2009 winners
Family Photo
Discipline, love of nature and a new camera yielded five winning entries in Friends of the Forest Preserves First-Annual Photo Contest for a talented father and son team from Des Plaines. Bob Callebert was awarded both first place and second place for dramatically-lit wetland scenes at Spring Creek Nature Preserve and Palatine Marsh. And, though he only took up photography about two years ago, 15-year-old William Callebert took third place for a river scene at Bunker Hill Woods, snapped with a camera purchased just after Christmas.
Friends thanks all who participated for helping us showcase the beauty of the Forest Preserves of Cook County. Submit your photograph to Friends of the Forest Preserves’ 2010 Photo Contest.
Winning photographs to be exhibited
Attention photographers! Showcase your work while helping to communicate the beauty and value of the Forest Preserves of Cook County by entering Friends’ second annual photo contest.
This year, winning entries will be shown in a special exhibition thanks to the generous sponsorship of Franklin Framing, a full-service picture framing salon and art gallery in the heart of Blue Island’s historic downtown.
Ten winners will receive Friends hats and calendars and $25 gift certificates from Franklin Framing in Blue Island. The grand prize winning entry will be printed and framed. Winning photographs will be shown at the exhibition in February and displayed on Friends’ website.
Professionals and amateurs are encouraged to submit images of feature landscapes, flora, wildlife, recreation, or education.
Rules:
- Photographs must be taken in a Cook County Forest Preserve.
- Invasive species must not be prominent in the photograph.
- Submit entries via email to: benjamin@fotfp.org. If files are large, please email them individually.
- Each photographer may enter a maximum of five photographs.
- The entry deadline for the contest is January 15.