The little server-critters that send email out from the PhotographyCorner servers are working overtime right now, and if it’s not there already, you should be receiving the March 2011 Corner Newsletter shortly. You can, as always, read the Corner Newsletter online here in the Corner Newsletter Archives (for those of you that either don’t receive email from the Corner, or don’t have a FREE account set up).

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Despite the fact that February is the shortest month of the year, there were still a lot of fantastic photographs posted up in the Corner Forums and the Corner Galleries last month. A week ago, we whittled down all the great photographs to 15, and the community went out to decide which was the best of the bunch. When the proverbial voting dust settled, RandyBrogen’s photo “Winter Sentinal” garnered almost 1/5th of the votes. Check out the March 2011 PotM Photo Gallery here, and the final voting results here.

The contest was sponsored by LaserSoft Imaging, who is renowned worldwide as a pioneer in the field of scanner and imaging software - both in the area of private and professional usage. Since Randy is a Premiere Member, he will receive a copy of the SilverFast HDR Studio Hot Folder (48bit RAW data processing for high dynamic range imaging - a $556 Value!!! - Booyah!).

Check out a full-size version of the photo, and congratulate Randy on his first Photograph of the Month win here in the award thread.

February is the shortest month of the year, so it’s no surprise how quickly voting for the Photograph of the Month contest has snuck up on us this month. The March 2011 PotM Photo Gallery and voting thread went live a couple of hours ago, and now it’s your turn to do some work (it’s fun, I promise). First, head on over to the photo galleries and browse through the March 2011 PotM gallery. Once you’ve had your fill (15 photos to wade through), drop by the forums to cast your vote in the voting thread. You have until approximately 4:45pm (9:45pm GMT) EST on Monday, February 28th, 2011 to cast your vote, then the winner will be announced March 1st.

The contest is being sponsored by LaserSoft Imaging, who is renowned worldwide as a pioneer in the field of scanner and imaging software - both in the area of private and professional usage. If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a copy of the SilverFast HDR Studio Hot Folder (48bit RAW data processing for high dynamic range imaging - a $556 Value!!! - Booyah!). If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

Pretty cool that you have the opportunity to win a $500+ prize (for the second month in a row!) just for posting up your photo for the world to see, eh? All you have to do to enter the Photograph of the Month contest is post a photo up in the forums or galleries, and then hope a Premiere Member nominates it (or become a Premiere Member and nominate it yourself!). So if you want in on this contest next month, show us your photos! But in the meantime, we need your vote - check out the entries and cast your vote today!

I realize it’s April, but if you stayed up really, really late last night, you might have gotten the March 2010 Corner Newsletter it was still actually March. For those that didn’t find it in their inbox this morning, you can read the newsletter in its entirety in the Corner Newsletter Archive. The newsletter is sponsored by CameraDollars - a genuine home-based photography system lets you earn up to $250+ a day and also gives you the opportunity to earn monthly residual income off every photo that you submit online. Get more info at http://bit.ly/camera-dollars.

Enjoy the long weekend!

After a week of voting at the end of the month, the first day or two of the new month always brings a new Photograph of the Month here at the Corner. March 2010 is no exception, with first-time PotM winner shutterbug99 receiving the honor with almost 30% of the votes on his photograph (pictured right) of the “Old Sheldon Church Ruins” in Northern Beaufort County, South Carolina.

You can browse through the 15 nominated photographs in the March 2010 Photograph of the Month Gallery, and see the voting results in the voting thread. The contest was sponsored by the New York Institute of Photography - the world’s largest and oldest photography school. Established in 1910, NYIP has grown to become the premier provider of photography training, educating more than 20,000 students in the US and around the world at any given time. NYIP offers 3 home-study courses designed to teach you everything you need to know about photography from the comfort of your own home. If you’re interested in checking out some of the courses offered by NYIP, request a free brochure here.

Since Scott was not a Premiere Member, he will receive a Lifetime, Level 1 Premiere Membership! Make sure to check out his winning photograph and congratulate him in the award thread.

February is the shortest month of the year, but there has been no shortage in the number of fantastic photographs posted up in the Corner Forums and in the Corner Galleries. Since it’s the last week of the month, it’s now time to decide which photograph was the best on posted in the past month and award that photograph as the upcoming photograph of the month.

