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December 3, 2013 /Photography News/ Whether your passion is landscape, portrait, documentary/street or something entirely unique, TeraBella Media is interested in displaying your interpretations. TBM is inviting all photographers to send images that best represent their own personal style. The subject matter is open for each photographer. Image files may be in black and white and/or color. Participants may submit up to eight images that are most characteristic of their individual photographic approach.

Prizes:

First Place: $400 (USD) cash prize

Second Place: $200 (USD) cash prize

Third Place: $100 (USD) cash prize

Three (3) Honorable Mentions & three (3) Merit Winners will also be chosen.

All finalist receive recognition in on line gallery display and social media exposure via Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. All finalists are announced in the TBMPN newsletter and on Photography-News.com.

Copyright: All submitted images remain sole property of artist/photographer.

Entry Fee(s):

$20 (USD) for first 4 images

(Up to 8 image entries may be submitted for additional fees)

Color and/or Black and White images will be accepted.

Eligibility: Contest is open to all individuals 18 years and older, worldwide.

Entry Deadline: January 9, 2014 (11:59PM CST)

To enter, go to: http://terabellamedia.com/photo-contest/#sthash.50I0s3it.dpuf

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

November 27, 2013 /Photography News/ How do you upcycle your old and broken cameras into something useful? Here are 10 great examples for your inspiration.

Vintage Upcycled Camera Lamp Chandelier

The deadline of 'My Home' photo contest has been extended until December 5, 2013.

Photo: K.B. Urghardt

November 26, 2013 /Photography News/ Home is different for each of  us. It can be a house, an apartment, a trailer or simply a room.  PictureCompete is seeking images that best depict the inside or outside  of the structures that provide us with shelter and protection.

Home should be our sanctuary and where we can be ourselves. Whether  grand or modest, old or new, our home is our haven. Each participant is  encouraged to present images that depict their individual view of home.(  Both inside and outside images of homes will be accepted.)

Cash prizes:

 • First Place:  $200 (USD)

 • Second Place: $75 (USD)

 • Third Place: $50 (USD)

Entry fee: $10.00 for four (4) image submissions

All winners will receive:

 • Winner's gallery exhibition

 • Social media exposure

 • PictureCompete™ newsletter exposure

Entry Deadline: December 5, 2013

To Enter: http://picturecompete.com/photo-contests/

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

November 25, 2013 /Photography News/ The concept of Beauty crosses over many genres in photography: portrait, still life, landscape, nature, sport, fashion, and more. But the unifying thread is the perceptual experience of pleasure, satisfaction, and emotional well-being. If “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” what do you behold? Show us.

SPECIAL NOTE: Beauty also inspires, which relates specifically to PhoozL's beneficiary/charity partner: the Josephine Herrick Project (formerly Rehabilitation Through Photography). JHP provides free programs to inspire teens, adults, and seniors with the visual language of photography. JHP will receive a significant donation (80%) from your entry proceeds.

Prizes:

Contest prizes include: a 1:1 personal communication with judge Robert Farber about the winner’s entries or photographic work, a $500 Gift Card from online photo retailer Unique Photo, a one-year subscription to award-winning Aperture Magazine, a free book selection from the digital photography catalog of Cengage Learning PTR, custom award icons, inclusion in PhoozL’s Winners Showcase, and bonus PhoozL Points.

Eligibility: Open to all photographers, amateur to pro, 18 yrs+, worldwide

Entry Fee: $25 (USD) for up to 3 submissions

Copyright & Usage Rights:

Entrants retain copyrights in their images, and copyrights will NOT be assigned to any other party, nor are there any Contest requirements asking Entrants to waive their copyrights.

Entrants grant a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, NON-exclusive license to PhoozL to reproduce and display any Entry in connection with and promotion of the Contest, including but not limited to publication highlighting Entries or Winners of the Contest. NO “rights grabbing” here!

Judging/Juror: The head judge is world-renowned photographer Robert Farber.

Deadline: December 22, 2013

Direct Contest Link: http://www.phoozl.com/photo-contests/beauty-extended/

General Website Link: http://www.phoozl.com/

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

November 18, 2013 /Photography News/ TBM Photography Network regularly presents the popular series: "Photographer Spotlight.” In this part of their newsletter and FaceBook page various fellow photographers are interviewed to learn more about what motivates them, what their goals are and what direction they wish to take with their art. In this segment they welcome the talents of photographer Ted Anderson.

