Betty Andres
Photographer
Vancouver, BC, Canada

Nature's Impressions Photography
NSPS Past-president

Education:
1971 B.Ed., University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
Major: Double Science - Biology, Physiology
1973 Professional Permanent Teaching Certificate
1981-85 M.Ed. in Science Computer education, UBC
1987-91 Business Administration & Management Certificate, Faculty of Commerce, UBC

Memberships:
North Shore Photographic Society (NSPS), 1989-2006
National Association for the Photographic Arts (NAPA), 1992-97
Canadian Association for Photographic Arts (CAPA), 1997-2006
Photographic Society of America (PSA), 1993-2004
North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), 1995-2006
Pacific Digital Photography Club (PDPC), 2004-2006

Service:
1992-98 Records Keeper, North Shore Photographic Society
1995 Field Trip Leader to "Mount Seymour", Camera Canada College '95, Vancouver, July 28
1995-96 Judge, North Shore Photographic Society, September, June & October
1995 Presentation, "Why Workshops/Field Trips?", North Shore Photographic Society, December 13
1996-99 Membership Coordinator, North Shore Photographic Society
1996 Field Trip Leader for NAPA Workshop to Mt. Seymour in the Snow, February 11
1996 Photographer for BC Winter Games, Cross-Country Skiing, Whistler, February 24-25
1996 Invited Judge, Richmond Photo Society, September; Delta Photo Guild Invitational Print Competition, December; Coquitlam Photo Club, December
1996 Workshop Presentation, “A Mountain on the Prairie - Riding Mountain National Park”, Coquitlam Photo Club, December 4
1997-2006 Club Services Chair for Programs and Judges, Canadian Association for Photographic Arts (CAPA) - Pacific Zone
1997 Invited Judge, Lion’s Gate Photo Society, Nature Division, May 28; Lion’s Gate Photo Society, Slide Division, October 9; North Shore Photographic Society, November 7; Delta Photo Guild, Slide Division, November 26
1995-2002 Contributing Writer, Pacific Zone News, CAPA
1995-2002 Contributing Writer, In Focus – NSPS Monthly Newsletter
1998 Invited Judge, Surrey Invitational Slide Theme Competition, March; CAPA Pacific Zone Print Challenge, Port Moody; April; Burnaby Photo Club Print Evaluation, April; Abbotsford Photo Arts Club Seminar Print Competition, October 16
1998 Designed logo for Camera Canada College 2000 brochures, publicity, etc.
1998-2000 Chair, Slide Competitions, North Shore Photographic Society
1999-2004 Chair, National Coordinator of Competitions, CAPA
1999 Invited Judge, Burnaby Photographic Society, Richmond Photo Club, Lion’s Gate Photo Guild, New Westminster Camera Club, North Shore Photographic Society
2000 Competitions Chair, Camera Canada College 2000, 12th Annual CAPA Photographic Exhibition, and host for Slide Competition, Vancouver, August 4-6
2000 Designed & Published Competitions Catalogue for Camera Canada College 2000, 12th Annual CAPA Print & Slide Photographic Exhibition
2000 Invited Judge, Burnaby Photographic Society Print Evaluation, February; CAPA Pacific Zone Print Challenge, Richmond, April; Lion’s Gate Photographic Club, Nature, September; Tri-City Photographic Club, September; International Underwater Photographic Competition, UBCPS, November
2000 Workshop presentation “Celebrating Nunavut – a Photographic Journey to the Arctic”, North Shore Photographic Society, May 17th
2001-06 CAPA Pacific Zone Liaison and Slide Competition Selection Committee, North Shore Photographic Society
2001 Invited Judge, Delta Photo Guild, Nature Slides, January; Fraser Valley Invitational Theme Competition, May; North Shore Photographic Society Slide Evaluation, October; CAPA Pacific Zone 2001 International Color Slide Salon, November; Delta Photo Guild Invitational Photographic Print Challenge; December
2001 Workshop Presentation, “How to Make Winning Images”, Tri-City Photographic Club, October
