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Celebration

(15,812 posts)
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 11:27 PM Dec 2014

Celebrating TEN YEARS of photo contests

I was updating the list that is pinned and thought it was getting long.

Yes, the records begin in December of 2004.

Some of the early winners are still around--Blue_in_AK, CC and more.

My, how time flies--

Somehow we managed to survive the polls not being anonymous and other controversies.

Here's to the best group in DU

If anyone has any particular favorite memories of photo contests past, please post!



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Celebrating TEN YEARS of photo contests (Original Post) Celebration Dec 2014 OP
Good to hear! elleng Dec 2014 #1
I've been at DU for ten years also Celebration Dec 2014 #2
Same here! PatSeg Dec 2014 #4
Oh it was the stolen election that made me realize this place was here Celebration Dec 2014 #8
I think found DU in 2002 PatSeg Dec 2014 #14
Good stuff! Earth_First Dec 2014 #3
And thanks for being here! Celebration Dec 2014 #6
I remember that first contest. I entered a photo of a crypt near alfredo Dec 2014 #5
another great photo from the state of Kentucky! Celebration Dec 2014 #7
It has such a wide range of habitats. I live in the Bluegrass. I consider myself lucky. alfredo Dec 2014 #11
I had a Sony Mavica for the first contests. Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #9
Sony has kept its edge. Trade it in for a Sony A7s? alfredo Dec 2014 #12
At some point I gave the Mavica to my daughter, Blue_In_AK Dec 2014 #15
I suggested a Samsung to my sister in law, and she alfredo Dec 2014 #17
I remember that photo. intheflow Dec 2014 #10
Thank you. I was still getting back up to speed after laying off for 30 years. alfredo Dec 2014 #13
I will never be great at photography handmade34 Dec 2014 #16
Fun is the reason. alfredo Dec 2014 #18
Me too!! Celebration Dec 2014 #19
I've found that I see the world PatSeg Dec 2014 #20
exactly Celebration Dec 2014 #21
Yes! PatSeg Dec 2014 #22

elleng

(130,126 posts)
1. Good to hear!
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 11:30 PM
Dec 2014

Have been a DUer for 10 years, enjoying this group for some time, but only had a camera for 1 year.

Long Live Photo Group, and Long Live Photo Contests!

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
2. I've been at DU for ten years also
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 11:35 PM
Dec 2014

Found it in November 2004........for years I wasn't sure where the photo contests came from, LOL.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
8. Oh it was the stolen election that made me realize this place was here
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:22 AM
Dec 2014

One of the few sane places on the internet in that time frame.

I do think 2004 was when DU really got big.

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
14. I think found DU in 2002
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 02:37 AM
Dec 2014

or 2003. Sanity was so hard to find back then. I felt like I was in a desert. After 9/11, everything was super conservative and few questioned the status quo. Those that did usually got fired. I couldn't believe how the entire country was transformed in a very short period of time. I still find it terrifying. We live in a world of sheep.

2004 I started to react. That election was devastating.

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
3. Good stuff!
Wed Dec 3, 2014, 11:36 PM
Dec 2014

This group and LBN are in the handful of things that I do first thing every day over coffee.

Glad this is here, I would miss it terribly.

Thanks for the OP!

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
6. And thanks for being here!
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:19 AM
Dec 2014

I remember some of your first contest entries-- a photo with a white dress in it (??)

I am grateful for everyone here.

alfredo

(60,065 posts)
5. I remember that first contest. I entered a photo of a crypt near
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:06 AM
Dec 2014

Henry Clay's tomb.

At that time I was shooting with a Canon S-50. Soon I moved up to a Canon G10. The G10 was pretty good as long as you kept it at base ISO. After than it got real noisy. It was a good tough camera.

I learned a lot here, and was challenged to try new things. It made me a better photographer. I most of all I love the photo community here.


Celebration

(15,812 posts)
7. another great photo from the state of Kentucky!
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 12:20 AM
Dec 2014

Neighbor state to mine.

This place is a great refuge.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
15. At some point I gave the Mavica to my daughter,
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 02:51 AM
Dec 2014

and now I've got all the cameras I can use (Canons).

My husband has a little Samsung thing that you can put in your pocket. I'd like to borrow it sometimes, but I can't figure out how to use it. Lol.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
19. Me too!!
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:39 AM
Dec 2014

Alfredo is right. I've had so much fun with this over the years.

Also it is a lot of fun to look at all your travel photos from your job!!

I think doing a bit of photography over the past few years has changed my perceptions and my brain. Plus I have learned to look up into the trees and find birds, LOL.

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
20. I've found that I see the world
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 01:28 PM
Dec 2014

in new and different way because of photography. Small things that I may have overlooked before become artistic compositions. We tend to spend so much of our lives with blinders on.

Celebration

(15,812 posts)
21. exactly
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 03:29 PM
Dec 2014

And filters, too! Photography pulls the veil away. Cameras are a wonderful tool--you can look for beauty, irony, quirkiness, love, tension, etc. A picture really is worth a thousand words, and looking for a good picture keeps one focused on the moment. To me it is all about the process. The end result of the contests, etc. is not so important.

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
22. Yes!
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 06:35 PM
Dec 2014

I began to realize the the picture wasn't as important as my perception and experience. Without the camera, I might have overlooked that dragonfly or the light through the trees. I figure that was the purpose of my renewed interest in photography. Also the creativity involved keeps me grounded and relatively sane!

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