Voting Begins at PhotographyCorner.com for the 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest

Jan. 24, 2007 - PRLog -- Toronto, Ontario, Canada – January 24, 2007 – Voting has begun at PhotographyCorner.com (www.photographycorner.com) for the 2006 Photograph of the Year contest, which features ten, high-profile sponsors with over $14,000 in prizes to be won. The top 10 entries will receive prizes and will be announced on January 31st, 2007.

Although PhotographyCorner.com has been running Photograph of the Month challenges for over 2 years, 2006 marks the first year the dominant photography resources site has put on a Photograph of the Year contest. With over $14,000 in prizes available to be won, and with first prize alone valued at over $3,500, the PhotographyCorner.com 2006 Photograph of the Year contest received hundreds of entries from all over the world. The entries have been narrowed down to 135 photographs which are currently being voted on by the community.

There are several things that set the contest apart from some of the other “Best of 2006” photography contests. Firstly, winners can be from anywhere in the world, not just limited to the US or Canada, making the contest truly a worldwide photography contest. In fact, their most recent Photograph of the Month winner was from Saudi Arabia, with other past winners from various places around the world including the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, Israel, Africa and Indonesia. In addition, instead of having a select group of judges pick a winner, the entire community is voting on every photograph. With this unique voting process, every eligible submitted photograph is given a chance to win, not just a select few picked out by judges, giving the community complete power over which photographs are awarded “Best of 2006.”

In a recent interview, the owner and founder of PhotographyCorner.com, Tim L. Walker, expressed that "The excitement and unique features of this contest display exactly why PhotographyCorner is such a popular and unique home for photographers on the web. Anyone can enter the contest, and anyone can win. I don’t decide. A bunch of stuffy judges don’t decide. The community decides. They’re the photographers – they should pick the winner." He continued by adding that “It’s great to see the photography community step up to the plate for a contest like this. The sponsors have been fantastic donating a great variety of prizes for the winners, and it’s always great to give away prizes to deserving photographers. Photographs enrich our lives, and helping photographers to become inspired and get better benefits the community as a whole.”

The 10 contest sponsors, including ImageAlign.com, Proimageguide.com, iStockphoto.com and Bibblelabs.com, have offered up an amazing collection of cash and prizes (http://www.photographycorner.com/2006-photograph-of-the-y...) that includes software, equipment, cash, clothing, gift certificates, web sites and more. The contest rules can be found at http://www.photographycorner.com/2006-photograph-of-the-y..., and all information about the contest can be found at http://www.photographycorner.com/photograph-of-the-year.

The first round of voting, split up into 15 groups of 9 photographs, ends on January 25th, 2007. The winner of each group will move on to the final round, which will run from January 25th to January 31st, 2007. During this final voting period, the community will again vote on the 15 winning entries to determine the top 10 photographs of 2006.


About www.PhotographyCorner.com

PhotographyCorner.com is a leading photography resources portal for photographers, which includes member-written articles, tutorials, forums, a community photo gallery, a photography directory, a photography news blog, and a collection of photography projects. The site runs a monthly Photograph of the Month contest and sixteen yearly Contest Corner Challenges, as well as providing an area of the site for photographers to receive constructive criticism of their work in the Critiques Corner. PhotographyCorner.com was launched in March 2004.

About ImageAlign.com

Grasshopper/ImageAlign specializes in lens distortion correction software. Its flagship product, ImageAlign PRO uses breakthrough technology to correct lens and barrel distortion. It covers any natural perspective distortions or special effects distortion, using an intuitive user interface.


For more information, please visit www.PhotographyCorner.com and http://www.photographycorner.com/photograph-of-the-year. Tim L. Walker can be reached at 647.883.0436 or via email at twalker@photographycorner.com to answer any questions.

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