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Picture This! -- Our Next Assignment

“Photograph It Now, Next Time Through It Might Be Gone!”
Our next Picture This! assignment is “Photograph It Now, Next Time Through It Might Be Gone!” Old commercial signs, falling down barns, and roadside objects tell of a past that is too often replaced by big box stores and modern billboards, and only photographs can preserve their presence. Our next Picture This! assignment is to find and record some great reminders of the past before they, too, have been bulldozed or torn down.

This old and fading paint store sign is on a wall in the historic district in Trinidad, Colorado, and was photographed with a Canon EOS 5D and a Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. © 2009, George Schaub, All Rights Reserved

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It is important that you read and follow these guidelines. We need to follow this procedure because of the large volume of images we receive. If you have any questions, please e-mail us at: editorial@shutterbug.com.

1) Images sent to us cannot be returned. You retain complete copyright over the images, but do grant us permission to print your image(s) in the magazine and on our website, www.shutterbug.com.

2) Because images are not returned please send a quality print or duplicate transparency. We will not accept or view images on CD, ZIP, or any other electronic media.

3) Images will be selected on the basis of content and technical quality. Please mark your outer envelope with the topic of the month (for example, "Wide View").

4) Enclose a short caption with the image stating camera, lens, film and exposure, plus location. If you are submitting an image with a recognizable person we must have a model release or signed permission from that person to reproduce their image in the magazine and on the website.

5) Please submit no more than three photos for consideration (4x6 up to 81/2x11).

Send your image and information to: Picture This! Shutterbug Magazine,
1419 Chaffee Dr., Suite #1
Titusville, FL 32780
Deadline for submission: December 15, 2009.
Images will appear in our March 2010 issue.
Our next topic: Down Low: Shots Made From A Low Vantage Point
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Publication Date: April, 2010

Please note: We receive hundreds of submissions for Picture This! each month and want to be sure we properly identify each image we publish. Please be sure to attach your name and image information to the back of each submission.

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