2002 Invited Judge, Lions Gate Camera Club, March; 3rd Annual Fraser Valley Theme Competition, May; Lions Gate Camera Club, Print Evaluation, June; Langley Camera Club, Slides and Prints, September; Delta Photo Guild Nature Slides, October; North Shore Photographic Society, Open Slides, December
2002 Workshop Presentation, “To the Ends of the Earth – the Arctic and Antarctic”, West Van Seniors Camera Club, May 30; “Antarctica”, In-Sync Camera Club, May 31st
2002 Workshop Presentation, “Tips for Making Winning Images”, BC Shutterbugs, October 4
2003 Invited Judge – Richmond Photo Club, Prints & Slides, Feb. 25th; Lion’s Gate Camera Club, Annual Slide of the Year for Nature and Open, May 21; Lion’s Gate Camera Club, Pictorial Slide Night, June 5; Abbotsford Photo Arts Club, Annual Slide of the Year Awards, June 16; CAPA Pacific International Salon for 2003, July 25th; Abbotsford Photo Arts Club International Slide Competition, September 13; Lion’s Gate Camera Club Nature Slides, September 24; BC Underwater Photographic Society, October 15
2003 Presentation to the Vancouver Natural History Society, “To the Ends of the Earth – the Arctic and the Antarctic”, April 24, 2003
2003 AV Presentation at the Ferry Gallery, “Celebration of Spring”, West Vancouver, June 2nd
2003 Workshop Presentation “Tips for Making Winning Images”, Delta Photo Guild, October 22
2004 Workshop Presentation “On the Road with A-V In Sync” – Delta Photo Guild, February 4
2004 Workshop Presentation “Tips for Making Winning Images”, North Shore Photographic Society, May 19
2004 Invited Judge – Underwater Photographic Society, February 12; Fraser Valley Invitational Slide Theme Competition, May 8, 2004; North Shore Photographic Society, May 2; Pacific Digital Photographic Society Audio-Visual Presentations, October
2005 Invited Judge – Lion’s Gate Nature Slides, January 27; North Shore Photographic Society Open Slides, February 2; Richmond Photography Club Open Slides & Prints, March 14; CAPA 3rd Round Print Competition, March 23; CAPA Pacific Zone Print Challenge, April 24; CAPA National Open & Nature Slide Competition, June 12; ; Pacific Digital Photographic Society Audio-Visual Presentations, October Lion’s Gate Pictorial Images, December 1; Richmond Photo Club, December 12
2005-06 Vice-President, North Shore Photographic Society
2006 Invited Judge – Burnaby Show Case 2006, January 28; Lion’s Gate Nature Night, March 30

Awards:
1992 Honorable Mention, Vancouver International Inter-Club Photographic Slide Challenge, Last Leaf
1992 B.C. Cancer Agency Photo Contest, 1st & 2nd Place, Last Leaf, Early Morning Dawn
1994 Award of Merit, PSA Contemporary Slide Division, Streaks of Color
1994 Honorable Mention, Color Prints, Abbotsford Photo Arts Seminar, Last Leaf
1995 Honorable Mention, NAPA Color Slide Individual Division, Yellow Canola Field
1994-95 3rd Place Cumulative Year Total, NAPA Color Slides Individual Competition
1995 Camera Canada College '95 Slide Exhibition, 3 accepted images, Morning Storm, Streaks of Color & Light & Shadow, in Pictorial Division; one accepted, Velvet Antlers; and one Honorable Mention, Fall Colors, in Nature Division, July 28-31
1995 Honorable Mention, Nature Slides, Abbotsford Photo Arts Seminar, Follow Me
1995 Honorable Mention, NAPA Color Slide Individual Division, Wild Goose Island, October 31
1996 Honorable Mention, North Shore Slide Challenge, Canyon Tree, February 17
1996 Honorable Mention, NAPA Color Slide Individual Division, Morning Gold, March 15
1996 Camera Canada College '96 Slide Exhibition, 2 accepted images, Crystals & Follow Me ; and Silver Medal, Waterfowl Lake in Nature Division; and Honorable Mention, Wild Goose Island in Pictorial Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, August 2-6
