Final Countdown!

There are just 17 more days left until I set foot back on American soil.
I've been super busy but I wanted to update you all on the craziness that has been going on as
the deadline approaches.

First:

In two days I'll finish my Cambridge CELTA (Certification of English Language Teaching for Adults)!  I've been taking this intensive course for 3 months now and it feels great that to finally be finishing tomorrow.

My TO DO list today:

1. Write up last Teaching Practice about Dreams and 2nd Conditional grammar
2. Finish all of my DF's for remaining 14 Units (this may take all day)
3. Do last online observation with write-up.

If I'm able to finish all of this before my friend Tatlihan's birthday party tonight then I'll work on editing some photos for my portfolio from the Seoul Fashion Week 2010 show. I had so many shots and video from that show that I never really got to editing them all.

Second

Photo Concept Contest!

Photo Concept Contest

How many ways can you photograph a horse?


Everywhere I look I see the same types of horse photos.
I'm ready to do something unique, something new. 

I'll be going home to Iowa for the summer where my family raises horses.
I plan to make this my biggest photo project to show what new things can be done in animal and especially equine photography. It'll take a lot of effort to create the designs, props, and scout for the best locations.

You can be involved in the process too!
All you need to do is submit what you think would make a unique and interesting horse photo.

Just add your great idea in the comment section below or even better add it to my photography page on facebook where I'll be keeping a tally of all the ideas.

If I choose your concept I will send you a personalized print from the shoot as well as recognition for your input into the creation of the photo series.   

Submissions open until June 1st

Plug away!

I'll begin with my own ideas

-Vogue-fashion horse
-Warrior princess/horse (Native American/Valkyrie)
-Pegasus
 
To submit your vote or see other comments click on the logo below linking to the contest page

 


To see more of my photography visit: 
Joshua Sterrett Photography
Flickr stream

Focalpress Monthly Photography Contest!

Focal Press Photography holds a monthly Photography Contest.


This months contest is all about FOOD!


Each month's winners are awarded with prizes and of course recognition.


Give it a go!


http://focalpressphotographycontest.com/

Sony World Photography Awards Competitions

I just picked up a new competition on my twitter feed.

Sony is sponsoring a HUGE photo competition for the World Photography Organization.

All competitions are free and you can enter into more than one category.

The Deadline for all of the competitions (except the Student Focus *see below*) is January 4th, 2012


Here are the categories:

Sony World Photography Awards 2012 - Open Competition

Are you an amateur photographer and a keen photography enthusiast, with an eye for capturing that perfect moment? Whatever your photographic passion may be, enter the Open Competition for your chance to win $5,000 and a trip to London to pick up your prize at the Sony World Photography Awards 2012 gala ceremony!
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Sony World Photography Awards 2012 - Professional Competition

Are you a serious photographer with a true passion for the job? Do you understand the craft of taking pictures, documenting a story, conceptualising an idea, capturing emotions and evoking a response from those who view the finished product? Submit your best work for the chance to become the next Sony World Photography Awards, Professional Photographer of the Year and win our most coveted prize, the L’Iris d’Or, along with prize money of $25,000.

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Sony World Photography Awards 2012 - Youth Award

We are searching for the next generation of talented young photographers in this new competition, open to anyone under the age of 20 (Tate Award is up to 25 years old). Whether you are studying photography in school or college, or just have a passion for taking photographs of your daily life, enter this competition for the chance to become the first ever Sony World Photography Awards, Youth Award Winner.

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Sony World Photography Awards 2012 - Moving Image Award

The Moving Image Award calls for work combining still and moving images with sound, drawing on the distinctive strengths of each form. We want entrants to explore how photography can evolve into new forms of visual narratives using audio, music, video, animation and graphics.

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Sony World Photography Awards 2012 - 3D Award

If you are experimenting with 3D photography and video, why not enter our first global 3D photography competition! Anyone can enter this dynamic competition and be a part of this image revolution.

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Student Focus 2012 Competition

Calling all photography students! Participate in the 2012 Student Focus competition, for your chance to win Sony camera equipment for yourself and your university, as well as a trip to our World Photography Festival in London. The brief this year is to capture a 'fleeting moment'.
Entry Start: 1st June 2011
Entry Close: 16th December 2011






As you can see the awards are great and it's free to enter so give it a shot and display your best work. It's a competition open to those that like to get creative with graphics, professionals, amateurs, AND students.  Get busy and aim for London!

PHOTO CONTEST "Migration. Personal Experience, Global Phenomenon"

Fresh from hearing that one of my photos was selected out of over 1000 photos that were submitted to be exhibited in Taksim Metro in Istanbul I'm entering another contest my friend Leila in Georgia told me about.

This contest is the first of its kind being organized by Youth Association DRONI and is about Migration in Georgia, particularly dealing with the forced expulsion and mass migration of around 280,000 Georgians from Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Abkhazian Seperatists and the ongoing civil war which started in 1991 when Georgia declared it's independence after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Even though I didn't visit any of the areas of conflict while I was in Georgia I DID have some photos in my archives that I could use for this particular theme. There is still an ongoing conflict today in these regions as recent as 2008 when Russia and Georgia went head to head causing many people to flee yet again.

Here are my two entries:

"Pulled From the Roots"

Many groups of people were forcefully migrated from their homes, there cities, and even their country.
They were pulled from the very roots that they had planted many generations before them.
This image is a representation of the complete removal of a whole people from a society while the other parts of society

remain intact around it, leaving only this bare, naked tree that symbolizes the roots that they were pulled from.

"Old Man's Song"

An old man I met while wandering the country of Georgia.
He sang traditional songs of Turkey and Georgia. He is no longer
able to manipulate the strings so strums the chords with one stubby finger.
Even with the hardship of life this man finds a way to smile through it all.