Why, hello you handsome devils and lady devils. We’d like to take this moment to apologize to you the disarray of this, your beloved Monthly Photo Contest, the past couple months. Not to let the cat out of the bag here, but the problem is we’ve been spending a lot of time working on moving to an entirely different website, and some things have been falling through the cracks.

The good news is, as part of that transition, we’re going to start moving the photo contest entirely over here to Roberts Raw! Over here, you’ll be able to view all the previous contests in that new Polaroid-style viewer we started with August’s contest, and uploading to the current contest will continue to be much, much simpler than it has ever been before. Also, you’ll be able to see the winning pic right on the gallery pages going forward, no more separate sections!

Plus, since you’ll be on the blog anyway, it’ll be easier for us to announce the winners, even if we don’t quite have time to update the pages, and be more certain you’ll see it.

We’ve got last month’s contest and the new one up already, and we’ll be getting the 21 other contests up over the next couple weeks. Please be patient with us as we transition, we haven’t forgotten you, but we really do run this contest on our spare time just because we love seeing all the pictures, and sometimes it takes us a moment to get the time to update things. We’re sorry. Also, August’s winner can’t be announced until our judge gets back from vacation next week. We haven’t forgotten that either.

So, dear photo contest entrants, please bookmark us at http://blog.robertsimaging.com, because this is where it’s going to be at.

Strength Through Diversity

The theme for September is “Strength Through Diversity.” September’s a time of transitions, not summer, not fall. There’s hot days, cool nights, green trees and cicada husks. The kids are going back to school, college students roam campuses, and all-in-all it seems like a good time to step back and appreicate how rich and diverse our lives really are. This month, we want you to stop and examine the complexities of your life, and the different influences that affect you, and figure out how they make you a different or better person.

As always whenever we use such a broad theme, we’re looking for the most original and meaningful shots to win. Take some time and really think about how you find strength through diversity, and make us the best image you can from that. This theme has the potential to move us, and we want to be moved.

Submissions will remain open until October 1st. Good luck!