Just a quick post to let you know that the March 2009 Corner Newsletter is complete (see, I told you I’d get it done before the end of my vacation!). If it’s not waiting for you in your inbox already, you can read it online here. Make sure to check out the sponsor of the newsletter, Tafota.com as well.

If all goes according to plan, I should get the March 2009 edition of the Corner Newsletter out while I’m still on vacation (forcast says there might be some rain coming in a couple of days). As always, that means it’s time to hand out Commitment Awards to those that have reached milestones with regards to their post-count in the past month. Commitment Awards are handed out to those who have shown great community dedication & commitment, and have reached a specific post-count milestone (1k, 2k, 5k and 10k). While last month we awarded 6 people with Commitment Awards, this month we have only one. There are several people right on the cusp of receiving awards, though, so I anticipate a bunch of people receiving awards next month.

A couple of days ago we announced some of the changes to the Contest Corner Challenges for this year. Yesterday, we announced the first Contest Corner Challenge of 2009 with CCC#61: Lights, Camera, Action!

Every month, a new photograph wears the honor of Photograph of the Month here around the Corner. Throughout the month, Premiere Members scour through the forums and galleries and nominate the best photographs they come across. The list is narrowed down, and during the last week of each month, the community votes on the photographs. At the beginning of each month, the winner is revealed and showered with praise and gold (ok, well… they at least get some nice comments and usually a cool prize). This month our winner is one of our newer members (he joined the Corner in February!): takefive with his photograph “Mesmerized.”

With most of the commotion of the 2008 Photograph of the Year contest said and done (there’s still a bit left to do on my part - press releases, prizes, adding usernames to the galleries etc), it’s time we get back to some of our regular contests. We’ll be announcing the next Contest Corner Challenge shortly, but first, it’s time to vote for the March 2009 Photograph of the Month.

As you well know, every Friday we feature a SmugMug photograph in our interview series "SmugMug Corner." This week we meet 42-year-old photographer from Petrolia, Ontario, Canada (just 3-4 hours southwest of me, in Barrie, Ontario).

I’m not sure if you noticed or not, but today is PhotographyCorner.com’s Birthday! It’s true! 4 years ago today, the PhotographyCorner.com forum software was loaded onto this domain, and thus the birth of “the Corner!” What a ride it’s been! Whether you’ve been here for almost 4 years, or you just joined today, you’re a part of something special here at the Corner! Happy Birthday to us! (If you want to give PhotographyCorner a present, I’m sure the Corner would love it if you donated some money to our new server fundraiser - we’ve got about $1,200 to go!).

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Another quick post just to let you know that the March 2008 Corner Newsletter is done, and went out last night. If you didn’t receive it, either you have chosen not to receive emails from the Corner or your email address in your account isn’t updated, or it ended up in your bulk/spam folder (or you’re not even a member of PhotographyCorner - register here!). Whatever the reason, if you didn’t get it, you can read it online here. The newsletter was sponsored by Parade Portfolio Management Tools and they offer an exclusive 25% off discount for Corner Members - but you’ve got to read the newsletter to find out the coupon code. Enjoy!

Like clockwork, just before the Corner Newsletter goes out, we take a couple of minutes to see who’s reached posting milestones here around the Corner. While there was only 1 post milestone last month, we’ve got 4 this month! Thanks to everyone who continues to contribute to the Corner, and congratulations to those who are receiving the awards below (including a veteran mod and two of the new mods)!

Andy, with her photograph titled I See You! (pictured below) has just been announced as the winner of the March 2008 Photograph of the Month contest with just under 26% of the votes, from the 11 nominated photographs. This marks the 2nd Photograph of the Month win by Andy, who also won the February 2007 Photograph of the Month.

With the extra day in February this year, thanks to the leap year, voting for the March 2008 Photograph of the Month started a day later this year. There will still be 7 days of voting (which started a couple of hours ago), but voting ends on February 29th.

jessiah, with his photograph titled End of the Season, wins the March 2007 Photograph of the Month!

Congrats Jesse!

Voting has started for the March 2007 Photograph of the Month contest. Voting ends on March 1st, and the winner will be announced in the evening (GMT) on that same day.