Spring 2012 Photography Challenge... Transience

hello bulb followers.

it is that time again... photo challenge time!

based upon the suggestions of our followers,
we have settled on the idea of transience for our topic.
transience can be described as the state or quality of
passing with time or being ephemeral or fleeting.

for me, spring brings fresh weather,
the desire to go somewhere,
to see something new,
to make a clean start,
but spring is short and that feeling doesn't last forever.
transience seems to fit well into both this season
and the medium of photography, which is time based.

explore the idea of transience on your own
and interpret in photographs!

the challenge is open to all photographers
of all levels of experience,
using all types of photographic media.
(you may use film, alternative processes, digital, video stills, cell phones, etc.)

*submit your images to bulbArts via an email to sarahcbaron@gmail.com
     *please put the word "transience" in the subject line
     *include in your email your full name, mailing & email address
       and specify the student/amateur or professional/experienced category
*images should be a resolution of 72ppi, 10 inches on the longest side
*images should be flattened jpeg files
*please title these files with your full name and number them (SarahBaron1.jpg)
*limit 2 images per photographer

*** the deadline for the transience photo challenge is June 1, 2012

bulbArts will curate and exhibit an online exhibition.
the submissions will be sent anonymously to our guest juror, jake selvidio.
mr. selvidio is a photographic artist, designer and educator based in new york city!
he will choose two winners from the amateur category and one from the professional.

all winners will be given a feature on the blog
to exhibit a larger selection of their photographic work.

the first place winner in the amateur category will, for the first time in bulbArts history,
also receive a great prize... a cool, custom-made camera strap from Couch!
this brand new camera strap is upcycled from material intended to reupholster volkswagen seats.
it is red, it is unique, it is pretty darn cool!  (thanks to amy lorino for the donation)

first prize is this awesome couch camera strap!
its is a brand new, custom-made strap made from volkswagen vinyl.
image by sarah c baron

we look forward to your transience image!!

still looking for your challenge ideas

hey friends and followers,

this is just a reminder that we are still looking for ideas

for the next bulb photo challenge!

we will be accepting ideas until 

next friday, march 23, 2012 at midnight.

all you have to do is submit a comment to this blog post

containing your suggested challenge idea.

keep in mind that we usually sponsor a broader conceptually based contest

rather than just a genre challenge like nudes or landscapes.

we are really look forward to reading your ideas

and presenting a fun, new spring photo challenge!!

let's collaborate!

for the past two years i have been coming up with the concepts and topics
for the bulb photo challenges all on my own.

i thought it might be a lot of fun if you, the followers of bulb,
choose the next topic for our april bulb photo challenge!

all you have to do is submit a comment to this blog post
containing your suggested challenge idea.

keep in mind that we usually sponsor a broader conceptually based contest
rather than just a genre challenge like nudes or landscapes.

i look forward to reading some interesting ideas
and presenting a really fun spring photo challenge!!

and the winners are... resolution challenge

ladies and gentlemen and bulb followers who don't fall into one of those categories,
i am proud to announce that we officially have winners to the
bulb photo resolution challenge!

all of the images that were submitted are excellent. the exhibition was beautiful!
i know that our juror had a difficult time deciding which photographs
stood out amongst the group.

although each artist who submitted is a winner in my book,
ms. khalil has spoken...
the photographers who created the images posted below will be awarded their own feature on the blog!

in the amateur or student category:

alexis anderson

mike baker

in the professional or advanced category:

mark renz

congratulations alexis, mike & mark.

come back next week to view their features and learn a bit more about the photographers.

*please read bulb's next post as suggest topics for our april photo challenge!

"resolution" photo challenge deadline extended

the deadline for the "resolution" photo challenge
has been extended to
next wednesday, january 25, 2012!

email your submissions to
sarahcbaron@gmail.com

the submission guidelines are listed in bulb's previous post.

ms. khalil & i are looking forward to viewing your images!!

proud to present "life & death" winning photographer: amelia fletcher

here is the first installment of posts featuring the stand out photographers
from the life & death photo challenge...

amelia fletcher is currently attending uncc, working on a bfa with a concentration in photography.  
her future plans include attending a graduate program where she will learn her mfa. 
fletcher enjoys many different art mediums, but photography is her passion... 
whether it is working with film, digital or an alternative process. 
she is inspired by the natural world, history, stories from the past, human perception and memory.


the works presented here today are from a series called, "these reckless conditions".


this body of imagery explores the fragile relationship between humans and the environment, 
and our senseless efforts to collect and control it. 
i have always been fascinated with the natural world. 
most of my childhood was spent playing in creeks and woods near our home, 
collecting relics of nature untouched and unaltered by human hands. 
i have always felt a connection to nature's tangible contents and the land around me. 

symbolically and historically birds are of a particular fascination. 
the more i understand my work, 
the more i draw associations to the similarities between the human species and that of the legendary aves. 
birds are revered as one of the most intelligent creatures in the world with complex social structures 
resembling that of humans. 
they have been represented in diverse and prominent roles in folklore and religion 
across the world, since the beginnings of human history. 
in myth and culture they have been portrayed as messengers, deities, universal guardians, and prophets of truth. 
birds communicate using song and body language.
the vast majority are monogamous and they are remarkably equipped to remember precise locations during migration. 
although humans have protected, domesticated, and sustained different breeds of birds,
conversely, they have caused population decrease and extinction of countless species.

because of the process used in the creation of these images, 
the tiniest of detail and delicate elements of each specimen are visible, 
transforming the small and frail into a significant symbol of our existence.


