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One place for your Bucket List must be Antelope Canyon (Arizona). The slot canyons in the area are beautiful equally in color and black and white. The colors are real but brought out through dodging, burning, and saturation controls. © James S. Black. All rights...

Dear James Congratulations! It is my great pleasure to inform you that your entry "Morning on Winnie" has made it to the final round of Jury voting and is awarded the title "Official Selection" in the International Photography Awards 2022. The final winners based on...

Applications to Artist-in-Residence (AiR) Program at Capitol Reef National Park are now being accepted 01-30 September 2022 for the 2023 season.  The program "offers professional artists the opportunity to pursue their artistic discipline while being surrounded...

Semi-Professional and Professional photographers take note of CaFE.  About CaFÉ™ "CaFÉ is the leading online application and jurying system for calls for entry. Launched in 2005, CaFÉ was designed by arts administrators to make the application and adjudication...

An article was published in the October 15, 2020 online magazine iLeGaLit produced in the Czech Republic.    The article (Seehttps://ilegalit.wordpress.com/2020/10/15/fotografie-james-black/) contains my short bio as well as several of my black and white...

Confusing to many new, and sometimes experienced, photographers are the multitude of categories in photo contests.  We sit and scratch our heads trying to understand the meaning of "Fine Art Landscapes" versus "Nature Landscapes."  Apparently, an...

I have to give a shout-out to Pictorem - a Canadian on-demand photo printing company.  Although located in Canada, their products are delivered for free in the USA and Canada.  In addition, photographers can establish an account and sell their art...

As an amateur photographer have you wondered about photo contest reviews and their value?  Here is a sample ...  "You have some very strong work in your submission. There’s a luscious overall tonality in many of your pictures that I can only imagine...

Shades of Color is an online subscription magazine based in France and published 6 times a year.  Each issue has articles on: review and test of new software and equipment; photography tutorials; and portfolios and interviews with photographers from around the...