This just in. 5:00 a.m. is an ungodly hour to hit the road for the New York State Fair. However, it’s the best time to go – especially on a day when EVERYBODY’s going to Saratoga for Travers Day. Good. You guys all go fight for parking and lose your money there. I’ll go in…
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Results of my entries into the 2011 Altamont Fair Photography Contest
Tuesday afternoon, 5:00 p.m. Everything else in my busy day has been completed. Nothing to hold me back. Now I need to know. The answer to life, the universe and everything? The sound of one hand clapping? The air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow? Nah… I already know those things. It’s 42, the beginning of…
Read MoreCompetition #3 – The 2011 Altamont Fair Photography Contest
It’s my third year of trying. It’s my third year of competing. And as you can imagine… I’m not giving up. Even though I’ve gone 0-for-10 on the two regionals earlier this year, those exclusions doesn’t hurt as badly as my going 0-for-8 at Altamont. Eight photographs over a two-year span; eight cold-blooded, cold-hearted rejections.…
Read MoreSo I got the word from the New York State Fair… and the pictures that passed the first round are…
I just heard from the organizers of the New York State Fair. And they think that two of my six submissions have passed the first round of judging. It’s not six – but it’s two. Two have passed through, and have a good shot of picking up some display space in the Harriet May Mills…
Read MoreCompetition #4 – The 2011 New York State Fair Photography Contest
This is the tough part for me. Waiting. Just waiting. It wasn’t this hard when Tom Petty sang about it. The Photography Competition at the New York State Fair changed their submission rules a smidge, and whether it’s a benefit or a detriment to my entries – I just don’t know. In previous years, I…
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