TBMPN: What best describes your particular style of photography?

TA: I am drawn to austerity, simplicity and to capturing beauty in places that might seem lonely to some. I think a lot about the relationship between people and their environments, and sometimes I look for a figure or a remnant of the past in my exterior or interior photographs. I do not put elements together artificially, but try to present images as I find them. Sometimes I allow stories to arise from the moments captured with the camera.

TBMPN: What equipment do you regularly use?

TA: My main camera of choice is a Nikon D90 with an 18-100mm lens and a 50-200mm lens. When shooting landscapes, I often go with the wide angle settings. I use a small variety of filters that include neutral density and polarizing filters. Any processing is done on a Mac computer, and I work primarily in Photoshop’s Camera Raw and in Silver Efex.

TBMPN: Who or what do you consider your major influences?

TA: There are many photographers and painters whose work I admire, but right now I’d have to say that the photographs of Brett and Edward Westen, Julia Margaret Cameron and Walker Evans come to mind. I also love the paintings of Andrew Wyeth and Edward Hopper. Visually I am also inspired through music and words that include songs by Bill Callahan, novels by Marilynne Robinson, and the poems by W.S. Merwin.

TBMPN: Why did you choose photography as your method of expression?

TA: As a kid I loved to draw, and I’ve also composed songs on the guitar for years. Photography, however, is what brings to me the greatest level of creative satisfaction and that sense of connection to others. Just about anyone can take a photograph, but to create an image that might move another person emotionally or intellectually is a challenge that I enjoy.

TBMPN: What do you wish to accomplish with your photography?

TA: I wish to continue expressing myself both artistically and emotionally and to keep creating images with which people can connect. I recently heard from an old friend, someone I haven’t seen in years, who had requested a print that she’d seen online. That sort of thing does not happen every day, and when it does, it’s quite wonderful.

TBMPN: What are your current projects?

TA: This past year I have been photographing more portraits, and I’m in the process of setting up a few more portrait sessions. I will be having a solo exhibition in 2016 at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, New York. This exhibition will include landscape and interior images from New York State as well as portraits. In the meantime I am always thinking about new locations to explore.

TBMPN: What are your plans for future projects?

TA: I’d like to see my photography business expand a bit over the next couple of years. I would like also to take on more portrait and interior photography projects. This next July (2014) I will be in England for two weeks and will have an opportunity for some informal wedding shots in the countryside. I’ll also have the chance to do some street photography in London. I can’t wait!

Website: ted-anderson.squarespace.com

E-mail: tedandersondandp@gmail.com

Phone: 315-750-0600

Wish to be considered for TBMPN's next Spotlight interview?

Please contact their staff at info@tbmpn.com

To view more images: http://terabellamedia.com/ 

International Juried Photography Call for Entry  

Black and White

New York Centre for Photographic Arts

Juror:  Mark Sink

Deadline:  December 15, 2013 (Midnight PST)

November 18, 2013 /Photography News/ The New York Center for Photographic Arts (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, etc.). Winners will receive $3,000 in cash awards and be featured in a New York Gallery Show and on the NYC4PA Online Gallery. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page.

 Winners and Juror’s Selections will have the opportunity to participate in a gallery show, May 6 thru 17, 2014, at the NEW CENTURY ARTISTS GALLERY in Chelsea, Manhattan’s West Side gallery district. In addition, an exhibition catalog of the group show will be available. 

Black and white:

Today the world of photography is vast and varied. We work in color, black and white, monochrome, abstract and collage. This call for entry is an homage to the early days of our craft, when all the emotion, texture and beauty had to be captured in shades gray from black to white. 

No matter if your original image was shot with Tri-X or with a digital SLR, if the end product is a terrific Black and White it fits the call. Sepia toned photography is welcome as well. 

Exhibition and awards:

Eligibility: 

This Call for Entries is open worldwide to both amateur and professional photographers.  NYC4PA invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Only 2-D work is eligible. 

Entry fee: 

The entry fee is $35 for the first three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 each. There is no limit to the number of images submitted.  

Juror: Mark Sink

Mark Sink, photographer, curator and teacher, has made his living from fine art photography since 1978. While living in NYC (through the 1980's) he worked with and documented the lives and works of Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard and other art luminaries of the 1980s.

