Weekly Photography Theme Recognition – Week 25

All 3 of the following Weekly Photography Google+ Theme Recognition Winners have won a complimentary large print of their winning pictures from our sponsor, Vivyx Printing!

Also, as weekly winners, they are each in the running for the monthly Grand Prize of a $100 print credit with Vivyx Printing. Last month’s Grand Prize winner was Joe DiFlorio. The next monthly Grand Prize winner will be announced at our July 11, 2013 PAC meeting – our featured speaker will be Ruth Carter www.carterlawaz.com!

June was a really crazy month here at PAC, especially for our leaders who make things happen behind the scenes.  Thanks for your patience with us, and with the technical issues we had, as we lagged behind in our weekly Theme Recognition Winners announcements.

Week 25 Google+ Themes & Winners

The themes for Week 25 were:  Generations of Dads, All About Dad & PRO – New Dad.  We had relatively few submissions for all three themes, which made it difficult to judge the themes individually.  Therefore, for Week 25, the judges chose their top three dad-related submissions from all 3 themes.

And the “Top 3” Theme Recognition Winners are (in no particular order) …

Winning Photographer: Kristy Snyder – Semi-Pro Photographer

Winning Picture:

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This photo was created in a little makeshift studio at the client’s home.  One large softbox, a reflector for fill, and some black fabric for a background. I absolutely love using parents for props and posing.  Simple and clean is my preferred style for portraits.. more attention on the baby (or subject) and less distractions.  I have been photographing clients on and off for about 7 years.  Just self-taught and fumbling my way through, learning as I go.

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Winning Photographer:  Javier Pantoja – Semi-Pro Photographer

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We wanted to surprise my brother-in-law with a beautiful picture of his kids for Father’s Day.  So we headed out to a local park where I took this set of images. I think it turned out great because we can distinguish each individual’s true personality.

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Winning Photographer:  Tom Cuffari – Hobbyist Photographer

Winning Picture: “What Dads Flew in WWII”

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Tom notes that he used Nik Silver Efex and Topaz Clarity in post-processing.

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Congratulations to all of the winners!!!

Please comment on this post to show our three PAC Weekly Photography Theme Recognition winners some love! Also, don’t forget to take some time to check out the other awesome themed photos, on Google+ and on Facebook, get inspired to go out and shoot!

Click here https://captureschool.net/how-to-enter-pac-gplus-contest-for-prizes/ to learn how to be considered for these PAC Theme Contests!

~ Sarah Hales – PAC Leader