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You didn’t leave photography.
The spaces that were supposed to welcome you got it wrong.
Canadian Women's Photography CollectiveCanada’s first membership community built exclusively for women photographers who are ready to dust off their cameras and remember who they were before life took over.
Your camera is in the closet. The battery is dead. You’ve been using your phone because it’s easier than explaining why you need to stop - to everyone else on the trail, everyone else in the car, everyone else with somewhere to be.
You joined the camera club because you wanted your people. Instead you got jargon, hierarchy, and that persistent feeling that you didn’t know enough.
So you put your camera away.
Founding member pricing closes soon. Price locked for life.
Your camera is in the closet. The battery is dead. You’ve been using your phone because it’s easier than explaining why you need to stop — to everyone else on the trail, everyone else in the car, everyone else with somewhere to be.
Founding member pricing ends soon. Price locked for life.You joined the photography club because you wanted your people. Instead you got jargon, hierarchy, and that persistent feeling that you didn’t know enough.
So you put your camera away.
CWPC was built for someday. And someday is now.
You’re Not Behind. You’ve Just Been in the Wrong Room
You know how to see. You always have.
You know why certain light stops you mid-sentence. You know why you'd pull over on a country road when the late afternoon sun hits a barn just right. You know the difference between taking a picture and making one.
But somewhere between the promotions, the school runs, the aging parents, and the relentless carousel of everyone else's needs — you stopped being given a reason to pick up your camera.
And the spaces that were supposed to help? The camera clubs, the online forums, the photography groups?
They weren't built for the way you see.
They were built for pixel-peeping. For histogram obsession. For the need-to's of photography instead of the actual joy of it. For the kind of technical gatekeeping that makes you feel like you don't know enough — when the truth is, you know more than you think.
You've been sitting in the back row for too long.
That ends here.
The Photographer You Remember Being Didn’t Disappear. She’s been pushed out.
This is for you if:
Your camera has been gathering dust for a year, or five, or ten.
You’ve been using your phone because pulling out your real camera always felt like an inconvenience to everyone else.
You joined a photography club and left feeling talked over, left behind, or just… wrong.
You scroll Instagram at night, see a stunning landscape shot, and feel that pang — jealousy mixed with longing.
You’re ready for women who move at your pace, who would pull over for the light without needing an explanation.
You’re not too rusty. Your camera isn’t too old. And you won’t slow anyone down.
What you need is your people, and a clear path to the photographer you remember being.
You’re not a beginner. You’re a lapsed photographer. There’s a difference.
What Is the Canadian Women’s Photography Collective?
The Canadian Women’s Photography Collective (CWPC) is Canada’s first membership community built exclusively for women photographers.
Not a camera club. Not a course. Not another subscription that clutters your inbox.
A community specifically for women, by women, who get it.
CWPC is where women photographers from all skill levels and experience come back to themselves.
We don’t talk about megapixels here. We don’t pixel-peep. We don’t make you feel behind for shooting with a camera from 2012.
We talk about seeing.
How to look at light the way you used to. How to compose with meaning, not just instinct. How to find your creative voice, not someone else’ version of what good photography looks like.
Powered by Spark Adventure Photography Workshops — founded by Cobi, one of Ontario’s most trusted women’s photography instructors — CWPC is the space that should have existed a long time ago.
It exists now. And you’re exactly who it was built for.
What Does a CWPC Membership Include?
As a CWPC member you receive:
Monthly Aspiration Webinar — hosted by Cobi or a guest photographer, focused on the seeing: light, mood, composition, creative voice — not technical gatekeeping
4-Week Follow-Through Project — structured creative project following aspiration webinar that builds your eye, your portfolio, and your confidence month by month
Monthly Creative Challenge — one photography prompt, doable anywhere in Canada, any camera, any skill level within intermediate/advanced
Weekly Photography Themes — a consistent opportunity to share your work and view others’ for inspiration and accountability
Private CWPC Member Community — Canada's first online home for women photographers. Her people. The ones who finally get it.
Monthly Member Spotlight — real women, real cameras, real journeys back to photography
Quarterly Paper Newsletter — curated inspiration, location features, member highlights, and upcoming Spark Workshop previews
10% Off All Spark Adventure Photography Workshops — on a $1,200 workshop, your membership pays for itself the moment you register
Physical Welcome Package — your CWPC member card, member number (yours for life), a CWPC patch, and a welcome letter from Cobi
Partner Discounts — exclusive member offers from brands already in your orbit
Why We Built Canada’s First Women’s Photography Collective
Women make up 65% of photography students.
We make up 15–20% of professional photographers.
Read that again.
We show up. We learn. We love this. And then somewhere between the classroom and the career — between the passion and the permission — we disappear.
That gap isn't an accident. And it isn't a personal failure.
It's what happens when the spaces were never really built for us.
Founder, Cobi Sharpe, has been talking about this long before Spark Adventure Photography Workshops existed (photography workshops and adventures specifically for women).
