visiting www.canadiangeographic.ca.
In the meantime, the St. Albert Photo Club has been experiencing a huge membership swell, Page added. If you make it to the regular Wednesday evening meeting today, you’ll be treated to a workshop to review basic camera functions led by Wally Kruger. Visit www.stalbertphotoclub.com to learn more.
New gallery getting revved up
Marina Alekseeva is a painter and a tattoo artist all combined into one. When she recently opened her new tattoo studio, Maximum Colour Ink, in Riel Park, she just knew that the walls would have to have art on them too.“Being a fine artist myself, I know the importance of sharing my art with a wider audience. The need for art is above all the basic human needs whether we realize or not and it is there, and each of us satisfy it by decorating houses, yards, jewelry, etc. So I think it is important both for artists and beholders to meet at events like this where stories through art can be told and bring joy to the public,” she said in advance of the first exhibit to come through.
There could be no more appropriate place for Jan Pastucha’s photo series Heartbreak Out on Highway 37, featuring classic cars, and people who look like greasers and pinup girls right out of the 1950s.
The exhibit has an opening reception on Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. with the revving reverend in attendance. Maximum Colour Ink is located at 5 Rowland Cres.
