The theme for this week’s contest is “portraits.” Already, on the first day of the contest, more than twenty entries have been posted. It’s going to be a competitive week! First, let’s mention formal portraits. These are the shots taken in a studio on seamless paper with flash, umbrellas, a posed subject, props, and planning. For many photographers, studios [...]
July, 2011
Topic Announcement: “Portrait”
This week, the community, has selected the topic “Portrait.” Paloma will be writing a blog post about this soon, so remember to come back and read it! We will try to do topic announcements on Saturday and release winners on Sunday. Also, Fun2brn was the first to ask for a payment, so look out for [...]
Photography Contest Winners: “Animals”
We had another great week! Last week, we had seen about 57 photo submissions. We saw some great candid shots that were really up close and personal. Like these: And the top three winners are: fun2brn’s Photo with 85 boosts! MarionFlore’s Photo with 79 boosts! “Feeling Squirrely” yellowhat2449′s Photo with 39 boosts! All the winners [...]
Thoughts on “Light Paintings”
Hello and welcome to Saturday morning how-tos at the Great Photo Race! I’m Paloma, and as you can see from my profile, I’m a freelance writer & photographer living in Upstate New York. Tuan has kindly invited me to start writing a weekly blog about the current week’s photo contest subject, this week being “light [...]
New Feature: Extra Boost Per Day
Today we got great news to announce to you. We’ve noticed and have heard from some people that it’s very easy to use up all your boosts at the very beginning of the week. This will lead to: Missing out on boosting photos submitted later in the week Missing out on boosting topics that are [...]
Photography Contest Winners: “birds-and-flowers”
Last week was a tremendous success! We had about 52 great photos submitted to our competition. This is almost doubled the amount of submissions that we had for the first week. Photos came in all flavors, including: The bird approaching flower shot: The interesting angle: The candid shot: And the top three winners are… 1st [...]
Topic Announcement: “Animals”
Welcome to a great new week at GPR! Last week, the community had selected “animals” as the new topic for this week. So time to go grab your telephoto, head to a zoo and capture some of those candid photos of nature’s best wildlife! Need some tips on how to shoot great shots with animals? [...]
Photography Contest Winners: “A-Nation-In-Celebration”
Last week was our first of many weekly photography competition. We have selected the topic “a-nation-in-celebration.” The community had answered with 28 great photos. 28 photos is a great success for the initial week, and we’re very proud. Please continue to share with all your friends, because as the site grows, the stakes get higher. [...]
Topic Announcement: “birds-and-flowers”
Thank you all for participating in last week’s opening topic of “a-nation-in-celebration!” We ended up having 28 photos which we believe to be a great turnout! For this week, the new topic is “birds-and-flowers.” So grab your closest telephoto or macro, and get out there and shoot some photos. Some quick tips: Great excuse to [...]
Opening Topic: A-Nation-In-Celebration
The first GreatPhotoRace topic is going to be “a-nation-in-celebration.” It’s the 4th of July weekend, so go out and capture all those candid photos of celebration. Remember to boost the photos you think best represents “a-nation-in-celebration.” Let’s create some great photos! To help you get started, here are some quick ideas: A close-up of someone [...]