Cobi graduated from a photography diploma program and looked around at the industry — and didn't see herself. The face of "professional photographer" was globe-trotting, gear-obsessed, and almost always a guy.
Caregiving. The invisible labour of being the one who holds everything together. The relentless carousel of everyone else's needs. The camera that could always wait — because something else always needed me first.
She knows what it is to put yourself last.
She knows what it is to drive past the golden hour light and keep going.
She knows what it is to pull your camera out of the closet years later and feel like a stranger to something you used to love.
Here's what we also know:
That guilt was never yours to carry.
We didn't lose photography. We lost time. We lost permission. We lost the version of ourselves who believed that creative time was non-negotiable — because we were conditioned, long before we consciously chose it, to make ourselves the last item on the list.
That is not a personal failure.
That is what happens when you spend twenty years being everything to everyone except yourself.
And the communities that were supposed to welcome us back?
The camera clubs. The online forums. The photography groups.
They weren't built for the way we see either.
We showed up looking for our people — and got jargon, gatekeeping, and the persistent hum of spaces that were designed by and for someone else. We sat in the back row. We got talked over. We went home and put our cameras away again.
So we used our phones. Because it was easier than explaining why we needed to stop — to everyone else on the trail, everyone else in the car, everyone else with somewhere to be.
Spark exists because of that truth.
Not to turn you into the globe-trotting guy. Not to make you feel behind. Not to teach you what you already know.
But to give you a place where women who finally chose themselves can land.
Women who move at your pace.
Women who see what you see.
Women who would pull over for the light without a second thought.
Your people. Finally.
What People Are Saying
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You were a triple threat: a great teacher, a great photographer, and a great human being.
— Lori, Spark Workshop Participant
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Cobi is a truly wonderful instructor. She not only takes time to make sure everyone's questions have been answered, she goes above and beyond to make sure her students succeed.
— Jennifer, Spark Workshop Participant
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! recommend Cobi Sharpe as she is a natural teacher — very informative and very engaged trying to give the best help throughout the day.
— Kathy M.
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Not only did Cobi clearly explain the fundamentals of her art, she had participants illustrate these concepts with practical exercises in the field.
Vivien, Spark Workshop Participant
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You are a wonderful teacher. Your patient explanations made complex concepts easier to grasp. The steps that you walked us through made the lightbulb or should I say flash, go off.
- Lori, Spark Workshop Participant
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Cobi was so helpful and informative without being overwhelming. The day was well organized, the lunch she provided was delicious, the hike she chose was perfect. I came away with a better understanding of my new camera...and some great pictures!!
Sheryl, Spark Workshop Participant
Join CWPC as a Founding Member: Pricing Locked For Life
Founding Member Window - Limited Time
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: Best Value
$87/year
~ $7.25/month - price locked for life as long as you stay
MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP
$11/month
Save $45/year as a founding member with an annual membership.
That’s $7.25/month.
That’s less than one Chapters visit, where you buy the book you’ve been meaning to read and that mug with a camera on it. The one sitting in the cupboard because the handle doesn’t feel quite right.
Except this time, what you bring home stays with you all year.
Or think of it this way:
Four months of Netflix: $87
One year of CWPC: $87
One of those makes you a better photographer.
Founding member price closes [DATE]. After that, the price goes up and it doesn’t come back down.
Your membership pays for itself.
Join a Spark Adventure Photography Workshop and your 10% member discount applies immediately. On a $1200 workshop, that’s $120 back. Your annual membership covered. Everything else: the community, the monthly critiques, the seeing—that’s all yours.
Frequently Asked Questions About CWPC Membership
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Yes — and you're exactly who CWPC was built for. CWPC is designed for intermediate and advanced women photographers who are lapsed, rusty, or returning after a long break. Or just beginning. You don't need to be actively shooting. You need to want to. That's enough.
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No. If your camera has a manual mode, you're ready. Cobi has taught women shooting with cameras from 2005. What matters here isn't your gear — it's your eye. We'll help you rediscover it.
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As much or as little as you have. The monthly webinar runs approximately 60 minutes. The creative challenge is self-paced. The community is always there when you want connection — and never demands anything when you don't. There is no falling behind in CWPC.
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CWPC is your ongoing community — the place you come back to every month, the women who move at your pace, the monthly creative practice that keeps you shooting. Spark Workshops are premium in-person experiences at awe-inspiring Canadian locations for women only. CWPC members get 10% off all Spark Workshops and first access to new dates.
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Founding member annual membership is $87/year — approximately $7.25/month — with pricing locked for life as long as you remain a member. Monthly founding membership is $11/month. Founding pricing closes [DATE]. After that, regular pricing of $120/year or $15/month applies.
Your people are here. This is your turn.
No judgment. No pixel-peeping. No "you should upgrade your camera" BS.
Just women who see the world the way you do — and finally, a community built around that.