Showing posts with label International Projected Image Exhibition 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label International Projected Image Exhibition 2009. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 August 2009

pause for thought....


I hate waiting...my wife says I have no patience and she is right I don't. The reason why I mention this is because I am waiting on the results of two submissions I have made to two different competitions - the British Wildlife Awards and the Projected Image. I have mentioned both of these before but I don't know why but waiting for the results from both submissions is driving me nuts. I know I have been short listed for wildlife awards - but that doesn't mean anything. Will I be selected or rejected? The same goes for the Projected Image. I just can't concentrate on doing anything other than worrying about these two submissions - its driving me nuts!!!!

On a slightly connected note I was going to attend a one day garden photography course run by the RPS at Kew Gardens in September. However, this has been cancelled - lack of numbers so I decided to get a refund on my train tickets. They don't do refunds so I have slightly changed my travel times and will spend the day going around galleries etc. I'm still working on an itinerary but there looks like a lot of interesting exhibitions so it should be an interesting day out. So what is the connection you might ask? Will I am thinking about entering the garden photographer of the year competition and this was going to help. Another frustration.

What this has meant is that I have had little inspiration to take any photographs so I have spent my time catching up - something I have written about earlier. The photograph above is the result of this catching up.

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Another one bites the dust...

Instructions followed, checked and rechecked. Images selected, reduced to the correct number of pixels and colour space and we are done. Another submission made for another exhibition/competition. It is very frustrating and yet at the same time quite rewarding. Now it is just a matter of chance. I have no control and just have to sit back and wait. The odds are always stacked against you but you will never get anywhere with trying and rejections is the norm but this shouldn't stop you. Well that is what I tell myself. It won't stop me feeling really dejected when the 'Dear John' arrives. Such is the life of a jobbing photographer.