Tuesday, November 16, 2010

CEA and Photojojo Launch ‘Best Shots’ Photo Contest

(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® and Photojojo today launched a digital photo contest to encourage consumers to share and display their digital photographs. The grand prize winner, to be announced January 9, 2011, at the 2011 International CES, will receive a Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i 15.1MP digital SLR camera, a bag and a 55-250mm zoom lens.

“With digital photography, there are many opportunities to go beyond uploading to a computer, including online sharing, printing, creating digital photo frames and producing fun photo projects”

The “Best Shots” contest begins today and photo submissions will be accepted until December 15, 2010. Entrants can submit one photo in each of four categories: people, travel, pets and cell phone shots. A slate of expert judges will select the finalists, and winners will be determined by an online popular vote running from January 1 - 8, 2011. To enter, visit www.digitaltips.org/photocontest.

All photo entries will be displayed on an LCD screen at the 2011 CES in the Las Vegas Convention Center. In addition to the grand prize, top winners in each category will win one of four compact point-and-shoot cameras: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-TX9, Nikon Coolpix S1100pj, Olympus FE-4020 and Pentax Optio W90. Prizes from the Photojojo store will be awarded to five honorable mention winners as well. Photojojo publishes a twice-weekly newsletter with photo tips, do-it-yourself projects and photography gear.

CEA research shows more than eight in 10 U.S. households own digital cameras, and 61 percent of those who have used their cameras in the last year consider themselves active photographers.

“With digital photography, there are many opportunities to go beyond uploading to a computer, including online sharing, printing, creating digital photo frames and producing fun photo projects,” said Colleen Lerro, communications specialist at CEA. “Through this contest, Photojojo and CEA are encouraging people to do more with their ‘best shots.’”

The Best Shots photo contest judges will include Dave Johnson, PC World’s Digital Focus; Mike McEnaney, Picture Business; Steve Tiffen, Tiffen Company; and Amit Gupta, Photojojo.

To view the full rules of the contest and submit a picture, visit www.digitaltips.org/photocontest.
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Friday, September 3, 2010

Thomaston-Upson Arts Council Hosts Photography Exhibit

During September, the Thomaston-Upson Arts Council (TUAC) is hosting the fourth annual “Personal Best” photography exhibit by the West Central Georgia Shutterbugs. The Shutterbugs group was formed in January 2006 and now has over 60 members from Upson and five surrounding counties.

The exhibit includes 54 photos by 27 of the members. Many of the photographic images, along with smaller items such as greeting cards, are available for purchase.

The public is invited to attend an opening reception Tuesday, September 14th, from 6-8 p.m. Meet the photographers, enjoy their work, and cast your vote for the “People’s Choice” award, which will be announced at 8 p.m. The exhibit may also be viewed during TUAC’s regular business hours: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10-5, and Wednesday 10-Noon.

Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. TUAC is located on the courthouse square.

Those exhibiting their “Personal Best” photos are: Rachel Bentley, Linda Best, Melba Brown, Gordon Brown, Harolyn Castleberry, Angelica Clayton, King Davis, Fawne DeRosia, Phyllis Dyche, Marcia Edwards, Allen Ellerbee, Anna Mary Ellerbee, Sheryl Farr, Marcia Sue Fisher, Malgorzata Florkowska, Johnnie Ann Gaskill, Linda Godwin, Francis Hauke, Kim Hill, Dianne Kelly, Cheryl Kunde, Stefanie Nix, Alicia B.Pastiran, Bonny Shockley, Ellen Tew, Mary G. Wagner, and Lora Watson.

Rosser's Photos in Four Photography Exhibits This Fall

Under the Tree, Fredericksburg National Cemetery
Donna Rosser, local Fayette County, Georgia photographer, is busy this fall. Rosser has eleven different photographs in four photography exhibits in the next two months. These photographs range in subject matter from landscape to cemetery to architectural to still life and a snake. The focus of each show is a little different.

In Blue Ridge, Georgia the arts association is having their first nature photography show. Rosser, who directs the local nature show, Nature Undisturbed, has three photos in this exhibit. The show is in Blue Ridge at The Art Center at 420 West Main Street in the Richard Low Evans Courtroom Gallery. The show is on display through October 8.

