Samesource says, “The digital age has many benefits. Digital gear has also made it much easier to be a lazy photographer. Think of this contest as the search for the product of ambition and effort. Sure, there’s a skill in spotting an interesting shot and capturing it on the street, but that’s not what this contest is about. No Happy Accidents is looking for shots that were painstakingly planned and executed. In addition to subject matter, set dressing, props, lighting, lens choice, shutter speed, depth of field, subject positioning, and composition all merit serious individual consideration. Show us works that started as an idea and took time and effort to bring to fruition. Show us great photography that you did not just luck upon or capture as a result of being able to take unlimited exposures.”

10% of artist entry fees goes to the curator’s choice of charity. SameSource has chosen- Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers and Native Plants, 501(c)(3), FID 95-6095398

Another 10% will go to the first place winner’s choice of charity.