In the early 1990s Sink was an inspiration and co-founder of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. More recently, Mark works as a private art consultant in Denver, independently curating a wide range of artists and shows. The most recent of note is the "Month of Photography Denver" that stirs up over 180 venues into one month of celebrating photography.

Mark is well known for images made with his plastic Diana camera, and recently he has been exploring collodion wet plate technique. 

Sink’s work is in numerous museum collections and has been shown in both gallery solo and group shows world wide. He is represented by G. Ray Hawkins in California, Robin Rice in NYC, Paul Cava in Philadelphia, and Rule Gallery in Denver.

http://www.mcadenver.org

www.gallerysink.com

http://mop2013.blogspot.com

To enter:

  

Prepare your images as JPG, TIF, or PNG files not greater than 2MB. The longest side should be 1,280 pixels or greater, then please go to: https://client.smarterentry.com/nyc4pa  

Terms and conditions:

All entrants to NYC4PA Open Calls for Entry, by virtue of their submission, are attesting that the images submitted are their own work and there has been no copyright infringement.  NYC4PA will not be held liable for any infringement of rights that might surface during the jurying or displaying of any image.  

By submitting you grant NYC4PA the right to use your image(s) for promotion and advertisement of NYC4PA.

Images selected by jurors for Prizes, Juror's Selection or Honorable Mention in a previous NYC4PA international call for entry are not eligible. Images previously submitted but not selected may be resubmitted as often as you wish.

Awards:

Should your award notification or prize be returned as undeliverable, NYC4PA will not resend the notice (whether by the same or another method,) research your address nor make any further attempts at delivery, and your submission will be deemed ineligible. Please be careful when entering all your contact information. 

NYC4PA would prefer to remit cash awards through a PayPal transfer. If you do not have a PayPal account to which they can remit your award, please contact them for alternate arrangements.

Non U.S. applicants:

NYC4PA's entry software has an address field for the state you live in.  This applies to the US and several other countries - if you do not have “state” as part of your address simply leave that field blank - it is not mandatory.

If you have questions or issues please contact NYC4PA at nyc4pa@gmail.com. 

For more information please visit http://www.nyc4pa.com

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

November 14, 2013 /Photography News/ Learn how to achieve consistent and excellent results in all aspects of dental photography.

Starts on December 2, 2013

Duration: 4 weeks

Educator: Mike Sharland

About the course:

This free course will cover all aspects of the use of digital photography in dental practice: intra-oral, extra-oral, and portraits. Participants will be taken through photography, from the basics of choosing correct equipment and setting it up, to optimum settings, techniques for consistent imaging and the safe storage of images.

The course is taught by the team that delivers the online masters degree course in Advanced General Dental Practice from the School of Dentistry at the University of Birmingham UK, and will involve about six hours per week of your time.

Requirements:

No previous knowledge is necessary, but there will be certain requirements in terms of equipment necessary to complete the course - particularly access to a digital SLR camera. Advice on choosing this will be given at the start of the course. The course will be particularly helpful for all members of the dental team.

Join this course

November 10, 2013 /Photography News/ TeraBella Media is very happy to present the winners of the "Reflections 2013" call for entry:

First Place: Pauline Gola - “Mirror in the Sky”

Second Place: Hansa Tangmanpoowadol - “In the Mirror”

Third Place: Sandy Adams - “Soul Food”

Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order):

• Ted Anderson - “Pathlights”
• Mieke Boynton - “The Photographers”
• Terry Wild - “Cate”

Merit Winners (in alphabetical order):

• Oliver Filan - “untitled”
• Laurie McCormick - “My Best Friend from 3rd Grade”
• Holly Stocks - “Pond Gazing”

Judges’ Statement:

By definition a reflection is a mirror image of something or someone. It is basically a pseudo representation of reality. However some reflections can offer the stark truth more candidly than the original image itself. We can be drawn to a reflection to contemplate and are sometimes engulfed and consumed. Sometimes our eyes can be tricked or deceived as in a mirage. The winning images that were selected best exhibit these characteristics of a “Reflection.”

Congratulations to all finalists and much appreciation to all participants!

To view all the winning images: http://terabellamedia.com/photo-gallery/2013/reflections-2013/

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

October 19, 2013 /Photography News/ If you ever wanted to make your own pinhole camera but didn't know how, here is one tutorial that can help you make one from an unconventional material: concrete. 