- amelia fletcher




if you would like to contact amelia or view more of her work,
check out her website ameliafletcher.com

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

image by amelia fletcher

“No, the point is not only does time fly and do we die, 

but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed, 

for the duration of certain inexplicable moments, to know it.” 

-Annie Dillard Pilgram at Tinker Creek

uncc offers up its walls for a juried student exhibition

SHUTTER 2012

Third Annual Juried Student Photography Exhibition

Sponsored by the Art of Light Photography Club at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

Shutter is an open call of all photo-based works to all 

Undergraduate and graduate college students in the Southeast region.  

All content and photographic media is welcome 

(alternative processes, traditional black andwhite, and/or digital methods, etc.). 

No entry fee!

JUROR--Antonio Martinez

Antonio teaches photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. 

He attended Creighton University, where he earned a BFA in painting and 

then pursued an MFA in photography atEast Carolina University. 

His Near the Egress video has been shown in over 25 international and national festivals 

and was featured in PDN magazine in 2010 and on platestopixels.com. 

For more information about Antonio and his work, visit antoniom.com.

IMPORTANT DATES

·      Deadline for Submission: December 10, 2011 (extended from the 7th!)

·      Entries to arrive at the gallery: December 20th-January 6th

·      Opening of Show: January 13th

·      Reception Date: January 18th

·      Juror Lecture: January 18, 7pm at UNC Charlotte

·      Closing of Show: February 7th

SUBMISSION DETAILS

·      Submissions will only be accepted by email to shuttersubmit@gmail.com.

·      Submit jpegs, sized 7 inches on the shortest end at 72 DPI.

·      File should be named by artists first and last name and numbered (ex: AmandaJohnson_1.jpg)

·      Email with jpgs must include the following information:         
                  *Name, Address, Email, Phone Number & University Currently Attending
                  *For each entry provide Title, Size Framed, Materials/Methods Used & Insurance Value

·      Entries that are incomplete, or not up to the standard of the submission will be disqualified.

·      Limit of five entries per person

·      Additional instructions will be sent to artists included in exhibition.

·      Students included in the show will be responsible for matting and framing 

                  the work on a professional level and will be responsible for the cost of shipping to and from UNCC.

PRIZES/AWARDS

·      Provided by donations from Kickstarter.

·      TBA

CONTACT INFORMATION

Aspen Hochhalter, E: ahochhal@uncc.edu

Ann Kluttz, E: aekluttz@uncc.edu

9201 University City Blvd Rowe Arts Building Charlotte, NC 28223

W: http://www.sco.uncc.edu/artoflight/

THE ART OF LIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB

Founded in 1993, the ALPC was designed to promote photography 

at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as well as the greater Charlotte community. 

The ALPC provides students interested in photography with a social network 

and opportunities to experience workshops, lectures, conferences and photographing excursions. 

For more information about ALPC, upcoming events and photography 

featured in previous Shutter exhibitions, please visit our website: http://www.sco.uncc.edu/artoflight/.

life & death photo challenge: announcement of "winning" submissions

i want to thank everyone who submitted to the life & death photo challenge. 

this theme is always captivating and can be approached in so many ways. 

i enjoyed looking at each artist’s different perspective.

life and death are subjects that have always been at the forefront of the artist’s mind; 

whether we are trying to deal with the loss of a loved one, 

capture forever a moment that is gone or 

cling to the hope of a new beginning. 

personally, i was most attracted to the more abstract images; 

the photographs that were not quite so literal yet held a dreamlike, eerie essence instead. 

some appeared almost as if they had come out of the world of edgar allen poe 

(quoth the raven, nevermore)!  

it was those images that portrayed the mysterious and esoteric qualities of both life and death 

that were able to catch and keep my eye. 

with that being said, I also connected to the literal nature of amelia fletcher’s 

second image of the tiny, deceased bird, taking something that can, at first, 

seem shocking or even grotesque and presenting it in a manner that is both beautiful and poetic.  

- michelle jammes

gallery manager

castle gallery

new rochelle, new york

thank you once again for participating in this bulb photo challenge.

we look forward to the upcoming blog features presented by each of the following photographers:

amelia fletcher

audry schapai

christy megenbir

and in the professional category:

amy lorino










*all jurors of bulb photo challenges are third party volunteers that are not compensated for their participation.
*all submissions are presented to the juror without identification of the photographer responsible; they are completely anonymous to the juror.

life & death: an exhibition of photographs

below, you will find the images selected from the submissions for the

life & death photo challenge.

each photographer interpreted the concepts of life and death in their own unique ways.

enjoy the show.

(the "winning" photographs will be announced later this week in a separate post)

image by amelia fletcher

image by karla eargle

image by audry schapai

image by tiffany dyer

image by christy megenbir

image by jen crickenberger

image by amanda johnson

image by david hough

image by amanda markham

image by jeff dugan

image by jordan fogal

image by andrew amelinckx

image by kelsey mcneil

image by lauren phillips

images by jordan fogal

image by craig reynolds

image by tiffany dyer

images by james reeves

image by lauren phillips

image by jen crickenberger

image by amy lorino

image by amanda markham

image by breanna dobbins

image by john russo

image by christy megenbir

image by james reeves

image by kelsey mcneil

image by mike baker

image by karla eargle

image by amelia fletcher