Association of Texas Photography Instructors
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The Association of Texas Photography Instructors (ATPI) provides information and resources to teachers and students that work with photography, whether in Art, Journalism, Career and Technology or Vocational curriculum areas. https://www.atpi.org
With just under an hour to go, we are already over 6,400 entries for the 2025 Fall Contest. Right now the largest category is Advanced Sports Action with 434 entries! Get those entries uploaded now! And we have entries from Canada and Great Britain!
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
With just under an hour to go, we are already over 6,400 entries for the 2025 Fall Contest. Right now the largest category is Advanced Sports Action with 434 entries! Get those entries uploaded now! And we have entries from Canada and Great Britain!
New month... New contest 🗓️
November social media contest theme: FRIENDSHIP
Show us what "Friendship" looks like by midnight on November 26th.
Use the hashtag #ATPIfriendship and tag us on your post.
November social media contest theme: FRIENDSHIP
Show us what "Friendship" looks like by midnight on November 26th.
Use the hashtag #ATPIfriendship and tag us on your post.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
New month... New contest 🗓️
November social media contest theme: FRIENDSHIP
Show us what "Friendship" looks like by midnight on November 26th.
Use the hashtag #ATPIfriendship and tag us on your post.
November social media contest theme: FRIENDSHIP
Show us what "Friendship" looks like by midnight on November 26th.
Use the hashtag #ATPIfriendship and tag us on your post.
Tonight is the night! 🎃 Happy Halloween! Share your #atpiorange photo by midnight tonight and tag us to enter this month's social media contest.
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Tonight is the night! 🎃 Happy Halloween! Share your #atpiorange photo by midnight tonight and tag us to enter this month's social media contest.
T minus 3 days left for this month's social media contest 🎃 Tag us and use the hashtag #atpiorange when you post by October 31st (Halloween) at midnight. Don't let the candy 🍬 keep you from entering!
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
T minus 3 days left for this month's social media contest 🎃 Tag us and use the hashtag #atpiorange when you post by October 31st (Halloween) at midnight. Don't let the candy 🍬 keep you from entering!
If your school is submitting darkroom prints for the Fall Contest, the correct mailing address is:
Andrea Negri
Cypress Woods High School
13550 Woods-Spillane Blvd
Cypress, TX 77429
The address was wrong on the flyer that was mailed out. Sorry for the error. #atpifc25
Andrea Negri
Cypress Woods High School
13550 Woods-Spillane Blvd
Cypress, TX 77429
The address was wrong on the flyer that was mailed out. Sorry for the error. #atpifc25
October 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If your school is submitting darkroom prints for the Fall Contest, the correct mailing address is:
Andrea Negri
Cypress Woods High School
13550 Woods-Spillane Blvd
Cypress, TX 77429
The address was wrong on the flyer that was mailed out. Sorry for the error. #atpifc25
Andrea Negri
Cypress Woods High School
13550 Woods-Spillane Blvd
Cypress, TX 77429
The address was wrong on the flyer that was mailed out. Sorry for the error. #atpifc25
ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect
Faculty: 1st Erika E. (Duncanville HS), 2nd Amber W. (Wimberley HS), 3rd Josette C. (VR Eaton HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
Faculty: 1st Erika E. (Duncanville HS), 2nd Amber W. (Wimberley HS), 3rd Josette C. (VR Eaton HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect
Faculty: 1st Erika E. (Duncanville HS), 2nd Amber W. (Wimberley HS), 3rd Josette C. (VR Eaton HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
Faculty: 1st Erika E. (Duncanville HS), 2nd Amber W. (Wimberley HS), 3rd Josette C. (VR Eaton HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect
Students: 1st Jamaiyah R. (Texas HS), 2nd Adriel E., 3rd Erik A., HM Nadia D. (Caney Creek HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
Students: 1st Jamaiyah R. (Texas HS), 2nd Adriel E., 3rd Erik A., HM Nadia D. (Caney Creek HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
October 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
ATPI September Social Media Contest Winners-Theme: Practice Makes Perfect
Students: 1st Jamaiyah R. (Texas HS), 2nd Adriel E., 3rd Erik A., HM Nadia D. (Caney Creek HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
Students: 1st Jamaiyah R. (Texas HS), 2nd Adriel E., 3rd Erik A., HM Nadia D. (Caney Creek HS)
#ATPI #PracticeMakesPerfect
New Month, New Contest!
