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Grand opening photo contest

// April 17th, 2006

I’d like to celebrate the opening of Photodoto.com, a project I’ve been working on for some time, with a photo contest! Sound like fun? Even better: there are real, actual, honest to goodness prizes!

Prizes

1st place: Canon Powershot SD450 5MP Digital Elph Camera with 3x Optical Zoom
2nd place: SanDisk 1 GB Ultra II CompactFlash Memory Card
3rd place: A 1-year subscription to Flickr.com, the best photo-sharing application in the world.

How to enter/Official rules

  1. Register at Photodoto.com.
  2. Submit a great photo that best represents the theme “Beginnings” to the Photodoto group at Flickr.com (by adding it to the photo pool). The photo must be taken and owned by you. You can register for a free Flickr account if you don’t already have one.
  3. Tag your photo with the tag: PhotodotoContest1
  4. Submitted photos must be appropriate for all ages.
  5. No professionals.
  6. One entry per person.
  7. Photoshopping is allowed, but remember: this is a photo contest.
  8. Entry deadline is Friday May 5 at 9 PM Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Winners will be announced on May 8.
  9. Photos will be judged by a panel including myself. None of the judges are professional photographers and will simply select the photos that they like the best.
  10. Winners’ photos and honorable mentions will be posted online at Photodoto.com.

Good luck!

21 Responses to “Grand opening photo contest”

  1. davey says:

    Congrats on the site’s launch, good luck with it.
    Will be entering the competition too - only have an ixus 30 so could do with the 1st, 2nd or 3rd prizes!

    davey

  2. nzdave says:

    Cool - added a pic - and any of the prizes would be great - good luck with your endeavours!

  3. Rainmountain says:

    Thanks again for your great work :D!

  4. Carrie says:

    Sounds like a fun site and a chance learn new things!Congrats!

  5. btocher says:

    All the best for the new site - looks good!

  6. muffet says:

    What a wonderful idea! I’ve enjoyed your toys immensely, and I bet I enjoy this just as much. So I joined your flickr group and entered a pic.

  7. carpeicthus says:

    Define “professional.” For me it means if someone stopped taking photos (and did not take another job), they would starve to death.

  8. John Watson says:

    Pfft! Ask easier questions! :-) I’ll leave it up to you, honor system. If you don’t think you’re a professional photographer, then you’re not one. I trust you guys. How’s that?

  9. daveyr says:

    I’d have thought something like “Ryan leapt into professional photography immediately after college” would tag someone as a professional in this context ;) But I don’t know, each to his own.

  10. Jaime Carrera says:

    I just read about this site on your blog, flagrantdisregard.
    Nice you started it
    Cheers
    JC

  11. Stephanie Simpson says:

    Great new site! Congratulations on your launch.

  12. Jaydot says:

    I’ve been a fan of your blog and your FlickrToys for a while, and I’m going to be a fan of Photodoto as well! Looking forward to seeing it grow.
    Cheers,
    j.

  13. "jYm" ?? says:

    YEHEY!!! Yay!!

    Congratulations!! more power to you!! thanks really for such creative projects!

    “jYm” ??

  14. Premasagar says:

    Wowzers! I’m in.
    Let me see… “Beginnings”, huh?

  15. *Christine says:

    Great idea, splendid photostream and a special mention for the creativity, bravo !

  16. Katpix says:

    Congratulations! I’m in. I enjoy Flickr, and I’m a fan of the Flickr toys.

  17. Yawp Barbarian says:

    Congrats! Looks like a great idea and site. Love the flickr toys! Keep up the great work !

    Cheers!

  18. OldhaMedia says:

    Alright!

    Congrats and all my best! Signing up now… Momma needs a new cam!

  19. caritojames says:

    I’m in….only one…done!

  20. sarchi says:

    Hey nice style sheet code the idea of the camera is enough for me if I won I’ll have to do a retro-spec..

  21. Mocha says:

    I don’t even know how I FOUND this, but I’m so glad I did.

    All registered.

    All uploaded.

    All good.

    Can’t wait! What a fabulous idea. You have exceptional intellectual power and creativity to have come up with this.

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