Thar' She Blows...The Photo Contest Begins!

1. Will  Hawkins

2. Stephen Dohring

3. taka yanagimoto

4. Zekeshem Parsons

(Blue Lane Photography)

5. Nick Haskins

6. Travis Ballard

7. Erin Harvey

8. Courtney Fries

Alrighty, get your friends, family, co-workers and fellow photographers to hop on over and get to voting! Limit 1 vote per person and remember I can see where you little stinkers link from so no funny stuff! haha :-) Voting ends Thursday night at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time! To place your vote, simply comment in this post with your choice! Good luck and happy voting! :-) (oh and click to enlarge the image for a more detailed view)

~Courtney

P.S. Typepad is driving me nuts! Posting multiple images with text is a nightmare...I need a new blog template! If you know of a good design company, let me know!

Comments

[Kradenza]

I vote for Zekeshem's picture #4

[Kradenza]

I vote for Zekeshem's picture #4

[Jeff S]

Hawkins' #1 is brilliant. Outstanding use of focus.

[Chris]

I vote for Zekeshem!

[troy]

#3 by Taka. I like the full body shot.

[keyla]

#4!!! Zekeshem's picture has great color, composition...just a beutiful picture.

[YesindeedyBob]

I vote for Zekeshem's photo!

[YesindeedyBob]

I vote for Zekeshem's photo!

[spaz omega]

While Zekeshem is a most enchanting subject, I vote for her work as a photog, yes?

[Jono]

#4..what a beautiful picture. Awesome lighting..beautiful model and great background. The colors pop beautifully.

[Jono]

#4...Zekeshem's pictures are beautiful...great color and lighting. The models are the best.

[Callie]

#3 :)

[Meredith]

I vote for #1!

[Travis Ballard]

i think i am going to go with taka's. i thought we were supposed to submit our favorite image you :P whoops. hehe. a lot of great shots though but taka's stands out i think. plus that was a really hard shot for me. the back light kept blowing out terribly bad. so he gets my vote for this one.

[taka]

tough call on these. There are many excellent ones. A talented bunch indeed. I really like the clean natural look of Erin, Shem and Will's photos, but my vote has to go with Nick for creativity! So 5 it is.

[Chris Harvey]

So did this turn into a popularity/friends contest =)

Courtney, how is this going to work? Is it just the person with the most comments supporting their picture? Or are you going to way the votes of the crew that went out in Tampa a little more?

[Sarah]

My pic is #3. I want to be flirt in this shot. Taka, way to GO! This pose and picture would always make me look and smile.

I love #2 as well. Depth, subject and environment almost "had me at Hello".

[megumi]

My vote is for Taka. He has a way of making all his subjects look really good in whatever lighting that is available. Way to go Taka!

[Amy]

I vote for # 4- Zekeshem Parsons!

[Todd & Jen Schultz]

Miss Courtney gets our vote!! you go girl.......

[Pam]

How do I vote? I'd like to vote for Taka's picture of Shem.

[Courtney]

ooh this is a close one, taka and shem are currently tied for the canvas. Chris...because we have no way of telling who the votes are coming from i.e. friends, family or fellow photographers, the winner will be decided by number of votes. Right now it's a tight race :-) 40 minutes left until the voting closes!

[Jodi]

I vote for Taka, #3. Best shot and composition by far.

[Julie]

The sense of composition in No. 2 is exceptional, Stephen hands down!

[trev]

#3!