September’s ATPI Social Media Photo Contest theme is: Practice Makes Perfect
🗓 Deadline: Midnight • Sept 24, 2025
📍 Rules & details: www.atpi.org/socialmedia/
Show us how practice shapes your craft, your passions, and your creativity! 🙌
#ATPI #ATPIPracticeMakesPerfect
September’s ATPI Social Media Photo Contest theme is: Practice Makes Perfect
🗓 Deadline: Midnight • Sept 24, 2025
📍 Rules & details: www.atpi.org/socialmedia/
Show us how practice shapes your craft, your passions, and your creativity! 🙌
#ATPI #ATPIPracticeMakesPerfect
September 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New Month, New Contest!
September’s ATPI Social Media Photo Contest theme is: Practice Makes Perfect
🗓 Deadline: Midnight • Sept 24, 2025
📍 Rules & details: www.atpi.org/socialmedia/
Show us how practice shapes your craft, your passions, and your creativity! 🙌
#ATPI #ATPIPracticeMakesPerfect
September’s ATPI Social Media Photo Contest theme is: Practice Makes Perfect
🗓 Deadline: Midnight • Sept 24, 2025
📍 Rules & details: www.atpi.org/socialmedia/
Show us how practice shapes your craft, your passions, and your creativity! 🙌
#ATPI #ATPIPracticeMakesPerfect
ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners-Update: We’re reposting the results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners!
Faculty Winners:
1st Place-Clint Smith
2nd Place- Erica Garcia
3rd Place- Laura Spray
Faculty Winners:
1st Place-Clint Smith
2nd Place- Erica Garcia
3rd Place- Laura Spray
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners-Update: We’re reposting the results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners!
Faculty Winners:
1st Place-Clint Smith
2nd Place- Erica Garcia
3rd Place- Laura Spray
Faculty Winners:
1st Place-Clint Smith
2nd Place- Erica Garcia
3rd Place- Laura Spray
ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners-Update: We’re reposting the results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners!
Student Winners:
1st Place- Kyla Hataway
2nd Place- Zoey Richardson
3rd Place-Michelle Lopez
Student Winners:
1st Place- Kyla Hataway
2nd Place- Zoey Richardson
3rd Place-Michelle Lopez
September 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
ATPI August Social Media Contest Winners-Update: We’re reposting the results to correct school names and reflect the final winners list. Thanks for your understanding & congrats again to our winners!
Student Winners:
1st Place- Kyla Hataway
2nd Place- Zoey Richardson
3rd Place-Michelle Lopez
Student Winners:
1st Place- Kyla Hataway
2nd Place- Zoey Richardson
3rd Place-Michelle Lopez
The first social media contest of the year is due next Wednesday, August 27, by midnight. Check out all the rules at www.atpi.org/socialmedia.
August 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The first social media contest of the year is due next Wednesday, August 27, by midnight. Check out all the rules at www.atpi.org/socialmedia.
Time to start thinking about the 2025 ATPI Fall Contest! Deadline is November 14 at 6 p.m. Central. The contest is open to K-12 students and teachers worldwide! Check out the 33 categories and all the rules at www.atpi.org/fallcontest.
July 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Time to start thinking about the 2025 ATPI Fall Contest! Deadline is November 14 at 6 p.m. Central. The contest is open to K-12 students and teachers worldwide! Check out the 33 categories and all the rules at www.atpi.org/fallcontest.
