Wannabe Photographer

A lousy, drive-by shoot, but delightful to see the deer in the dusk. I have learned a lot by reading of other's attempts at macrophotography. Griz, who managed some great bat photos, in the dark, after three nightmare's efforts! Wandering Weeta, who bought a digital photography microsope.

I sold one of a horse, to her owner, a woman who participates as an amateur in Central Ontario horse shows. She is wearing the snappy jacket and thinking carefully, four photos down! Fortunately, I have a colour printer.
I wonder how the ducks manage these days. hard to capture in the rainy dark days we have been having.

The geese are still gathering in the parks by day, eating their fill. There is not much food left in the lake. It is about 7 or 8 C. about now.

I look at my photo album, I have turned over the 9,999 limit on the camera counter three times now.

I know that a lot of us would love to earn something from our photos. With the digitial photography business booming, most do their own photography.

There are contests that abound on the web. You just have to watch for them! And if you do not enter, you will not win. This one is an Ontario contest, sorry to exclude my international friends.
I happened upon these contest accidentally, by checking out a Muskokagirl post. There are three running as of the date of this post:


1. Macro Photos of Life contest has a large display of small living things. Photographers are asked to use their camera’s macro lenses to capture the tiny facial expressions of animals and bugs. Sponsored by ShrinkRay -a Device Management System (DMS) and application toolkit built by an advanced mobile app developer that helps business websites be more effective.

2. Ontario Tourist Attractions Lenzr.com shows off our province’s most interesting travel destinations. Sponsored by Kanetix.ca, a company that specializes in delivering the lowest car insurance quotes.

3. Medicinal Plants in Nature- Sponsored by Ontario’s natural medicine clinic!
These are real contests, with fun prizes.

Now, how many of us have fun as amateurs, sharing photos with friends and cyberfriends? How much fun to compare with other amateur work out there! This is your chance to win some cool prizes, just for doing what you already do: snapping some shots. It is excellent marketing for the companies, and you retain the rights to the photos. The photos are magnificent, too.
Fierce competition. Vote for me when you go there!!!! You might as well, you can't vote for your own photo... :-)