Hey everyone, you may have seen some info about this contest in my previous post, but I just wanted to make a direct post about the contest so when linked, people don't have to scroll through the whole review to get info on the contest! -Mike Zawadzki
** LENSBABY PHOTO CONTEST ** JUNE 15TH - OCTOBER 31ST
Photo by Craig Strong
If you like what you've seen so far in this review and want to win your own Lensbaby Composer, check out our Lensbaby contest on Flickr. The contest is free to enter!
All you need is a Flickr account and some good old fashioned creativity. We want to see your best photos from this summer or fall! If you don't have a Flickr account, it's free to sign up and a great place to upload your photos and meet other photographers.
THEME: SUMMER AND FALL FUN
Show us the image that best exemplifies your idea of the essence of Summer or Fall! Please be sure that all images are taken with a Lensbaby or other perspective control optic.
Here are the links:
The contest winner will be chosen by the following professional photographers/artists:
Nancy Ori
Nancy Ori is respected internationally as an industrial photographer and video producer for over 30 years. She also enjoys teaching photography classes and workshops each year throughout the United States and Europe. Nancy has been affiliated for many years with the Ansel Adams Workshop in California. She is also on the faculty of the Newark Museum, Peters Valley Craftsman in Layton, Morris Museum in Morristown, Somerset Art Association in Bedminster and the Watchung Adult School in New Jersey.
Andrew Darlow
For over 15 years, he has consulted on the topics of digital output and color management for internationally acclaimed photographers and corporations such as Tiffany & Co and his commercial clients have included Brooks Brothers, Kenneth Cole, Tourneau watches, Cigar Aficionado and The Body Shop. He has conducted seminars around the world at photo-related conferences, for professional photography organizations and at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York.
Jim Roselli
As a teen, Jim would always be found in his darkroom developing black and white film and making prints. Times have changed and film has given way to the digital revolution. Today he can be found post processing his client’s digital fine art images and creating limited edition prints on his cherished Epson 9900 wide format HDR printer. Jim’s is a 2008 Graduate of the Hallmark Institute of Photography in Turners Falls Massachusetts. Post graduation he continued his studies with John Paul Caponigro endeavoring to learn more about the art of digital printmaking. As his studies concluded, Jim promptly opened Xact Studios LLC in Hillsborough, New Jersey. By blending his 27 years of business experience as a technology executive with today’s leading edge digital cameras, Jim has created New Jersey’s Premier Digital Capture & Print Making Studio.
Bill Westheimer
Since making his first photograph at age 14, Bill Westheimer has been fascinated with alternative processes including high school experiments in holography, solarization, and high contrast imagery . Recent work includes photograms made on collodion glass plates, Ilfochrome and gelatin silver media. He has been collaborating on a camera obscura project with Charles Schwartz documenting the city of New York, and continues his Manual Project – The Personalities of Hands. His works are exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide.
Wendy Erickson
Wendy Erickson is a New Jersey based photographer, writer and teacher. With an emphasis on fine art photography deeply rooted in the history of photography, Wendy’s own photographic toolbox includes Pinhole and Plastic cameras, the use of medium format silver halide film, large format paper negatives, hand-coated media for inkjet printing, scannography, digital textile printing, instant photography and combinations of those processes. She is comfortable in the traditional and digital darkroom. She holds BA and MFA degrees in Art/Photography/Digital imaging, and has more than 25 years business experience in marketing and communications, working in the photographic industry for ILFORD, and currently as a consultant.
If you have any other questions about the contest, please e-mail me: [email protected]