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Month |
Topic |
Description |
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January |
Cultural Icons or Landmarks
Field Trip
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Images should be historic or easily recognizable to most people. May be local, national or international.
Hunter Park in Douglasville: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip
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February |
Colors
Field Trip
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The more colors and the brighter the colors the better.
Southeastern Flower Show 2009: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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March |
Love
Field Trip |
Celebrating Valentine’s Day in February! An image that demonstrates the emotion: “LOVE”.
West Georgia Driving Tour : Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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April |
Texture
Field Trip |
An image depicting “TEXTURE”. Make the viewer “feel” the texture of your image!
Cherry Blossom Festival in Macon and Twilight Tour of Downtown Douglasville: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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May |
Creative
Field Trip |
Open to interpretation. Be creative with your camera, subject matter or computer software!
Zoo Atlanta: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip
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June |
Macro or
Close-Up
Field Trip |
This is a detailed view taken very close to the subject or close-up images of small things. Technically a "macro" image is a ratio of 1 to 1 (life sized) or greater.
If not 1 to 1, it should be very close to 1 to 1.
Stone Mountain: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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July |
Lines
Field Trip |
An image that uses lines (in any form) to create a beautiful work of art in your photograph.
Lines in life can be seen in all things; your image should exploit/express this in art!
July 4th Parade and Fireworks: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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August |
Something Old/ Something New
Field Trip |
An image containing “something old and something new” within the same frame. Example: an older person holding a baby, a dying tree trunk with a new growth of fungus…
Taste of Summer Festival, Downtown Carrollton and Villa Rica Ballon Festival: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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September |
Nature
Field Trip |
Flora, fauna, landscapes, waterscapes, reflections, etc. Human or human-made elements shall not be present.
West Georgia Museum of Tallapoosa, GA and Bud's Taxidermy in Tallapoosa, GA: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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October |
Street Shots
Field Trip |
An image that is shot on a street. May be candid or composed.
September Saturday's and Vietnam Memorial Wall: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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November |
Emotions
Field Trip |
This one is open to interpretation: An image that shows a human emotion, or generates an emotion from the viewer!
Little 5 Points Halloween Parade and Cowboy Day at the Bright Star United Methodist Church: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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December |
Open category
Field Trip |
Bring your pictures of choice taken in the last year. Limited to one image per category - color, monochrome, field trip.
Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority Waste Water Treatment Plant and Champ's Clock Shop: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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January |
Seasons
Extra challenging!
Field Trip |
We’ve given you the entire year to prepare for this one!
To enter this month’s contest you must have three separate images, (2 color and/or 2 Monochrome) each image (in its category) representing a different season!
In other words; you must have 2 images in the color category, and/or three images in the B&W category to enter at all! And each of those three images must be of a different season! Images will still be judged and prized individually, per tradition.
Newnan Festival of Lights: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
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February |
Portrait
Field Trip |
Self Explanatory.
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Venue currently undecided: Contest includes any color/bw photo made during trip |
