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What is WPGphoto?

WPGphoto.com (The Winnipeg Photo Community "WPC") is a FREE, Winnipeg based community for photo enthusiasts from beginners to professionals who want to share their passion for photography with others.

The community was created when founder and president Dan H. kept meeting and talking to people while out shooting. In talking to these people he noticed the potential for a Winnipeg based photo community where photographers could chat about it, learn from each other and most of all hang out, have fun and shoot together.


WPGphoto's Mandate:

" To bring together local photography enthusiasts in a comfortable environment."


What the community does:

-Forum: The most active, daily part of the community is it's forum. The largest and most active of it's kind in Manitoba, this site boasts hundreds of new messages a day and has forums for everything from critiques, gear discussion and places to post and show your photos.

-Monthly meetings: These completely informal meetings are just gatherings to talk with other members about the hobby and profession. Everyone is welcome to bring their work including loose prints, photo books and even lap top slide show presentations.
Occasionally there is a short program of a photo walk or presentation.

-Workshops and seminars: Another large part of the community are it's workshops and seminars. Everything from high end model workshops where several professional models are brought in to shoot, to photo manipulation and Photoshop, Lightroom and other seminars are featured.

-Group photo shoots: The WPC organizes several photo-shoots, group shoots and photo opportunities on a monthly and annual basis. These include shooting starscapes and star-trails until 4am at Grand Beach as a group of 25 or more people, shoots at Steep Rock, MB, the WPG Zoo as well as other attractions around Winnipeg and Manitoba.

-Buy and Sell: The WPC has the most active public photography related buy and sell (in the forum) which allows any individual to sell or buy items locally from people in and outside of the community.

-More: Other areas of interest are the locally based links and reviews sections which hold reviews on local merchants and photographers. If you need a photographer or want to give your story about an experience with a photographer do it here!

The tutorials area contains tips tricks and of course tutorials for all sorts of techniques. These will give you great new ideas for shoots and help you make better more interesting shots.


Who is it for?

This site is for you! If you want a place to discuss photography, show off a gallery of your own work and/or hang out and shoot with fellow enthusiasts and professionals.

Most of the WPC members are hobbyists (aprox 90%), some who have just bought their first camera but there are also several (aprox 10%) full time and part time professional photographers.

With this kind of membership, there is always someone to learn from!


What can it do for me?

The #1 thing being a part of the WPC can do for you is help you learn and improve in a comfortable environment with other enthusiasts.

With all the events, workshops and information on the forum, the WPC has helped several hobby photographers become much more versed as well as others it has helped to make the transition to full time professionals.

There are several listings on a monthly basis for requests for photographers. These can include everything from standard commercial photo contracts as well as other paid photo opportunities.

But the main thing the WPC does is provide a comfortable environment to learn and share photography in.


How do I join?

Since there is no club membership sign-up, the best way to become a member is to join up to the forums and start participating!