Congratulations Alex Vincent, March 2024 PFRE Photographer of the Month! The theme this month was "Kitchen". Alex Vincent - #906 Yvonne Raaijmakers - #909 Peter Wingfield - #902 Here's what Alex has to say: Thank you for the award of Photographer of th ...
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Congratulations to Anastasia Alkema from Atlanta, GA--May 2019 Photographer of the Month! For the first time ever, the theme this month was detail shot and I had 37 entries from around the world. As always, a big thank you goes out to everyone who participated and to the jury who continue to volunteer their valuable time and thoughtful insights.
Please feel free to view and comment on any of this month's entries here.
Here is what Anastasia had to say about the win:
Thanks to the jurors for your time and input. So many images and so many of them of such good quality! I’m extremely happy and honored to be selected as a Photographer of the Month!
I’ve been reading the PFRE blog for five or so years and it has greatly impacted my life. It helped me improve my
This image was created for a talented designer, Radhika Vydianathan (KCI Design). I used my Nikon D300 and Nikkor 10-24 lens. I zoomed all the way to 24mm and took several flash and ambient frames. I ended up using one flash and one ambient and blended them in Photoshop. I cloned out light switches, removed some of the wrinkles on the pillows, and straightened verticals. I made some finishing touches in Nik Viveza. I also cropped out a window frame on the left. To strengthen composition, I decided to change the ratio from 2:3 to 4:5.
Thanks to PFRE for holding this contest and being such a great place to learn, to share ideas, and to meet great people!
Anastasia
Great work, Anastasia. Congratulations!
I'm so pleased for you, Anastasia! Congratulations!! 🙂
Thanks to all the jurors for and everyone who commented! As a first time participator, I really enjoyed watching all the new shots upload and read the helpful comments left by all of you. Most importantly, this competition really helped me stay in tune with what our goals are and kept me excited about what it is we do! Thank you! And great job to Anastasia, the runner ups, and everyone else who participated in contesting and critiquing! As a fairly new member to this community, I am very thankful for all of your presence here!
Love the mood & light - great photo, Anastasia!
Some really fantastic entries for the maiden voyage of this new category! I loved seeing how people approached this month’s theme with no history to look back on. Congratulations to Anastasia on her beautiful winning image. A job well done. It’s also nice to see some newer names in the winner’s circle and Top 5. (Of course it’s ALWAYS nice to see familiar faces, too, Matt and Stephen...)
Congrats, Anastasia! This was my favourite image this month.
Fantastic image Anastasia. A clear winner for me!
Great work Anastasia!!! Congratulations on the WIN!!
Ethan
I'm super happy! Thank you for the kind words!