Return to the Durham Fair

I trimmed a few “competition season” competitions from my 2015 exhibitions.  I didn’t enter the Iowa State Fair or the Washington State Fair this year; and after what happened in the Vermont State Fair last year, they’re on my naughty list until further notice.

But I did decide to return to one competition this season; one in which I had some major success in the past.

Background.

In 2013, I entered the Durham Fair (Connecticut) photo competition, at the recommendation of my friend and fellow photographer Robert Burger.  Of the four photos I entered, two pictures took ribbons – The Jumbuck snagged a third-place in its category, while The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake garnered my first-ever Best in Show silk.

So this year I looked at the schedule for the Durham Fair.  Hmm… exhibition at the end of September.

I then checked my calendar for the New York State Fair photo competition.  If I time this correctly… I could use some of the same prints for the NYS Fair for the Durham Fair.  This could work in my favor.

I checked over the categories at Durham.  The categories that interested me the most were – (1) Monochrome, (2) Color, (3) Image Artistry.  I could enter a maximum of four images, but no more than 3 in any single category.

So I thought and thought and thought.

And in the end… I went with:

PARABOLA: FROM HADLEY TO CORINTH

Success level with this picture?  A copy of it sold at the TRASK charitable auction earlier this summer.

AEROCHROME FALLS

Success level with this picture?  Honorable Mention at the Altamont Fair.

JESSICA: INSTAMATIC DICHOTOMY

Success level with this picture?  It’s coming.  I’m sure of it.

VIVALDI’S POND

Success level with this picture?  Honorable Mention at the New York State Fair.  In fact, I couldn’t send my photos to Bob until after this picture finished its NYS Fair run.  So essentially I retrieved the photo on Saturday and then packed all four shots in the mail for a speedy delivery.

I thought about putting in a legacy print – you know, one of my old prints that had some success in the past… but in the end, I decided that I’ve already printed these four images, I may as well go with them.

Four entries packaged, along with packing slip.  I would normally have visited the Durham Fair to see how my prints did; however, the “pick-up day” for the Fair was Sunday the 28th, and I’ve got a major photo event that night that cannot be rescheduled.

So I’ll just wait until Bob gives me the updates on how things went.

And hopefully there will be good news.