Voting was a little delayed because of the holidays, but after all the votes were totaled, a Premiere Project winning photograph - Vapor Trail by cup4tml - garnered the most votes by the community to take the first Photograph of the Month contest of 2012. Every Premiere Project winning photograph is automatically in entered into the running for Photograph of the Month (just one of the many perks of Premiere Membership), and sometimes they’re good enough to win the big prize.

Check out the other photographs that were in the running in the January 2012 Photograph of the Month Gallery, and take a look at the final voting results (there were a couple that were pretty close!).

The contest was sponsored by our friends at DayMen Photo Marketing (an innovative manufacturer and distributor of high quality imaging products and accessories) and Acme Made (best known for incorporating innovative textiles and materials with contemporary styling to produce attractive bags, cases and sleeves for laptops, eReaders, smart phones, and digital cameras. Since Doug is (obviously) a Premiere Member, he will receive an Acme Made Laptop Sleeve or an Acme Made Kindle Hardback Folio case.

So there are 2 ways to get your photograph into a Photograph of the Month contest. You can either win a Premiere Project (become a Premiere Member here), or you can have a photograph (that you’ve posted up in the forums or the galleries) nominated by a Premiere Member. Oh, and it helps if you take some decent photographs, too. Think you have what it takes to win a Photograph of the Month contest?

Make sure to drop by the award thread in the forums to congratulate Doug on his third Photograph of the Month victory!

While Doug is not known as a “flower photographer,” cup4tml picked up his second Photograph of the Month victory with his photograph, titled “Fragile,” of a simple potted flower he picked up from Walmart. Check out the final voting results, now posted in the voting thread - Doug picked up almost 1/4th of the votes from the 15 photographs up for the April 2011 PotM honors. If you haven’t seen them already, browse through the photos up for the April 2011 PotM in the photo gallery.

The contest was sponsored by LaserSoft Imaging - renowned worldwide as a pioneer in the field of scanner and imaging software - both in the area of private and professional usage. The core product SilverFast® manages to regularly come up with advanced technical innovations. Physicist and visionary Mr. Karl-Heinz Zahorsky founded LaserSoft Imaging in 1986. Today, Mr. Zahrosky, who was involved in the very initiation of desktop imaging and color management, is the Chief Executive Officer of LaserSoft Imaging. LaserSoft Imaging’s headquarters are located in Kiel, a coastal city located in Schleswig-Holstein, Nothern Germany. A subsidiary was opened in Sarasota, Florida in 1997. The SilverFast range of products includes software for scanners, digital cameras, printers and for HDR imaging, as well as several specialized solutions. LaserSoft Imaging produces very high quality targets for IT8 color calibration.

Since Doug is a Premiere Member, hewill receive a copy of the SilverFast DC Pro 6.6 Software (high-end digital camera software - a $299 Value!!!). Way to go, Doug! Make sure to drop by the award thread to congratulate Doug on his win (and check out a larger version of the winning photograph!).

It’s not the first time it’s happened, but the community is always excited when it does. The November 2010 Photograph of the Month comes directly out of the Premiere Projects. The voting was spread pretty thin, but with over 12% of the votes, cup4tml’s entry into Premiere Project #87 took the November 2010 crown with his photo titled “4 in One.” Check out the final voting results here.

The contest is being sponsored by one of our new favourite sponsors here around the Corner: PrintedArt - an online collection of emerging and established fine art photography sold as finished artwork on advanced display material such as acrylic and aluminum dibond. Photographers can also use the PrintedArt photolab to print their own work on the same modern display material. PhotographyCorner and PrintedArt also recently announced a joint photography collection based on the winning photographs of the Photograph of the Month contest. Get all the details of this new partnership here.

Since Doug is a Premiere Member, he will receive a production of his photograph on aluminum dibond with acrylic finish (a $150 value) courtesy of PrintedArt.

If you haven’t already, make sure to drop by the award thread and congratulate Doug on his first Photograph of the Month win.

After a month-long entry period, followed by a preliminary voting round that featured 7 groups of 21 photos each, which was followed by a 1-week FINAL VOTING ROUND, it’s finally time to announce the winners of the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest.

The 9th Runner-Up (10th Place) in the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year Contest is cup4tml with his photograph Morning Fog!!!

The first Contest Corner Challenge since the completion of the 2008 Photograph of the Year contest, CCC#61: Lights, Camera, Action! is now complete. 17 photographs were entered, but only 1 remains: Video Circa 1960 by cup4tml. Congratulations, Doug - this is a fantastic photograph that really does depict the theme of “video.”