You had more than a couple of weeks to go out and buy, then photograph, some “fast food” for Contest Corner Challenge #77… I guess it’s a busy time of year (or you’re just sick of fast food?), because we got less than 10 entries for this contest. There are some pretty good ones, though - check them out in the Contest Corner Challenge #77: Fast Food Photo Gallery. You have until the wee hours of September 8th to cast your vote here in the voting thread.

The contest is being sponsored by our friends at MOO.com - a new kind of online printing business, born out of a love of beautiful, high-quality print. Handing out a business card is often the first impression people take of your business, so you need to get it right. Using your own photography to create custom business cards can help you stand out, and MOO makes the process easy with their simple online tools and templates. It’s often difficult to describe your work, so why not show it? When you meet a new contact, show them your work right there, and leave a photo business card with them as the perfect reminder. Using MOO’s Printfinity technology, you can print up to 50 different images in one pack of cards, allowing you to showcase your whole portfolio - the prefect Portfolio for your Pocket! For a limited time, MOO is giving every a totally free ‘trial pack’ of 10 Business Cards to members of PhotographyCorner (MOO will even pay for delivery) - no strings attached! Go get your free Business Cards trial pack now!

The winner, regardless of if they are a Premiere Member or not, will receive a MOO Pro-Photographer Pack: 1 × 200 Business Cards (classic or green stock), 1 × 100 MiniCards, 1 × 20 Postcards, 1 × 25 Greeting Cards and FREE Shipping!

Every vote counts - so take a couple of minutes, browse the entries, and cast your vote today! Read more »

August is coming to a close (I can’t believe it’s almost September already), and that means it’s time for us to cast our votes for the upcoming Photograph of the Month. Every month, during the last week of each month, the PhotographyCorner community gets together and the Premiere Members nominate photographs posted to the Corner from the past month (in the forums or galleries). I have the arduous job of narrowing down those nominations to 15 or so photographs. Then the community has 7 days to cast their vote. Around the first of each month, the winner is announced and is featured on the homepage of PhotographyCorner for the entire month.

You can check out the 15 photographs up for the honors here in the September 2010 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery, then head on over to the voting thread to make your decision. The contest is sponsored by M-Rock, a leading manufacturer of high quality camera, camcorder, lens bags, sling-backpacks and travel cases for professional photographers and enthusiasts. If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a M-Rock Yellowstone 651 Holster Camera Bag (read the newly posted review of it here). If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a M-Rock Mesa Verde 644 Compact Camera Bag (read the newly posted review of it here).

There are some fantastic photographs up for the September 2010 Photograph of the Month, including two by Scott111184, Eric Diller and cup4tml. So make sure to swing by the award thread before the end of the month to cast your vote. On September 1st, we’ll announce the winner and award them with a new M-Rock camera bag and Photograph of the Month honors! Read more »

While most of our Contest Corner Challenge contests are ‘photography-theme’ based (ie - take a photograph of _______), every once and a while we like to do a contest for those that love the digital manipulation side of the art of photography. About once a year we try to do a “Digital Darkroom” Contest Corner Challenge where we supply a dozen or so photographs, and then ask the community to take at least 3 of those photograph (or all of them), and meld them together to create a new “digital creation.” The entry period came to a close a couple of days ago, and 18 people stepped up to the plate and merged the photographs together, and now it’s time to vote on who did the best job.

You can browse through the entries, as well as the original photographs here in the CCC#76: Digital Darkroom #4 Photo Gallery, then head on over to the voting thread to cast your vote.

