Thank You for participating in and enjoying the 2024 "Through the Lens" photography contest and exhibit.
Watch for information about next year's contest theme, through this website, our free newsletter (sign up to receive it at top of this page) and social media. The Announcement will probably be in January of 2025.
FAC's Annual Photography Contest & Exhibit - 2024
The job of an artist is to 'Pay Attention'
to show us things we may have missed.
This year's theme for the Fenton Arts Council's
"Through the Lens"
photography contest and exhibit is:
"A Closer Look at Nature"
We challenge you to submit digital photographs of very small things, or extreme closeups of larger things, in the natural world. Capture closeup images that show interesting and artistic patterns, colors, lines, textures or shading, not usually noticed.
Use your camera's highest resolution, so when the images are enlarged and printed to 8" x 10" they will still look sharp. The final digital resolution should be 300 ppi.
Examples:
- Insects are small, but their antennae are smaller.
- Dew drops are small, but the reflections on a single drop can be mysterious
- Tight closeups of humble rocks can show exquisite patterns and/or color combinations.
- A very tight closeup of an elephant's skin shows interesting and complex lines.
- Even closer, micro photography can show quite surprising patterns.
Submit images you have photographed, that are macro photography or micro photography. Search for and photograph images of interesting tiny things we are usually too busy to notice. In other words, 'Pay Attention'.
Note: "Macro photography involves capturing close-up images of relatively larger subjects, while micro photography involves capturing images of extremely small subjects that require magnification beyond what is achievable with a traditional camera lens."
Some images may resemble an abstract artwork or globs of paint or a tile mosaic. Viewers may think they are looking at a closeup of one thing, that actually is something completely different.
This is good!
In your application, tell us what the image is in 7 or fewer words, such as: "one antennae tip of a grasshopper" or "closeup view of a piece of onyx". In the exhibit, we will post the description, covered in some way, with each photograph. Viewers will have to move the covers to read the descriptions. Viewers can enjoy the images, guess what the object is, then verify their guess by lifting the cover.
Help us to Wonder What It Is
What is Macro Photography?
Details:
Deadline to digitally submit up to 3 images, is Midnight September 28.
There is no jury fee for Fenton Arts Council members. Non-members jury fee is $25, which includes 1 year membership.
Jury fee: Members - $0, Non-members - $25
Date of jury results notification: emailed September 28, 2024
Opening Reception October 10, 2024 at Beale Street Smokehouse BBQ, banquet room.
Closing date October 24, 2024
Macro & Micro:
"Macro photography involves capturing close-up images of relatively larger subjects, while micro photography involves capturing images of extremely small subjects that require magnification beyond what is achievable with a traditional camera lens."
Resolution:
Use your camera's highest resolution, so when enlarged to 8" x 10" the images will still be in focus. The final resolution should be 300 ppi (pixels per inch for digital images), as they will be printed at 300 dpi (dots per inch for printed images)."
All images will be juried by professionals, in a 'blind' jury (the jurors will not be told any of the applicant's names).
You must pickup your matted photographs when the exhibit closes. The date, location and time are tbd, but if you cannot pick up your printed and matted photographs at that time, it is your responsibility to find someone to pick up for you, and let us know who that will be. Photographs not picked up, will remain property of the Fenton Arts Council.
Grab your camera and start Looking Closer at Nature!
Remember to apply by midnight, September 28, 2024, and Good Luck!