Often things that are old, damaged or shabby and perhaps at the point of being no longer usable can portray a deep sentimental emotion or wonder. Perhaps it is an old can left in the woods for so long the trees have grown up around it, or a baseball mitt left hanging in the shed long after the child has grown up. Old and worn out object can still tell a story through pictures.

The fifteenth annual Photographic Society of Northwest Arkansas sponsored Fall Fair Photographic Competition (FFPC). Members compete for one of fourteen places displayed in PSNWA’s large custom exhibit at the Benton county fair, as well as various locations around Northwest Arkansas.

Members can enter up to three images online by July 15 in the annual PSNWA Fall Fair Photographic Competition. The top 14 individual PSNWA member images will be displayed at the PSNWA Benton County Fair Booth.

The PSNWA member with the first place image receives a $100 Gift Certificate to Bedford Camera and Video.

View images from the 2016 Fall Fair Competition including the champion image by Ed Cooley at the 2016 Fall Fair Competition Page.

The Fall Fair competition is open to members of PSNWA. Submitted pictures should be deemed acceptable for public display for all ages. Photographs will be judged on Impact, Subject Matter / Creativity, Composition, and Technical Quality. Black and White and Color photographs will be accepted.

Images will be judged by a panel of three PSNWA members. Members with winning images will need to have the image printed 8×10 / 8×12 and delivered to PSNWA, Fayetteville Bedford Camera or Rogers Bedford Camera for framing no later than July 23.

Landscape Photography are images of different vistas within the world that capture the essence of an expansive view either natural or urban. Landscape images should document a wide space as well as convey an appreciation of the scenery.

The Ozark Photographic Challenge Print Competition allows photographers to submit their best 8×10 ~ 8×12 prints for a chance at top honors! This is the regions premier open competition, drawing on the photographer’s skills in creativity, presentation, and technical skills. Awards are announced at the Mid-America Photography Symposium, May 20 & 21.

This a juried competition and exhibition in a variety of categories covering Architecture, Black & White, Fine Art, Journalism, Landscape, Macro, Wildlife, Portrait, Abandoned and Weather. Entries will be accepted beginning March 1, 2017. Please be sure to read the rules completely and thoroughly. Any part of the rules that are not followed exactly will cause the entry to be disqualified.

Deadline for print submission is May 1, 2017. There is no fee to enter OPC.

More details at the OPC website www.ozarkphotochallenge.org

Street photography, also sometimes called candid photography, is photography conducted for art or enquiry that features unmediated chance encounters and random incidents within public places.  It is the art of capturing life, culture, and humanity, in a candid manner.