Photo of the Month | 15th Month

1st Place | Photo of the Month | 15th Month

Inside the Pansy, by Laria Saunders
Laria is an emerging artist from Boston, New York and Los Angeles. She comes from a family of artists that span four generations on both sides including 3 professional photographers. Her passion for photography goes back 25 years and she received a BA from University California Los Angeles – World Arts & Culture. She has been awarded for her abstract, wildlife, dance and travel photography by Eden Arts, UK, Momentum: Images of Dance, CT., Art Scene Today, Art Slant and Projekt 30. Laria‘s photograph Inside the Pansy in the category of Close-up Photography, scored 72.5 (Value 14, Clarity 13.5, Composition 17.5, Style 13.5, Skill 14) 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 2.766 from social media (Facebook Share 1.05, Tweets 1.0, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.516, Comments 0.2), and in total 75.266, the highest score in this competition for the 15th Month. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 15th Month, 1st Place.

Inside the Pansy, by Laria Saunders

2nd Place | Photo of the Month | 15th Month

Rocks at the Gate, by Joe Azure
Joe Azure is a native Alaskan from the seaside town of Sitka, who currently calls San Francisco, California home. He enjoys urban locations and man-made objects in many of his landscape images, which are often shot along the city shoreline where past constructions are slowly being reclaimed by the sea. Living in such beautiful, diverse and culturally rich places, Joe has developed an appreciation of the natural world that he enjoys sharing through his photography. Joe Azure’s photograph Rocks at the Gate, in the category of Landscape Photography, scored 70 (Value 12.5, Clarity 13.5, Composition 17, Style 13, Skill 14) from our international jury of 5, and gains a good position in the competition. The number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 3.2195 from social media (Facebook Share 1.35, Tweets 1.1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.6695, Comments 0.1), and in total 73.2195. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 15th Month, 2nd Place.

Rocks at the Gate, by Joe Azure

Fishermen, by Joe Azure
Interesting another photographs of Joe Azure, Fishermen in the category of Artistic Photography scored 69.5 (Value 13, Clarity 12.5, Composition 17, 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 3.7985 from social media (Facebook Share 1.40, Tweets 1.6, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.6985, Comments 0.1), and in total 73.2985.

Fishermen, by Joe Azure

As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 15th Month, 2nd Place.

3rd Place | Photo of the Month | 15th Month

Secrets of the Soul, by Liesl Cheney
Liesl Cheney is a wedding and portrait photographer, based in Surrey, UK. She loves capturing the emotion and personality of her subjects. Occasionally, as circumstance allows, Liesl turns her hand to other subjects and works closely with food suppliers and stylists, photographing portfolios for use in their marketing material. In her spare time she also enjoys travel photography. Liesl’s photograph Secrets of the Soul, in the category of Motion Photography scored 67 (Value 12.5, Clarity 12, Composition 17, Style 12, 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 3.363 from social media (Facebook Share 1.21, Tweets 1.1, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.953, Comments 0.1), and in total 70.363. This photograph is the winner of Photograph of the Month – 15th Month, 3rd Place.

Secrets of the Soul, by Liesl Cheney

Ramadan Kareem, by Rezwan Razzaq
Rezwan Razzaq is from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He graduated in Computer Science from North South University and currently working at a renowned advertising agency in creative section as a Creative Supervisor. He has been doing photography since school but doing it with a professional SLR since 2002 when he came to get his Nikon N75 camera from his father. Rezwan’s photograph Ramadan Kareem, in the category of Islamic Photography scored a very moderate 62 (Value 11.5, Clarity 12, Composition 15, Style 11, Skill 12.5) from our international jury of 5. However, the number of Tweets and Facebook shares, StumbleUpon Organic Views boosted the popularity of the photograph, raising its score to 8.0145 from social media (Facebook Share 5, Tweets 2.15, StumbleUpon Organic View 0.6645, Comments 0.2), and in total 70.0145.

Ramadan Kareem, by Rezwan Razzaq

As these two photograph’s scores are so close, we decided to award them as Photo of the Month – 15th Month, 3rd Place.