At the Whiskey Bonding Bard in Molena, Georgia is a satellite show during the annual event of SlowExposures. John A. Bennette, a photography collector from New York, curates a show entitled “Southern Memories: Part One.”  Mr. Bennette selected photographs from nineteen photographers to be a part of this exhibit.  Rosser has three photos in this show.  Her favorite in this show is “The Entrance” (from the inside) of the R F Strickland Building in Concord prior to renovations.  This show opens September 17 and closes September 26.

The Le Cirque Hotel in New Orleans is hosting Cemeteryscape Photography Exhibit.  This is the 19th annual event to raise awareness and appreciation of the historic and artistic value of cemeteries.  Rosser has two photos in this exhibit on display the month of October.  Both of the photos in the exhibit were taken in her hometown at the Fredericksburg National Cemetery in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War.

Also in October Rosser and her son will both have three pieces each in the Arts Clayton Photography Competition.  This show is on display the month of October.  Her favorite piece in this show is of a garter snake just coming inside her garage.  Many of the photos in these shows are from her 365 Project – a photo a day for a year.  Rosser feels this is a great exercise and really makes you see photos all around you that may have been missed before.

In addition to the shows, Rosser has three photos featured in a book that will be published and available in October.  Dog Sayings: wit and wisdom from man’s best friend is a collection of dog art and text celebrating dogs in all of their glory.  In February 2010, both professional and nonprofessional artists were invited to submit their work to be a part of this dog book The end result includes over 50 artists from countries including the US, UK, Canada, Scotland, Australia, Germany, Russia and Switzerland. DOG SAYINGS features a variety of dog art styles including dog photography, illustrations, and paintings.

Donna Rosser directs Nature, Undisturbed in collaboration with Dogwood Gallery and Framer in Tyrone. Nature Undisturbed is a juried photography exhibit and sale. Donna writes a popular blog about her photography; http://thebarefootphotographer.blogspot.com and teaches photography at the Serenbe Photography Center.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Vibrant Photography Exhibition Reveals the Beautiful Side of Butterflies and Other Insects at Fernbank Museum

Award-winning nature and wildlife photographer Bill Harbin of Rome, Ga. decorates Fernbank Museum’s walls with 33 astounding photos of bright flowers and fluttering insects in his exhibition Winged Beauty: Butterflies and Other Insects.

A variety of insect photos illuminate the entry level walls with vibrant, unbelievable colors. Delicate butterflies rest on sturdy flowers, buzzing dragonflies glide motionlessly through the air, and beetles feed on flowers covered in dew drops.

The crisp photos capture every microscopic detail, inviting viewers into a bug’s world. When met eye-to-eye, the delicate, tender butterfly suddenly becomes a dominant, aggressive creature, and tiny dew drops become heavy weights.

“The world of insects dazzles in color and form,” said Harbin, who was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 by Natural History Museum, London and BBC Wildlife. Harbin also had three images published in North American Nature Photography Association's Annual Showcase Competition 2010.

In one image, the fierce heat of a Florida afternoon rests on the fiery petals of a gaillardia flower. The drooping tips of the flower petals fade from yellow, to orange, to red and finally to deep burgundy surrounding the base of the flower.

Harbin’s photographs magnify every small detail, including the interaction between blossom and butterfly in one image that depicts pollen escaping the gaillardia as a Great Southern White Butterfly nectars the flower.

“Capturing this rapidly moving natural spectacle with still camera images is challenging hard work at best,” said Harbin, who succeeds with brilliant images that stop time and allow the beauty of nature to be seen up close. “Most of these scenes lasted only a few seconds, a moment as ephemeral as the average lifespan of these creatures, but now frozen in time for lingering views.”

Winged Beauty: Butterflies and Other Insects is now on view at Fernbank Museum of Natural History through September 6, 2010. The exhibition is included with Museum admission, which is $15 for adults, $14 for students and seniors, $13 for children ages 3 to 12, and free for Museum Members and children under 3.

