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I’m judging; Got any Mystical or Moody Photos?

Picture: Interior of a antique First-Class passenger railroad car, Railtown State Historic Park, Jamestown, California* Business and life has me a bit backlogged on a few announcements I've been meaning to make. First off, I'm delighted to announce that I've been asked to judge a photo competition for Chasing the…

Gary CrabbeMay 13, 2014

Autumn Photo Contests Photos Rants and Raves

Bad, Flickr. Bad!

Picture: Fall colors in the White Mountains, New Hampshire

Gary CrabbeOctober 31, 2013

California Newsworthy Photo Contests Photos Rants and Raves

Warning: Gov’t Rights Grab – NPS Photo Contest

Picture: Rain storm clouds at sunrise over the still waters of Emerald Bay State Park, a National Natural Landmark in the South Lake Tahoe region, California Ack!! I can't believe it's been nearly four weeks since my last post, but I've been very busy with a couple assignments and trying…

Gary CrabbeApril 23, 2012

Buildings and Architecture California Coast Photo Contests Photos

The Edge of Light (A Photo Contest)

Picture: Annual lighting of the original fresnel lens at Pigeon Point Lighthouse, San Mateo County coast, California This week I'm delighted to announce I'm the special guest judge for friend and fellow photographer Guy Tal, who's been running a series of weekly photo contests on his web site. I was…

Gary CrabbeJune 14, 2011

Photo Contests Photos Rants and Raves vineyards

Photo Contest = Sour Grapes

Subtitle: How to do a Photo Contest wrong. Picture: Fall colors on grape vine leaves in autumn, vineyard in Alexander Valley, near Asti, Sonoma County Wine Growing Region, California Twice in this last week I saw a request related to a Photo Contest for the Verde Valley Wine Trail in…

Gary CrabbeSeptember 17, 2009

Arizona Deserts Photo Contests Photos Reflections Water

The Great Outdoors in PDN

Picture: Sandstone Reflection at The Wave, Coyote Buttes, Paria - Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona The current issue of Photo District News (Aug. '09) has been sitting on my office desk for the last week, unopened and unread. That is until today, when I got an email from a different magazine…

Gary CrabbeAugust 11, 2009

Photo Contests Rants and Raves

That’s not your photo… anymore.

Another *Really* Horrible Rights Grabbing Contest - Costco Beware of the 2009 Costco Photo Contest; it's especially bad considering how they treat you and your entry. Do they assert that they can do what they want with the winning images? No. Do they assert they can do whatever they want…

Gary CrabbeJuly 6, 2009

Photo Contests Rants and Raves

Beware another rights-grabbing photo contest

Photographers Beware; There's another really bad photo contest out there being run by what most would consider a very reputable institution. Courtesy of Photo Competitions, I saw their recent posting advertising an upcoming photo contest being done by the Smithsonian Magazine. The catch: Just by entering the contest, (as opposed…

Gary CrabbeJune 17, 2009

Digital Newsworthy Photo Business Photo Contests Photos

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Pictures: Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula, California. The first is a straight RAW file; the second represents my standard image processing, which took less than 30 seconds, and the third is a "hyper-processed", highly-saturated image like might often be seen on Flickr. Processing note; the only other manipulation…

Gary CrabbeApril 22, 2009

Photo Contests

Calling all amateur photographers

Photographer's Forum Magazine is currently having it's Spring Photo Contest, and it's only open to Amateur Photographers. I mention this because I'd actually was a finalist winner in one of their Spring photo contests years ago. Current deadline is April 20, 2009 for the early bird entries, and May 11,…

Gary CrabbeApril 17, 2009

Newsworthy Photo Contests

Professional Photographer Magazine Cover Photo Contest

Picture: Photographer taking a picture of the Colorado River canyon at Toroweap, Grand Canyona National Park, Arizona I really can't begin to tell you all how good it is to be slowly getting myself back into the real world, and for a chance to start getting some work done; like…

Gary CrabbeMarch 30, 2009

Photo Contests Rants and Raves

Why the $50k dream assignment contest sucks

Subtitle: "We care not about your stupid photo idea, just deliver us eyeballs and page views for our branding and ad revenue." A few weeks ago I first heard about an upcoming photo contest, Name Your Dream Assignment, where you could win $50,000.00 to photograph your winning idea. Sounds great,…

Gary CrabbeFebruary 20, 2009

Photo Contests

I’m judging; Got any Mystical or Moody Photos?

Bad, Flickr. Bad!

Warning: Gov’t Rights Grab – NPS Photo Contest

The Edge of Light (A Photo Contest)

Photo Contest = Sour Grapes

The Great Outdoors in PDN

That’s not your photo… anymore.

Beware another rights-grabbing photo contest

How Much is Too Much Image Post Processing?

Calling all amateur photographers

Professional Photographer Magazine Cover Photo Contest

Why the $50k dream assignment contest sucks

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