While a lot of you are still on pins and needles, awaiting your International Photographic Competition (IPC) results, I am tucked firmly in a blanket of post-IPC glow. I’m sure the spark will be revved up again later today when the official results are posted, but for now I am happy to float in warm …
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Wootness: Pop-Tarts, K-Cups and Judging School
Oh, it’s about time for a little Wootness injection and update, isn’t it? As I puttered around in my kitchen just now, making my *favorite* kind of Pop-Tart… what?…you don’t know what my favorite kind of Pop-Tart is? Well, you know, people have often asked me what kind of Pop-Tart is my favorite and I …
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Dear Jon: a letter to my son as he inherits my first digital camera…
Dear Jon, ah, screw that… Dude, You now possess the thing that unleashed the demon within me, my first digital camera. Now that it’s yours, here’s some pointers: Try not to drop it, it’ll probably break. Keeping a strap on it will help with that. Keep the battery charged or at least don’t lose the …
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IPC 2014 – The Season is Off to a Rocky Start…
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 …
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IPC 2014: WHAT?! Defining Your Competition Timeline
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 …
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IPC 2013: I Hate My Case (part 4)
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, …
Reminder: PPN Competition Deadline is July 11 at 12 Midnight
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IPC 2013: District Critiques & Breaking Seals (part 3)
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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IPC 2013: I Broke My #1 Rule (part 2)
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 …
IPC 2013: Good-Bye Cruel Case! (part 1)
Dear IPC Case #3742 , formerly known as Northeast District Case #3169: Today, we parted ways. With a swipe of my business check card for a slightly-over-$24 charge, I was rid of you. And your ilk. I don’t really know what “ilk” is, but it sounds serious. And menacing. And stuff. Today was the final …