Established in 1973 (originally as the York Regional Camera Club), the club changed its name to the Richmond Hill Camera Club around 2005.
External Competitions
RHCC is recognized as one of the top clubs in the GTA, Ontario and Canada. This is a listing of some of the awards that have been earned by our members through club competitions over the last number of years.
2024 CAPA Annual Photo Challenge – Bronze Medal for Louie Luo in this individual competition – details
2024 CAPA Canada: My Country Club Competition – Silver Medal details
2024 CAPA Open Colour Club Competition – Silver Medal details
2024 CAPA Music Individual Competition – Gold Medal – Louie Luo; Honourable Mentions – Harvey Ash and Peter To details
2024 CAPA Artistic Club Competition – Silver Medal details
2024 CAPA Ontario Zone Club Competition – Gold Medal details
2024 CAPA Ontario Zone Individual Competition – Silver Medal – Louie Luo; Honourable Mention – Harvey Ash details
2023 CAPA Black & White Club Competition – Honourable Mention details
2023 CAPA Black & White Individual Competition – Silver Medal – Louie Luo details
2023 CAPA Nature Club Competition – Gold Medal details
2023 CAPA My Country Club Competition – Gold Medal details
2023 CAPA Audio/Visual Club Competition – Silver Medal (Ron Mantay) details
2023 CAPA Fall/Winter Club Competition – Bronze Medal details
2023 CAPA Artistic Club Competition – Honourable Mention details
2022 CAPA Nature/Wildlife Club Competition – Honourable Mention details
2022 CAPA Fall Monochrome Club Competition – Honourable Mention details
2022 CAPA Series of 4 images Club competition – Silver Medal – Qing Li & Louie Luo, Honourable Mention – Grant Dale & Rhonda Starr details
2022 CAPA Artistic Individual Competition – Silver Medal – Rhonda Starr details
2022 CAPA Artistic Club Competition – Silver Medal details
2022 CAPA Curves & Lines Individual Competition – Gold Medal – Louis Luo & Honourable Mention for Philip Wong details
2022 CAPA Curves & Lines Club Competition – Honourable Mention (5th place out of 45 clubs) details
2021 CAPA Fall Open Individual Competition – Gold Medal – Kam Ming Mak, Silver Medal – Daisy Lai, Honourable Mentions – Ben Liu, Rhonda Starr – details
2021 OCCC (Ontario Council of Camera Clubs) Interclub Challenge – Stuart Freedman Trophy for the top club – details
2021 CAPA Fall Open Club Competition – Silver Medal – details
2021 CAPA Series of 4 images Competition – SILVER MEDAL (Club) and HM (Individual) – details
2021 CAPA Creative Competition – Silver Medal in the Club Competition & HMs in the Individual Competition – details
2021 CAPA Smartphone Individual Competition – Gold medal winner – Louie Luo – details
2020 CAPA Fall Nature Competition Winners – GOLD MEDAL in the Club Competition – details
2020 CAPA Annual Photo Challenge Individual Competition Gold and Silver Medalists Louie Luo and Isabel Kelly – details
2020 CAPA Individual My Country Competition – Bronze Medalist Jill Lam – details
2020 CAPA Gold Medal in the “My Country” Competition for Richmond Hill Camera Club – details
2020 CAPA Gold Medal in the A/V Competition for Richmond Hill Camera Club – details
2020 CAPA Individual Monochrome Competition – Gold Medalist Mark Girard – details
2109 OCCC (Ontario Council of Camera Clubs) – Stuart Freedman Trophy for the top overall club – details
2019 CAPA Portrait Competition – Silver Medal (Club) & Bronze Medal & 2 HMs (Individual) – details
2018 Glennie Memorial Nature Salon: RHCC was second overall in the Diversity Category – details
2018 CAPA Spring Close Up Competition SILVER Medal – details
2018 GTCCC (Greater Toronto Council of Camera Clubs) Stuart Freedman Trophy for the top overall club – details
2018 CAPA Spring Canada: My Country Competition SILVER Medal – details
2018 CAPA Spring Audio/Visual Competition BRONZE Medal – details
2018 CAPA Winter Black & White Competition GOLD Medal – details
2017 CAPA Fall Fine Art Competition GOLD Medal – details
2017 CAPA Fall Photojournalism Competition BRONZE Medal – details
2017 CAPA Fall Nature Competition GOLD Medal – details
2017 CAPA Winter Altered Reality Competition GOLD Medal
2016 CAPA Fall Minimal Manipulation (Landscape) Competition GOLD Medal
2016 CAPA Fall Nature Competition HM (5th place)
2016 Glennie Memorial Nature Salon: RHCC was first overall (81 clubs from 22 countries) and tied for first in the diversity award.
2016 GTCCC (Greater Toronto Council of Camera Clubs): RHCC won 4 of the 5 categories, including the Stuart Freedman Trophy for the overall award.
2015 Fall CAPA: Minimal Manipulation Competition GOLD Medal
2016 Spring CAPA: Creating Motion in a Still Image SILVER Medal
2016 Spring CAPA: Altered Reality Competition GOLD Medal
2016 Spring CAPA: Wildlife Competition: HM (5th place)
2016 Spring CAPA: Open Competition GOLD Medal
2016 Spring CAPA: Portrait Competition BRONZE Medal
2015 GTCCC: RHCC won all of the 5 trophies, including the Stuart Freedman Trophy for the overall award.
2014 GTCCC: RHCC won 4 of the 5 trophies, including the Stuart Freedman Trophy for the overall award.
2013 Glennie Memorial Nature Salon: RHCC wins 3rd place tie, out of 91 clubs worldwide
RHCC in Photo Ed Magazine, Spring/Summer 2012
2012 Glennie Memorial Nature Salon: RHCC’s 10-image submission earned us a 27th place tie out of 94 clubs in The George W. Glennie Memorial Nature Salon, and we had two top awards.
2012 GTCCC: RHCC earned the Stuart Freedman Trophy as the top club in the GTCCC interclub competition.