Partnerships
Member benefits that support your creative practice. Explore exclusive savings, services, and tools from CAPIC partners across Canada and beyond.
HEALTH INSURANCE
Securian Canada
Member offer: Group-Rate Health & Personal Insurance
Access exclusive, Canada-wide coverage through Securian Canada:
Extended Health Care & Dental
Life Insurance & AD&D
Long-Term Disability & Critical Illness
Office Overhead Expenses
Explore exclusive CAPIC coverage.
EQUIPMENT & STUDIO INSURANCE
Front Row Insurance
Member Offer: $50 Off Policy — Commercial & Equipment Insurance
Save $50 on separate policies for visual creators:
Key Coverage Highlights
Gear & Studio: Worldwide camera floaters, rental equipment, broad studio contents, and building coverage.
Operations & Liability: $2,000,000 standard commercial liability, property in transit, property away from premises, and actual loss business interruption.
Specialty Protections: Accidental breakage, negatives, artwork, and media restoration.
Eligibility: Available to General, Associate, Honorary, Retired, and Student members.
(Note: Discount is not applicable in ON, QC, or SK).
Email info@capic.org to get a unique coupon code.
Harvard Western Insurance
Member Offer: 25% Off Policy — Commercial Photographers Insurance
Specialized coverage built specifically for professional photographers across Canada:
Commercial Equipment & Studio Insurance
Professional & General Liability Insurance
Key Coverage Highlights:
Gear & Studio: Replacement-cost coverage for cameras, lenses, computers, and props (includes worldwide, rental, and studio tenant liability).
Operations & Liability: Commercial General Liability plus Professional Liability (E&O) for missed deadlines or negligence claims.
Specialty Protections: Re-shoot cost coverage, business income loss, data recovery, and cyber expense protection.
Eligibility: Available to General, Associate, Honorary, Retired, and Student members.
(Note: Discount is not applicable in QC).
Get an Online Quote or email quotes@harvardwestern.com.
Free Applied Arts Subscription
CAPIC General Members receive a free subscription to Applied Arts magazine. For over 35 years, Applied Arts has been Canada’s primary destination for creative insight, visual arts trends, and industry inspiration.
LEGAL SERVICES & ASSOCIATIONS
Toronto, ON & online
Paul Sanderson has been exclusively serving clients in arts and entertainment for over 35 years. Consistently named “Repeatedly Recommended” as an entertainment lawyer in the Canadian legal directory, he is the leading writer on legal aspects of Canadian visual arts.
Get 15% OFF on legal services! Please contact us for more info.
Image Makers Association
Australia
Image Makers Association Australia represents professional and emerging photographers in Australia through education, advocacy, celebration and connection. They work on behalf of their Members to improve the business landscape for the profession, building confidence in the value of photography and ensuring image making remains a viable career path into the future. CAPIC members get a discount on all events organized by the Image Makers Association.
RENTALS
Royal Photo
Montreal, QC
For all your camera and video needs, for printing HD photos and for everything about your Apple products, trust Royal Photo! We are the only Apple Premium Service Provider in the Greater Montreal region and we are also an Apple Specialist Reseller. We sell and repair photo and video digital cameras of all major brands. CAPIC members receive 20% off of rentals! Proof of membership is required.
Toronto, ON
Production equipment and sprinter package rentals for stills and motion production. It is also a full service studio partner for photographers. CAPIC members receive a 10% discount off of studio and equipment rentals.
Vistek
Calgary, Edmonton, AB
15% off Rentals at Vistek and exclusive VIP pricing on purchases – discounts must be applied at time of purchase/rental – In-store Only – some exclusions apply (non-discountable items). Regular rental terms and conditions / deposits and/or insurance apply.
STUDIOS
Curious Montreal
Montreal, QC
Born out of a passion for creation, production, and the dissemination of content that highlights creators, Curious Montreal has evolved over the years to become the reference in agile production, adapting to the specific needs of each of its clients. CAPIC members receive 10% off studio rentals.
Shoot Studio
Montreal, QC
Shoot Studio is one of the largest photo and video production houses in Quebec. No matter how complex the project may be, in the field or in studio, Shoot Studio can take care of everything. From budget planning to production to delivery of the finished images, no detail is overlooked. CAPIC members enjoy a 10% off discount.
Studio Simone
Montreal, QC
Studio Simone offers you two spaces: Simone, covering 2600 square feet, and Simonetta, covering 1300 square feet. Natural light that enhances your images.
