Popular Result for “Signs” Theme

2009, Contests, Signs No Responses »
Sep 082009

Popular Vote Complete

Our second contest has finally come to a close and the winners have been selected by popular vote!

Congratulations to 1st Place  Roland Calvo , 2nd Place  Lizabeth Hanes , and 3rd Place Dar Barrow. Roland will receive a copy of Adobe Lightroom for the first place prize from the popular vote.  Thanks to everyone who participated in this contest.

Thanks for all your feedback as well.  I will contine to see how I can improve the site, improve how the contests are run, and get more prizes for 2nd, and 3rd place winners too!  Be sure to help support the site by visiting our judges’ sites, and in the near future, our contest sponsors.  The more participation, the more traffic, the easier it is to attract sponsors for our winners.

Stay tuned.. the next contest is coming soon!

If you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback – feel free to email me at admin@thirstyphoto.com.

1st Place Photo By : Shane Liem

1st Place Photo By : Roland Calvo

2nd Place Photo By : Eric Thalmann

2nd Place Photo By : Lizabeth Haynes

3rd Place Photo By : Mathew Asner

3rd Place Photo By : Dar Barrow

Posted by Nick Newell at 9:25 pm Tagged with: ,

Popular Vote is Open for “Signs”

2009, Contests, Signs No Responses »
Sep 012009

Now that the judging round is over, time for some fun with the Popular Vote!  This is a chance to pitch your submissions, rate other Thirsty Photographers’ photos, comment on your Favs, and see what feedback you get on your own photos.

The popular vote window is open from September 1st to September 8th, just after Labor Day.  The highest rated photo will win a copy of Adobe Lightroom. 1st, 2nd , and 3rd place will move to the showcase album with the judges selection.

Campaign for the best Photo

In order to qualify for placement in the top three, the submission must have a minimum of 10 votes.  The best way to get votes is to vote for other submissions, and pitch your favorite photo on Facebook.  byline_share For each photo, the “by-line” has a Share button.  This will allow you to post a link of your own photo  (or your favorite photo ) to your news feed.  Let friends know your in the contest and get them to participate – after all, its a popular vote so campaign for your favorite photo!

Share your Feedback

Commenting on photos is a great way to share your opinion and give the photographer potentially valuable feedback on their work.  Please be sure to comment on submissions you like, and add some constructive criticism to share.  We are all thirsty to learn more!

Support our Judges

Don’t forget to visit our judges’ websites. Giving them traffic helps us attract professional photographers  and hopefully some valuable professional feedback on our work.

Posted by Nick Newell at 8:12 pm Tagged with: ,

Judges Result for “Signs” Theme

2009, Contests, Signs No Responses »
Aug 302009

Judging Round Complete

Our second contest is coming  to a close and the winners have been selected for the judges round! Later this week, I will open up the contest to popular vote, where all of us can vote, promote your submission, and have another chance to win a copy of Adobe Lightroom.

Congratulations to 1st Place Shane Liem , 2nd Place Eric Thalman , and 3rd Place Matthew Asner. Shane will receive a copy of Adobe Lightroom for the first place prize from the judges panel.  There were twice as many photos submitted compared to our first contest for a total of 330 great shots!  This meant there were tons of great photos to review, and a tough choice to choose the top 3.

This was the first time ThirstyPhoto had a panel of judges.  I learned a few things along the way and got some good feedback on how to improve this part of a photo contest.  So stay tuned for more judging in future contests, and a bit more rules on how judging will be performed.  Overall, I think a panel of judges complements the popular vote, so its good to see the latest Poll reflecting this opinion from you all.

We have had a lot of great press this Contest, and I look forward to offering some new prizes in our next Contest.  So stayed tuned! And don’t forget to participate in the popular vote later this week!

1st Place Photo By : Shane Liem

1st Place Photo By : Shane Liem

2nd Place Photo By : Eric Thalmann

2nd Place Photo By : Eric Thalmann

3rd Place Photo By : Mathew Asner

3rd Place Photo By : Matthew Asner

Posted by Nick Newell at 10:06 pm Tagged with: , ,

Introducing the Contest Judges for ‘Signs’

2009, Contests, Signs No Responses »
Aug 252009

Ok, I have procrastinated a bit, or at the very least been quite busy, and have delayed the post to introduce our judges. So without further adieu, here is a brief introduction to the judges who this week will choose the top three photos from the ‘Signs’ contest. Please support them and visit their sites!