1995-96 8th Place Cumulative Year Total, in both NAPA Nature & Color Slides Individual Competitions
1996 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), NAPA Nature Individual Division, Fall Colors, Oct. 30
1996-97 10th Place Cumulative Year total, NAPA Nature Individual Slide Competitions
1997 PSA Nature Slide Division Individual, Class B, 3rd & 4th position & Honorable Mention, Grizzly Stare, Mountain Goat’s Ledge, & Bull Elk in Winter, May
1997 Camera Canada College ’97 Slide Exhibition; 2 accepted images, Grizzly Bear, & Majestic & Proud, Bull Elk in Nature Division and one accepted image Canyon Light in Pictorial Division, August 8-10
1997 PSA Nature Slide Division Individual, Class B, 2nd Place, Wild Goose Island and Honorable Mention, Follow Me - Mtn Goat, October 30
1997 Honorable Mention, CAPA Nature Club Division, Fall Colors, October 30
1997 Honorable Mention, CAPA Color Slide Individual, Mt. Adams’ Evening, October 30
1998 Honorable Mention, CAPA Nature Slide Individual Competition, Canyon Light, January 30
1998 Honorable Mention, North Shore Slide Challenge, Golden Wall Silhouette, February 27
1998 PSA Nature Slide Division Individual, Class B, 4th Place, Fall Colors and Honorable Mention, Grizzly Bear, January
1997-98 2nd Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Color Slide Individual Competition; 7th Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Nature Slide Individual Competition
1998 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), CAPA Nature Club Slide Division, Broken Arch, March 15
1998 Camera Canada College '98 Slide Exhibition, 1 accepted image, Mountain Goat’s Ledge; Best Scenic, Evening Marsh at Mt. Adams, and Silver Medal, Canyon Light in Nature Division; and 2 accepted images, Sharing a Winter Evening & Broken Arch in Pictorial Division, Ottawa, Ontario, July 2-4
1998 Two Honorable Mentions, Shadows, and Window Designs, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Photo Contest, October
1998 PSA – International Color Slide, Honorable Mention, Dwarfed by the Canyon Wall, October
1998 Two Honorable Mentions, Sharing a Winter’s Evening, and Canyon Light, 20th FIAP Color Slide Biennial Exhibition
1999 Two Honorable Mentions for Sharing A Winter Evening & Golden Wall Silhouette, CAPA Individual Theme Competition, February 15
1999 Honorable Mention, CAPA Theme Club Competition, Graphic Landscape – Painted Hills, February 15
1999 PSA – International Color Slide, Honorable Mention, Winter Light, February
1999 Honorable Mention, CAPA Club Print Competition, Approaching Storm, March 15th
1999 Honorable Mention, CAPA Nature Club Slide Division, Picture Lake, Mt. Shuksan, March 15
1999 Honorable Mention, Stark Trophy Inter-Club Slide Exhibition (CAPA), Dazzling Daisies, April
1998-99 1st Place, Freeman Patterson Individual Theme Competition Trophy – Cumulative total for two rounds of competition (CAPA)
1999 MCAPA, Maple Leaf Honor in recognition of valuable achievement in Canadian photography
1999 PSA – International Color Slide, 1st Place, Sharing a Winter’s Evening, May
1999 Camera Canada College ’99 Slide Exhibition, 3rd Place, Bronze Medal & Best Scenic for Fields of Velvet, Honorable Mention, Fading Away in Pictorial Division; and Honorable Mention & Best Scenic, Winter’s Blanket, 1 accepted image, Yellow Stream in Nature Division, Calgary, Alberta, July 2-4
1999 Honorable Mention, PSA Club Print Competition, Approaching Rain, Oct. 1st
1999 Honorable Mention, PSA Club Color Slide Competition, Mustang Round-Up, Dec 1st
2000 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), CAPA Color Individual Slide Division, Dusty Riders, and Honorable Mention, Mustang Round-Up; 1st Place, Second Round, January 20th
2000 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), CAPA Nature Individual Slide Division, The Mating Game, January 20th
