The Goods

Whew! The second week of the semester is almost over, so I guess it's time to get this blog back and rolling! For anyone who is dutifully checking in, why not start with something everyone wants; free stuff? I have Rogue gear at home, I use their flash gels in my color digital work (I...

Local Camera Raffle

It's photo month in California. I've posted about it in the announcements to my classes, but I just got an email about something pretty cool Viewpoint is doing this year for folks in Sacramento--a camera raffle! Granted, it costs a bit per ticket, but if you have the extra cash to try your hand at...

IPPA 16th Annual iPhone Photo Contest

We have students from our photo classes at ARC who will be showing in the Viewpoint Gallery's Cellphone+ photo show, and this is another great opportunity to show off some cell phone photography... Deadline: March 31, 2023 Requirements Entries are open worldwide to photographers using an iPhone or iPad. Photos should not be published previously anywhere. The posts...

2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

London's Natural History Museum, which runs the competition, announced the winning images this week and will display them in an exhibition which opened the past week in London. It will eventually tour across the United Kingdom and other venues in Europe, as well as North America (including Texas and Michigan), Australia and New Zealand. The...

Call for Entries: 30 of 50

Found this announcement in my email inbox.  I like that there's a contest specifically for that age bracket; too often I get emails with contests for students in the 18-24 age range, but we have students of all ages at ARC.  So if you know of someone who this could be of interest to, please...

Amazing Ocean Photography

The Ocean Photography Awards are a celebration of our beautiful blue planet, as well as a platform to highlight the many plights it is facing. The Awards are Ocean Photographer of the Year, Conservation, Adventure, Exploration, Young Photographer, Community Choice, Collective Portfolio Award and Female Fifty Fathoms. The website is a little slow to load, but the...