C I wrote:
Hmmm...how do I find a list of the past winners?

I believe there is a place hosted by craig where all the winners are located, take a peek at the first page of the POD thread

jab designs wrote:

She has the wettest pussy I have ever seen.


Sorry. It simply had to be said.

/bump

R Michael Walker wrote:
This portrait of Allie was taken during a 3 -4 year series of a small dieing town called Saddieville, KY that was passed over for an off ramp on a new freeway that took all non local traffic away from it. In the years i shot there i became friendly with several of the inhabitants. to the point of which I took the Class I taught at Northern KY University there on field trips. At first I felt like I was exploiting them. but after being told by the local dry goods/soda fountain store owner that my visits were the highlight of the year and a mother of 6 who said she looked forward to the "family portraits" I gave here (NO way she could afford to have them done professionally on her meager income) I began to bring others along. A Louisville Courier-Journal writer used a few of my shots in an article on the town and I convinced the TV station I worked at in Cincinnati to do piece on them as well. one of the poorest couples in town was Pearl And Allie. At first I passed them by for the reason of not wanting to be perceived as exploiting them. Until on my third trip one of my repeat subjects mentioned they wondered why I didn't find them worth taking "picters" of. Did i not like black folk? I was floored..She took me over for the formal introduction and I took lunch for everyone with me. We talked and I tried to explain the slight. Towards the end of the day I shoot some images with my Mamaya C330 and left. But they were stiff and didn't take well to the speedy way i worked. So on my next trip, freshly back from the Ansel Adams Yosemite Workshop where I used an older 8x10 View camera, I took it along. Talk about slowing down. Well it was perfect. This image of Allie was from that session. Calumet 8x10 view with a 210 Caltar lens, Plus-X film, Gitzo Tripod, Pentax 1 Degree Spotmeter and a small white reflector. The exposure was long and he moved his hands a bit. I sharpened them a bit in CS3 to play down the blurr. Other than that it's just a flatbed digital scan of the 8x10 B&W neg. The toning is to match the toned Agfa Portriga Rapid paper I used to print on. You should see the print. The edition of 12 contact prints sold out. And edition of 13 enlargements (Designed to match the 25 print editions of all my other work) was just completed and is for sale.

Truly phenomenal image Mr. Walker.  A work of art reminiscent of Avedon's style.

iamthemikeb wrote:
So, I was riding the BART home from work today and had to transfer at Lake Merritt. I had my camera with me and decided since I had time to kill, and a train in front of the one I had coming, that I would try to get one of those cool "long exposure" subway shots.

With 2 minutes to prep, I took some practice shots at around 8 seconds at iso100 f22. I determined (guessed) that 6 seconds with a flash to freeze the side of the train would be sufficient.

I put my camera on the ground, propped it up slightly with its own strap and stepped on it to keep it from flying away. Grabbed the remote and the sb24, set it to full power as the train started roaring into the station. I hit the remote and flashed the train like a trekkie with his phaser set to humiliate.

As luck would have it, my premature fire nailed the front of the train perfectly and the logo rests in the corner of the frame as if I had photoshopped it in.

Lucky shot.
very kool shot, perhaps you should enter it in the POD, thats what this thread is about, images that have won that contest!

jab designs wrote:



After doing a photoset with Shannon, she confessed that her cat takes showers with her and she wanted a pic of it. So we set up lights, attempted to sedate the cat and took a few shots, there were some with water in either of their eyes, a few scratches, but in the end we nailed it.
Although I do photoshop my images , neither one of their eye colors has been altered.


JB

The look on that poor cat's face says to me... "This freakin' sucks. Take the damn shot already" Rockin' shot though

LeDeux Art wrote:

very kool shot, perhaps you should enter it in the POD, thats what this thread is about, images that have won that contest!

yeah, I was just trying to sneak one in haha.

LeDeux Art wrote:

Mr Burns, this is a lovely idea...how can we make this happen?

Blurb.com is a site that publishes books.

I like this thread.
How does one post a pic for all to see ?
pls. PM me .
thanks.
~V~

ps. sorry for the double reply.
I don't hink there's a "delete" button .

R Michael Walker wrote:



See above for more info about the series. This image was taken with a Rollie SL66 With A 250mm Sonar lens. On A Gitzo tripod. Light metered with a Pentax 1 Degree spot..remember those days? This image was scanned on an Epson Flatbed (V700) and The contrast was brought down a bit in Photoshop where it was also toned. The reflections in those crazy looking glasses make the image for me. I looked froward to my visits with them and from all accounts the reverse was also true. Then one day in 1979 I wnet to town and they were gone. I felt like a member of my own family had passed.

