Photo of the Month | 11th Month
Two Coats, by Barry Cawston1st Place | Photo of the Month | 11th Month
Two Coats, by Barry Cawston
Barry Cawston is a freelance photographer with a client list that includes English Heritage, The Guardian & The Sunday Telegraph. He also runs The Drugstore Gallery with his partner Soraya Schofield which showcases their works and eight other photographers. They have taken the gallery to the Affordable Art Fairs in Bristol, London & Paris and hope to exhibit at the New York AAF. Barry’s photograph Two Coats in the category of Artistic Photography scored 71 (Value 13.5, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, and Skill 13.5) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 7.804 from social media (Facebook Share 2.04, Tweets 4.875, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.889, Comments 0), and in total 78.804, the highest score in this competition for the 11th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 11th Month, 1st Place.
Two Coats, by Barry Cawston
We will publish a special interview with Barry Cawston in the Photographer with Style section of the magazine, and the Exclusive Interview section on our website.For our 11h month, we had a head-to-head contest between the top scorers and the photographs that scored the highest became winners of the Photo of the Month. Our team decided to honor these top scorers as 2nd and 3rd places with a page in the next issue of our magazine, where the photographers will share their stories of these photographs. We will also publish their interviews in the Exclusive Interview section on our Web.
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2nd Place | Photo of the Month | 11th Month
Finding Nemo, by Sahil Lodha
Presently, a 3nd year Law Student, Sahil developed an interest in photography 3 years back after enrolling himself for a photography course, on instinct. During the course, he was mesmerized to see images develop in the darkroom & the joy to see his own images develop gave him tremendous creative satisfaction. After the course, he started learning under the guidance of a professional photographer during which he gained an insight into the finer aspects of photography. Sahil’s photograph Finding Nemo in the category of Underwater Photography scored 73 (Value 13.5, Clarity 14, Composition 18.5, Style 13.5, and Skill 13.5) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 4.903 from social media (Facebook Share 2.22, Tweets 1.15, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.933, Comments 0.6), and in total 77.903.
Finding Nemo, by Sahil Lodha
3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 11th Month
Parted Ways, by Sukesh Kumar
Sukesh Kumar is working as an IT Specialist with IBM. Though he is originally from India, he is right now working in NY, USA. Sukesh is a hobbyist photographer. Now, after few years of clicking pictures with his Nikon D80, he feels like even my eyes work as the view finder. Sukesh’s photograph Parted Ways, in the category of Conceptual Photography scored 68 (Value 12, Clarity 12, Composition 18, Style 13, Skill 13) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 7.755 from social media (Facebook Share 2.16, Tweets 2.625, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.87, Comments 2.1), and in total 75.755. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 11th Month, 3rd Place.
Parted Ways, by Sukesh Kumar
Pillars, by Jim Alonzo
Jim Alonzo is a coffee-addicted Interior Designer, who loves photography and potato chips. When Jim had his first Instamatic camera (Olympus) in college, he never knew that it is going to be one of his passion. Alonzo ‘s photograph Pillars in the category of Architectural Photography, scored 70 (Value 13.5, Clarity 13, Composition 18, Style 13, and Skill 12.5) from our international jury of 5. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 5.158 from social media (Facebook Share 1.3, Tweets 1.975, StumbleUpon Organic View 1.383, Comments 0.5), and in total 75.158. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 11th Month, 3rd Place.
Pillars, by Jim Alonzo
As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 11th Month, 3rd Place.
OMG! Thanks Light and Composition! You really made my day. I would also like to thank the people who voted and liked my photo. Without you guys, i won’t make it to third place. My heart-felt thanks!