Due to an insufficient number of entries for the March 2023 50/50 Challenge "Intentional Bystander" entrants were given the option of having their entry fee refunded or carried forward to a future challenge. The 2023 50/50 Challenges will be extended by a month to ensure we have enough images to complete the 2024 calendar. Thank you to those who submitted an image and to Erika & Lanny for their feedback and time.

Creative Directors of Rare Earth's  The Shooting Range: A Photography Challenge  spend a ridiculous amount of time researching their Guest Judges to ensure they fit the following criteria: 1) they have a proven track record of being skilled in their genre, field, or area of expertise, 2) they must have experience as a teacher or mentor, and 3) they must meet the threshold of being passionate about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity.  When it was decided it was time to do a maternity, newborn, and family portraiture challenge, the search led to Serap Seker, a Türkiye-born Canadian maternity, newborn, and family photographer based in Guelph, Ontario, traditional home of the Anishinabewaki, Haudenosaunee, Attiwonderonk, and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Peoples. Serap, picked up a camera and walked away from a career in banking, and with the support of her partner, Volkan, has since photographed over 1500 babies in over 80 countries, worked with over 600 ...

      " Observe ‘what is’ with undivided awareness.” ~ Bruce Lee    “Genius is patience.” ~ Mahatma Ghandi