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master photographer | photographic craftsman | certified professional photographer
I’m a dumb ass. There, it has been said. I am all about honesty. Plus when the little excerpt shows a cuss word in the links, I always get a lot of hits. I’m all about marketing, too. 🙂 But back to me, and my total and complete idiocy. I was so proud of myself …
Continue reading “IPC 2014 – The Season is Off to a Rocky Start…”
Seriously? Are you freaking kidding me? I haven’t even sent in my 2013 case and you’re already blathering on about next year’s competition? Let me put my feet up and have a margarita or three while I wait for IPC 2013 results. Freaking crazy woman. *Smile* As I was perusing my Facebook Groups over the …
Continue reading “IPC 2014: WHAT?! Defining Your Competition Timeline”
It started as a bit of a lark a few years ago when a photographer I know, Jeff, titled a forum post “I Hate My Case.” It’s the place where the horde of us who also competed and had love/hate relationships with our cases commiserated together while waiting for the IPC results. Since that time, …
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Part #3 in a series of how many ever parts it takes. Instead of immediately entering my 4 district-sealed images directly to IPC after the Northeast District, I let my case sit for a few extra weeks until I received my district critiques. I felt that at least one image was going to need reworked …
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Part #2 in a series of how many ever parts it takes. I fell in love with my case. There it is, no beating around the bush, it’s out there. I broke the most important lesson I teach my students. Do not enter family members or images of people you are very close to. You …
One of the barriers to print competition is expense. By the time you pay for printing, mounting, laminating, matting, etc, you’ve got quite a wad of cash invested. The last time I ordered a straight 16×20 mounted laminated print, it was in the region of $50. And that’s cheap. Times that by 4 images in …
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