Capture Cincinnati News

ALERT: Published List!

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:57:08 +0000

It's a wrap! Thanks again to everyone who uploaded, voted, shared, commented, loved and otherwise participated in the project. The Capture Cincinnati 09 book would not be possible without the overwhelming support of all Capture Cincinnati 09 users. We appreciate you very much. In all, 1,396 photographers submitted 24,395 photos, and users cast 2,473,484 votes to shape the Capture Cincinnati 09 book. We hope you'll see the Capture Cincinnati 09 book on coffee tables all over the place and feel a sense of ownership in what you helped create. If you haven't had a chance to see the book yet, here's a list of all of the published photos. You can also still buy the book and get free shipping for a limited time. Order it today to take advantage of the free shipping offer and get all of your holiday shopping done in one transaction. We've had many users tell us they plan to give the Capture Cincinnati 09 book to all of their friends and family. We think that's a great idea! If you need to contact us for any reason, we'd love to hear from you. Here's how to reach us. Thanks again!

Cover Announcement

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:36:38 +0000

We're excited to announce the Capture Cincinnati 09 cover winner! Congratulations to William Fultz II, who submitted the winning photo (cover image below). Another exciting tidbit of news is that we bumped the number of pages from 144 to 160. There were just too many good photos to keep it at 144. It's a great book! For a limited time you can still save on the book and get free shipping on as many copies as you'd like. Hurry, this offer ends soon. Click here to buy now!

Season Challenge Wrap & Vote Week

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:06:20 +0000

A week ago we asked everyone to drum up their best photos from fall, winter and spring to be sure all seasons are covered in the Capture Cincinnati '09 book. What a response! More than 1,300 photos were submitted in total. That's really something. Thanks to everyone who submitted. The results are fantastic! Go poke around each challenge below. Fall Challenge Results
Winter Challenge Results
Spring Challenge Results There are a ton of photos to vote for in the three challenge results, but it may be a good idea to save all that voting until after Vote Week has begun. You see, there are only a couple days left to submit photos, so your time is better spent submitting like crazy between now and when the counter (top right) reaches zero. What should you submit? Whatever you think hasn't been covered yet, or whatever you think you have a better shot of. Once Vote Week is here, the counter resets to 7 days left and submissions are closed. Voting raises to a whole new level. This would be a good time to check your vote graph (on your Me page). We challenge everyone to get to 100% by the end of Vote Week. We're at a little over 2 million votes cast so far... let's see how high we can push that number by the end of Vote Week. Also, you should note the discount is ending on Capture Cincinnati '09 at the end of Vote Week. If you haven't done so yet, now would be a great time to load up holiday gifts for everyone you know. On top of the pre-sale discount ($10), we've giving contributors a $5 coupon so the savings are extreme. Plus, right now we're offering free shipping. And the great thing is, there's no limit to the number of books you can order with this limited-time offer ($10 + $5 + free shipping). Order your copies now! Now get to submitting your very best photos in the last day and a half of the submission phase!!! See you in Vote Week!

Spring Challenge Results

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:34:03 +0000

Here are our favorite spring photos from more than 400 submissions. Go vote for 'em!

Winter Challenge Results

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:11:49 +0000

Here are our favorite winter photos from more than 400 submissions. Go vote for 'em!

Fall Challenge Results

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:03:04 +0000

Here are our favorite fall photos from more than 400 submissions. Go vote for 'em!

