Introducing..."Of Shadows And Silhouettes" Photography Contest!

*New prizes added!!*

Hello to all of my dear readers!

I sincerely hope everyone had a simply delightful Mother's Day. I know we did! After church, we had our grandmother over for brunch, exchanged cards, gifts, etc., then set off for the beach. It was a lovely time! Now, here is some fun news for you...

This month, I put up a poll for you to cast votes upon, inquiring whether you would be interested in participating in a photo contest hosted here. The large majority of you said that yes, you would be interested. So..it is on!

..Unbeknownst to me, my friend Raquel also put up a similar poll on the same exact day I did. She noticed our matching polls, and presented the idea of hosting a photo contest together. The perfect plan!

Now, this is no ordinary "photo contest." We wanted to make it special--unique. We wanted to find amazing prizes to award the well-chosen winners. We wanted to choose winners not just by quality of photo, but of creative and imaginary dispositions. Thus, after much thought and consideration, we are happy to announce that from today, the 9th, until the 23rd of May, Raquel from God's Daughter and my own From Under My Little Umbrella will be joint-hosting:

<br /><center><a href="http://one-beloved.blogspot.com/2011/05/of-shadows-and-slihouettes-our-first.html"><img style="WIDTH: 198px; HEIGHT: 205px" src="http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/xx292/arieltheauthoress/tumblr_lju2u3syqZ1qhnm73o1_400_thumb.jpg" /></a></center><br /><br /> Super exciting, right? We thought long and hard for a 'unique' theme, and finally came up with this one: shadows and silhouettes! Do you plan on participating? Then read the details carefully! :) ---  

Details:

Theme: Shadows and silhouettes. Any shadow, silhouette you can find out there! The more unique the better. :)

Examples: A cowboy's silhouette, a couple kissing behind something, the shadow of a ballerina, a candle's shadow...

Prizes: The entries will be judged by Raquel, myself, and perhaps some family members/friends according not just to photo quality, but to uniqueness. There will be first and place prizes awarded, with more masculine prizes available should a winner be a guy. :o) We are still working on the 'prize' aspect, but here are some of the lovelies that will be for sure available:


Camera bag from Martilena

 
"Camera Necklace" from ninexmuse


YOUR choice of a "Lens Bling" from HappyAcresFarm


Camera strap from RhyahPapaya


Camera print from RobertRatPrints

Don't have a blog? You may e-mail us your entries at lmmorud@gmail.com or miss.raquel316@gmail.com with "Photo Contest!" as the subject line. However, please e-mail at least three friends about the contest, since you are unable to use the button.


Rules:

You must be a follower of both Raquel's blog and my own blog to enter.

You must have the contest button on your sidebar to enter.

To ADD THE BUTTON:

Go to your blog's "design" section. Click "add a gadget." Scroll through the list of "gadgets" until you find "Add HTML." Copy the HTML code given below the above button, and paste it into the white box that appears after you have clicked on "Add HTML." Click "Save."

Up to two photos per entrant, taken soley by you.

Editing is allowed.

You may link up either here, below this post, or here at Raquel's blog.
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You may begin your photo challenge! We simply cannot wait to see your entries. :) You don't need to have wonderful photography skills to enter..just find something creative and unique to capture, and you migh become a winner!

The linky will be up until 12:00 a.m., May 23rd, 2011.