The exhibition is featured in conjunction with Geckos: Tails to Toepads, a live animal exhibition featuring 80 live geckos and 18 species. Visitors can experience the magnified world of more bugs by adding an IMAX® film during their visit. Bugs! A Rainforest Adventure, showing daily through September 30, follows the real-life adventure of a butterfly, a praying mantis and a variety of other rainforest insects. Value Pass tickets, which include Museum and IMAX® admission, are $23 for adults, $21 for students and seniors and $19 for children 12 and under, and only $8 for members. Call 404.929.6400 to order Value Pass tickets in advance.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History is located at 767 Clifton Road NE in Atlanta. For tickets or visitor information, visit fernbankmuseum.org or call 404.929.6300.

First Ever Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus Trip in Georgia

There will be a change of scenery for 12 Georgia youths as they go on a camping trip to public lands in Georgia – a first for many of them. The students, who will be armed with digital cameras, are participating in the Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus program, which gives young environmental leaders (Udall scholarship alumni) the opportunity to pass their knowledge to children who might never have seen a national park or spent time exploring a wilderness area.

Parks in Focus connects underserved youth to nature through the art of photography by introducing local Boys & Girls Club members to some of the most beautiful natural landscapes in the country. The Udall Foundation not only provides digital cameras to the young participants to use and keep, but also trains trip leaders to execute active, week-long, learning-intensive outings that explore national parks, wildlife refuges, and other public lands.

The trip will take a total of 12 underserved youth from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta to Cumberland Island National Seashore, Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge, and Steven Foster State Park from June 14-18. This is the eleventh year that the Udall Foundation has hosted a Parks in Focus trip, but the first time it has run a trip in Georgia.

The Udall Foundation trip leaders are Bob Filbin, Udall Scholar 2004, Gillian Locascio, Udall Scholar 2007, Emily Baca, Udall Scholar 2009, and Ashley Dronenburg, Udall Scholar 2009. The participants also will be accompanied by representatives from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta.

The Udall Foundation was created initially to honor the legacy of the late Morris Udall, who represented Southern Arizona in the U.S. House of Representatives for 30 years. The late Stewart Udall, who also represented Southern Arizona in Congress from 1955 to 1961, was Morris Udall’s older brother. The two brothers were leaders in many policy areas, including natural resources and the environment and Native American issues. They worked together on many initiatives while Stewart Udall was Secretary of the Interior and Morris Udall a member of Congress. In 2009, Congress enacted legislation to honor Stewart Udall through the foundation, renaming it the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation.

The Udall Foundation carries on their legacies through a number of programs, among them, education programs designed to foster a passion and commitment for the nation’s natural resources in the next generation. Stewart L. Udall Parks in Focus is one such program; it speaks directly to the first objective of the Foundation’s enabling legislation: “To increase the awareness of the importance of, and promote the benefit and enjoyment of, the nation’s natural resources.” The program began in Arizona with the Tucson Boys & Girls Clubs but has since expanded to support trips with Boys & Girls Clubs in California, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, and Washington. Since the program’s inception, approximately 300 youth have completed the Parks in Focus program.

For additional information, contact Libby Washburn at 505.332.9079 or washburn@udall.gov.
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Monday, June 7, 2010

Fayette Mother and Son Together in Photography Show

Local photographer, Donna Rosser, has been entering photography show for a few years. You may even have heard about her workshops and exhibits. There is another Rosser photographer to keep an eye on – Bryant Rosser, her son. Donna and Bryant have been frequenting locations in Fayette County for the past few months shooting together. This month their work hangs together in the Simple Pleasures photography show at The Veranda in Senoia.

“I have given him a few pointers about setting and lenses, but his composition does not need my input,” said Donna. When the notice for the photo show came out, Donna had planned on sending in an entry. She is also on the schedule as a speaker June 12 at 2pm. As she prepared her entry, she thought about her son and decided to send in a couple of his photos. “It is funny; the one I thought would get in the show did not. But any photo in a show is a good thing,” Donna said. Bryant was very happy to learn his photo was accepted in the show and is looking forward to seeing it framed and on the wall. “This experience make me want to take more photos and enter more shows,” he said.

Donna Rosser is the owner of The Barefoot Photographer® and teaches workshops locally. You may see the pair of Rossers shooting car shows in the area – that is a favorite for them. When asked if there are any more photographers at home, Donna replied, “My daughter is not interested at the moment, but who knows. She received a Silver Key award in the Scholastic Art Competition when she was in 8th grade. My son just began a couple months ago and is doing very well for a beginner.”

