I need to take a deep breath. This is different than any of my other Competition Season entries. See, in the past, I’ve tried entering a big prestige art show. And during that time, I tried to hone my craft. I tried getting my photos in these shows. And each time, they’ve been bounced. Then,…
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So I’m going to go splitfilm for my Mid-Hudson Regionals entries.
Many years ago, when I first got involved in photography, I tried establishing my own creative niche, especially in the use of lo-fi film photography. And one of my more successful endeavors involved a concept I called “splitfilm,” where I shot two rolls of film in one camera, or I shot small-format film in medium-format…
Read MoreA postcard from the 2017 Iowa State Fair Photo Competition
What you see here are two postcards from my previous Iowa State Fair submissions. Five entries sent in 2014 … four entries sent in 2016. All nine entries were rejected like Chuck Miller on date night. And yet, I’m trying one more time. Such is the masochist in me.
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Going all in for Iowa 2017
And Competition Season 2017 begins … today. I’m boxing up my four entries for the Iowa State Fair’s photography competition, and they should be on their way to Des Moines by this afternoon. This will be my third attempt to enter photographs in the Iowa State Fair’s Photography Competition. It’s the largest fair photo show…
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