Photography enthusiast Amuu has devised a plan to create a camera using a block of concrete, with a hole in it and a wooden shutter. The process requires the creation of a mold using laminated foam boards, then pouring concrete into it to cast the body of the camera.

The inside of the concrete box is then painted black to minimize light reflections. The pinhole itself is made by punching a hole in a soda can and gluing it into an opening in the concrete. A couple of small wood knobs are used to wind the film, and a plywood flap is used to open the shutter and let light through to the film.

The end result is a beautiful camera that works perfectly, and is something novel for people to make or own. See the steps of building the concrete pinhole camera below and head on over to Instructables for the complete build guide.

See also: The Craft Camera, a DIY digital cardboard camera

October 16, 2013 /Photography News/ Home is different for each of  us. It can be a house, an apartment, a trailer or simply a room.  PictureCompete is seeking images that best depict the inside or outside  of the structures that provide us with shelter and protection.

Home should be our sanctuary and where we can be ourselves. Whether  grand or modest, old or new, our home is our haven. Each participant is  encouraged to present images that depict their individual view of home.(  Both inside and outside images of homes will be accepted.)

Cash prizes:

 • First Place:  $200 (USD)

 • Second Place: $75 (USD)

 • Third Place: $50 (USD)

 

Entry fee: $10.00 for four (4) image submissions

All winners will receive:

 • Winner's gallery exhibition

 • Social media exposure

 • PictureCompete™ newsletter exposure

Entry Deadline: November 25, 2013

To Enter: http://picturecompete.com/photo-contests/

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

October 11, 2013 /Photography News/ The PictureCompete "Childhood 2013" finalists have been selected. The following images were chosen for their representation of the subject.

First Place: Tri Handoko - "I Believe I Can Fly"

Second Place: Anthony Adamick - Untitled

Third Place: Maura Pitton - Untitled

Honorable Mentions (In alphabetical order):

Jane Goodrich - Untitled

Angelina Houston - Untitled

Taber Szuluk - "Pretty in Pink"

Judges’ Statement:

Each winning image represents a piece of the enigma of childhood. The selected images illustrate the different and varied aspects of this stage of life. From pretend games and thoughts of grandeur to moments of reflective thought and sadness to perseverance in a world much larger than themselves and, finally, a natural beauty and innocence displayed under any conditions.

Congratulations to the finalists and much appreciation to all participants!

To view all the winning images: http://picturecompete.com/gallery/

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

October 10, 2013 /Photography News/ Why do our cameras all resemble a box with a lens on the front? The answer is film. 

Due to digital technology, photo-taking and video-recording practices have been revolutionized, however there are no significant changes in digital camera body design. And that’s where the D-CAN comes in, with its telescope-shaped body.

Featuring a cylinder form factor, the D-CAN is said to be ergonomically better for the hand, and significantly reduces volume will still providing all the finite controls professional photographers are used to.

Whether it is the right shape or not, we’ll probably need to try one out before we can come to a conclusion though it’s definitely something to think about.

The deadline of the Reflections 2013 photo contest has been extended until October 30, 2013.

Photo: Gabor Dvornik

October 5, 2013 /Photography News/ Reflections are defining. They are capable of revealing so much about ourselves, an event or a moment in time. The likenesses that are mirrored sometimes reflect the true reality in this world. At other times they are nothing more than pure illusions. TeraBella Media invites you to submit your own interpretations and experiences regarding “reflected” images.

Prizes:

• First Place: $400 (USD) cash prize
• Second Place: $200 (USD) cash prize
• Third Place: $100 (USD) cash prize
• Three (3) honorable mentions will also be chosen.

Copyright: All submitted images remain sole property of artist/photographer.

Entry Fee(s):

$20 (USD) for first 4 images

(Up to 8 image entries may be submitted for additional fees)

Color and/or Black and White images will be accepted.

Eligibility: Contest is open to all individuals 18 years and older, worldwide.

Entry Deadline: October 30, 2013 (11:59PM CST)

To Enter: http://terabellamedia.com/photo-contest/

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html

October 4, 2013 /Photography News/ The New York Center for Photographic Arts (NYC4PA) invites photographers world-wide to submit images using any photographic process (print, image transfer, emulsion transfer, encaustic, black and white, color etc.). Winners will receive $3,000 in cash awards and be featured in a New York Gallery Show and on the NYC4PA Online Gallery. The Grand Prize winning image will be posted on the NYC4PA home page.

