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LensCulture Contemporary Photography
"Congratulations! One of the photos you entered has been selected by our editors to be featured in the Black & White Photography Awards 2025 Competition Gallery, visible to everyone who visits the website. The Competition Gallery is a highly curated group of...
Px3 2025 Bronze Placement
" It is my great pleasure to inform you that you have been awarded a winning placement in the 2025 Prix de la Photographie de Paris - Congratulations! The annual PX3 exhibition will showcase the first and second place winning photographs from PX3 2025...
Musings II
I suspect I was a little ADD as I never concentrated on one subject, i.e., landscape. Rather, if a subject grabbed my attention, I shot it. This is unfortunate, as portfolio reviewers wanted to see a concentration in one area. My philosophy,...
Musings – Photo Contest and Reviews
I like to think of myself as an advanced amateur photographer...after all as of 2024 I have been doing this for 70 years. Having played around at the edges of professional photography a coup of years, I quickly decided there were too many really great...
ConeColor Pro Printer Ink
I bit the bullet and bought ConeColor Pro ink for my Epson printer. After much thought and the cost of Epson OEM ink, I am switching. Once the ConeColor ink is installed and used for awhile, I will post my thoughts. See About ConeColor Pro Inks...
Silver – LE PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE PARIS (PX3)
It is my great pleasure to inform you that you have been awarded a winning placement in the 2023 Prix de la Photographie de Paris - Congratulations! ... The annual PX3 exhibition which will gather the 1st and 2nd Place winning photographs from Px3 2023 and...
The Photo Review
The Photo Review has selected one of my images (Lonesome Boulder) for a special web exhibition. "The Photo Review is a critical journal of international scope and readership. Publishing since 1976, The Photo Review covers photography events throughout...
Practice
Most (many) photographers concentrate on one theme area...landscape, nature, birds, theater, and so forth. But the truth is a photographer must branch out if for nothing else than honing his or her skills. Although my main concentration is landscape, I...
Selling & Buying Used Camera Equipment
We all go through it. Over the years we accumulate old camera lenses and bodies that gather dust on the shelves. It's time to clean off those shelves and make a little money in the process. However, if you are like many of us you will probably plow the...
Old Bedford Village, PA
Step back in time to 18th and 19th century America. Great photo opportunities. Visit: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g52178-d1547127-Reviews-Old_Bedford_Village-Bedford_Pennsylvania.html or http://www.oldbedfordvillage.com
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