Experienced Photographers SIG
Photography Club
Sun City Texas
Links to Award Winning Photography Web Sites
Listed below are those non-club photo competitions that one or more of the Competitions Group’s members has identified. A very brief synopsis of the requirements, dates, formats, and a link to more information (either a website or a publication) is included.
(As background, the Competitions Interest Group is open to all members of the Photography Club who are willing to participate in outside competitions on a regular basis, but not necessarily in ALL of the below listed competitions. Those who attend the Competitions Interest Group meetings are expected to bring an image or images to each meeting for serious comment by the rest of the group. (Translated: this means that the group is not a “spectator sport,” but is a mutual assistance group of people who are willing to help and be helped.))
Our goal is to meet from 3 to 5 pm on the 4th Wednesday of each month in the VAC Studio.
Competition Opportunities
Watson Studio Gallery
Call for Entries - Ménage à Trois II
Submission Deadline December 30, 2008
About the Theme – Ménage à Trois:
A ménage à trois is the French term describing a domestic arrangement in
which three people share a relationship. The French phrase literally
translates as "household of three". In keeping with this theme, artists
will submit three images or digital works that share some kind of
relationship – be it location, color, theme, subject, etc.. Ensure all
three images are strong as they will be judged as one unit. Selected
threesomes will be displayed together in this exhibition.
Watson Studio Gallery invites and encourages all photographers and
digital illustrators working in all media, to participate in this
exhibition.
Eligibility:
The exhibition is open to all domestic and international, professional
and amateur, photographers working with digital or traditional
photography, digital/photo illustration or combinations of these media.
Exhibition and Awards:
As a benefit of being selected for this exhibition, artists and their
work will be seen by an audience of artists and collectors who
appreciate photographic and digital art forms.
• Winning images will be exhibited and available for sale at
Watson Studio Gallery in Johnson City, Texas from Jan. 31 to March 21,
2009.
• Winners will also be prominently featured on the Watson Studio
Gallery website and be included in news releases to various local and
web publications.
• A public reception for the artists will take place on Saturday,
January 31st to coincide with opening events at the Kirchman Gallery and
Arts Encounters at the Benini Sculpture Ranch.
Awards:
• Juror's Selection award: $300
• Director's Choice award: $200
• Visitor's Choice award: $100
Jurors:
Joseph Walsh attended Brooks Institute of Photographic Arts and Sciences
in Santa Barbara, CA. He holds a Bachelor degree in English and a Master
of Art in Photography from Goddard College, Plainfield,Vermont.He
recently retired after 30 years teaching photography at Amarillo College
and West Texas A&M University. His work has been traditional medium and
large format B&W landscape and documentary. Of late he has been working
exclusively in the digital realm.
Carol Watson is the Director of the Watson Studio Gallery and an
award-winning photographer in her own right. Carol's work has been
displayed throughout the US and the world. Her work has appeared in
various books and magazines including World's Greatest Black and White
Photography and National Geographic Traveler. Carol was awarded the
Lucie Award for New Discovery of the Year in 2005 by the International
Photography Awards and has been selected to appear in two IPA Best of
Show traveling exhibitions.
Entry Fees
• The entry fee for this exhibition is $30 USD for three images.
• There is no limit to the number of trios of images that may be
submitted.
Submitting Entries to the Juror
All entries are submitted as digital uploads via the gallery's on-line
system. This will be a 2-part process. First you will register and
submit payment for your entry fees via a secure payment site (Acteva).
Then you will be taken to the gallery's online image dropbox where you
will upload your images. Go to the Call for Entries Page on the
gallery's website to begin the process.
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Austin American-Statesman is
running a series of monthly contests with a different theme each month.
Readers vote, but final judging is by a professional photographer.
Complete rules and the entries for the current contest are available to
view:
www.statesman.com/life/content/life/travel/reader_travel.html
June 17, 2008 by Jim Bilbro
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"Pictures of the
Day"
If you enjoy looking at the wonderful "Pictures of the Day" in the various venues/contests (our favorite is Digital Image Cafe's POTD), you might want to check out the following sites. These are enough to keep you busy ! Some decent prizes, some no prizes. Good luck to the Comp. Group !
Tyler Crowder January 17, 2008
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Popular Photography magazine has a monthly "Your Best Shot"
http://www.popphoto.com/photocontests/2233/contests.html takes you to
all their contests.
http://www.popphoto.com/photocontests/1575/your-best-shot.html
Popular Photography magazine has a monthly "Your Best Shot" contest with a
$300 first prize and about 5-6 best photos are published.
OFFICIAL RULES: To enter, send a CD-ROM to Your Best Shot, POPULAR
PHOTOGRAPHY &
IMAGING, 1633 Broadway, NY, NY 10019, or e-mail your best shots to
YourBestShot@hfmus.com. Prizes:
First Place, $300; Second Place, $200; Third Place, $100; Honorable Mention,
$50. Up to 5 entries per month. Submission size for digital images: 50-75KB
recommended, 100KB maximum, JPEG format only; if accepted for publication,
an image file size of at least 9MB (uncompressed) will
be required. Each file should be named with your full name. Multiple entries
should be named with your full name followed by consecutive numbers. Photos
not chosen may be selected for The Fix or showcased on PopPhoto.com website.
Include your address, phone number, and e-mail, plus any pertinent technical
information (camera, lens, exposure, film, filters, software). Submission
grants POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING the right to publish selected
photographs and descriptions
in print, electronic, and other media, and for promotional and advertising
use.You represent that your photographs are original and of your own
creation, publication of the material will not violate the rights of any
kind of third party, and you have provided all necessary permissions and
releases. Due to the large number of entries, we cannot return your photos,
and we cannot acknowledge receipt of them.
Jim Bilbro January 10, 2007
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Popular Photo magazine " Fix Me, Baby"
http://www.popphoto.com/photocontests/2410/the-fix-rules-entry-procedures.html
Popular Photo magazine " Fix Me,
Baby" contest is for a good photo needing a fix. A prize of $100 and
publishing it.
The Fix: Rules & Entry Procedures Fix me, baby! June 2006
To enter, send prints or CD-ROM to "The Fix," Popular Photography & Imaging,
1633 Broadway, NY, NY 10019, or e-mail your shots to
TheFix@hfmus.com. Prizes: $100 for
photos selected for publication. Up to five entries per month. Submission
size for digital images: 50K-75K recommended, 100K maximum, JPEG format
only; if accepted for publication, a 3MP or higher (9MB file size) image
will be required. If you have made any modifications to the photo (in
Photoshop or any other image-editing program), please send the original file
as well as your modified version. Include your address, phone number, and
e-mail, plus any pertinent technical information (camera, lens, exposure,
film, filters, software). Submission grants Popular Photography & Imaging
the right to publish selected photographs and descriptions in print,
electronic, and other media, and for promotional and advertising use. You
represent that your photographs are original and of your own creation,
publication of the material will not violate the rights of any kind of third
party, and you have provided all necessary permissions and releases. Due to
the large number of entries, we cannot return your photos, and we cannot
acknowledge receipt of them.
Jim Bilbro January 10, 2007
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Texas Photo Forum Contest
http://www.texasphotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62672
Tyler Crowder December 8, 2007
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The Texas Photographic Society
This site is The Texas Photographic Society and hosts contest throughout the
year. Their home page has several nice links and good info.
Vickie Martin November 15, 2007
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The Center for
Fine Art Photography
The Center for Fine Art Photography is based in Ft. Collins, Colorado and they too hosts different contests.
Vickie Martin November 15, 2007
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