The contest sponsor is none other than Amazon.com - find and discover anything you might want to buy online at the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as beauty, health and personal care, jewelry and gourmet food, sports and outdoors, apparel and accessories, books, music, DVDs, electronics (cameras & photography equipment!), office, toys and baby, and home and garden. In addition, a portion of the cost of every product purchased through this link goes to support PhotographyCorner.com (what are you waiting for, go buy some stuff!!)! If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Slik Monopod 350. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

We’ve got until approximately 2:15am EST (6:15am GMT) on Thursday, August 12th, 2010 to cast your vote, so decide who did the best job, and cast your vote here. Read more »

Every month, here at PhotographyCorner.com, we have the opportunity to see and comment on a bunch of great photographs - thousands of photos per month on average. From those photographs, the Premiere Members have the opportunity to nominate some of their favorite. From that list of usually 50-100 photos, I narrow down the field to around 15 photographs. We have an amazing field of photographs up for the August 2010 Photograph of the Month honors this month - check them out in the Contest Galleries. You have until August 1st to cast your vote for your favorite.

The is being sponsored by Amazon.com - find and discover anything you might want to buy online at the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as beauty, health and personal care, jewelry and watches, gourmet food, sports and outdoors, apparel and accessories, books, music, DVDs, electronics (cameras & photography equipment!), office, toys and baby, and home and garden. In addition, a portion of the cost of every product purchased through this link goes to support PhotographyCorner.com! If the winner is a Premiere Member, they’re receive a Lowepro Edit 140+ Camera Bag, and if the winner is not a Premiere Member, they’ll receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

Even if you don’t want to vote (buy why not, it’s free to register, and every vote counts), you’ve got to at least see the line-up this month - there are 15 fantastic photographs waiting for you to check out! Read more »

Some great photographs have been entered, and now it’s time for the community to cast their votes. Every contest here around the Corner, judges don’t sit around and decide which photograph wins the prize - the community gets to decide. If you’ve got a free account here at PhotographyCorner, that means YOU! The entries for Contest Corner Challenge #75: Pretty Faces have been taken, submitted and posted up in the Corner Contest Galleries - check them out for yourself here.

Then head on over to the voting thread to cast your vote - which one do you think deserves to win Contest Corner Challenge #75: Pretty Faces? Your vote may be the deciding vote, so make it count and choose wisely.

The contest is being sponsored by Amazon.com - find and discover anything you might want to buy online at the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as beauty, health and personal care, jewelry and watches, gourmet food, sports and outdoors, apparel and accessories, books, music, DVDs, electronics (cameras & photography equipment!), office, toys and baby, and home and garden. In addition, a portion of the cost of every product purchased through this link goes to support PhotographyCorner.com!

If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Slik Monopod 350. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

Voting ends at approximately 6:00pm EST, Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 (10:00pm GMT), so get on over to the voting thread and do your thing. And if you’re not a member of the Corner yet, sign up here so you can cast your vote! Read more »

It’s that time again - time to check out the best photographs posted in the Corner Forums and Corner Galleries over the past month. Nominations have been made, and the nominations have been whittled down to 15 photographs. You can browse through the 15 photographs that made the cut in the July 2010 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery. Go on, check them out now. Quite a collection, eh?

That’s where the hard part comes in. Here around the Corner, during the last week of every month, the community (not a bunch of judges), decides who wins the contests. YOU decide who receives the honors and gets the prize. The Photograph of the Year contests, the Photograph of the Month contests, and the Contest Corner Challenges - the community votes and decides the winners. Now it’s your chance. You’ve checked out the photos, now cast your vote.

The contest is sponsored by one of our favorite lens manufacturers: Tamron. And they’re offering up a killer prize: a Tamron AF 17-50mm F/2.8 SP XR Di II VC Zoom Lens (a $649 value!! - pick one up for yourself today!). But you’ve gotta be a Premiere Member to win it (become a Premiere Member here if you’re not one already).

Voting ends early in the morning on July 1st, 2010, and the winner will be announced later that day. Head on over to the voting thread (make sure you log in), then select your favorite. Someone is going to win an awesome new lens, and your vote may be the deciding factor - so what are you waiting for??! GO pick the winner. Read more »

Usually, during the last week of every month, the community gets together to vote on the best photographs posted in the forums over the past month. Usually. Things have been a little crazy around the PhotographyCorner offices lately (in addition to me being on vacation), so unfortunately, voting got pushed back. If you check out the photos, though, I think you’ll agree it was probably worth the wait. Take a look at the 15 photographs nominated for the June 2010 Photograph of the Month contest. I know, right? They are Fantastic. But now the hard part: you have to pick just one. You have to cast your vote here in the voting thread.