2000 Honorable Mention, CAPA Color Individual Slide Competition, Stagecoach Express, March 15th
2000 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), CAPA Color Club Slide Division, Mustang Round-up, March 15th
2000 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), CAPA Nature Individual Slide Division, Golden Wall Silhouette; 1st Place, Third Round, March 15th
1999-00 3rd Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Color Slide Individual Competition; 7th Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Nature Slide Individual Competition
2000 Camera Canada College 2000 Slide Exhibition, Honorable Mention, The Mating Game in Nature Division, Vancouver, BC, August 4-6
1999-00 1st Place, Sharon Allington Memorial Trophy and CAPA Rosette, Highest Cumulative Scores for Slide Evaluations, North Shore Photographic Society
2000 PSA – Nature Individual Slides – Honorable Mention, Sandhill Crane Portrait, September
2000 Honorable Mention, CAPA Pictorial Slide Individual Competition, Heading ‘Em Off, and 1st Place, First Round, October 30
2001 Honorable Mention, CAPA Individual Pictorial Slide Competition, Heading Home, January 20th
2001 Honorable Mention, CAPA Individual Nature Slide Competition, Arctic Hare, January 20th
2001 Honorable Mention, CAPA Club Theme Competition, Reflections of Color, February 15
2000-01 2nd Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Pictorial Slide Individual Competition; 7th Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Nature Slide Individual Competition
2001 Honorable Mention, CAPA Postcard Competition, Fading Away, June
2001 Camera Canada College 2001 Slide Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Abandoned in Pictorial Division, Regina, Saskatchewan, June 30
2001 ACAPA, Associate of Honor in recognition of a high standard of significant achievement and service to Canadian Photography
2001 1st Place, Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site Fishing the West Coast Photo Exhibition, An Old Salt in “On the Water Category”, August
2001 1st Place, Al Grass Photographic Award, Vancouver Natural History Society, Golden Wall Silhouette, November
2002 1st Place Wayne’s Weather Window Weekly Winner, Tow Hill Bog, May 3, Global BC TV
2002 Best of Show - Canyon Light; 1st Place Other Natural History - Canyon Light; 1st Place Mammals - The Mating Game; 1st Place Botany - FoxTail, Vancouver Natural History Society, November
2002 Honorable Mention, Maple Leaf Photographic Competition, “Day’s End – English Bay”, November
2003 Top Slide (Bronze Medal), CAPA Pictorial Individual Slide Division, Spring Design, & Honorable Mention - Dune Shadows, and 1st Place Second Round, January 20th
2003 Honorable Mention, CAPA Nature Individual Slide Division, Mt. Rainier, January 20th
2003 2nd Place, CAPA AV Two-Projector Photo Essay, June, “Antarctica”
2002-03 2nd Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Pictorial Slide Individual Competition; 5th Place Cumulative Year Total, CAPA Nature Slide Individual Competition
2002-03 1st Place, Sharon Allington Memorial Trophy and CAPA Rosette, Highest Cumulative Scores for Slide Evaluations, North Shore Photographic Society
2004 Honorable Mention, CAPA Pictorial Individual Slide Division, Vermillion Abstract; Iridescence, and Honorable Mention and Best Botany, CAPA Nature Individual Slide Division, Hillside Splendor, January 20th
2004 Honorable Mention, CAPA Pictorial Slide Division, Mt. Rainier, March 20th
2005 Honorable Mention, CAPA Nature Club Slide Division, Female Mountain Bluebird, March 20th
2005 Honorable Mention, North Shore Slide Challenge, Pond Aflame, March 10th
2005 CAPA Certificate of Honor for Distinguished Services
2006 Honorable Mention, North Shore Challenge, Female Mountain Bluebird, March

Exhibitions & Publications:
