WESTERLY, R.I.– Nicolas Foster stated, he swam out from coast one evening and “simply got lucky.”
As the sundown sliced through the jean-blue clouds and turned the water gold, the browse professional photographer and graphic designer snapped a photo of the horizon while a wave curled in front of his lens like fingers.In catching the
tunnel impact, Foster took an image that would amass him a first-place finish in the South County Tourist Council’s photo contest, the outcomes of which were announced recently. There were 3 first-place winners
across 3 various classifications– A Gorgeous Location, Love at the Beach, and Fairs and Festivals.Foster took first in the 21st annual contest’s Beautiful Location
category.Approximately 436 overall entries were submitted to the tourism council and judged by Christine Corrigan
— a freelance photographer of thirty years who spent 10 years as a staff professional photographer at the Westerly Sun.Those who completed in top place made a$500 reward, with 2nd location rewarding$250 to each silver finisher and$ 125 to every third location finisher. Each category called four runners up, who went house with $50 each.Diane Zerba of Charlestown ended up simply behind Foster– good for second place in their classification. Zerba recorded a reflection of the sky in the sand on the beach in Charlestown.Third location went to Stacy Clark of Pawcatuk, Conn., who snapped an image of the Watch Hill Lighthouse in Westerly.Foster began shooting images in eighth grade. He utilizes a Sony A7R3 and Sony A60-500 with water housing when taking images off-shore.” My preferred part (about taking images )… it’s actually nice if you’re
doing surf pictures or any sports images of someone, where you can get a really excellent photo of them and they get delighted about it, “he stated.
“Or for myself, if I’m doing that or it’s simply an empty wave, I can kind of see when I’m swimming. I’ll take most likely 1,000 photos, 980 are gon na be dreadful, maybe more. However then, you can constantly sort of inform if you look in the water and see on the screen– when everything lines up. The light is great, everything’s in focus. Yeah, it’s a great sensation.”For Gina Campbell, among her preferred elements of photography is looking at her environments differently through the lens. “To me that’s sort of the magic that occurs, “Campbell stated, who came
in first place in the contest’s Fairs and Festivals category.Campbell uses a Canon DSLR, a present from her husband back in 2008. “I’m constantly practicing some kind of method or something I require work on. And I like to capture at sunrise or sunset since that’s a softer light, “she said.Campbell discovered her first-place shot while at the Charlestown Seafood Festival.She was there to work on shutter speed and focus.”I like to go to the fair to shoot fireworks,”Campbell said. “They appear like sea polyps.”While image hunting, she took a shot of a group of people on one of
the reasonable flights. “This bad kid was being in the flight with 2 girls ignoring him and it
looks like he actually desired their attention, “Campbell said.Claiming second place in the Fairs and Festivals category was Todd Gianguzzi, of Narragansett, who took a photo
of the Narragansett 8 performing at a show.Tammy Anderson, of West Kingston, earned
third location, with a shot entitled “The Sounds of Summertime.”Campbell’s second-place shot was a Love at the Beach entry, an image of a duo she presumed was a dad and a kid.”That was taken in the spring at Narragansett Beach,”she said.”They just appeared like they were having a great time
, they had that bond when they took a look at each other. “Campbell, who is from Wakefield, likes to offer totally free photoshoots for children and families in her regional area.Campbell said she enjoys shooting feeling, something that is
plentiful throughout a child’s face.” They’re so innocent and just so fun,”Campbell stated.”You do not understand what you’re gon na capture.” Barbara McCormick, of Palmetto, Fla., finished first in the Love at the Beach classification.”I’ve been taking images for permanently … at least since I was talented my first electronic camera when I was 13– a Pentax K-1000,” she said.
“That was 47 years back. Nowadays, I simply utilize my iPhone. They take great quality photos.”
McCormick took a picture in South Kingstown, showing a couple walking the shoreline
while holding hands on a foggy day.”I always make a point of walking the beach on gloomy days. It’s the best,” McCormick said. “This couple with blue strolled right into my frame and actually made the shot better. Call it excellent timing, I guess.”In 3rd place in the classification was Franca Bartkiewitz of West Kingston, who snapped a photo of a mother holding up a kid in Westerly.Photo contest winners and runners up can be viewed on the South County Tourism Council’s website at: https://www.southcountyri.com/plan-a-trip/photo-contest/For McCormick, her preferred part about taking pictures appears and basic. “I like that the memories reside on.”