Several months ago, when I blogged about my photos and their success at the Iowa State Fair’s photography competition, I received a private email from an Iowa photographer, Ryan Ward. He contacted me, as he had received a postcard that his entries were not accepted, and he wanted to ask if I could look over…
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My 2021 Durham Fair photography contest entries are…
I have to be honest. I wasn’t planning on entering Durham this year. Part of it is the cost of putting together the prints and the two trips to Connecticut – one to drop off the images, and one to bring them home after the fair is complete. But the thing is, I’ve always had…
Read MoreResults from the New York State Fair, 2021 edition
I still remember the day. It was twelve years ago around this time, and I earned my first-ever ribbon in professional photography competition, an Honorable Mention for a shot called Action Under the Basket, a shot that involved my hanging the rafters above Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, just to get a “straight-down” shot of…
Read MoreThe results from the 2021 Iowa State Fair Photography Competition
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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The little email from the 2021 New York State Fair Photography Competition
I’m used to many things during Competition Season. I’m used to a postcard of notice from the Iowa State Fair. I’m used to arriving at the Altamont Fair on the opening night, and then slowly making my way to the Fine Arts Barn to see the results. And I also enjoy doing the “double dip”…
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My entries for the 2021 New York State Fair Photography Competition
Last year, due to COVID-19, the New York State Fair’s 2020 season was cancelled. That meant that the photography competition – which I had entered for the past 11 years – was shuttered for the season. I had six entries, but none could be shown. Nuts. And for the longest while, I was worried 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…
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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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