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Dahlia Field Year Two

Dahlia Field Year Two

Last year my very good friend and his partner started a Dahlia field and business. They invited me up to spend a day among their flowers and just take whatever photo captured my interest of their blooms after all their hard labor. It was a great relaxing day spent with my friend doing what I love in a no pressure situation that lead to some great images including an international honorable mention.

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The Donation

The Donation

As an artist donating items to fundraisers can be difficult. The question becomes; Will anyone be interested in my art enough to display it in their homes? Or will my art not draw enough attention to help in the fundraiser.

This came up for me back in September. I was asked to be a vender for a quarter auction fundraiser however the date it was slated to take place I was already booked and thus did not have the availability to be a vender but I was willing to donate a few images for them to auction off.

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Your Rights as a Photographer

Your Rights as a Photographer

Copyright claims can come up in numerous ways. Someone can be taking your images and exploiting your copyright or someone can even issue a digital copyright take down notice of your work claiming copyright infringement. Knowing your legal rights will come in handy, I honestly say this should be an area to become an expert in with your getting into photography.

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Prix De La Photographie Paris 2024

Prix De La Photographie Paris 2024

This year I have decided to enter a couple of the bigger photography comps during the early bird admissions. In part because I took a few images that I think would have been nice contenders after deadlines last year and partly because I want to enter early and then see if I take something later to add to said entries.

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