We've got new galleries available on our SmugMug site! Check out the winning portfolios from the 2025 Spring Contests - Top Program, Rising Star and Hal Fulgham Scholarship. Click on the gallery link under each contest. www.atpi.org/contests
July 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
We've got new galleries available on our SmugMug site! Check out the winning portfolios from the 2025 Spring Contests - Top Program, Rising Star and Hal Fulgham Scholarship. Click on the gallery link under each contest. www.atpi.org/contests
Addtl contests:
State Fair of Texas
TAJE Best in Texas
TAJE Fall Fiesta
Texas Mushroom Festival
Texas Photographic Society
Walsworth Photo Contest
Young American Talent
-30-
State Fair of Texas
TAJE Best in Texas
TAJE Fall Fiesta
Texas Mushroom Festival
Texas Photographic Society
Walsworth Photo Contest
Young American Talent
-30-
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Addtl contests:
State Fair of Texas
TAJE Best in Texas
TAJE Fall Fiesta
Texas Mushroom Festival
Texas Photographic Society
Walsworth Photo Contest
Young American Talent
-30-
State Fair of Texas
TAJE Best in Texas
TAJE Fall Fiesta
Texas Mushroom Festival
Texas Photographic Society
Walsworth Photo Contest
Young American Talent
-30-
Addtl contests:
Kerens Cotton Festival
Journalism Education Association
Jostens
National Scholastic Press Association
Northwest College Wyoming
Quill & Scroll
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Scholastic Art
SIPA
SkillsUSA
cont.
Kerens Cotton Festival
Journalism Education Association
Jostens
National Scholastic Press Association
Northwest College Wyoming
Quill & Scroll
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Scholastic Art
SIPA
SkillsUSA
cont.
April 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Addtl contests:
Kerens Cotton Festival
Journalism Education Association
Jostens
National Scholastic Press Association
Northwest College Wyoming
Quill & Scroll
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Scholastic Art
SIPA
SkillsUSA
cont.
Kerens Cotton Festival
Journalism Education Association
Jostens
National Scholastic Press Association
Northwest College Wyoming
Quill & Scroll
Sam Houston Memorial Museum
Scholastic Art
SIPA
SkillsUSA
cont.
Contests represented in this year's team:
ATPI Fall
ATPI Spring
ATPI Winter Conference
ATPI Environmental Self Portrait
ATPI Social Media
Balfour Great Shot
Caney Creek Virtual Meet
City of Richardson Photo Contest
Drexel HS Contest
Houston Livestock Show
ILPC
cont.
ATPI Fall
ATPI Spring
ATPI Winter Conference
ATPI Environmental Self Portrait
ATPI Social Media
Balfour Great Shot
Caney Creek Virtual Meet
City of Richardson Photo Contest
Drexel HS Contest
Houston Livestock Show
ILPC
cont.
April 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Contests represented in this year's team:
ATPI Fall
ATPI Spring
ATPI Winter Conference
ATPI Environmental Self Portrait
ATPI Social Media
Balfour Great Shot
Caney Creek Virtual Meet
City of Richardson Photo Contest
Drexel HS Contest
Houston Livestock Show
ILPC
cont.
ATPI Fall
ATPI Spring
ATPI Winter Conference
ATPI Environmental Self Portrait
ATPI Social Media
Balfour Great Shot
Caney Creek Virtual Meet
City of Richardson Photo Contest
Drexel HS Contest
Houston Livestock Show
ILPC
cont.
And the rest of our top 10...
Lillian Gray - McCallum HS, Austin
Anna Haley - Texas HS, Texarkana
Jozlyn Oglesbee - Port Neches-Groves HS, Port Neches
Asher Ridzinski - St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas
Annie Smith - Texas HS, Texarkana
Check out previous teams at www.atpi.org/imagemaker
Lillian Gray - McCallum HS, Austin
Anna Haley - Texas HS, Texarkana
Jozlyn Oglesbee - Port Neches-Groves HS, Port Neches
Asher Ridzinski - St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas
Annie Smith - Texas HS, Texarkana
Check out previous teams at www.atpi.org/imagemaker
April 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
And the rest of our top 10...
Lillian Gray - McCallum HS, Austin
Anna Haley - Texas HS, Texarkana
Jozlyn Oglesbee - Port Neches-Groves HS, Port Neches
Asher Ridzinski - St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas
Annie Smith - Texas HS, Texarkana
Check out previous teams at www.atpi.org/imagemaker
Lillian Gray - McCallum HS, Austin
Anna Haley - Texas HS, Texarkana
Jozlyn Oglesbee - Port Neches-Groves HS, Port Neches
Asher Ridzinski - St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas
Annie Smith - Texas HS, Texarkana
Check out previous teams at www.atpi.org/imagemaker
In alphabetical order...
