Admittedly it was a strange challenge: to photograph packaging without the product. Sometimes it’s hard to find beauty in the things that we throw away. But 17 photographers took up the challenge - check out their entries here in the CCC#69: Packaging Photo Gallery (you can now see which photographer took which photograph). Out of those 17 photographs, “Nature’s Packaging” by That's Me stood above the rest (albeit by only 1 vote!) - check out the final voting results here in the voting thread.

For winning Contest Corner Challenge #69: Packaging, Christi picks herself up a Lifetime, Level 1 Premiere Membership courtesy of Daymen Photo Marketing. Be sure to congratulate Christi on her FIRST SECOND CCC win in the award thread.

Update: This is actually Christi’s second CCC win, not her first… Oops!

Ok, admittedly it was kinda a tough contest. Turning trash into beauty is a tall challenge, but 17 photographers took that challenge and photographed “packaging.” You can check out the entries in the Contest Corner Challenge #69: Packaging Photo Gallery and then head on over to the voting thread in the forum to cast your vote. Voting ends at approximately 6:45pm EST, Monday, November 23rd, 2009 (11:45pm GMT).

The contest was sponsored by one of our favorite sponsors in DayMen Photo Marketing, and if the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lowepro Nova 180 AW Camera Bag with a bunch of PhotographyCorner Pens. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

So hurry up and check out the entries - the community votes on and decides the winner - cast your vote now!!

Pretty much everything we buy has some sort of packaging. Packaging is meant to look good before you take the product out of the packaging, but once it’s out, we usually throw the packaging away (or recycle it). For Contest Corner Challenge #69: Packaging, your challenge is to photograph packaging without the product inside. We want you to capture the packaging just before it hits the trash or recycling bin. Packaging is pretty low on the list of things to photograph, so we’re expecting a lot of creative shots for this one!

The contest is sponsored by DayMen Photo Marketing - since it’s inception in 1981, DayMen Photo Marketing LP has enjoyed an exceptional reputation in the photographic and consumer electronics industry as an innovative manufacturer and distributor of high quality imaging products and accessories. If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lowepro Nova 180 AW Camera Bag with a bunch of PhotographyCorner Pens. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

Entries are due in by Sunday, November 15th, so get your entries in ASAP. Get all the contest details here in the Corner Forums: http://www.photographycorner.com/forum/showthread.php?t=88365.