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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Todd Vinson Wet Plate Collodion Photography

Please join Serenbe Photography Center in welcoming Todd Vinson, photographer and artist from Maryland, to Serenbe Community where he will give a Dinner & Dialogue talk at 3:30 pm Friday at the Inn/Farmhouse, and workshop all day Saturday.

Todd is a master of the unusual "wet plate collodion" photographic process using large format cameras (including an 11 x 14!) with glass plate negatives which give appealing "vintage" look and highly creative results. His workshop will be filmed by GPTV. Please join us for his talk, which will include showing cameras and finished plates and slide show, or see Todd in action on Sat - contact Kathryn for more info and questions - cell 404-862-0118.

Todd Vinson will demonstrate wet plate collodion photography – with several cameras incl. very large (11 x14) format. The emulsion is put on the plate, image exposed & processed before drying, and then “fire” dried with an open flame to produce one of the most stable archival photographs ever invented. Used in the 1800’s before film, this process is now being adopted by photographers and artists looking for new expression with unpredictable elements. Workshop participants will gain hands-on experience with this process, and Todd will also explain how to make digital prints from the images.

Presentation Friday Jun 4, 3:30 – 5:30pm is free, but please RSVP, Todd will bring special cameras and plates in addition to slideshow
optional dinner afterward prix fixe $40. at the Farmhouse (family style with choice of entree, veg sides from Serenbe organic farms, assort. desserts)
presentation location: The Inn at Serenbe
Workshop is Sat 9-5 - $135 (educator or photography club discounts - press no fee)
Contact – Kathryn Kolb - Kathryn@serenbephotographycenter.com 404-862-0118
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Vintage Plate Collodion for the Contemporary Photographer
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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Photographers are invited to Enter the Eighth Annual “SlowExposures 2010” Photo Exhibition.

Entry Deadline is Midnight, Tuesday, June 15th, 2010.
This Year’s Theme: “The Rural South”


The deadline to enter the nationally recognized “SlowExposures” annual photo exhibition in Georgia is midnight, Tuesday, June 15th. Professional and amateur photographers are invited to submit their work.

Pike Historic Preservation, producers of “SlowExposures,” recently announced the call for photographers for the juried photograph exhibit that takes place during the last two weeks of September.

Photographers may submit up to six images for $50. All work must be original to the artist and photographs must have been taken within the last four years. Photographs may be color or black and white; using traditional or digital processes or elements of both.

One thousand dollars in total awards will be given to the first, second and third place winners of this fall’s show. “Honorable Mention” ribbons and a “People’s Choice” prize will also be awarded.

The “SlowExposures 2010” jurors are Brett Levin, Director of the Visual Arts Gallery of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Jack Spencer, Master Photographer based in Tennessee.

“SlowExposures 2010” is staged September 17 through September 26 at the historic R. F. Strickland Building in Concord, Georgia, 60 miles south of the Atlanta airport.

All entries must be submitted online at the new “SlowExposures” website --- www.slowexposures.org using the online registration form and payment by PayPal or credit card.

Other “SlowExposures 2010” events include additional photography exhibits in satellite locations, the Salon at the Whiskey Bonding Barn for photographers, a Portfolio Review and much more.

Please visit the website at www.slowexposures or contact Christine Curry at 770-567-3600 for more information.

Friday, April 30, 2010

WCG Shutterbugs to Meet May 13

Richard Bernabe will be the guest speaker when the West Central Georgia Shutterbugs meet on Tuesday, May 13th, at 6:30 p.m. at the Thomaston-Upson Arts Council (TUAC) Gallery and Gift Shop, located on the square in Thomaston. Richard is a much-acclaimed outdoor and nature photographer whose images have been published world-wide. Books he's written, along with the photography workshops he conducts, are extremely popular. Richard will present a program entitled, Images of the Wild: Views From Both Sides of the Lens. For more information about him, visit his website: www.richardbernabe.com. Shutterbugs are very excited about having such a successful photographer as their guest. They invite anyone interested in learning more about photography to attend the meeting and enjoy Richard̢۪s beautiful images. To learn more about the WCG Shutterbugs and how to join, please visit wcgshutterbugs.blogspot.com.
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