Julia Copas – McCallum HS, Austin
Leah Crow – Texas HS, Texarkana
Taryn Farnsworth – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Aiden Fritsche – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Sebastian Gonzalez – St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
Julia Copas – McCallum HS, Austin
Leah Crow – Texas HS, Texarkana
Taryn Farnsworth – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Aiden Fritsche – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Sebastian Gonzalez – St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
April 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In alphabetical order...
Julia Copas – McCallum HS, Austin
Leah Crow – Texas HS, Texarkana
Taryn Farnsworth – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Aiden Fritsche – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Sebastian Gonzalez – St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
Julia Copas – McCallum HS, Austin
Leah Crow – Texas HS, Texarkana
Taryn Farnsworth – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Aiden Fritsche – The Woodlands HS, The Woodlands
Sebastian Gonzalez – St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas
Let's hear it for our 2024-2025 Texas Imagemaker Team - the top 10 student photographers in Texas based on photo contest results at the local, state, regional and national levels. The point totals earned this year ranged from 82 points to 164 points.
And now to the top 10...
And now to the top 10...
April 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Let's hear it for our 2024-2025 Texas Imagemaker Team - the top 10 student photographers in Texas based on photo contest results at the local, state, regional and national levels. The point totals earned this year ranged from 82 points to 164 points.
And now to the top 10...
And now to the top 10...
We'll announce the 2024-2025 Texas Imagemaker Team at 9 a.m. Central tomorrow, April 30. Follow us on Twitter/X, Instagram and Buffer to find out who made the team this year!
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We'll announce the 2024-2025 Texas Imagemaker Team at 9 a.m. Central tomorrow, April 30. Follow us on Twitter/X, Instagram and Buffer to find out who made the team this year!
Tomorrow, April 22, is the deadline for submitting applications for the Texas Imagemaker Team - the top 10 student photographers in Texas for the 2024-25 school year. Find all the details at www.atpi.org/imagemaker.
April 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Tomorrow, April 22, is the deadline for submitting applications for the Texas Imagemaker Team - the top 10 student photographers in Texas for the 2024-25 school year. Find all the details at www.atpi.org/imagemaker.
First Place
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Smithson Valley HS
Spring Branch, TX
Wyatt Bachhofer, photographer
Margaret Edmonson, instructor.
#atpisc25
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Smithson Valley HS
Spring Branch, TX
Wyatt Bachhofer, photographer
Margaret Edmonson, instructor.
#atpisc25
April 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
First Place
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Smithson Valley HS
Spring Branch, TX
Wyatt Bachhofer, photographer
Margaret Edmonson, instructor.
#atpisc25
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Smithson Valley HS
Spring Branch, TX
Wyatt Bachhofer, photographer
Margaret Edmonson, instructor.
#atpisc25
Second Place
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
V.R. Eaton HS
Haslet, TX
Adrian Rodriguez, photographer
Josette Coker, instructor.
#atpisc25
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
V.R. Eaton HS
Haslet, TX
Adrian Rodriguez, photographer
Josette Coker, instructor.
#atpisc25
April 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Second Place
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
V.R. Eaton HS
Haslet, TX
Adrian Rodriguez, photographer
Josette Coker, instructor.
#atpisc25
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
V.R. Eaton HS
Haslet, TX
Adrian Rodriguez, photographer
Josette Coker, instructor.
#atpisc25
Honorable Mention
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Houston Cypress Christian School
Houston, TX
Anna Fernandez, photographer
Rachael Lechman, instructor.
#atpisc25
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Houston Cypress Christian School
Houston, TX
Anna Fernandez, photographer
Rachael Lechman, instructor.
#atpisc25
April 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Honorable Mention
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Houston Cypress Christian School
Houston, TX
Anna Fernandez, photographer
Rachael Lechman, instructor.
#atpisc25
2025 Rising Star Program Sports/Action
Houston Cypress Christian School
Houston, TX
Anna Fernandez, photographer
Rachael Lechman, instructor.
#atpisc25