I have happy news! One of the photo I entered into my first ever photo show earned a ribbon!



Have you ever entered photo shows? What do you think of them?

I haven't entered any yet.

MollyBee - you should enter one! They're lots of fun. Are there art shows held near you?

Choosing which three flower/plant photos I want to present in the upcoming art show. I had some selected, but now have new Tower Hill photos to consider. This is my third art show now and I'm becoming more calm about being in them .

Check out your local camera club to learn more about entering competitions and shows. Most cost about $30 a year to join and have monthly meetings. They are a great way to learn photography, to be inspired by others and to ease into photo shows. You can attend meetings just to watch and learn, or you can join their activities and competitions. Do you an internet search for camera clubs in your area. You will love it! Congratulations Lisa! It's such an honor to have your work on display!

My local art group is about art in general, but they do have a lot of photographers. Unfortunately the night they meet, I'm busy. But they do have an active website and such. I think it was $25 or $30 for the year.

I'm getting braver. A national organization I belong to had an art competition with the theme of "opposites". So I entered three photos into that. We'll see how I do! I suppose it's how they define opposites. One of the photos I entered was one I had in MUSED back in 2010 - Absorbing -

Awesome! I am reading up on how to put images in the site now......

Peggy -

The key is to have them on the web somewhere. So if you have any sort of image storage location on the web, you can use that. The image has to be on the web for someone to be able to see it. If you don't have access to any image storage location, contact Jeanne, our resources manager. She'll set you up with one on the BellaOnline image server.

Thanks. I will contact Jeanne. Images will make the articles so much easier to read!

I'm entering three photos in an upcoming photo show. I'm more relaxed about each new one, which is good . I'm entering the shell and hook photos shown above, plus a third one, Korean Dogwood -



We'll see how they do!

Beautiful Lisa! Let us know the results!

I enjoyed the show immensely, Peggy. I'm so glad I did the other ones first so I got used to how they work and what to expect. I was also much calmer by this one .

It was a lovely location, and while I didn't win any ribbons, I was happy just to participate!

Lisa, you are so lucky to be there. Would you please share more photos?

It IS a lovely location!
Did you check out the winners?
Sometimes you can get a chance to speak to the judges and pick their brains.

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Peggy - I did post all three photos in this thread, so I'd be happy to have any feedback on them!

Progress in my bravery. I used to be completely scared about entering one art show. Now I'm entering two at once . Step by step. One is the abstract images, the other will be kayak scenes.

Have you guys entered any art shows recently?