Because we’re so late voting this month, we’ve shortened the number of days to vote from 7 to 5 (just this month), so you’ve only got until approximately 7:30pm EST (11:30pm GMT) on Monday on June 7th, 2010 to make up your mind. It may take you until then to decide, so head on over to the voting thread to get started.

The contest is being sponsored by Tamron - one of the world’s leading manufacturers of photographic lenses. If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Tamron SP AF 10-24mm Aspherical (IF) Lens (a $499 value!! - That’s a pretty sweet deal for being a Premiere Member, eh? ). If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Tamron Domke bag and strap.

So what are you waiting for??! Cast your vote ASAP! Read more »

The entries kept pouring on in, and when the entry period came to a close, the Contest Corner Challenge #74: …Bring May Flowers Photo Gallery filled up with 54 entries to weed (pun intended) through. Grab a cup of tea or coffee and take a little time to browse through these fantastic flower photographs here.

That’s when the hard part begins, though, as it’s up to the PhotographyCorner community to vote on a winner. Instead of voting for just 1 photograph, however, because there are so many entries, we’ve tried to make it a little easier on you. Now, vote for as many photographs as you’d like. Head on over to the voting thread to check it out for yourself. Put a check mark in the box next to the photos you’d like to vote for, press vote, and voila! - your votes are counted towards each of the photos.

Voting ends around 3:00am EST on Friday, May 21st, 2010 (7:00am GMT), so make sure you take some time to check out the photographs and cast your vote before then. The contest is being sponsored by Red River Paper - Inkjet paper from inkjet paper experts. Look for reviews of new photographic paper and greeting card paper available from Red River Paper coming soon to the Corner Resource Center. In addition, a portion of every purchase made at Red River Paper through this link goes towards supporting the Corner - get some great paper and support your favorite photography site at the same time! If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a prize pack of a variety of greeting card and paper products courtesy of Red River Paper. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

So what are you waiting for??! Check out the entries and cast your vote today! Read more »

Every month, during the last week of the month, we gather together as a community and cast our votes for the best photograph posted up on PhotographyCorner over the past month. Throughout the month, Premiere Members have the opportunity to nominate photographs they come across in the forums and galleries, then, as the last week of the month approaches, I have the difficult task of narrowing those nominations down to 10-15 photographs. Voting for the May 2010 Photograph of the Month began late last night/early this morning, and you can see the photos that I finally got whittled down in the May 2010 Photograph of the Month Gallery.

Once you’ve had a chance to browse through the photographs, click your way over to the May 2010 Photograph of the Month Voting Thread to cast you vote - voting ends at 2:00am EST on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 (6:00am GMT).

The contest is sponsored by one of our favorite lens manufacturers: Tamron. Among its many optical and mechanical innovations since the founding of the company in 1950, Tamron’s development of mass-produced hybrid aspherical elements paved the way for today’s compact high ratio zoom lenses when, in 1992, this technology was incorporated into the groundbreaking 28-200mm. Tamron continues to lead in this category with the award-winning 18-270mm — featuring an unprecedented 15X zoom range - and featuring Tamron’s proprietary Vibration Compensation (VC) system.

Now, for the prizes… if the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level 2 Premiere Membership (a $129 value)… but if the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a SP AF60mm F2 Di II LD (IF) 1:1 Macro Lens (a $569 value!! - pick one up for yourself today!) WOW!

