by susan | Jan 2, 2021 | Competitions, Techniques
Inspired by various magazine articles on digital techniques, I experimented with adding textures, multiple exposure and overlaying pixelated versions on the original. The rendition of the toffee factory reflects the fact that the old premises was converted into a...
by susan | Sep 15, 2020 | Competitions, History, Stories
I took the task of making a ‘dream curation’ of artworks on art uk literally, and found a collection of works that fitted stories of ‘dreams’, which earned me a runner up prize of a print voucher. I enjoyed finding stories of famous people...
by susan | Aug 24, 2020 | Competitions, Out and About
Snowdrops in February Daffodils and River Wansbeck in April Comfrey and River Wansbeck in June These are the photos of mine that have been selected for the 2021 Morpeth calendar, though I feel two of them are rather similar. Not sure how much hope there is of the...
by susan | Aug 1, 2020 | Competitions, History, Out and About, Stories
Ellington memorial – Ton Maley – 2009 – photographer – Susan Dawson Some of the Northumberland sculptures I photographed over the years from 2018-20 are described in this curation in prose and poetry. It was done for a curation competition for...
by susan | Aug 1, 2020 | Competitions, Out and About, Stories
NOT MY PHOTO, this one, but I have enjoyed writing lots of flower stories during the year, for a friendly little website in the US, with some success, culminating in a $100 grand prize win in July. The website has now moved on to combine with another, with some of my...
by susan | Mar 27, 2020 | Competitions, Travel
Cloister of paradise, Amalfi Only 2 weeks ago, in a world that now seems like a pipedream to us all, I was pleased to be awarded first place in the Morpeth Camera club colour print competition with this impressionist view from Amalfi cathedral. Despite some sense of...
by susan | Mar 8, 2020 | Competitions, Stories
The zen garden club site (US based) runs a monthly competition to write about a flower and this image for February (theirs, not mine) lent itself all too readily to the situation that month in Wuhan, China as COVID-19 virus took hold. It was in the final shortlist....
by susan | Jan 19, 2020 | Competitions, Stories
At the beginning of a week bringing the historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump, it is a good time for my story “Cocktail Hour” to be published online. It can be seen here: Susan Dawson: Party...
by susan | Dec 6, 2019 | Competitions, Stories
Pleased to be joint runner up in this competition, which had over 90 submissions. Sadly, I was unable to attend the results evening as Julie was on holiday, preventing sister wars as we were both in the shortlist of 5. in the event my story, “Barred” was...
by susan | Nov 15, 2019 | Competitions, Exhibitions, Out and About
A summer evening with photographers and tripods allowed into the cathedral resulted in some interior shots, and the Lumiere festival in November took us round the exterior, including across the river. The colour shot, showing the rose window, was one of 16 images...