1991 Back cover, Terry Fox Laboratory Training Opportunities Brochure, "Manning Park"
1992/93 BC Cancer Agency Print Exhibition, Fire & Ice; Early Morning Glow; Last Leaf
1992-98 Exhibitor at various Lower Mainland Craft Fairs
1994 VAPA/NAPA Group Print Exhibition, "Full Frame - A Celebration of Photography", Exposure Gallery, Vancouver, "Mountain Scenic", (4 prints), November 4-27
1995 Beautiful British Columbia 1996 Promotional Calendar, June "Old Barn, Botanie Valley"
1995 VAPA/NAPA Group Print Exhibition, “Full Frame II”, Pacific Light Impressions, Vancouver, Canola Clouds & Reaching for the Sun, November 3-26
1995 1996 Overwaitea Calendar - Old Barn, Botanie Valley, BC
1996 Beautiful B.C. Magazine Winter Issue, Columbian section - “Snow Flurries in Ladner” (Snow Geese on Westham Island), page 47
1997 Cover of CAPA - Pacific Zone News – “Bull Elk in Winter” Winter 1997
1997 Spring Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, Winner’s Gallery, page 14
1997 Group Exhibition, Lens & Shutter, Vancouver, 7 prints of summer, fall and winter, July 1-August 15
1998 Group Exhibition, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden at Hong Kong Bank of Canada, 2 prints , Window Design and Shadows, October 1-20
1999 Group Exhibition, Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver, 2 prints, Canyon Light & Ready for Market,
June 14-27
1999 Fall Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, page 4 and page 19
1999 Canadian Association for Photographic Arts, Brochure for Membership, Fading Away
2000 Cover of “In Focus” NSPS Newsletter, “Polar Bear”, April
2000 Individual Exhibition, Kerrisdale Cameras, 10 prints, West Vancouver, B.C., May 1-30
2000 CCC2000 Print Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C., 2 prints – “Golden Wall Silhouette” & “Mustang Round-Up” August 4-6
2000 Summer Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, pages 19 & 20
2001 StemCell Technologies, Inc. 2001 Calendar – January image – “Cathedral Mountain – Yoho Ntl. Park”
2001 Spring Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, page 11, “Heading ‘Em Off”
2001 Summer Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, page 17, “Reflections of Color”
2001 StemCell Technologies, Inc. summer catalogue, “Aspens & Dandelions”,” Woodland Stream at Lake O’Hara”; “Icebergs on Alsek Lake”, August
2001 Fishing on the West Coast Photo Exhibit, “An Old Salt”, “Fishing at Knight’s Inlet”, “Salmon Fishing”, Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, September 3rd to October 20th
2001 Fall Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, page 11, “Fading Away”
2001 Cover of CAPA - Pacific Zone News – “Winter Shadows” Winter Edition
2001 Vancouver Natural History Society Website, Golden Wall Silhouette
2002 World Wild Life Calendar, “Arctic Splendor”, Low Point, Baffin Island
2002 Cover of “In Focus”, NSPS Newsletter, “Winter in Yellowstone”, January
2002 Individual Exhibition, Kerrisdale Cameras, 10 prints, West Vancouver, BC, January 19- March 2
2002 Winter Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 17, page 16, “Abandoned”
2002 Wayne’s Weather Window Global TV, “Tow Hill Bog”, May 3
2003 Summer Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, page 17, “Spring Design”
2004 Presenter, “Shooting from the Heart”, North American Nature Photographer’s Association (NANPA), Portland, Oregon, January 2004
2004 Summer Edition, Canadian Camera Magazine, page 18 “Vermillion Abstract”, and page 19 “Hillside Splendor”
2004 “Romancing the West”, solo exhibition of 30 prints, Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver, Sept. 27 to Oct. 8
2005 Harmony Art Festival, West Vancouver, 4 prints – July 29 to August 7
2006 Cover of “In Focus”, NSPS Newsletter, “Water Drops on Lily Pads”, April



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