2009 Simsbury Land Trust Photography Contest   Landscape   First Place Pam Albertsen   Second Place Jay Sams   Close-Up   First Place Rick Warters   Honorable Mention Peter Marut   People in Nature   First Place Jay Sams   Honorable Mention Ray Padron   Student Color   First Place Elena Warters   Second Place Toni Vella   Student Black & White   First Place Oscar Ladd

2009 Photography Contest Winners Announced

Once again there were a great number of talented and exceptional photographers entering the Simsbury Land Trust Annual Photography Contest. The winning photographers were announced and their photographs were on display at the April SLT Annual Dinner. Several of the mainstays of SLT photograhy, including Rick Warters and Ray Padron won awards again this year. This years' annual report cover photo is the winning entry submitted by Jay Samms, who won in two categories and is new to the contest and the SLT. The student category had some wonderful entries, with Toni Vella, an elementary school student, being our youngest winner. Oscar Ladd from Westminster won the Student Black and White category.

New photographers are always needed! The winning photographs are used in a variety of SLT publications, including the annual report, the Landlines newsletter and our brochures and website. We encourage you to start taking photos this summer for the next contest. Entries are due in January, but can be submitted at any time. Bring your camera and join us on a hike and rec event and take your entry photos at the same time!

Maps of many of the SLT's properties are available on our website. If you have any questions about the contest, please contact the office. Many thanks to all of those who entered the contest this year!

2009 Annual Photography Contest

Deadline: February 1, 2010!

Join our annual Photography Contest!

Grab your camera and take a hike! Join over 50 other SLT members and students and submit an entry (or three) to our annual photography contest. Last year over 75 entries were submitted by Simsbury Land Trust members. The rules are simple, and there is no entry fee. All photos must be taken on an SLT property or at an Simsbury Land Trust sponsored event. The contest is open to all members of the Simsbury Land Trust (students do not need to be members.) Many of the photographs may be used in the annual report, membership and other brochures, and the website. If you would like any additional information, please contact the office at 651-8773.

Photography Contest Guidelines

• Open to all members of the Simsbury Land Trust.
• Enter up to 3 pieces in the following categories:
  1. Close-up
  2. Landscape
  3. Computer enhanced photography
  4. People in Nature – SLT Activities and Events
  5. Student photographers – can be in any of above formats, digital or traditional photography (students are exempt from the membership requirement)
• Work must be in the form of prints 8 x 10 or 5 x 7, b/w or color. Entries will not be returned. All work must be clearly marked with your name, address and phone number, along with the category and location of photo. If you have your photos on disc, a copy on disk as well as printed form would be appreciated.
• All photographs must be taken on Simsbury Land Trust Properties – see our website's Properties & Maps section for a map of properties.
• All winning photographs may be used for promotional purposes by the Simsbury Land Trust. Photographers retain rights to the photograph.
• Winners will be announced at the Simsbury Land Trust Annual Membership Dinner in early spring.

Please submit your entries to:

Simsbury Land Trust
P.O. Box 634
Simsbury, CT 06070

Simsbury Land Trust Photographers

Thank you to our photographers!

The members listed above are regular contributing photographers for the Simsbury Land Trust. The photographs included on this website are copyrighted to them, with use by permission for the Simsbury Land Trust. If you wish to use an image on this website, please contact the office.