Judge: Lisa Cuchara Website: https://www.photographybylisaandtom.com/ Bio: Lisa, PhD, OM SYSTEM Ambassador, Master (PPA), Master of Artistry (PPA), Master of Photography, HonNEC is very passionate about photography and enjoys both being behind the lens and in the digital darkroom. She loves to photograph nature but finds … Continue readingOpen Competition
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“Land of the Ice Bears” focuses on the natural wonders of the arctic region north of the Svalbard archipelago. Peter joined an eleven-day small group National Geographic expedition. He chronicled the wonders of pelagic birds, arctic fauna and the majestic polar bears of the region. About Peter Website: … Continue readingPeter Benoit presents “Land of the Ice Bears”
Judge: Julie Bidwell Website: https://www.juliebidwell.com/ Bio: Julie Bidwell is a Connecticut based commercial and editorial photographer shooting food, interiors, and portraits. Working with a wide range of clients in the Northeast and beyond. As an art major at Syracuse University she picked up a camera … Continue readingThemed Competition – Still Life
A photo subject can be the same, yet captured in so many different ways. What makes one photograph stand out above the others? It is simple, a great composition. Understanding how our vision responds to an image is the first step in achieving success. From … Continue readingJennifer King presents “Creative Composition: It’s Not What You Photograph, It’s How You Photograph!”
Judge: Kevin Colton Website: https://www.kevincoltonphoto.com/index
I live in my boyhood home. I am 71 years old. I miss my mother and father. The house dates to 1899. It is in a small upstate New York village called Whitney Point (pop. 904), where two rivers merge and where you can see … Continue readingJW Johnston presents “Home Body”
Judge: Janet Little Jeffers Website: https://www.janetjeffers.com Bio: Janet Jeffers is a visual artist using photography to explore intimate and abstract details in the natural and built worlds. Her photographic process is based on a practice of mindful exploration and discovery. Jeffers received her BA from … Continue readingThemed Competition – Water
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Unlock your creative potential and discover how to craft Impressionistic-looking photographs using nothing more than your digital camera or smartphone. Charles will describe the process of using long-exposure and multiple-exposure techniques to transform everyday scenes into unimaginable visual masterpieces. Using an easy-to-understand, step-by-step approach, he … Continue readingCharles Needle presents “Impressionistic Photography: How to Use Your Camera (and Smartphone) as a Paintbrush”