Vanessa Dewson | Photographer + Writer

Travel Photography: The Art of Compromise

Vanessa Dewson — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:47:37 +0000

It’s always exciting to see my work in a printed magazine. This time, a six-page spread in CAPA’s Canadian Camera Spring 2025 issue. I talk about the challenges of travel photography when it comes to choosing gear. It truly is the art of compromise! Images featured include some taken with a full-frame Nikon Z8 with ...

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Winner of a Gold and Bronze in the 2025 Bill Muster Photography Awards

Vanessa Dewson — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:53:57 +0000

I’m thrilled to have images from a bucket list trip to Antarctica this past February win two awards at this year’s Bill Muster Photography Awards during the SATW Convention in Istanbul in November. The trip to Istanbul was already special in itself since I celebrated my birthday the following day and it was my first ...

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Winner of Gold & Merit at the SATW Bill Muster Photo Awards & Bronze in the Canadian Chapter Awards

webmaster — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 16:14:03 +0000

During the pandemic, I took a course on how to get published with Travel Media Lab. It had been a dream of mine since I was old enough to flip through the National Geographic magazines we received every month while growing up. It took the world shutting down for me to finally take some action ...

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Photographic Artist of the Year Nominee 2022

Vanessa Dewson — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:28:00 +0000

The results of the 2022 PPOC (Professional Photographers of Canada) National Image Salon are my best yet! My bear image not only received an Excellence (the highest score possible) but it was also nominated for the Best in Class award and chosen for the prestigious Loan Collection. This is the first time in all my ...

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PPOC-ON Image Salon 2021

Vanessa — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 20:32:52 +0000

It’s that time of year again when the results of the regional image salon come in. Last year, I was a judge so I couldn’t participate in my own region. Even though I’ve been a judge, it’s still a nerve-wracking experience to put my work out there to be critiqued. While judges look at four ...

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Master of Photographic Arts – Second Bar

Vanessa — Thu, 20 May 2021 16:15:02 +0000

In the Professional Photographers of Canada, once you’ve achieved the coveted Master of Photographic Arts designation, you can continue to accumulate service and print merits based on the images that are accepted in the National Image Salon and your involvement with the association. Once you reach a certain threshold, you will receive a bar in ...

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PPOC Image Salon 2021 Competition Results

Vanessa — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 19:20:14 +0000

This year I entered 5 images (members can normally only enter 4 but there is a class for those with a Master of Photographic Arts designation) into the Professional Photographers of Canada‘s National Image Salon competition and 4 got accepted in this year’s image salon competition with 2 earning a Merit (the loon and the ...

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A Night With The Wolves

Vanessa — Sat, 23 Jan 2021 03:41:00 +0000

I knew that when my birthday rolled around in November, we’d probably still be staying put due to the pandemic. In 2019, I had flown to Dubai and Oman so I wanted to do something that still felt somewhat adventurous even if it wouldn’t be quite so exotic. I had heard that Parc Omega, a ...

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PPOC Fine Art & Photo Decor Accreditation

Vanessa — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 19:44:46 +0000

Last year, I received my 11th accreditation in Wildlife Photography. This year, I applied for Fine Art/Photo Decor and am pleased that all 10 images were accepted to grant me my 12th accreditation. Here is a description of the category and criteria. Ten (10) images of ten (10) different subjects taken in ten (10) different ...

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Finalist for PPOC 2020 Photographic Artist of the Year

Vanessa — Mon, 18 May 2020 16:45:32 +0000

2020 has been an interesting year so far but on the positive side, the images I entered in the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC) National Image Salon did well enough to have me in the running for the prestigious Photographic Artist of the Year Award. Spoiler alert: I didn’t win but I was so pleased ...

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