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2010 Photography Competitions

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Here are a few photography competitions currently open for submissions that you might like to consider entering:

Epson Pano Awards - Closing date April 30, 2010

Hoag Hospital, Irvine - Closing date May 9, 2010 (Open to Orange County, CA residents only)

National Wildlife Federation - Closing date July 6, 2010

International Garden Photographer of the Year - Ongoing competitions


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Do Not Disconnect - The Real Digital Divide

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The fly in the ointment, Opito Bay, around 2007. Originally published November 7, 2007. Almost two decades on, the photograph and the argument both feel — if anything — more relevant than they did then. The Photograph I was on holiday in Opito Bay on New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula, sitting on the couch in the place we were staying. A friend's iPod was resting on the coffee table, on top of a copy of The Economist from March 2005, whose cover story happened to be titled "The Real Digital Divide." A fly landed on the iPod's click wheel and stayed there. I reached for my camera, took the shot, and edited it later in Photoshop to give it the grungy, oversaturated look you see above. The fly on the iPod struck me — immediately, and with a kind of embarrassing literalness — as the fly in the ointment. The Original Digital Divide "The Digital Divide" as a phrase had be...
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Samoan Youth

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This young man was preparing with his friends for his moment of fame on the stage at the Samoan Village at the Polynesian dance festival called Pasifika in Auckland in March this year. Samoan Youth Canon EOS 20D 1/30sec at f/20 ISO 200 Canon 70-300mm lens at 300mm
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Anza-Borrego Wildflowers

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Anza Borrego Desert State Park California Wildflowers This cluster of wildflowers is typical of the flowers in Plum Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert this spring. Because of the dry and harsh environment, most of the flowers are tiny like the three in this photo. But what they lack in size, they make up for in color. It's pretty difficult to try and identify all these flowers, but I'm pretty sure the white one is Desert Pincushion. Help out if you can. I've been using the CalFlora.org website to try and identify the flowers in this series.
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