I hope everyone had a great holiday and that you’re looking forward to a great 2008.As mentioned previously (FP101 Holiday Contest Prize Announcement and Food Photo 101 Holiday Contest and Food Photo 101 Holiday Contest: Finalized Prizes), we have three prizes for the top spots.

Decision Process

Nika and I reviewed the entries, keeping in mind that the contest was about the first four lessons, not just the best photo. And we appreciate everyone that entered… Thank you all! For those that did enter, you’ll receive some ‘critique’ on your entries privately. We wanted to have everyone win, so it was a tough decision.

Everyone did a great job.

The Winning Entries

We awarded an honorable mention to YVONNE829 for the following photo:

SummerTX submitted a delicious image of white chocolate raspberry cake. This image has got some great geometrics, neat stylistic details, and definitely delicious subject matter.  I personally liked the curve of the plate along with the loopy icing for the spiral energy.

Little-Rattle submitted this interesting image of a panettone pudding. We felt it did a good job of using different geometric shapes to guide the eye in a spiral into a central focus.

Nika adds, “Tommy Williams submitted this delicious and dynamic image full of spirals, enticing lighting, delicious subject matter and serendipity (was taken on-location in a restaurant).” The paper’s curves really add to this photo, I think.

We will be running at least one more contest in the near future so if you didnt get a chance to submit your image this time around, make sure to do so next time!

Class Resources

• My’s Food Photo 101 page
• Nika’s Food Photo 101 page
• Food Photo 101 Class Forum
• Food Photo 101 Glossary
• Food Photo 101 Flickr Group
• Food Photo 101 Newsletters

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