Voting starts Nov. 15, 2011 for the CNPA photo contest. Got my fingers crossed that one of my entries will win something.

Entries into contests so far this year have been doing pretty well:

Chase the Light Competition “It’s For The Birds” HONORABLE MENTION

NANPA Annual Photo Competition THREE OF SIX ENTRIES CHOSEN FOR TIER 1 TOP 250 IMAGES

St. Augustine Alligator Farm 18th Annual Photo Contest BEST IN SHOW Yes!!!



Also at the Bluffton Arts and Seafood Festival sales at my booth were pretty good. The top sellers were not photos of local-style wildlife and birds, but photos from Africa and Alaska of zebras and bears. Next year I will have more of that style for sale. The Festival was fun and educational.

My next plan is a booth at the Beaufort SC Water Festival in July 2012.

After winning Best In Show of the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and Zoo 18th Annual Photo Contest July 2012, I was just notified that three of my six entries into the NANPA (North American Nature Photographers Association) 2012 Showcase Competition were chosen in Tier 3.

2400 entries in the competition
250 Tier 3
100 Tier 2
10 Tier 1

No, I wasn’t a bigtime winner, but I will have three images out 250 displayed online and in a magazine in 2012. Awright!!!

Former Beaufort Gazette photographer Sue Jarrett recently won Best In Show in the 2011 St. Augustine Alligator Farm 18th Annual Photography Contest. The photograph shows a snowy egret and a tri-colored or Louisiana Heron arguing over air space.



This year's contest was judged by wildlife photographer Robert O'Toole. Entries were received from all over the United States and parts of Canada. With nearly 400 photos submitted, O'Toole faced quite a challenge during the selection process. This year’s winning photographs will be on display at the St. Augustine Alligator Farm and on its website www.alligatorfarm.us/photography.html



Earlier this year Jarrett also had a wildlife photo selected in a juried competition for display in the St. Augustine Art Association Spring Show, and in 2009 and 2010 Jarrett was a finalist in the annual Nature's Best Photography Magazine competitions.



Besides wildlife photography awards, Jarrett won numerous photojournalism awards from the South Carolina Press Association while working at The Beaufort Gazette and from the Iowa Press Women Inc. when working for The Ottumwa Courier. In 1996 Jarrett won first place in the Photojournalism category of Popular Photography Magazine's Great Picture Contest.



Jarrett is a member of Nikon Professional Services, World Wildlife Fund, National Wildlife Federation, African Wildlife Foundation, North America Nature Photographers Association, Carolina Nature Photographers Association, the Photography Club of Beaufort and the Beaufort Art Association.



Facebook members can vote for the egret and heron photograph in another competition at http://www.facebook.com/Rainforest.Expeditions. Click that you "like" the page, then click on "photos" and then go into "Photo Contest #1." Jarrett's entry is on the bottom left, so click on it to enlarge and hit "like" to vote for it. Voting ends Sept. 15.



Other than wildlife Jarrett also photographs weddings. Her quote "Brides and bears have a lot in common" can be seen on her website www.suejarrett.com.



Jarrett's wildlife photos can be seen and purchased at www.sue-jarrett.artistwebsites.com or locally on display at Lowcountry Medical Group, Beaufort OB/GYN Associates and LyBenson's on Charles Street.

Yes, my theme Weddings & Wildlife is underway. May weddings on weekends with wildlife photo trips during the week. Brides are ready for their Special Day and bears are popping up in the Smokies with cubs. Also, egret, heron, spoonbill, etc chicks are popping out in nests all over the Southeast.

I’m busy and enjoying it at the same time. Weddings are fun â€" like parties and a big celebration theme, and wildlife photography is calm and relaxing. A great combination!

Right now my prints are on exhibit and for sale at Lowcountry Medical Group, Beaufort Memorial Hospital OB/GYN department, and the Beaufort Art Association Spring Show at Green Street Gym now known as Charles Lund Gym. Peoples’ Choice Award voting is going on until Saturday March 26, so stop by and vote for either Spoonie Youths or Dancing Egret.

Next month April 28-May 1 two will be on digital display at the St. Augustine Birding and Photo Fest and possibly at the St. Augustine Art Association Nature and Wildlife Juried Exhibit April 27-May 29. I haven’t heard from the jury yet, but have my fingers crossed! Those entries are the Spoonie Youths taken in Florida and the Burrowing Owls taken in Florida.

I am also waiting to hear from the Hilton Head Art League Biennial Juried Show. That decision is supposed to come out today and if I’m picked, the display will be from May 7-29. Those entries are the Vervet Monkey Mom and Child from Africa and the Tri-neck Giraffes from Africa.

Right now all I am mentioning is exhibit and display, not awards. Fingers are crossed for that, too!

Well, Spring has Sprung even though the weather here has not really warmed up yet. What has sprung is all the art and photography contests in the local area and elsewhere.


I’ll be entering all of these and hope that the juried exhibitions will accept my work:

The Beaufort Art Association Spring Show starts March 18 and runs through March 27.
The Hilton Head Arts League Juried Show is May 7 to May 29.
The St. Augustine Birding and Photo Fest Show will be April 28 through May 1.
The St. Augustine Art Association Nature and Wildlife Juried Exhibition will be April 27 through May 29.

Wish me luck!

Sales of my photos from Africa are going great at Lowcountry Medical Group Clinic! I have sold two 20x30 canvas photos in the last two months. One was of a Vervet Monkey and child and the other was a Plains Zebra and child. Now on display are a 16x20 canvas of three baby egrets and a 20x30 canvas photo of three reticulated giraffes with their necks all wrapped together.

In a week I should hear if my semi-final photo in the Nature’s Best Photography Magazine Backyard competition has advanced farther. Fingers crossed!!

Within the next two months I will have a new website to sell my wildlife photos. I have several things to work out first and then will open the new site which will be secure and will accept Pay Pal or credit card orders.

After speaking this past Monday night (Jan. 10, 2011) at the Photography Club of Beaufort about traveling with your photography gear, I also informed everyone about the Weldon Lee Workshop coming up here in Beaufort SC on May 14, 2011. Weldon is a famous wildlife photographer from Colorado and will do a full day seminar at the Sea Island Inn on Bay St. You can contact me for more information or Weldon at wlee@rockymountainphotoadventures.com to register.

On Monday Jan. 10, 2011 I will be speaking at the Photography Club of Beaufort about TRAVEL (with your gear) PHOTOGRAPHY. The meeting starts at 7pm at Bldg 22 at TCL. I will be talking about carrying equipment on trips like mine to Africa and Alaska where weight not money has a lot to do with what you take with you. The tour groups have restrictions regarding weight and have some ideas about how to handle that effectively.