Tennessee Living

One day last August while the morning fog still hung in the trees, Pam Lewis sat on the front porch of her Arlington farmhouse – the place where her husband grew up – enjoying a cup of coffee and the view.

“All of a sudden, I said to myself, ‘This is a picture!’” recalls Lewis, the grand-prize winner in the 13th annual Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation Photo Contest.

Her cat, Blackie, who had been lounging beside her, ran for cover when Lewis reached for her camera. But Lady, the dog, graciously posed for this portrait of the quintessential Tennessee farm front porch.

“And the hummingbirds!” Lewis exclaims. “During the late summer, we had 20 to 25 hummingbirds every morning.”

We’re glad this one decided to hang around for the shot.

Lewis, who teaches in the English department at Union University in Jackson, only recently began cultivating her interest in photography. She says a friend had been teaching her about developing an eye for composition, which led to her “Aha!” moment on the porch when she snapped the winning photo.

You just never know when you’ll come upon a Tennessee photo opportunity. Pam Lewis beat out more than 1,300 entries to capture this year’s top prize. Narrowing the field to seven category winners is no easy task, either, so once again, we handed over your photos to our panel of professional photographers and graphic designers at Journal Communications in Franklin, the publishers of this magazine.

After studying stacks of stunning entries sent in by amateur shutterbugs from all over the state, our judges selected these final seven. (In addition, you can see photos that earned an honorable mention: Just Kids/Honorable Mention, Tennessee Landscapes/Honorable Mention, & Tennessee History/Honorable Mention.)

We’ll be doing it all again next year, so keep those cameras handy and be ready to capture the moment. Information for the 2009 contest will appear in the spring issue, and we’ll be accepting entries from March 1 through August 1. 

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Magazine:
Tennessee Home & Farm, Fall 2010 Edition Edition

Headline:
And the Winners Are…

Summary:
See the top images from our 13th annual photo contest.

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