Author Archive: Matt Collen
Milford Photo’s 2021 Juried Photo Exhibition
MILFORD PHOTO’S 2021 JURIED PHOTO EXHIBITION
April 12 – 30, 2021
Show us your finest work! Open to all themes, styles, and images of any genre. This is a fantastic opportunity for both emerging and established photographers. This is a way to get your work viewed, promoted, and the chance to receive an award or prize.
Submissions could include, but are not limited to: digital or film photographs, environmental portraiture, landscapes, photos of architecture or cityscapes, portraits, documentary photography, abstract photography, conceptual work, narrative work, still lives, street photographs, color photos, black and white photos, images of nature, long exposure photography, etc. Show us the work you’re most proud of. We want to see you think outside the box of standard clichés, don’t be afraid to take a risk with your submission! For an idea of the jurors’ taste–look to the work of William Eggleston, Stephen Shore, Larry Sultan, Alec Soth, Diane Arbus, Walker Evans, Joel Meyerowitz, Vivian Maier, etc.
All selected images will be displayed on our website, social media, and in a virtual gallery walk-through.
Submission Deadline: March 22 at Midnight, 12:00 EST
Announcement of selected photographers: by April 5
Exhibition Dates: April 12 – 30, 2021
Complete details can be found by clicking the link below:
https://milfordphoto.com/event/2021-juried-photo-exhibition
Coastal Center 25th Anniversary Photo Contest Information
For all you Nature photogs out there, here is contest for your wonderful images and it all goes to a good cause.
Coastal Center 25th Anniversary Photo Contest Information
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the Coastal Center and as a fundraiser to support our
Center and its programs into the future, we are excited to partner with Milford Photo (https://milfordphoto.com) in a special photography contest highlighting the wildlife, environment, and visitors of the Coastal Center.
The contest is open to all amateur photographers excluding staff and board members of Connecticut Audubon Society.
Photographs must be taken over the last 25 years at the Coastal Center. This would include the Center Building and grounds such as the marsh observation platform, Long Island Sound observation platform, outer platform, and adjoining sandbar.
Four Categories:
- Birds
- The Environment–Landscapes/Seascapes
- People in Nature
- Youth Photographers for ages 18 and younger
Entry Fee: As part of the 25th Anniversary fundraising effort, your submission fee provides important support for this truly special nature center and its ongoing efforts in conservation and education.
- $25 fee per photograph submitted for adults (over age 18).
- $10 fee per photograph submitted for Youth Category (ages 18 years and younger).
- Each photographer is limited to a maximum of 5 submissions.
- Click here to pay your submission fee.
- Please note that submission fees are fully tax-deductible and will support the Coastal Center at Milford Point.
How to Submit Your Photographs:
- Must be high resolution JPEG files
- Please use standard format: Last Name_category_email address_submission(number 1-5 for multiple submissions)
- For example: Smith_peopleinnature_jsmith@gmail.com_submission1
- All submissions must be made no later 3/26/2021
- Click here to submit your photographs
Awards:
- Each category will award a first, second, and third prize.
- There will be one Grand Prize awarded to one of the first place winners from the four categories.
Prizes
First place winners will receive a $100 store gift certificate to Milford Photo.
Second place winners will receive a $50 store gift certificate to Milford Photo
Third place winners will receive a $25 store gift certificate to Milford Photo.
The Grand Prize winner will receive a Tamron 100-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Di VC USD telephotos lens valued at $799 compatible with Cannon and Nikon cameras (or a 70-300mm F/4.5-6.3 Di III RXD lens valued at $499 for Sony cameras).
Judges
- All entries will be viewed by professional photographers selected by Milford Photo.
- Winners will be announced and notified no later than April 15, 2021.
Winning photos will be highlighted on Connecticut Audubon Society and Milford Photo websites.
2022 Calendar:
With the submitter’s permission, winning photos will be featured in a 2022 calendar that will be sold to support the Coastal Center.
https://www.ctaudubon.org/2021/01/coastal-center-25th-anniversary-photo-contest/
NECCC Spring Pandemic Photo Showcase
Spring Pandemic Photo Showcase
This showcase is a fun opportunity to enter your photos across a variety of categories.