The Judges

http://www.rcrivera.com/

RC Rivera is a San Francisco based photographer, by way of Brooklyn, Jersey, Virgina, and Manila. Specializing in fashion, beauty, portraiture, still life, conceptual photography for advertising and editorial assignment. Likes motorcycles, bunnies and traveling.  See also : http://www.silberstudios.tv/previous-shows/rc-rivera/

http://www.rackleyphotography.com

Ruth Rackley is an international award-wining photographer. Her specialty is documentary wedding photography and lifestyle editorial photography. Her photographic experiences have taken her around the world and across the US. Ruth’s unique style of story telling and lifestyle photography has been featured as part of the Palmetto Portrait Project with the SC state museum. Her portrait and lifestyle work for editorial and commercial clients has been published in the US and abroad.  See also : http://www.rackleyphotography.com/blog/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamotto/

William Otto won first place in our last contest! I thought it would be fun to have previous winners participate as a judge.  Here was his winning photo.

First Place Water Theme

First Place 'Water' Theme

Popular Vote to Open Soon!

A number of people have asked how they can vote this contest.  Well, the contest winners this time around was to be decided only by judges’ panel, since the last contest was decided by popular vote. But based on current feedback of the latest poll, and recent inquiries – I will also open the contest up to popular vote!  I have two copies of Adobe Lightroom, so the first place photos chosen from judges vote, and popular vote will be awarded a free copy of Adobe Lightroom.

So stayed tuned for more news. Once the judges have made their votes, I will open the contest up to everyone to participate in the popular vote!

If you havent responded to our poll here it is:

How should the best photos be chosen in future Contests?

  • Both Judges and Members (66%, 25 Votes)
  • by a Panel of Judges only (21%, 8 Votes)
  • by a Popular Vote from Members (8%, 3 Votes)
  • Either one (5%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 38

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Posted by Nick Newell at 8:40 pm Tagged with: , , ,

Contest Announcement : SIGNS

2009, Contests, Signs 5 Responses »
Jul 262009

adobe_lightroomOur first contest had some great submissions and participation. With the feedback from the last contest, I am continuing to do more development on integration with social APIs and sites like Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.  You wont see much of this work for now – so I figured it was time to have another contest in the time being.

This second contest on the site continues with a new Theme , SIGNS.

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1. Contest Announcement :

Submission Album

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Showcase Album

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Contest Announcement July 26th, 2009

This contest is open to all eligible members of the Facebook Group ThirstyPhoto.  If you would like to participate in this contest simply join our Facebook Group, Connect to the Site, and submit your photos! Hopefully the bugs are not so bad that you cannot at least get this far.  If you find bugs – have patience, I will work on them as soon as I find out. Join the Facebook Event as well to keep informed during the Contest.

This is a Category Assignment with a Judges Panel, the judges will be showcased later during the contest. I kept the Category for this Contest pretty broad again since there were so many great interpretations on the last one -  so the theme this time will be Signs.

Some useful links to get you started :

  1. Basic Contest Rules (here)
  2. Using metadata before submitting to protect your ownership (here)
  3. How to post an image (here)
  4. Editing a photo once it is approved (here)

Other useful links worth reading about our site :

  • Anatomy of a Contest (here)
  • How voting works (here)

Submissions must have some form of interpretation of the Theme within the composition and description. All photo submissions must be taken by the submitter, who must retain full ownership of the photo.  The submission must provide minimal EXIF information. Once your submission has been approved, you will have access to edit your Photo details.

The prize for 1st place is a copy of Adobe Lightroom 2. No other prizes will be awarded.  First, second and third place submissions will be showcased in the Group’s Showcase album.

Contest Dates

The Submission Window opens July 26th, 2009. All submissions must be posted no later than August 23rd, 2009. There is no Maximum Submission Count for this contest, so you can add more than one photo to the contest as long as it follows the Theme.

The Voting Window will be open for 10  days from Augusta 24th , 2009 to August 31st, 2009.

Contest winners will be chosen by a panel of judges.

The Contest closes  September 1st, 2009 and all winners will be notified via email.

Posted by Nick Newell at 11:37 am Tagged with: ,

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