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 »

We extended the entry deadline by one week, but Contest Corner Challenge #70: Shopping proved to be one of the toughest challenges to date with a mere 9 entries. Check out the 9 contenders for the final Contest Corner Challenge of the year in the CCC#70: Shopping Photo Gallery, then head on over to the CCC#70: Shopping voting thread to cast your vote. Voting ends on December 28th, and the winner will be announced on the 29th. CCC#70: Shopping is sponsored by 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, but if the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership.

So to sum up, check out the entries here, and cast your vote here. The winner will be announced here in a week.  Read more »

A week before the end of the month, I have the task (pleasure!) of sorting through the fantastic photographs nominated by Premiere Members for the Photograph of the Month contest. I spent hours last night looking at all the photographs nominated and finally got them whittled down to 15 - check out the photographs that are up for the December 2009 Photograph of the Month in the photo galleries. Read more »

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!! Read more »

We’re already into the last week of October, and around the Corner that means it’s time to vote for next months’ Photograph of the Month. The nominations have been made by the Premiere Members (over 60 photographs nominated this month!), and the nominations have been whittled down to 14. You can check out which photographs made the cut by browsing through the nominees in the November 2009 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery. Then, before voting ends at approximately 4:00pm EST on Saturday, October 31st, 2009 (9:00pm GMT), cast your vote in the voting thread in the Corner forums (make sure you’re logged into your PhotographyCorner account so you can actually vote!).

The November 2009 Photograph of the Month is sponsored by our friends at DayMen Photo Marketing, and if the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lowepro Topload Zoom 2 Camera Bag and 10 PhotographyCorner Pens. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level 1 Premiere Membership.

Congratulations to the 14 photographers who have photographs up for the PotM this month. Make sure you check all 14 of the photographs out and cast your vote before the end of the month! Read more »

Contest Corner Challenge #68: Hit the Deck asked photographers to get their camera down on the ground to take a photograph. Perspective can dramatically change the scene we’re photographing, and 25 photographers got down and dirty to enter CCC#68. Check out their entries in the CCC#68: Hit the Deck photo gallery. You have until approximately 1:15pm EST, Monday, October 26th, 2009 (6:15pm GMT) to cast your vote in the voting thread.

If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lowepro Nova 180 AW Camera Bag (courtesy of the contest sponsor: DayMen Photo Marketing) with a bunch of PhotographyCorner Pens. If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership. There are some neat photographs (with fantastic perspectives) in the running, so head on over to the voting thread and cast your vote ASAP! Read more »

There were not a lot of entries for Contest Corner Challenge #66: Laughter, The Best Medicine, but you have to admit that all 10 of them will make you smile. Check out the 10 entries in the CCC#66 Photo Gallery. The challenge was to simply photograph someone laughing, and one of the 10 photographers that took up the challenge will win a 1-year Pro Account from Viewbook (a $190 value) if the winner is a Premiere Member (or a Lifetime, Level I Premiere Membership if the winner in not a Premiere Member). Read more »

It’s the last week of the month (I can’t believe it’s almost September!) which means it’s time to vote for the best photograph from the past month and decide which photograph will be displayed on the homepage of PhotographyCorner.com as the September 2009 Photograph of the Month.

As always, the nominations were put forth by Premiere Members, and after being whittled down, we are left with 14 photographs to vote on. You can browse through the nominated photographs in the September 2009 Photograph of the Month Photo Gallery, and you have until 4pm EST on August 31st, 2009 (that’s 8pm GMT) to cast your vote (you can also see each photograph, in addition to the poll in the voting thread).

The contest is sponsored by our favorite selective focus lens manufacturer Lensbaby.com. Lensbaby will award the winner a Lensbaby Composer (a $270 value!!!) if the winner is a Premiere Member, or a Lensbaby Muse (a $150 value!) if they are not a Premiere Member.

