They posted the information last night. The first results from Competition Season 2021. Wow. I submitted four entries to the Iowa State Fair’s 2021 contest, and I know that at least one entry made the cut. That’s all I know. Then, when I saw the premium book that was printed online, I found out that…
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A little pink postcard from Des Moines, 2021 edition
Okay. Deep breath. There is a pink postcard in my mailbox. Not a canary yellow postcard, as has arrived in the past, but a neon pink one. The postcard came all the way from Des Moines, Iowa, home of the Iowa State Fair, or as I call it, one of the spokes in my 2021…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2021 Iowa State Fair Photography Competition
And on Friday afternoon … Competition Season 2021 officially began for me. I sent four photos to the Iowa Sate Fair’s Photography Salon. I’ve had some success with Iowa in the past – in 2018, two of my pictures made the walls of the art gallery on the Fairgrounds, with What the Grasshopper Saw taking…
Read MoreWelcome to the List of Champions
I won’t lie. I hold onto slights like a bear trap holds onto a hiker. Many, many years ago, when I first started entering my photos in competitions, I tried submitting my shots into the Capital District Photo Regionals. The Photo Regionals are the preeminent show for local photographers, and I had hoped that something…
Read MoreResults from the 42nd Annual Photo Regionals
It’s Saturday afternoon, and I just received an e-mail from Albany Center Gallery. I can feel my heart pounding right now. It’s been three years since my neon dancing artwork Step and Pivot made the cut for the then-39th edition of the prestigious Capital District Photo Regionals. And through all the craziness that’s gone on…
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I almost pulled a Photo Regionals “audible.”
Well, it was delayed because of COVID-19, but the 42nd annual Photo Regionals will actually take place this fall. In fact, tomorrow I drop off my three entries at Albany Center Gallery. All submissions will be shown in a salon setting, then the best of the best will be selected for the regular Photo Regionals…
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So I just heard from San Francisco…
A few months ago, I tried my hand with the the San Francisco Bay Month of Photography competition. This is truly an opportunity for me to expand out from competing in local fairs and the like. And in 2014, my elongated photo of a baseball pitcher, The Three-Two Pitch, garnered a Silver Award in the…
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After the Rain as a metallic print
Background. Last year, my macro print of water droplets on a dandelion, After the Rain, joined my collection of “triple blue” award winners, as it took blue first place silks at the Altamont Fair, the Big E, and the Durham Fair. It was only my fourth-ever print to pull this “triple blue” achievement, and I…
Read MoreCall for Art: 2020 San Francisco Bay Month of Photography
You know that moment when you’ve turned the corner in your physical recovery from an injury? It happened yesterday. Just for a lark, I looked online to see the dates of my various photo competitions. And sure enough, the San Francisco Bay Month of Photography competition is accepting entries. I’ve had some success with this…
Read MoreThe results of Work of Art 2019
So after four ribbons, three of them blue – it’s time to see if my macro photograph After the Rain can hold its own in a full gallery show. And last night … it had its chance, as one of 35 artworks in the 2019 Work of Art gallery fundraiser for the Albany Institute of…
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