vote, vote, vote! (explore awards)

hello wonderful people, and thank you to *everyone* who contributed to our first explore awards!

even with just 3 days notice we received hundreds of submissions. choosing the ten to nominate in each category was extremely difficult for us,,,

many thanks to the judging panel, which consists of my amazing and gifted friends Brianna Graham, and Nate & Jaclyn of the image is found, and myself.

though we nominated these, this is a people's choice awards, so *you* choose the images that are awarded. please vote for your favorites among the three categories below. you may choose as many as apply, focusing your votes on the ones that speak to you the most.

remember that the point of this contest is to share work that touches and inspires us. you don't have to be a photographer to vote, and we hope that you tell your friends and family about it so they can vote too - blog about it, email it, post it to your friends on forums - all are welcome : )


and now,,, it's TIME TO VOTE!!!


1ST CATEGORY - 1) experiential imagery (ei): images that make you feel something, inviting the viewer to experience the moment.

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2ND CATEGORY - 2) connection (c): images that feature the beautiful connections between us.

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3RD CATEGORY - 3) exploratory post-processing (epp): images which use alternative post processing to affectively enhance the original photograph.

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the voting will be open until wednesday, september 19 at 11:59 pm!

thank you all, so very much love,,,


jesh ; )


p.s. there were *many* beautiful images that didn't get in this time, so i look forward to everyone continuing to share again in the future!

p.p.s. Brianna has donated a $500 gift certificate for one of her workshops as a first place prize, which will take the place of one of the 3 that i offered : )

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