2007 Q4 Contest
Food & Drinks
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1st Place: John Santerre from Maine, United StatesJudges Comments
A sort of confession between the groom and the cake...and made in America...a beautiful feature picture. It's just different. Strange. Unseen in my experience. What is going through his head? Love the setting, and the backstage glance.
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Judges Comments
This jovial picture has a very interesting structure. Creative angle, complete with fill flash. This is made by a working photographer
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3rd Place: Elaine Soong from Alberta, CanadaJudges Comments
A grungy picture with food literally in their faces. The layers work in the triangular reaction of the people on the left, center and right. Having the big bowl of food on the foreground right also helps. Food--sometimes it's a chance to have fun together...
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Judges Comments
The design of this one works well. The manner in which the girl's arms are leaning against the table; the way in which the arms of the waitress are set; the simplicity of the rows of drinks against the stark white background. And the way the drink in hand is positioned against the white blouse.
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6th Place: Cameron Gillie from Wisconsin, United StatesJudges Comments
The photographer saw this unique thing – a moth landing on the cake – and made the photo before it took off. Finding details like this is a talent.
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7th Place: Kenneth Paul Soong from Alberta, CanadaJudges Comments
The bride's face (Avidity? Terror?) makes this picture extremely fun and unusual.
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8th Place: Paul Studd from Norfolk, EnglandJudges Comments
The vibrant colors and the clean feel of the composition combined make this frame.
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9th Place: Tim Chin from Quebec, CanadaJudges Comments
The seats in the car lead the viewer into the action in the frame. The couple is nicely framed by the car. Plain and simple, a different place to eat cake. Don't see this often, and it is well done to boot. Love the light, and the composition. Very well done. And the gesture is sweet and simple, and there isn't the uproar usually associated with this. A quiet but exuberant moment in one frame.
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Judges Comments
Simplicity rules. Good shallow depth, and focus on action. Tough to get both expressions often, as you are shooting the back of someone's head often. But this turns the trick, and works well. Very sexy shot as well, which is what this is all about.
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11th Place: Jesse Chamberlin from Georgia, United StatesJudges Comments
Amusing, graphic, mysterious picture...
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12th Place: Mark Kegans from Iowa, United StatesJudges Comments
Photographer can see light and color and knows how it will reproduce on paper or on the screen. Photographer pre-visualized the effect and created the photo knowing exactly what the results would be. This is the result of experience.
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13th Place: Christina Craft from British Columbia, CanadaJudges Comments
This one is included on expression, purely. Notice the mimicking of the gesture with open mouths around the frame. Funny, and a well collected frame with faces forming the boundaries of the principle action, and drawing attention to it and complementing it.
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14th Place: Craig Rogers from Rhode Island, United StatesJudges Comments
The situation made this work. Not sure why there's all that smoke (dry ice??), but it makes for an interesting picture. Simple composition.
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Judges Comments
Sometimes food is a joy to share with the others...
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17th Place: Tim Chin from Quebec, Canada -
18th Place: Brooke Lagstein from New Jersey, United States -
19th Place: Barbara Perotti Casagrande from Sicily, Italy -
20th Place: Kelvin Koh from Singapore, Singapore