Your vote may decide who picks themselves up a brand new Tamron Macro Lens - cast your vote today! Read more »

In case you weren’t hanging around the Corner over the weekend, here’s a quick post to give you a run-down of the voting for Contest Corner Challenge #73: April Showers…. Pretty much for the past 2-3 weeks, people have been sending in their April Showers entries, and a couple of days ago, we posted up those entries in the Contest Corner Galleries and got the voting process started. Check out the entries in the CCC#73: April Showers… Photo Galleries, then head on over to the CCC#73 voting thread to cast your vote.

The contest is being 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 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 what are you waiting for? Check out the photos and cast your vote today! Read more »

Wow, did the month on March fly by or what? I can’t believe it’s the end of the month already! Of course, here around the Corner, the last week of the month means it’s time to cast our votes and find out which photograph will be crowned the Photograph of the Month. The Premiere Members nominated dozens of photographs, and I have the task of narrowing down those nominations to 12-15 photographs for the community to vote on. Check out the 15 photographs up for the April 2010 Photograph of the Month honours in the April 2010 PotM Photo Gallery - a stacked line-up for sure.

Once you’ve browsed through the photographs (including a double-showing by Oneof42), click over to the voting thread to cast your vote. Voting ends at approximately 4:00pm EST on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 (8:00pm GMT).

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 from companies like Epson, Joby, Lensbaby, Slik and Lowepro. If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a camera bag (the winner will have several to choose from) courtesy of DayMen Photo Marketing and 10 PhotographyCorner Pens. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level 1 Premiere Membership.

So go ahead, check out the photos and cast your vote - your vote may decide who wins themselves a new camera bag!  Read more »

For those that are new here around the Corner, throughout the year, PhotographyCorner offers a bunch of “themed” contests called “Contest Corner Challenges.” The contest is announced here on the Corner Blog, as well as in the Contest Corner forum, and once the entry period is complete, we begin a 1-week-long voting period. Our current contest has the theme of “high key” (‘High Key Photography’ is all about using lighting that produces tones that fall mostly between white and gray, with very few dark tones).

23 photographers entered photos into the contest, and you can browse through them in the Contest Corner Challenge #72: High Key Photo Gallery. The contest is sponsored by one of our preferred sponsors - Mpix.com - an online digital imaging lab for the both the professional photographer and the advanced amateur. With an internet connection, a digital file and a credit card, photographers can upload their images, order professional photographic prints ranging from mini wallets to 24×36, specialty photographic items, and press products. Use coupon code “photoc09” to receive 10% off your next order. If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a 24” × 36” gallery wrap (a $170 value). If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a 16” × 24” gallery wrap (a $100 value).

Once you’ve checked out the entries in the CCC#72 Photo Gallery, make sure to drop by the voting thread to cast your vote. Voting ends at approximately 5:30pm EST, Friday, March 26th, 2010 (9:30pm GMT), and the winner will be announced on March 27th.

So what are you waiting for??!? CAST YOUR VOTE TODAY!!! Read more »

It doesn’t happen very often (at least we try to plan it so it doesn’t), but this month, voting for the Photograph of the Month contest and the Contest Corner Challenge are happening at exactly the same time. To find out more about the March 2010 Photograph of the Month voting and contest, check out this post on the Corner Blog: Cast Your Vote for the March 2010 Photograph of the Month.

Contest Corner Challenge #71: Beer has been our first CCC since the conclusion of the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, and there are a lot of great entries. The challenge, obviously, was to photograph beer, and 19 photographers managed to capture their favorite brew; check them out here in the CCC#71: Beer Photo Gallery. Read more »

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. Read more »

After 2 months of 2009 Photograph of the Year contest craziness, last week it finally came to an exciting close. Hundreds of entries, thousands of votes, and now we have 9 Runner-Ups and 1 Winner: fa1sal with his photograph “Autumn Resurrection” (pictured right). For winning the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, Faisal picks up $3,250 of the $10,000 in prizes that will be dispersed to the winners. Almost all of the prizes were supplied by 9 fantastic sponsors: PhotoBook Press, Cotton Carrier, Mpix, Imagevuex, AKVIS, ThinkTankPhoto, Amazon.com, SmugMug and Daymen. You can check out the sponsors here, and browse through the list of prizes here. If you haven’t seen the winner photographs already, you can check them out here on the Photograph of the Year page.

