Monthly Photo Contest Winner, by Jennifer Parker
Just a quickie here, but we have finally picked a winner for last month’s photo contest, and the award goes to Jennifer Parker, who our judge felt had the most original take on the theme “Marriage” and pushed to find a unique vision for it. Thanks to everyone who submitted, though, and don’t forget there’s still plenty of time to get your pictures in for our current them, For The Birds.
Seriously, did you think the theme would be E. A. Poe and we wouldn't have a bird and the moon as a theme photo?
This month’s Photo Contest theme is a little more accessible, and a little more given to using trochee than last month’s. Good show to everyone who made submissions -abstract ideas are difficult to address in words, let alone photographic images. As I’m reminded each November, trying at all can teach us a lot.
So what was the man known for? He had an indelible effect on Tim Burton (so did Dr. Seuss), and has his own historical society. He was a heckovalot better at prose than H.P. Lovecraft, but nobody seems to be making humorous, plush Tell Tale Hearts. He’s not nearly as obscure as August Strindberg. There was melancholy and the macabre. There was poetry. So much poetry.
Go get yourself his collected works from your local library and read three or four or fifty of his poems and short stories, grab your tripod and your camera bag and reflective vest and hit the streets at dusk. Or hunker down in the part of your house that gives you the willies and focus on the cracks and spiderwebs.
Who was he? A sodden, melancholic fool? Tormented genius? Overhyped hack? Read his words or the words of a biographer and give us all a pair of photos that illuminates a facet of Edgar Allan Poe.
[edit] 10-06-10 – changed “Allen” to “Allan.” Who says we don’t need copy-editors?
Today’s the first day for the 14th Annual Indianapolis Air Show. That means only two days until the Roberts Indy Air Show Experience (tickets still available, btw).
And, don’t forget that we’ve partnered with IAS this year to run their annual photo contest. We’ll keep the link for where to go upload those big and up-top here on the blog as long as submissions are open (through the 30th).
You can upload up to three pictures, one in each of three categories: Civilian, Military, and The Air Show Experience. You can also up- or down-vote other submitted photos. In addition to the juried contest (judged this year by Jim Koepnik), the crowd-favorite will also win a prize.
So, don’t forget to join us Sunday for the Experience, and if you can’t make that, at least get out there today or tomorrow and get some good shots in, yeah? Check out the prizes afer the jump if you need more reason to enter.
SanDisk, maker of speedy CF and SDHC cards, and a beloved staple of the digital photography world, is holding a photo contest. Four categories, crowd-selected finalist, SanDisk’s Extreme Team is picking the final winners. What’s at stake? A year’s membership in said Extreme Team, your picture shown in a gallery in New York, and oh yeah, $1,000 cash.
If you’re curious, hit the external link to go to their Facebook page, where all the magic is happening, apparently.
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