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From time to time I’m asked to judge on-line and in-person photo contests but because of time restraints, I’ve limited the number of competitions I will be available to judge this year. Instead, I’m focusing my time on face-to-face critiques that I do for charity and on mentoring sessions. In the meantime, here are some tips that I would like to pass on that can help you score higher in your next contest or competition:

Since it’s October, you can make every day Halloween with Frankenstein film from the Film Photography Project! It’s available in 35mm-36 DX-coded cassettes ($10.99) or medium format in 120 ($10.99) and 620 rolls ($12.99.)

Like most photographers I love to  to tinker with my images. If there’s too much grain in a photograph, I’ll use all kinds of digital software to eliminate it. For some time, Dfine is my favorite noise removal tool.

Today's Post by Joe Farace A muse is a “woman or a force personified as a woman who is the source of inspiration for a creative artist.” In Latin, a shrine to the Muses was called a museum. Artists or poets would call on their Muse to inspire them and a poem itself...

My Film Friday post Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 mentioned that I planned to write reviews of lab processing the film I shoot. In the review, I’ll tell you how well they did, what the experience was like and use a rating system to rank each lab. In addition to lab reports, I also plan to write Film Reviews, looking at the performance of various and different kinds of film, such as Eastman Double-X.

This week we continues to celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. It runs from September 15 to October 15, highlighting the histories, cultures and contributions of those American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.