I belong to State College Photo Club and use it as a incentive to always go out and photograph the assigned topic of the month. The club is made up of photographers that like to share their photographs and get some feedback on them. I have learned so much over the years that I have belonged to the club. I did not know anything about the rules of composition before attending the meetings. Each month we are given a special topic like "patterns," the topic for January. We can either go out and photograph for that category or we can submit a photo in the open category. That is a free choice photo. I love hearing what the judges have to say about my photos and the photos of the other members of the group. We have some amazing photographers in the group. The experience has given me a more critical eye on my own photography. Of course, every judge is different and the process is very subjective. This month I was very pleased to get a first place in "patterns." Here is the photo. I had been asked by a friend of mine to photograph her house for her website to sell her house. She was a little late so I started taking pictures in her yard. I looked down, and I liked the patterns of the pine cone frozen in the snow. After I told the story, the judge said, "Artists see things that other people don't see." That made me very happy. He disliked one of the other photos, so you never know.
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