Wootness | the blog of christine walsh-newton
master photographer | photographic craftsman | certified professional photographer
*IPC Judges should not view the video links within this article, of course. 🙂 Yesterday was the “early” deadline for the 2013 International Photographic Competition. Within the hour, I will be on my way to the UPS store with my case, so that it arrives by July 5th in Atlanta, Georgia. My 2013 case consists …
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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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I’ve been doing a lot of research into projects that can be made with photographs. It seems that this is the day and age of the do-it-yourself-crafter and why not help our clients along in their decorating endeavors by suggesting projects they could make out of photographs from our sessions? Good idea, eh? Well, that …
Not sure if ur willing to give me any tips but any suggestions would be great im gonna do some photography on the side to make some extra money and a better camera just starting this up im having trouble deciding prices on pics if u could give me some ideas that would be great …
Oh, joy of joys, it’s wedding season. Or at least it is where I live. This will be the 7th year I’ve photographed weddings. I hear that’s a little longer than most, so I guess I’ve beat the odds. Somewhat. I’ve wrestled with whether or not to keep weddings on my menu and I hear …
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In the beginning, Wootness was a fun way to poke fun at myself and cause laughter among other photographers who could relate and hopefully, to educate some newer photographers that were in the middle of making the same mistakes. After 2.5 years of writing over 250 articles and almost 200 cartoons, I find myself at …
There’s some crap going on out there that disappoints me, greatly. Through my involvement in print competition I’ve met many photographers whose work I admire, highly. And for along time, I admired them highly, too. But over the years, I’ve observed some behaviors and heard some words from those I admire that didn’t reflect very …
If you compete in PPA photographic competitions on a district level, and if your image scores an 80 or above, it earns a “Seal of Approval.” Oooohhh, seal of approval, that sounds so fancy. I have to admit, when I started in print competition, I couldn’t wait to get a peek at one of those …
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#15 in the series, 30 Ways of Wootness. Sometimes you just gotta say “eh, screw this!” and take your attention and energy to something else. You’re gonna try some stuff that you wish you hadn’t. Some stuff is gonna seem like the best idea, ever. Until you do it. You might get a brilliant idea …
#14 in the series, 30 Ways of Wootness. One of the early lessons I learned was about overshooting. Oh. My. Gosh. My early years where one hour sessions resulted in 400 captures kept me busier than I wanted to be on the computer and session proofing became a chore I greatly despised. I don’t know …
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