Asile Studio
Montreal, QC
This modular space is designed for professional photo shoots, content creation, brand photoshoots, and video shoots (without sound). It's also perfect for hosting a group, whether for a private event, training workshop, mini-conference, networking event, or pop-up.
CAPIC members receive 10% off studio rental.
PRODUCTS
Camera Bits
Online (USA)
Photo Mechanic is the workflow tool used by professional photojournalists worldwide. Cull raw files fast, add captions and copyright, use text shortcuts for complex metadata tasks, and lots more. Try it free for 90 days, and if you enjoy it, get 10% off as a CAPIC member. Email us to receive your discount code.
Cradoc Fotosoftware
Online (USA)
Cradoc fotoSoftware understands your priority is getting the right shot. Our priority is to help you maximize your creative time. We provide you with the most comprehensive, easy to use, end to end business software for freelance photography. CAPIC members are eligible for 15% off single programs and 10% off program packages or bundles. NOTE: discounts apply to regular priced programs for new users only. Email us to receive your coupon code.
Tricera Print
Vancouver, BC
CAPIC members are eligible for discounts from Tricera Print in Vancouver. CAPIC members receive a discount of 10% off portfolio printing and a discount of 20% off of all print orders (excluding portfolio printing). CAPIC members are also eligible for free shipping on orders of portfolio printing over $99 and free shipping on orders of 50 or more blank sheets of MOAB Lasal Photo Matte and/or MOAB Entrada Rag Bright portfolio paper.
Online
Artlandia is the maker of award-winning plug-ins for creating patterns in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. All Artlandia’s plug-ins are fully CS5-compatible on both Windows and Mac.Artlandia’s SymmetryWorks and SymmetryShop empower you to create pattern designs a hundred times faster, better, and more imaginatively – like no other software does. CAPIC members receive a 10% discount on all products above $50. Contact us for your coupon code.
SERVICES
Zenfolio
Online
Zenfolio is an all-in-one e-commerce platform to showcase and sell your photography. Voted #1 by photographers!. CAPIC members receive a discount of %25 off the first year of their Zenfolio plan. Contact us for your coupon code.
Pixsy
Online
Pixsy is an award-winning legal-tech service for online image protection and copyright enforcement. Their pioneering AI-powered image monitoring solution works 24/7 and has uncovered more than 300 million matches. Pixsy also offers expert case resolution services to recover compensation for creatives through lost licensing revenue and legal settlement. CAPIC members save 50% on any of Pixsy’s subscriptions for 12 months. Please contact us for your coupon code.
Momenteo
Online
Momenteo is a user-friendly solution meant for you. Simply keep track of your work done, expenses, and travels in our beautiful calendar and let out software generate your accounting. Try it free of charge, proudly made in Canada for Canadian freelancers! CAPIC Members receive a 20% discount on the premium package. Please contact us for your promo code.
Big Black Bag
Online
The easy way to create, design, maintain & control your own portfolio website for less than $15/month. Please contact us for your coupon code.
Online
Spend less time chasing invoices, more time behind the camera.
CAPIC members get a free 6-12 months on Klorah - the all-in-one email-centric CRM built for photographers. Book clients, send contracts, track projects, and get paid faster all from your inbox.
Please contact us to get your exclusive perk.
Image Salon
Online
Based in Montreal and proud of it, IMAGE SALON is one of the largest photo editing studios in Canada that hires 100% locally and works with photographers, brands, and production studios around the world. Known for working with high volume and high quality, they cumulated over 31,000,000 images edited to date. Image Salon stands out with their expert editors and their new application called PHAiTO; an application compatible with Adobe Lightroom that uses artificial intelligence to colour correct your images and that is powered by Image Salon.
Get 50% OFF your first order, as well as 5% OFF all Image Salon orders. Forever. Contact us for your promo code.
Phaito
Online
Based in Montreal, PHAiTO is a leading artificial intelligence application in photo editing. Powered by one of the biggest Canadian outsourcing companies called Image Salon and sourced from hundreds of thousands of images, PHAiTO brings out the best out of your Lightroom Catalogue, in one second per image. Counting more than 31M images edited to date, PHAiTO is helping photographers, brands and production studios around the world gain their time back with beautiful, consistent and expert results.
Get 50% OFF your first order, as well as 15% OFF all PHAiTO orders. Forever. Please contact us for your promo code.
Duuo
Online
Duuo was created by Co-operators, a proudly Canadian insurance company founded in 1945 by a small group of farmers and social pioneers who felt traditional insurance didn’t meet their unique needs. That’s why they invented a different kind of company designed especially for them.
Get 15% OFF on your event insurance! Please contact us for your promo code.