Purple Prose Award: Nominations Open

07/29/2010 04:23:01 PM · #1

Nominations Are Open for Purple Prose Award

Last month I had this crazy idea about narrating the story of your photo and I gave out Purple Prose Awards for the best narrative in the Free Study. Here's the prior thread.

And here are last month's winners. Be sure and read their stories.

Nominations Are Open for Purple Prose Award for the July Free Study and will remain open for a week after voting.

You may nominate yourself or other photographers, by posting to this thread.

To enter: just tell us the story of your photo in the details section of your entry. Tell us the story of the shoot, the significance of the subject, the esoterica of editing, ..., tell us anything you want, ... but tell us! And then nominate yourself for consideration. See a photo whose story brings tears to your eyes? Makes you mad enough to spit? Nails the pathos of life? Then nominate that image and photographer! Easy Peasy.

Nominations so far:

bassbone - automatic nomination of last month's winners

odriew - automatic nomination of last month's winners

Yo_Spiff

mycelium

coryboehne

VitaminB

posthumous

GeneralE

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

colorcarnival

tnun

tanguera

geinafets

levyj413

Message edited by author 2010-08-04 01:04:56.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

07/29/2010 04:25:25 PM · #2

I'll play again. I was pleased to learn that someone actually reads the photographer notes. Now I just need to decide which entry I am going to put in this month.

07/29/2010 04:40:55 PM · #3

Is this only for free study....or is this for any challenge? Great idea. I always try to narrate my pictures as well as possible.

mycelium

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM

07/29/2010 04:43:51 PM · #4

I'm always down for making and reading narrations, but unless I pull a last-minute switch on my entry, my photo's story has a two-word summary: "lucky shot." I can probably stretch it to ten.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/29/2010 05:41:33 PM · #5

I suggest allowing poetry and fiction as well.

Cory

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

07/29/2010 05:43:42 PM · #6

Originally posted by posthumous:

I suggest allowing poetry and fiction as well.

My last entry included poetry. :) Did me no good at all ;) LOL!

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

07/29/2010 06:42:06 PM · #7

cowboy221977 - Yep, for the Free Study. Don't have the energy to do it for every challenge.

posthumous - Of course. Some of my best memories are ... made up.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

07/29/2010 06:43:00 PM · #8

Originally posted by posthumous:

I suggest allowing poetry and fiction as well.

Grog say is good idea. Grog is great maker-of tales. Likes idea from he-who-colors-outside-of-lines.

07/29/2010 07:10:55 PM · #9

Is this for july Free study...or Aug. If it is July I need to get off my butt and enter one....lol

07/30/2010 01:09:47 AM · #10

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

Is this for july Free study...or Aug. If it is July I need to get off my butt and enter one....lol

July Free Study. Get cracking, Adam!

VitaminB

Nikon AF-S Zoom-Nikkor 28-70mm f/2.8D IF-ED

07/30/2010 01:28:19 AM · #11

This was a lot of fun last time around. I'm a go for July.

posthumous

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

07/30/2010 04:37:29 PM · #12

I don't know if nomination is the right word, but I want to play, too.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

07/30/2010 05:15:31 PM · #13

I always try to post the subject of the photo and the basic editing steps, and usually a little something about why I chose it. I've added some extra detail to my July Free Study -- nothing particularly moving, but hopefully informative. :-)

Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S

07/30/2010 06:21:07 PM · #14

I might not make it for July...but I'll have one for aug

bassbone

Nikon Z8

07/30/2010 07:11:06 PM · #15

I am in again. These are fun to do....

Sony DSLR-A330

Opteka 10X Macro

07/30/2010 07:39:43 PM · #16

i'll enter...my july pic brings me to tears everytime i look at it... what do i have to do to enter? or is this enough?

Message edited by author 2010-07-30 21:13:52.

07/30/2010 09:18:06 PM · #17

Originally posted by kellmak10:

i'll enter...my july pic brings me to tears everytime i look at it... what do i have to do to enter? or is this enough?

must be a truly awesome shot or maybe a depressing one.

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Sony DSLR-A330

Opteka 10X Macro

07/30/2010 09:20:59 PM · #18

Originally posted by cowboy221977:

Originally posted by kellmak10:
i'll enter...my july pic brings me to tears everytime i look at it... what do i have to do to enter? or is this enough?

must be a truly awesome shot or maybe a depressing one.

i don't know if it's "awesome" or not...i just really like it, and it has personal meaning to me and my friends :)

colorcarnival

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko Digital

07/30/2010 11:39:16 PM · #19

I'd like to enter too please :)

Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC

07/31/2010 12:22:56 AM · #20

Originally posted by kellmak10:

i'll enter...my july pic brings me to tears everytime i look at it... what do i have to do to enter? or is this enough?

This is enough. Now just make sure you narrate the story of your photo in details section of your Free Study entry ... either before rollover ... during voting ... or just after voting ends.

tnun

Ricoh GR III

07/31/2010 12:32:55 AM · #21

Me too.

tanguera

Nikon D750

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED

07/31/2010 12:40:10 AM · #22

I almost always write a shot story. So I'd like to play :-)