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The last week of the first month of the year is upon us, and the last week of the month around the Corner always means one thing: time to vote on the best photograph from the past month and decide which photograph will be displayed on the homepage of PhotographyCorner for the upcoming month (that’s why the February Photograph of the Month takes place the last week of January, and the November Photograph of the Month takes places on the last week of October, etc). Nominations have been made by the Premiere Members (one of the perks of being a Premiere Member), and from that list we’ve narrowed down the field to 15 photographs (which you can browse through and thumbs up here in the February 2010 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery).

The contest is sponsored by the New York Institute of Photography - the world’s largest and oldest photography school - and, if the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive the NYIP’s Fundamentals of Digital Photography Course (a $398 value!!) - the perfect course for anyone looking to take high-quality photographs. The Course is designed to teach you how to take photographs that truly capture the beauty of the people and places around you from the comfort of your own home. This home-study course includes beautifully illustrated lesson books, 8 hours of audio commentary, and DVD video training. In addition, you will have access to a personal student advisor who is there to guide you through the Course. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

Once you’ve checked out the photographs in the February 2010 PotM Photo Gallery, you can cast your vote in the February 2010 PotM Voting Thread. Voting ends at 8pm EST on January 31st, 2010. Read more »

A month an a half ago we announced the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest with $10,000 in prizes. We received hundreds of entries, and a little over a week ago, we started voting on them. The photographs were split up into 7 “groups,” and, after a week of voting, the top 3 photographs from each group have moved on to the final voting round (you can read through the breakdown from each group here). Now, 21 photographs will battle it out for your votes to determine which 10 photographs will come away with part of the $10,000’s in prizes, and which photograph will bring home the $3,250 grand prize and be declared the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year. Read more »

After well over 2,000 votes in round 1 of the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, it’s time to find out which photographs will move on to the final voting round. The entries were initially split up into 7 “groups” with 21 photographs in each group. The top three photographs from each group will move on to the final round. With voting complete, we’ve tallied up the votes and announced which photographs will battle it out for the $10,000 in prizes, including a $3,250 grand prize. Read more »

Over a month after we announced the PhotographyCorner.com 2009 Photograph of the Year contest with $10,000 in prizes (brought to you by PhotoBook Press and the other fine sponsors), it’s finally time for the community to cast their votes. Due to the large number of entries into the contest, just as in past years, we’ve split the voting into 2 rounds. Read more »

It’s taken longer than expected to wade through the entries for the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, so voting is going to be delayed a day or two. To tide you over, however, voting for the Premiere Project of the Year contest has just begun! Premiere Projects are theme based, and with each project, Premiere Members have the opportunity to challenge themselves to grow as photographers. Each projects outlines a topic for the members to photograph. The photos are then submitted for discussion/critiquing/reactions. At the end of the project period (there’s a new project every couple of weeks), a vote is held to determine which photo best represents the theme while maintaining high photographic quality.

Today, for the first time ever, the community will vote for the best Premiere Project photograph from the past year. Originally the vote was only going to be among Premiere Members in the Premiere Members Only Section of PhotographyCorner, but the Premiere Members wanted to open voting up to the community at large in attempts to encourage non Premiere Members to support the Corner and become Premiere Members themselves. To that end, the HALF PRICE Premiere Membership sale will continue through to the end of the voting for this contest. Learn about Premiere Membership here, and sign up to become a Premiere Member for HALF PRICE here.

The contest is being sponsored by DayMen Photo Marketing, and the winner will receive a prize pack courtesy of Daymen valued at over $100.

Check out the entries and cast your vote in the voting thread in the Photograph of the Year forum. Voting ends on January 15th, 2010.

To participate in future Premiere Projects, sign up to become a Premiere Member here for HALF PRICE (for a limited time only). Read more »