Winners and Juror’s Selections will have the opportunity to participate in a gallery show, May 6 through 17, 2014, at the NEW CENTURY ARTISTS GALLERY in Chelsea, Manhattan’s West Side gallery district. In addition, an exhibition catalog of the group show will be available.

PRIMARY COLORS:

Primary Colors: RED, YELLOW, and BLUE, the building blocks for the world of color we live in, also stand out on their own as important visual elements. For this call submissions need to have one of these colors as the key element. Black and white photographs with a single color object(s), color images where a red, blue or yellow item is the most important visual element are some examples. Send us your images that say RED or YELLOW or BLUE loud and clear.

Categories:  Red   Yellow     Blue

Exhibition and awards:

Grand Prize: One photographer will receive $750.  The image will be part of the New York gallery show, the NYC4PA Online Gallery and the exhibition catalog. It will be featured on the home page of NYC4PA website.

• First Prizes: 3 photographers, one from each category, will receive $300. Their images will be exhibited in the New York Gallery show, the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the exhibition catalog.
• Second Prizes: 3 photographers, one from each category, will receive $250. Their images will be exhibited in the New York Gallery show, the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the exhibition catalog.
• Third Prizes: 3 photographers, one from each category, will receive $200. Their images will be exhibited in the New York Gallery show, the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the exhibition catalog.
• Jurors’ Selections: 20 additional images will be included in the New York Gallery show, the NYC4PA Online Gallery and in the exhibition catalog.
• Honorable Mention: 20 additional images will be presented with a certificate of honorable mention, listed in the Online Gallery and the exhibition catalog.

Eligibility:

This Call for Entries is open worldwide to both amateur and professional photographers.  NYC4PA invites photographers working in all mediums, styles and schools of thought to participate. Experimental and mixed techniques are welcome. Only 2-D work is eligible.

Deadline: November 3, 2013 (Midnight PDT)

Entry fee:

The entry fee is $35 for the first three images. Additional images may be submitted for $10 each. There is no limit to the number of images submitted.

Juror: STEPHEN PERLOFF

Stephen Perloff is the founder and editor of The Photo Review, and editor of The Photograph Collector.  He has taught photography at numerous colleges and universities and has been the recipient of two grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Sol Mednick Award, The First Annual Vanguard Award from the Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image, and the Colin Ford Award for Curatorship from the Royal Photographic Society.

Stephen is regarded as an expert in the photographic art market. His articles are reproduced in dozens of journals including American Photo, Town & Country, Silvershotz, and the website Le Journal de la Photographie. He has been called on as an expert for The New York Times and several other publications, He has also written several essays and introductions for photography books. He is a long-time member and current board member of the Board of Artistic Advisers of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) in Philadelphia.

His own images have appeared in numerous galleries, museums and private collections including: The Light Room Gallery, Philadelphia; James A. Michener Art Museum; The Print Center, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Museum of Art; as well as InVision Photography Festival. In addition, he has curated more than a score of exhibitions, including the Juliet Margaret Cameron Trust and Galleries on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. His next curatorial project, "Photomontage Now," will open at the Rowan University Art Gallery in Fall 2013.

http://www.Perloffphoto.com

To enter:

Prepare your images as JPG, TIF, or PNG files not greater than 2MB. The longest side should be 1,280 pixels or greater, then please go to: https://client.smarterentry.com/nyc4pa 

Terms and conditions:

All entrants to NYC4PA Open Calls for Entry, by virtue of their submission, are attesting that the images submitted are their own work and there has been no copyright infringement.  NYC4PA will not be held liable for any infringement of rights that might surface during the jurying or displaying of any image.

By submitting you grant NYC4PA the right to use your image(s) for promotion and advertisement of NYC4PA.

Images selected by jurors for Prizes, Juror's Selection or Honorable Mention in a previous NYC4PA international call for entry are not eligible. Images previously submitted but not selected may be resubmitted as often as you wish.

If you have questions or issues please contact the organizers as nyc4pa@gmail.com

For more information please visit http://www.nyc4pa.com

To view all current call for entries listed at Photography News, visit http://www.photography-news.com/2009/12/photography-competitions.html