I was talking to a photographer friend of mine here in Buffalo who is purchasing a medium format film camera.  Both of us lit up on the topic because we had both been blown away by the texture, tone, and quality of images created with cameras of these types.  These images you show here are magnificent and inspiring.  There is no mistaking the depth that gets captured and photography of other styles pales in comparison to the intensity achieved here.  Beautiful, organic, and captivating.  I would love to do portraits and fashion photography using these formats rather than what I do now.

iamthemikeb wrote:

yeah, I was just trying to sneak one in haha.

well its a kool one, you should enter it in the POD, as it goes thats a shot ive tried and failed a dozen times, well done

Ed Burns Photography wrote:
If you've ever participated in the Model Mayhem's "Pic of The Day" forum, or if you've ever viewed the Winner's Gallery, you no doubtedly have seen some incredible images that were created by members (including models, photographers, stylists and MUA's) from this site. 

I've seen a number of shots that have often made me wonder, "How'd they do that?"  I love hearing how great images were created, or the story behind either the concept or the event that led up to it.

So, I thought maybe we could start a thread for the winners to tell their own story.  A chance for them to pull up their past winners, post the pic, and then tell us "How I Got the Shot". 

Who wants to be first?

You can view the POTD gallery here:
http://www.pbase.com/cseayphotography/y … y&page=all

here is the link to the POD

Visceral wrote:

Blurb.com is a site that publishes books.

I like this thread.
How does one post a pic for all to see ?
pls. PM me .
thanks.
~V~

ps. sorry for the double reply.
I don't hink there's a "delete" button .

you have Email, hope to see your entry in the POD soon.

iamthemikeb wrote:

yeah, I was just trying to sneak one in haha.

besides this should be one of the more serious threads, the OP deserves that respect

EMB Images wrote:
The POD winner I chose to explain today isn't so much HOW I did it but why I did it.
I did something I thought I would never do in my lifetime, I moved almost 1900 miles away from my best friend, My Father. Three months after moving to Delaware from Colorado I received a call that my Dad had a massive stroke. Feeling guilty for moving and not being with my Father I caught an imediate flight back to Colorado. The stroke left my Dad in such a way that he could not breathe or swallow on his own. Therefore he had to be fed intraveneously and breathe with a ventilator. Mentally my Dad knew what was going on. Hoping that he would recover, I made the decision to keep him on life support. Almost 6 months later, the Doctor told me the news I already knew but didnt want to hear; that my father would not recover and indeed was failing fast. Flying back again to Colorado I made the decision to remove the ventilator. Telling my Father that everything was OK and all his pain and suffering would soon be over and that I loved him and would miss him. He nodded his head with approvement as his eyes filled with tears.
I didnt leave my Fathers room for the entire time he was dying, as I promised him I would do.  Hours passed, days passed. I had my camera and battled the guilty feeling if a picture would be appropriate or not. After a couple hours of debating this, I took my camera from the bag, wiped my tears away and took this one and only picture. Twenty minutes after taking this picture my Father passed away, our hands were still holding each other as you see them here. After returning home to Delaware, I pulled  the picture up and posted it. Technically it is not my best image, but meaning wise nothing has come close or ever will. It is the best image I have ever taken. Im glad I decided to take it.

                               Ralph Edsel Blount, My Father

I just saw this thread today. I started at the beginning and although beautiful work &  interesting stories,  I contemplated whether to just move on to some other thread where I could share my knowledge. I couldn't stop reading even at times when I felt my heart sink a little with some of the heartfelt stories, but none compared to yours.  I looked at the picture well before the reading the story behind it.  I was already choked up.  But as I continued on, the tears just flowed.  I have been in a very similar situation in the past and know far to well the courage behind holding a hand of a loved one as the slowly leave our world.  I am so happy you took his picture, not for us, but for yourself.  I am sure it has helped bring peace to you.  Thank you sooooooo very much for sharing such an intimate story with us.  Sometimes it's not about the quality of the picture that makes it grand as much as it is about the sentiment of the picture that makes it phenomenal.

