Open Class Photos
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Each year the Gibson County Extension Homemakers sponsors the Gibson County Fair Open Class Exhibits. This year I have a photo for every one of the photo categories – one of the many pluses of documenting everything I do for my blog.
I have two nature photos, one black and white and one color.
A Rose by Any Other Name. Black & White Nature Photo
On the Vine. Color Nature Photo
I also have both a black and white, and color portrait to exhibit.
Dressed for War (Reenactment). Color Portrait
Self-Portrait. Black & White Portrait
It was a little tough, with the types of things I’ve been documenting in the last year, but I also managed to find myself a color and black & white animal photo – even if they are both of my neighbor Bob’s chickens.
Chick Feed. Color Photo
Cock of the Walk. Black & White Photo
I also pulled out a couple nice structure photos. Both of them came from the Color Week Challenge I did a few weeks ago.
Handicapped. Color Photo
Fence. Black & White Photo
For the Human Interest category, I pulled out some photos I took of the last two GCTC Productions.
In English, Charlie! Color Photo
Hickory Nuts! Black & White Photo
The Unclassified category was pretty difficult to find photos for, mostly because almost every time I found something I wanted to use, I decided it really would fit into another category. I finally decided on a shot of the HOPE sign from Relay for Life and black and white of some food.
HOPE. Color Photo
In a Pickle. Black & White Photo
Last but not least was the digital art (manipulated photo) category. This is always the hardest category for me. Partly, because I do work on a computer for a living, I find it difficult to determine exactly what computer manipulated means. Especially, since I always start from a color photo to get to black and white, and I often color correct the rest of my photos… does that mean they’re manipulated? Since we are required to provide a 4×6 of the original, I decided it needed to be something a little more obvious. So, this is what I came up with.
Original Image for Digital Manipulation
Edited Photo with color enhancements, and another overlaid image.
Now lets hope I can find enough photo mats. Are you submitting any photos to Open Class this year? What is your favorite subject to photograph?
No photos, but I think I am going to submit a cross stitch I did for Mattison’s room and a baby blanket sized rag quilt. This will be the first time I’ve exhibited in open class.
That’s awesome Carla. I’m sure you’ll do great!