Bridgett and Morgan entered a few of their photographs in the Lane County Fair this year and did quite well. There were probably 300+ entries total in the various classes. They put in three each:
Bridgett Entered: #1 - Lilith - We were doing some Low Key art photography one afternoon and Lilith our small female cat decided to help at one point. Bridgett saw a great opportunity in the light and caught this fantastic image. At the fair she got First Place and a Special Award Rosette plus a $100.00 award.
#2 - Campfire: Bridgett snapped this image one evening in our backyard when we had a small fire. I liked the jumping sparks and trailers. I think we may have over sized this one as it was a little too grainy in print.
#3 - Japanese Fall: Took this one in Portland at the Japanese gardens. Bridgett likes the Bokeh she can get with lenses and did a good job capturing the waterfall through the blossoms.
Morgan entered three photos in the Intermediate category (13-17yrs): #1 - North Bend Bridge. This one had some help with post-processing to darken the sky some and bring out the contrast of the morning. Morgan has a good eye for composition and did a great job on this one. He got Second Place and a Special Award Rosette plus a $40.00 award.
#2 - Sweet Creek Falls - We took this last fall at a waterfall above Mapleton Oregon. If you look hard enough there is a spider web just behind the falling trickle of water. Morgan got a Third place award for this one.
#3 - Couch Sunset - Morgan really loves to take photos of sunsets and he captured this image above Fairfield Idaho last summer. Very little post processing on it - the colors here were natural to the sunset. He liked the mushroom shape of the cloud. Again he placed Third for this one.
For the first go around in putting photos up for public display - I think they did quite well. Morgan in particular is very excited about the positive benefits and I think it will keep him interested. It will be interesting to see what they can put together for next year!