EMB Images wrote:
The POD winner I chose to explain today isn't so much HOW I did it but why I did it.
I did something I thought I would never do in my lifetime, I moved almost 1900 miles away from my best friend, My Father. Three months after moving to Delaware from Colorado I received a call that my Dad had a massive stroke. Feeling guilty for moving and not being with my Father I caught an imediate flight back to Colorado. The stroke left my Dad in such a way that he could not breathe or swallow on his own. Therefore he had to be fed intraveneously and breathe with a ventilator. Mentally my Dad knew what was going on. Hoping that he would recover, I made the decision to keep him on life support. Almost 6 months later, the Doctor told me the news I already knew but didnt want to hear; that my father would not recover and indeed was failing fast. Flying back again to Colorado I made the decision to remove the ventilator. Telling my Father that everything was OK and all his pain and suffering would soon be over and that I loved him and would miss him. He nodded his head with approvement as his eyes filled with tears.
I didnt leave my Fathers room for the entire time he was dying, as I promised him I would do.  Hours passed, days passed. I had my camera and battled the guilty feeling if a picture would be appropriate or not. After a couple hours of debating this, I took my camera from the bag, wiped my tears away and took this one and only picture. Twenty minutes after taking this picture my Father passed away, our hands were still holding each other as you see them here. After returning home to Delaware, I pulled  the picture up and posted it. Technically it is not my best image, but meaning wise nothing has come close or ever will. It is the best image I have ever taken. Im glad I decided to take it.

                               Ralph Edsel Blount, My Father

Thank you for sharing that.  I can only imagine the difficult time you went through and I for one am glad you had the opportunity to capture this one image that speaks more to my heart than words could ever do.

EMB Images wrote:
The POD winner I chose to explain today isn't so much HOW I did it but why I did it.
I did something I thought I would never do in my lifetime, I moved almost 1900 miles away from my best friend, My Father. Three months after moving to Delaware from Colorado I received a call that my Dad had a massive stroke. Feeling guilty for moving and not being with my Father I caught an imediate flight back to Colorado. The stroke left my Dad in such a way that he could not breathe or swallow on his own. Therefore he had to be fed intraveneously and breathe with a ventilator. Mentally my Dad knew what was going on. Hoping that he would recover, I made the decision to keep him on life support. Almost 6 months later, the Doctor told me the news I already knew but didnt want to hear; that my father would not recover and indeed was failing fast. Flying back again to Colorado I made the decision to remove the ventilator. Telling my Father that everything was OK and all his pain and suffering would soon be over and that I loved him and would miss him. He nodded his head with approvement as his eyes filled with tears.
I didnt leave my Fathers room for the entire time he was dying, as I promised him I would do.  Hours passed, days passed. I had my camera and battled the guilty feeling if a picture would be appropriate or not. After a couple hours of debating this, I took my camera from the bag, wiped my tears away and took this one and only picture. Twenty minutes after taking this picture my Father passed away, our hands were still holding each other as you see them here. After returning home to Delaware, I pulled  the picture up and posted it. Technically it is not my best image, but meaning wise nothing has come close or ever will. It is the best image I have ever taken. Im glad I decided to take it.

                               Ralph Edsel Blount, My Father

I'm so glad you decided to take the pic. This was a beautiful capture of a moment in time.  It reminds me so much of when I was 10 years old and at the hospital with my great grandmother.  During her final days of lung cancer, I was beside her hospital bed holding her hand and this image to me back to that.

Pedro P Polakoff III wrote:
OK..  My first win. Dead Bugs!



A photographer/model friend, Valerie Place, and I were just driving around looking for interesting sights to shoot.  It was a bit overcast as it had rained earlier. 

I had gone past this particular VW graveyard hundreds of times with my kids and I always took the brunt of the 'Punch Buggie' hits until one day I stopped, counted all of them (and the colors) and got both my daughter & son back big-time.

I told Valerie the story, and how I always wished I had my camera with me, and she said 'let's do it!'  so we drove over and spent almost an hour shooting within a five block radius in Riverside, NJ.

The original shot was a bit flat because of the overcast skies, and something about having to remember all of the colors when I tagged my kids with 'No tag backs' prompted me to enhance the image into it's final form.

I live in area and we use to play punch buggy when driving (for the youngsters you punch closest person when you drive past a bug) we use to drive past this lot and beat the shit out of each other... what was best, when a friend never been down that road before he knew it he was being pummeled... thanks for the great memory! sorry I know this message does not belong here but just had to say this...