On Tuesday November 18, 2014 I’ll be making a trek north to Pittsfield, Massachusetts to do something a bit different – something I’ve only done once before. And that is to judge a photographic competition. On that Tuesday evening, I will be the judge for the Berkshire Museum Camera Club‘s second digital and print competition of the year – with the subject of trains and railroads. I guess I’d be qualified to judge that type of subject matter…
The meeting is open to the public, and will be held at the Berkshire Museum, on South Street in Pittsfield starting at 7pm. If you’re in the area, come on down and check out the photos with me. I’ll be judging and critiquing a number of digital photographs, along with prints in both the color and black & white categories. I’m sure there will be some great material to check out, and I’m excited (and a bit nervous) about being able to give honest – and hopefully constructive – criticism to the photographers about their work. I’ll be doing a short presentation at the start of the meeting to introduce myself and my work to the members, then will dive into the judging. Looks like I will have over 90 minutes to talk about the photos in the contest – and I hope that my comments can help the photographers look at their work in a different light. And I’m sure I will draw my own inspiration from the work of these photographers – I’m sure the club has a ton of talent, and I really enjoy looking at the subject through other people’s eyes. I hope some of you can make it out into the Berkshires for an evening of photos!
And as for the title of the blog post…apologies to Pigmeat Markham and Sammy Davis Jr. for stealing it from their Laugh-In days… 🙂
