The time has come to announce the winners of the “These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things” photo contest! The challenge in this contest was to creatively incorporate some of your favorite things into a photo! We received some beautiful entries, thank you to everyone who participated and keep an eye out for the…
Many people are familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein’s song “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music. This classic song describes a few of Maria Von Trapp’s favorite things. What are some of your favorite things? Get inspired and have some fun coming up with a way to creatively portray some of your favorite things…
In this post I use movie clips and photographs to illustrate how professionals use the rule of thirds element of design. Watch for more installments in this series on Digital Design. Lucas Hamilton.
It’s time to announce the winners for the “What are your Fall Favorites” photography contest! After a lot of deliberation from the judges, three very clear winners came forth. Our first winner is Allie Johnson, who entered a stunning landscape photo. Congratulations, Allie! The two runners up for 2nd and 3rd place are Sam Sebastian and Andrew Matthews.…
Hello, all! It’s time to dust off those cameras, or pull out your phone, and start taking some pictures. It’s fall, and for some people it’s the best time of the year. Enter this contest! Take a photo of your favorite thing about this most colorful season -the part that you just can’t wait to…
It is that time again! There is a new contest for you, the theme is Little Things. This month we are switching it up a bit. Instead of landscapes and looking at the big picture, this contest challenges you to look at the smaller objects of the world. So grab your camera and get busy!…
We now have winners for our latest Viewpoint photography contest! The entire journalism staff voted, and came out with a tie for first place and several runners up. Congratulations to Martin Rudzis and Suzanne Coale for their spectacular shots that won 1st place! We would also like to recognize another of Martin Rudzis’ entries for…
Sand or snow, rain or shine, send us a landscape from your corner of the world! The winning photo will be featured in the showcase of images on the Homepage of VOX. Grab your camera and hit us with your best shot! Check out the gallery at the bottom of the page for ideas. Upload…
We’re back with another photography contest! This time the theme is “Trimming the Tree”. Show us how your family decorates their Christmas tree! Take pictures at any stage of the Christmas tree process: when you’re selecting it, cutting it down, putting it on your car, putting on the ornaments, or, of course, it fully decorated! The judges…
We have a Winner! Congratulations to Maria Choals from St. Paul, Minnesota on her beautiful photo entitled “Fall Colors”. Its striking beauty and vibrant colors have earned it first place honours. The runners up are Tim C. from New Jersey in second place for his photo entitled “Oak Leaf”. In Third is Blake Traylor from Fredericksburg,…
You could see your Best Shot right here! We’re back with another photography contest! This time the theme is “Fall Colors”. Any picture that is fall-themed and shows off autumn’s beautiful colors is fair game; so grab your camera and hit us with your best shot! The winning photo will be featured in the Showcase of images…
Our next theme, the last of this school year, will be Black and White. Go take some new pictures, or find some classy old ones, and share them with us! Check out our example pictures below for ideas. You can either take the pictures using the black & white setting on your camera, or change…
Taking pictures of people can seem difficult or daunting at first, but it’s just another aspect of photography that is incredibly fun. And you don’t have to be a professional to take great portrait pictures either. It all comes down to intuition and the click of a button. Of course, there are techniques you can…
Our photography theme for the following two weeks is “Flowers.” It’s fun to snap pictures of these natural beauties! There are actually a few tips you can keep in mind when photographing flowers in bloom. Here are some examples: 1. First of all, lighting is really important. Sunlight shining directly on the petals can produce a…
After two weeks of accepting submissions, the flower theme is now closed. We’ve selected one picture from each the of the students’ submissions and uploaded them in the slideshow below. We would like to personally thank the students, Rachel, Suzanne, Emma, and Clare, who submitted pictures for participating in this theme. It was hard to…
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