St Marys County Fair Photo Exhibit Winners

I was just at the County Fairgrounds with the St Mary's County Camera Club.  The club supports the Fair photography exhibit.  We are always excited to see all the talent from our neighbors.  Thank you to all participants and all helpers from the club.

This year's top purple ribbons went to:

Childrens ribbon Lillian Johnston for ballet shoes photo

Junior ribbon Jillian Waxman a colorful  peppers photo

Adult ribbon Lew Kosich for a Celtics photo

Last years County Fair Barbara Sue Nelson for flower exhibit photo

Life in St Marys County by ? for an Amish plow photo

(We made a judge's corner for those of us who don't get to share our photos)

Congratulations to the End of the Year St Marys County Camera Club 2016 Winners

All of the monthly winners for the year are competed in a final yearly contest.  Here are the results.  

Digital – Novice

1^st – Leon Smith – “St. Mary's Chapel"

2^nd – Leon Smith  - "Sunset over Potomac"

3^rd – Leon Smith – “Cardinal In Snow"

Digital – Intermediate

1^st – Katherine Norris – “Locomotion”

2^nd – Kimberly Tomlinson - "Factory Graffiti"

3^rd – Kimberly Tomlinson - "Flower on the High Line"

Digital – Advanced

1^st – Joanna Macaulay - "Michigan Sunset"

2^nd – Joanna Macaulay – “Gerbera"

3^rd – Joanna Macaulay - "Eagle Pair Flying"

HM - Kathy Weigel - "Sculpture Close Up"

HM - Warren Salmon - "Blue"

HM - Warren Salmon - "Life Boat"

HM - Warren Salmon - "Rusty"

Digital – Theme

1^st – Joanna Macaulay - "RoseWine"

2^nd – Scott Cote - "Train Arriving"

3^rd – Warren Salmon - "Old Glory"

HM – Warren Salmon - "Smashing"

HM – Warren Salmon - "Selfie"

HM - Roger Strickler - "No Worries"

HM - Emily Baldwin - "Scottish Squat"

Print – All

1^st –  Kathy Weigel - "Colorful Copenhagen"

2^nd – Kathy Weigel - " Two Sleepy Heads"

3^rd –  Leon Smith - "Eiffel Tower"

Photographer of the Year

*Determined by total 2016 points accumulated

Novice - Leon Smith

Intermediate - Katherine Norris

Advanced - Warren Salmon

St. Mary's County Fair Photography

I was once again a judge for photography at the St. Mary's County Fair.  It is lots of fun to see some future photographers and possible Camera Club members.  Please visit the exhibit to see the wonderful photos.

Congratulations to the following winners!

(Please pardon me if I misspelled any names and please make corrections if you see any)

Champion purple ribbons (all are First place also)

Adult Brett Prucha girl with umbrella

Adult Life in St Marys workboat by

Mary Fearns

Adult Fair moment girl petting horse by Duane Woodburn

Junior flower water drop by Rachel Prucha

Childrens doll portrait by Daisy Chesser 

First places

Adult color 

Still life Rolls Royce reflection by Beth Fabey

Pictorial grand tetons by Beth Fabey

Nature white bird Colin Gilyeat

Adult Black and White

Portrait night kiss under umbrella by Caitlin Stanish

Sports horseback rider by C Wight

Still life hibiscus by Beth Fabey

Pictorial cat with steaming kettle by Beth Fabey

Nature bee by Chris Hess

Junior 11-17 color

Sports Softball by Anabel Eschenbrenner

Portrait girl with orange hair by Hailey Higgs

Still life toy photographer by Mac Quilliam

Pictorial Lovenborg castle by Jack Mulqueen

Junior St Marys Life pier by Madeson Manfield  

Junior 11-17 black and white

Still life dandelion by Noah Mansfield

Portrait teen boy by Rina Segesdy

Nature hyacinth by Emily Imhof

Pictorial falls by Ryan Cord

Children 10 and younger color

Sports 2 girls hanging by Hailey Bytella

Pet cat by Laura Munoz

Pictorial mountains by Joe Grossmon

Nature pumpkin by Leo Eschenbrenner

Childens Helicopter by Grace or Corice Tucker

St Mary's County Fair Winners

I was one of the judges for the photography exhibit at the St. Mary's County Fair.  Please see my Saturday Sep 26th Facebook page if you want to see some of the winning photos from the Fair.

Congratulations for the winners and a hearty thank you for all the participants!

https://www.facebook.com/CalmReflectionsPhotography

Workdwide Photowalk Winning Photos

I didn't win anything in the Photowalk Competition this year, but winning the local contest last year was nice.  I thought you might enjoy seeing the winning photo, learn about how the photo was chosen and see if you agree with Scott Kelby.  Photography always is very subjective.  

I noticed Mr. Kelby often chose photos featuring dramatic lighting, movement or dramatic colors.  Take a look for yourself. 

http://scottkelby.com/2014/announcing-the-winners-from-my-7th-annual-worldwide-photo-walk/ 

 I used a horizontal version of the Ellicott City shot below for my contest entry with slightly more dramatic lighting.  Checkers anyone?

National Parks are open again

In honor of the "return" of our National Parks, I want to share the winning photos of their Summer Scrapbook. Notice that many of the photos are all about the light, often taken near sunrise or sunset. The color of light is often more saturated and beautiful toward dawn and dusk. At noon, the light if flatter, with short shadows. Get out there and take some pictures of those fall colors in good light!
http://www.nationalparks.org/summer-scrapbook

I'm sharing an August 2013 panorama from Shenandoah National Park's Black rock summit trail taken with an iphone app called Photosynth. A rock slide is at the summit.

Fair winners Sep 19-22, 2013

Congratulations to the photography winners at the St. Mary's County Fair photo photo exhibit. Adult champion was Beth Fabey for a bicycle on a street, pictorial photo.
Life in st marys champion went to Cindy Pastorius for a corn photo.
The previous County Fair champion winner was Rose Guyther with a photo of goats and sheep.
Junior Champion was a still life by Dana Schwalbe of a "Love" shadow on the sand.
Kids Champions were Halei Long for a mosaic photo with a embedded heart shape and Kaia Ganzell for a photo of a female street vendor with a child. Great job!
I was one of 3 photo judges this year for the contest.