Congrats to all the photographs who have their photographs up for the September 2009 Photograph of the Month (including two by tamara and jaharris1001). Make sure to check out the fantastic photographs and cast your vote before the end of the month! Read more »

There’s little doubt that the Earth has been experiencing some wonky weather this year, so for Contest Corner Challenge #65 we decided to challenge photographers to capture that weather in a photograph. The entry period for CCC#65: Crazy Climate is now closed, which means it’s time to check out and vote on the submitted photographs. Sixteen photographers managed to capture some wonky weather, and you can check out their entries here in the CCC#65: Crazy Climate Photo Gallery. Once you’ve checked out the photographs, make sure to cast your vote in the CCC#65: Crazy Climate voting thread.

The contest is sponsored by one of our favorite camera bag makers: Think Tank Photo. If you need a new camera bag, use code WS-171 to receive a free bag with every order over $50 (and part of every order goes to support the Corner as well!!!)! If the winner is a Premiere Member, Think Tank Photo is offering an Urban Disguise 30 camera bag (a $130 value!). If the winner is not a Premiere Member, the winner will receive a Digital Holster 10 camera bag (a $45 value).

Voting ends at approximately 5:00pm EST, Monday, August 10th, 2009 (9:00pm GMT), so make sure to cast your vote today! Read more »

It’s a couple of days later than normal, but around the Corner, the last week of each month means it’s time to cast our votes for the upcoming Photograph of the Month. This month is no exception. Over the next week or so, we have the opportunity to browse through the top 15 photographs posted on PhotographyCorner over the past month, then cast our vote for which one we think is best. You can browse through the nominated photographs here in the August 2009 Photograph of the Month Gallery, then head over to the voting thread to cast your vote. Read more »

Just as the voting for the July 2009 Photograph of the Month contest comes to a close, so starts the voting for the Contest Corner Challenge #64: Like a Child. CCC#64: Like a Child challenged photographers to simply take a photograph of a child, and 25 photographers accepted that challenge. You can view their photographs in the Photo Gallery, then decide which one is both the best technically and best depicts the theme of the contest by casting your vote in the voting thread. Read more »

Every month, during the last week of the month, the PhotographyCorner community gets a chance to browse through the best photographs posted to the Corner over the past month, and vote on which one they think is the best. June flew by, and it’s time to decide which photograph should be crowned the July 2009 Photograph of the Month. We have 14 photographs up for the honour (and prizes!) this month, including two by jaharris1001 and two by shutterbug2007.

You can browse through the nominated photographs in the July 2009 Photograph of the Month Gallery and then you have until the wee-morning hours of July 1st to cast your vote in the voting thread (you can also view the photos in the voting thread).

The contest is sponsored by MOO.com - a new type of online stationer where you can upload your own photography to print high quality Business Cards, MiniCards, Postcards and more (with a different photo on every card!). Make sure to check out all the products you can create at www.MOO.com.

If the winner is a Premiere Member, they will receive an a MOO ‘Pro’ Pocket Portfolio Pack (prize valued at $210, which includes: 1 × 200 pack of Business Cards, 1 × 100 pack of MiniCards, 1 × 60 pack of Postcards, 1 × 25 pack of Greeting Cards and 1 x Leather Business Card Holder). If the winner is not a Premiere Member, they will receive a MOO Pocket Portfolio Pack (prize valued at $97, which includes: 1 × 50 pack of Business Cards, 1 × 100 pack of MiniCards, 1 × 20 pack of Postcards, 1 × 10 pack of Greeting Cards and 1 x Acrylic Business Card Holder). Those prizes make me wish I had a photograph up for the July 2009 Photograph of the Month.

So what are you waiting for? Check out the photos in the gallery, and cast your vote before the end of the month! Read more »

Since we changed up the Contest Corner Challenges for 2009, we’ve allowed an extra week or so for entries to come in for each contest. That change has resulted in more entries, but more importantly, higher-quality entries. Just take a look at the photographs entered for Contest Corner Challenge #63: Intensity. They are fantastic, which makes your job that much more difficult. Read more »