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

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If you are like me, you’ve probably chased after images, even images you might have seen searching for inspiration on social media. You may have even created a checklist to be sure you got exactly what you planned for. You have likely gone out with … Continue readingJohn Barclay presents “Through the Lens of Love”

Judge: John Putnam Website: https://www.jkputnamphotography.com/ Theme Definition: Leading lines are defined as lines that appear in a photograph that have been framed and positioned by the photographer to draw the viewer’s eye through the image in a specific direction  toward the subject or designated area … Continue readingThemed Competition – Leading Lines

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Jonathan will present images and talk about photographing in the Adirondack Park. He will share his experience of the diversity of images that are possible in the Adirondacks. About Jonathan Website: https://www.wildernessphotographs.com/ Johnathan Esper, the photographer behind Wildernesscapes Photography, is a pro Adirondack region photographer … Continue readingJonathan Esper presents “The Incredible Photographic Diversity and Richness of the Adirondack Park”

Judge: Mike Davis

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Possibilities for creative photographs are everywhere, but we have to open our eyes -- and more importantly, our minds -- to see them. Relaxing our beliefs, and tapping into our right-brain activity, can help us stretch our creativity. In this presentation, I’ll share some photographs … Continue readingJanet Jeffers presents “Frame of Mind: Creativity, Perception, and Mental Focus”