Digital Image Winners

First Place Poseidon's Daughter        Rose Christner Rose writes about her image: If you really want to have a challenge in photography, try light painting with the ocean behind you! My main concern was to keep my model safe, warm and dry. Layers of warm clothes and...

First Place Old Home in Film        Larry Pollock Larry writes about his image: The assigned category of Architecture gave me an excuse to finally get downtown Grants Pass to take a set of photos of this iconic building. Although it is a nice yellow with a red door, I...

First Place Digital Capture        Larry Pollock Larry writes about his image: Two images edited together to create the illusion of the camera sucking the landscape image into the camera and showing up on the back screen. The Altered Reality section of the competition...

First Place Lady In Red     Julie Padgett   Second Place Morning Light     Bridget Cline   Third Place Lake Boardwalk     Suzi Pratt   Five Honorable Mentions All That Remains     Larry Pollock   The Hummers Mask     Rose Christner   Night...

First Place Rose's comments on her image ;  My model and I were actually setting up for a night shoot, but the sun was setting and coming in just right on her face and I snapped this quickly.  This is one of those 'being in the moment' shots! 🙂 F5.6, 1/30, ISO 1600 ...

Two First Places Night Owls    Rudy Dierks   I'm Over Here My Love    Rose Christner Rose's comments on her image; This was a planned shot, just about didn't get there fast enough for the blue hour.  We had lighting issues that my team and I worked out. Keeping a...

First Place Guarding the Stash     Rose Christner This is a composite of the Northern Flicker and the tree.  Normally you would see an Acorn Woodpecker on the tree as they stash the acorns in the trees. The Flicker eats acorns, but does not put them in trees. I should...

Two First Places My Scrambled Brain     Rose Christner This is light painting with different tools you can make or buy.  I used my large (10 lb) lens ball on a mirror. Then I used 48.2 sec to shoot all the different colors around the ball. Canon EOS R on a tripod at...

First Place Minimalism     Larry Pollock "I was looking for the essence of a simple still-life image. Minimalism is one of my favorite things to create. Using 5 studio lights, various light modifiers and some bounce cards, I was able to achieve the look I wanted. I...