MPA’s 4th Annual Black & White Photo Contest – Submission Period March 1 – March 31 – Get ready for MPA’s immensely popular contest. This year’s theme is Landscapes:

• Definition – Black and white landscape photography is timeless and classic. It highlights the contrast between light and dark elements; and it can draw attention to textures, forms, and patterns found in the natural world. 
• MPA Members can submit their first two images for FREE by using the club’s Promo Code 5HZLA.
• There are over $500 in prizes.

For more information and to submit, go to https://www.mdphotoalliance.org/2026-bw-photo-contest. Why wait?

MPA Adventures in Light – Get out of the cold and the winter blues and learn to see differently. Photography as Poetry is an online workshop designed to help you move beyond technique and into expression.

Explore how images can carry emotional weight—how subtle shifts in light, line, color, and movement can transform an ordinary scene into something deeply expressive. There are 5 online sessions from March 1 through March 29. For more information and to register, go to https://www.wildliz.com/photographyaspoetry. MPA Members receive a discount.

NEW Artist Spotlight the Webinar – Joe Edelman will speak on The Art of Seeing: Success in Photography is in the Details. This virtual event takes place on March 10 at 7:00 PM ET, is FREE, and requires you to register at https://www.mdphotoalliance.org/joe-edelman-artist-spotlight

NEW Artist Spotlight the Podcast – DC based portrait photographer Cheriss May talks about building rapport with her subjects and so much more. Stream or download at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBUUyGh2oQ

Contact MPA with questions – mpa@mdphotoalliance.org