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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”

Judge: Kyle Keener Website: https://jkylekeener.photoshelter.com Bio: J. Kyle Keener has been among the most creative image makers in the American newspaper photojournalism community for the past four decades. He is a 5-time National Press Photographers Association Regional Photographer of the Year contest winner. He has … Continue readingOpen Competition