Get your cameras out!
Sign Up today!
What is a Showcase
All individual members of any of the New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) camera clubs are invited to participate in a fun and free Pandemic Inspired Photo Showcase! This event is designed so everyone can participate from their own homes. There are five categories and only one photo may be entered in each. You can enter photos in as many categories as you like, from just one to all five, however, you can’t enter the same photo in more than one category. All photos must have been taken in 2021.
This is your chance to get creative! A category’s “meaning” is open to your interpretation! Let’s have some fun with this!
Everyone who participates and enters at least one photo will then be eligible to select their top favorite in each category. The one catch is you can’t choose your own entry.
Even though this showcase is focused on individual participants, the NECCC camera club with the greatest percentage of members participating will be recognized. Encourage your fellow members to submit their photos too!
Categories
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Pandemic Partners
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In the Safety Zone
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Mealtime
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Games
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My Life in Black and White
Timeline
January 1 to April 21 – Take Photos (Warm up your camera and take photos wherever the pandemic leads you.)
April 5 to April 21 – Submit Photos (Upload your photos to 1 or more categories before 10 pm on April 21.)
April 22 to April 30 – Choose Your Favorites (Everyone who submits photos may now choose their favorite in every category.)
May 4 – Announce Fan Favorites (The winning favorite photos will be announced at the monthly NECCC Keeping Clubs Active meeting.)
May 5 – Showcase (All Fan Favorites and all submitted photos will be viewable on photo.NECCC.org.)
Rules
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You must be a member of a NECCC camera club.
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Photos must be taken in 2021.
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Enter 1 to 5 photos across 5 categories. Only 1 photo in a category.
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No duplicate, or near duplicate, photos submitted in other categories.
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All photographs must be taken and edited exclusively by you.
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For composites, you must have taken all components.
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A category’s “meaning” is open to your interpretation.
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Every category allows color or monochrome photos.
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Titles will be displayed.
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No watermarks allowed.
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Copyright of the photo remains with you.
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NECCC has the right to use the photo on their websites and literature.
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NECCC has the right to disqualify and remove any photo as it sees fit.
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You cannot choose your own photo for the category favorite.
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Photos must be in the JPEG format with an sRGB color profile.
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Photos will be automatically scaled down to fit in a 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels high screen while preserving aspect ratio.
Full Details can be found here: https://photo.neccc.org/
February Competition Winners Gallery
Digital Monochrome
Class SLAON
1st Place
"Beauty Is With In"
-Angelica Buehler
2nd Place
"On the steps in Chicago"
-Richard Kunsch
3rd Place
"yarn & shuttle"
-Joshua Goldin
Class AA
1st Place
"peek a booo"
-James Fulton
2nd Place
"A house in the woods"
-Pamela Kimberly
2nd Place
"Best Friends"
-Deborah Clifford
3rd Place
"Bridge"
-Greta Jacobsen
Class A
1st Place
"Just Hanging Out"
-Sandy Kline
2nd Place
"Humble and Lovable"
-Daniel Ortoleva
3rd Place
"Sea Grass in Sepia"
-Steve Kaplan
Digital Color Open
Class SLAON
1st Place
"Leap"
-Richard Kunsch
1st Place
"Great Blue Fly By"
-Matt Collen
2nd Place
"Nature is Harsh"
-Matt Collen
2nd Place
"You Caught My Eye"
-Angelica Buehler
3rd Place
"Sitting here on a branch"
-Loretta Paul-Goldin
Class AA
1st Place
"Tension"
-Greta Jacobsen
2nd Place
"catch of the day"
-James Fulton
2nd Place
"Valley view from above"
-Pamela Kimberly
3rd Place
"Steampunk debut"
-James Fulton
Class A
1st Place
"What's In That Barn2"
-Sandy Kline
2nd Place
"Blizzard Bear's dessert"
-Daniel Ortoleva
2nd Place
"Last Rose of the Season"
-Paul de Regt
2nd Place
"Easter Sunrise"
-Sandy Kline
3rd Place
"Yellow Flowers"
-Steve Kaplan
Digital Assigned
1st Place
"Rows of Colors"
-Cathy Outhouse
2nd Place
"old times"
-Athina Bellios
2nd Place
"Row of Books"
-Richard Kunsch
3rd Place
"Run Faster and Jump Higher"
-Angelica Buehler
Results: NECCC Winter 2021 Projected Image Interclub Competition
NECCC Winter 2021 Projected Image Interclub Competition Results
Congrats are in order for our club. During the NECCC Winter 2021 Projected Image Interclub Competition we continued our winning ways and placed 3rd as a club along with two individual awards; an Honorable Mention for “Ribbit” by Matt Collen and First Place for “Ruffling Feathers” by Angelica Buehler.
