Photography Contests

It seems like I am always trying to somehow prove my self.  My value or worth.  I have it in my mind that if I can win some photo contests somehow that will mean that I am a good photographer.  Somehow I always doubt my ability.  I was the high school newspaper photographer and thought maybe I would major in photo journalism  but I really didn't have the right camera equipment and the competition  was pretty tough.  I had children and a career and just didn't have the time to spend taking pictures  except of course for the pictures of my great kids, family vacations etc.  I bought a canon camera and then eventually bought a 100-400 zoom lens and a most recent buy a fish eye lens.  These are the contests that I have won so far.

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This photo won a Utah State Fair Blue Ribbon "Human Interest  in 2011.  

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And it also was on the front cover of  the National Association of Conservation Districts.    Spring 2012

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The two pictures above won the National Historical Landmark Photo Contest 2012.  the top photo is the State House in Boston and the bottom one is the Bear River Massacre Site near Preston Idaho.

Here is a link to that contest.  http://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/2012photocontest/index.html

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This picture is a National Natural Landmark photo winner.  It is a picture of The City of Rocks near Almo Idaho.   It is on their 2013 calendar. Here is the link to that website.  http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/currentwinners.cfm

My current picture is this one of Bloomington Lake.  It won a  Box Elder County Fair blue ribbon and also the Nature Conservancy Photo Contest and will be on their 2014 calendar.

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