Comments on: 7th Annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest Winners! https://lagunabluebelt.org Working Together for a Healthy Ocean Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:54:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mitch Ridder https://lagunabluebelt.org/7th-annual-laguna-bluebelt-photo-contest-winners/#comment-1516 Mitch Ridder Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:54:08 +0000 http://lagunabluebelt.org/?page_id=5063#comment-1516 Our 10 honored images in the 7th annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest rise above the all too familiar Laguna postcard with exceptional diversity and creative beauty, telling visual stories of mood and motion, even a touch of humor! This event showcases our love and appreciation for Laguna’s unique coastline, while reminding us the importance of the Marine Protected Area’s preservation power for all future Lagunans and visitors to the Bluebelt. Our 10 honored images in the 7th annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest rise above the all too familiar Laguna postcard with exceptional diversity and creative beauty, telling visual stories of mood and motion, even a touch of humor! This event showcases our love and appreciation for Laguna’s unique coastline, while reminding us the importance of the Marine Protected Area’s preservation power for all future Lagunans and visitors to the Bluebelt.

]]> By: Pat Sparkuhl https://lagunabluebelt.org/7th-annual-laguna-bluebelt-photo-contest-winners/#comment-1515 Pat Sparkuhl Mon, 23 Apr 2018 18:39:14 +0000 http://lagunabluebelt.org/?page_id=5063#comment-1515 It has been a pleasure and honor to have participated in jurying the 2018 Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest with Mitch Ridder and Tom Lamb. The Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest illustrates a successful synergy that can result when a worthwhile program inspires both professional and amateur photographers to ‘get out there’ and create personalized images that reflect the infinite beauty of the coastal environments and our responsibility to preserve them. I wish to dedicate this experience to a friend who has lived his life trying to make the public aware of the fragility of the environment through his photography, documentation, and protesting against those who wanted to destroy it. Mark Chamberlain It has been a pleasure and honor to have participated in jurying the 2018 Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest with Mitch Ridder and Tom Lamb.

The Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest illustrates a successful synergy that can result when a worthwhile program inspires both professional and amateur photographers to ‘get out there’ and create personalized images that reflect the infinite beauty of the coastal environments and our responsibility to preserve them.

I wish to dedicate this experience to a friend who has lived his life trying to make the public aware of the fragility of the environment through his photography, documentation, and protesting against those who wanted to destroy it. Mark Chamberlain

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