Meet the October judge
So I was cruising around the Web, looking for Pink photos and just reading on the topic of using color as a contest theme, when I came across an interesting site called Pink Sherbet Photography belonging to a Utah photographer.
Turns out the photographer, D. Sharon Pruitt, 39, is a New England native whose husband is in the Air Force. She grew up in Maine; when she was 13, her family moved to New Hampshire, where she attended Exeter Area High School, graduating in 1987 (back then she was Sharon Mattheson). Her grandmother lived in Essex, so she spent many weekends and summers in Massachusetts. And as the wife of an Air Force guy, she lived on Hanscom AFB in Bedford for four years.
She left New England in 2008 and now lives in Clearfield, Utah with her husband and five of her six children (one is grown and out of the house). Sharon does a lot of freelance stock photography, including portraits, close-up nature shots, photos with vivid colors, and subtler black & whites and sepia-toned images.
She says her style is "purely formed from 'ordinary' smiles, laughter, nature, stillness, excitement, ecstasy, anguish, and passion evident in all aspects of everyday life. They are gems evident in all peoples' everyday lives; they simply require the ability to be recognized and captured."
You can see some of Sharon's photos on her website as well as on her Flickr account.
Why does her site have "pink" as a theme? "The reason I love pink is because you can't take it too seriously," she writes. "It's youthful, happy, fun, feminine, and very beautiful."
It appears that we have solved everybody's issues with tag problems, photo not showing up, etc., so I gave Sharon the green light to start narrowing the field of 243 photos to the Final 50. We'll post the gallery of her choices whenever she finishes next week; meanwhile, you can review the entries here:
Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 | Gallery 3 | Gallery 4 | Gallery 5
And don't forget the November contest, with the theme Silhouettes. Here's a look at the entries received so far.
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NOVEMBER'S THEME SilhouettesConvey emotion, set a mood, or create an air of mystery ... silhouettes can convey a lot in a handful of pixels. It's a challenging theme; position your subject in front of a light source, and expose for the light. One rule: Your photo must be taken this month.
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Lee CullivanBelmont
Lee's photography has followed the path of his life: From landscapes in his beloved Maine, to images of the urban landscape when he moved to Boston, to photos of his children. And even though technical skill is important to his work, his main goal is to have fun.
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Well, I don't normally like to do this, but it appears that all but one of them were taken prior to November. Perhaps the photographers would like to delete their tags and start over? It really would be a shame to be disqualified for not following this month's rule.
Thanks for pointing that out to them, Linda. Just about every month, there is a photographer or two who doesn't follow the rules -- usually the violation is entering more than one photo. Your note may help these photographers avoid being disqualified.
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