Friday, December 31, 2010

White Challenge


This challenge is "White on White" or simply...WHITE. Try to post something 95% white.
To join in click here or
http://communityphotochallenge.blogspot.com/2010/12/community-photo-challenge-white.html

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Community Photo Challenge-LIGHTS


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This month's photo challenge is LIGHTS! We have beautiful holiday lights all around us. You can venture out and capture city lights or even towns lit up at night. You can use anything, it's not just holiday lights.


Voting will start on Dec. 23th(only one week to vote)


Try to link to this challenge on your blog post.
Have fun!




Thursday, December 09, 2010

NRAA Awards

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3rd place in Photography
95th Annual Open Juried Show
October 2010
New Rochelle Art Association



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2nd Place in Photography
NRAA Adolph Grant 'Cool' Award Show
Dec. 4, 2010 - Jan. 8, 2011

Sunday, October 31, 2010

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FIND AUTUMN COLOR IN YOUR HOMETOWN OR STATE. POST YOUR IMAGE ON YOUR BLOG, THEN ADD YOUR IMAGE ON THE CHALLENGE BLOG FOLLOW THE EASY INSTRUCTIONS. ANYONE CAN JOIN IN!

ALL IMAGES MUST BE TAKEN BY YOU. PLEASE GIVE US INFORMATION ON WHERE YOUR IMAGE WAS TAKEN.

CHALLENGE STARTED OCT 30TH, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE ONE WEEK TO POST YOUR IMAGES. VOTING STARTS ON NOV. 9TH & ENDS ON THE 15TH

Autumn Morning

TAKEN 10/30/10 AT MUSCOOT FARMS IN SOMERS, NY

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Personal Challenge

This next challenge will be ANYTHING that you want it to be, but it must be something new to you. I have decided to work on a few different types of photography this summer. I am concentrating on HDR & digital Infrared photography. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range. You use bracketing on your camera & Photomatix to transform your images into HDR. Visit Trey Ratcliff @ Stuck In Customs & scroll down to his video at Google.
Click here to join in.

I concentrated on HDR this summer, so here are 2 examples of HDR.
I used 3 RAW images for each HDR. I set up a tripod & bracketing on my camera. Later, on my computer, I took the 3 bracketing shots into Photomatix & tweaked it in Photoshop.
Please visit my Slideshow Gallery to view all of my 2010 HDR images & more of my Boathouse HDR series.

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BOathouse

Click here for more HDR photos. All photos are for sale.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Community Photo Challenge- COLOR


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This month's subject is color...but NOT just color. We want to see you create something special color-wise. Something your camera did not see. Something you saw in the photo and created in post processing.

There are a lot of ways color can be used:

1. Selective color...create a black and white or other monochrome photo with just a touch of color...blue eyes, a child's red jacket, whatever you choose, but make most of the image monochrome.

2. Play with the different color modes in your photo editing software. Create a duotone, or make a monochrome using something other than black & white or sepia.

This challenge is limited only by your imagination so get out there and IMAGINE COLOR!


My example of Selective Color:

Wedding


Using Duotone, green & black:

Green


Below I used 2 bold colors along with Black & White.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Community Photo Challenge-GARDENS

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These photos were take at the Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury, NY. This Garden is called the Walled Garden. To take a quick tour, click here.
Walled Garden Entrance

Walled Garden

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Our new photo challenge is "GARDENS". You can photograph your own garden, or a local garden. It can be a detailed shot or a wide angle view. My image for the banner above was taken at Old Westbury Gardens in Old Westbury NY. If you choose to photograph a public garden, PLEASE include the name & location of the garden. (Optional-a small paragraph of info on the history of your garden or link to info)
What I am looking for is a display of beautiful gardens through out the world. So where ever you may live, find some beautiful gardens(private or open to the public) & show off your photography. Only one can be posted on our challenge blog, but you can add as many as you would like to your blog entry.

To enter click here-Community Photo Challenge-GARDENS

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

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This month's photo challenge is "WINDOWS"....or "Window". You can use your imagination & be creative. You can also use the window as a framing tool, but it must have a window in it. You can have one window, or many windows, but remember the focus is on "windows".
Starts today & ends April 15th.
To join in the Challenge, Click here.

windows in Italy

This was taken in Salerno, Italy. I used the HDR technique.


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The Bedell house in Old Bethpage Village on LI, I also used the HDR technique with grunge effect.

Mystic Window

This last photo was taken in the late 1970's in Mystic, Connecticut. I was looking out of the window on a rainy day, using the window as a frame. I added an grunge/layered effect this year.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

Color Carnival







Sunday, February 21, 2010

Friday, February 19, 2010


Shinnecock Bay

The Bay
Long Island 2009

HDR image
More HDR & othe images can be found on my GALLERY

Monday, February 15, 2010

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This month's challenge is TREE or TREES, whether it is one unique tree or a small grouping, find an image that includes trees. The tree or trees should be the main subject. You can post more than one photo, but when you come back to the challenge blog select your favorite to post on our new system.

The Challenge starts Feb.15th & ends on March 15th.


To participate in
The Tree Challenge, click here!


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COLOR CARNIVAL




Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Community Photo Challenge-TRANSPORTATION

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Our photo challenge this month is TRANSPORTATION. You can use cars, trucks, trains, planes, even motorcycles! Some kind of transportation with or without people. You can be creative, you can use Photoshop or a paint programs. It starts today & ends Feb. 15.


1927 Chevy

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