Let’s keep up the good work.
If you’re interested in seeing the top images from the Winter Competition along with judges commentaries you’re in luck, see the information below.
NECCC Winter Digital Competition Results and Live Judges Comments…Continued
During this meeting, the top images in all categories will be shown, with the judges commenting live on the merits of each image.
When: Feb 27 10:45am
Where: YouTube.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYL4gi98IfTYxzFZV8X7G0g
GO MILFORD CAMERA CLUB!
Zoom Video Upgrade
Some of you may have noticed that the view of me during our Zoom meetings looks a bit different than everyone else. Right off the bat you’ll note that the image quality is considerably better and the next thing you’ll see is the angle of view is different, so much so that you actually see my laptop in the picture. So…how am I doing this?
I turned my DSLR into a Webcam!
Both Canon and Nikon offer a Webcam Utility for you DSLR.
Canon: Canon EOS Webcam Utility
Nikon: Nikon Webcam Utility
What, you’re not team Canon or Nikon, don’t worry…here’s some more
Sony: Sony Image Edge
Panasonic: LUMIX Tether for Streaming (Beta)
Olympus: Olympus OM-D Webcam Beta
Fujifilm: FUJIFILM X Webcam
Now obviously I only have experience with the Canon utility but they all work pretty much the same. First check the to see if you camera is supported, if its a DSLR and shoots video it will likely be supported. Once you have confirmed that go ahead and download the app for the operating system your using. After installing the program you then need to tether your camera to you PC or Laptop. You may need to reference you’re cameras manual to do this but it will likely be a USB cable the plugs into a port on the side of your camera. In the case of mine it plugs into a USB port on my laptop to a micro USB B port on the camera, its that simple.
Once that is all hooked up you can now select the utility in the Zoom settings. When you login to to meeting you can click the Test Audio button and from there click on the the Video tab from the left hand side. Now from the Camera drop down select your utility.
If your camera is tethered and turned on you should see a preview of your video now coming from your camera
Now you can have some fun, put on the wide angle lens and show off your office, or maybe put that 70-200 on and set it to 2.8 to blur out your background.
One thing to keep in mind, it does use a bit of battery so make sure battery is full.
Have fun!!
Costco is Closing All Photo Centers
Full article here on PetaPixel.com
The photo center at the Milford Costco has been closed for a couple years now but it looks like the remaining photo centers will be closing by the 14th of February. So when we get back to normal and restart our print competitions you’ll have to use their ship to home option should you continue using Costco for your prints.
Have any of you been using them since the Milford photo center closed?
PSA Permission Slip
PSA Permission Slip
This is to grant permission on your behalf to have any winning images presented on the PSA web site.
Should you win any awards and PSA does not have you permission slip on file your images will not be displayed.
2020 Final Competition Results
2020 Final Competition Results
2020 Digital Monochrome Image of the Year
Class Salon
“Who’s Who” –Joshua Goldin
Class AA
“Beautiful Dreamer” –Cathy Outhouse
Class A
“Monochrome Skyline” –Steve Kaplan
2020 Digital Color Open Image of the Year
Class Salon
‘Indian Warrior” –Angelica Buehler
Class AA
“The Scream” –Sandy O’Hare
Class A
“Dinner Time” –James Fulton
2020 Conrad Palmer Award
“Egret with Catch” –Matt Collen
Complete Scores
Final Competition Score Sheet