Along came... another competition.

I was surprised and pleased to have done so well in the Smile Photography Competition. I heard about another competition and decided to enter. The Canon EOS Photo5 Competition was very different. There were a limited number of registrants taken, and then each was sent 5 items to photograph. You could then submit 5 photos in total, one per item featured. This competition was run in October 2008. At the time I was quite happy with my entries, but of course looking back I am a lot more critical. One of the entries I will not upload here (crayon), but I will show the other four, as they are still interesting.

Ribbon .....................Bubbles ........................Tealight Candle

Cocktail Umbrella

How I got started.

I received my first digital camera, a 5 megapixel Olympus D-630 zoom, as a gift before the birth of my first child. It is a "point and shoot", yet to me was more advanced then any of the point and click film cameras I had previously used.

I have plenty of blurry grainy photos of my son to look back upon, from birth onwards. It also has a video feature, which we have used to document his development.

My son is by nature a happy, smiley, sociable child. To the point that people have stopped us in the street to comment on it, it is the first thing people notice when they meet him, and even those who know him well still can't help themselves from remarking upon it to us. As such, he has been the perfect subject for photos. A family member once commented to me that he couldn't take a bad photo.

In August, 2008, I entered a national competition, Centro's Smile Photography Competition. The idea was to enter a photo that made you smile.

I entered because my son made such a good photo, not because I could take a good photo.

The photo was selected as a local finalist.






This photo was taken a few days before A turned two.