ALERT: The Final Days

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:05:00 +0000

Hey folks! We have a few housecleaning items everyone needs to be aware of so we thought we'd wrap them all up in one giant alert. First, do you realize there are less than 10 days left to submit photos?!? That's not long at all! We've opened three new challenges to be sure we get a good mix of photos for the book: Fall, Winter and Spring. We are especially interested in photos that show local flair for what Cincinnati truly is in fall, winter and spring. What is iconic autumn in Cincinnati? What makes you think of the holiday season here? What does a Cincinnati spring look like? When you upload photos, you'll see a spot to enter photos for Fall, Winter or Spring at the bottom of the upload form. To enter a photo you've already uploaded, go to your photo's edit page and enter it at the bottom of the page. To get to the edit page, click on the "Edit Photo" button on your photo's normal view. At the end of these challenges (September 17th), we'll feature our favorites from each season. Getting featured is good because it means your photo will get more views, and thus, more votes. So upload your best photos that show Cincinnati in winter, fall or spring! Another important item… Once the counter in the top right reaches zero, submissions will close and Vote Week will begin. Vote Week is pretty self-explanatory. It's a week where everyone needs to garner all the support they can for their photos. It's a week to camp out on your computer in front of Capture Cincinnati and try to get your vote percentage graph (on your user profile page) up to 100%! We should top 2 million votes this year… It's going to be a mad dash to the finish! Before the counter reaches zero and Vote Week begins, we need everyone to shore up their captions. Remember, these photos will be put in a hard-bound fine-art book. It's going to sit on coffee-tables all over the place. We're going to try to use captions "as-is" for the most part, but if your photo has a caption that just doesn't make sense, or doesn't really describe the photo, or has a bunch of errors in it, or is way too long... well we might just have to skip it or edit the caption.. and we really don't want to do that. Bottom line: take a look at your captions and whip them into book-form shape! (To edit a caption click the "edit info" button on the photo's page.) Speaking of the book, the counter reaching zero also marks the end of the contributor discount on the book. If you've submitted a photo or voted for more than 150 photos, we gave you a coupon code worth $5 off every book you order. We are also offering the book at a pre-sale discount ($10 off) and throwing in free shipping for a limited time. Be sure to head to the order page and click the "buy it now" button before the chance to save is gone. Now go submit your very best stuff! Only a few days left!!!

Shallow Depth of Field Results

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:49:10 +0000

Goodness gracious! What a load of great shots you folks submitted to our latest challenge, Shallow Depth of Field. Here are our favorites from the nearly 500 photos submitted. Be sure to click through and vote on your faves. Thanks to everyone who made this challenge so great. We are really excited about using some of these in the book!

Challenge: Shallow Depth of Field/Bokeh

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:25:59 +0000

It's time for another photo contest. This time, we're going artsy. We're looking for the best bokeh photos. Bokeh!?! Yeah, bokeh. Wikipedia describes it as, "a photographic term referring to the aesthetic quality of point-of-light sources in an out-of-focus area of an image produced by a camera lens using a shallow depth of field." Actually, that's sort of confusing. Instead, let's just call it shallow depth of field. That ought to mean something to most photographers. To get a good idea, take a look at a few examples of shallow depth of field here, here and here. Now, go out there and shoot shallow depth of field photos. Bonus points if it's also got some sweet bokeh action going on! At the end of the challenge (Wednesday, August 12th), we'll feature our favorites. Getting featured is good because it means your photo will get more views, and thus, more votes. How to submit a photo to this challenge: When you upload photos, you'll see a spot to enter photos for this challenge at the bottom. To enter a photo you've already uploaded, go to your photo's edit page and enter it at the bottom of the page. To get to the edit page, click on the "Edit Photo" button on your photo's normal view.

1,000,000th vote cast!

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:07:29 +0000

With around 60 days left in the contest, the 1 millionth vote has been cast. That's truly remarkable. Congrats to Bob Donnelly for casting the 1,000,000th vote on one of Matt Ferguson's photos. Now, how long until we hit 2,000,000? It should be fun to see!

Challenge: 1 Million Votes

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:26:50 +0000

With 68 days left, we're just shy of the million vote mark. That's amazing! Thanks, everyone. We're going to run a fun little vote challenge. The user that casts the millionth vote will be featured here. So, get out there and see if you cast the lucky millionth vote!

Anything Red Challenge Results

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:33:27 +0000

We asked for red photos, and you folks submitted a ton of 'em. Almost 250 red photos were submitted. Thanks, everyone, for jumping in and submitted your best work. We also have a winner for this challenge. Larry Fosse is our lucky winner with Morning Glory. Congrats, Larry! We'll get your Capture Cincinnati '09 Mug in the mail soon! Here's the rest of our faves. Be sure to go vote for 'em!

Photo Challenge: Anything Red

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:33:51 +0000

It's time for a photo challenge! We asked the good folks following us on Twitter (@cap_cincinnati) what the first Capture Cincinnati '09 photo challenge should be and the result is: Red! So, what's red in the Cincinnati area?!? You tell us! Get out there and take the photos of red things all over the place. Whether it be something abstract and red or a photo of a red moon, upload the best red photos you think of! At the end of the challenge (Tuesday, June 23rd), we'll feature our favorites. Getting featured is good because it means your photo will get more views, and thus, more votes. Also, because this is our first challenge, we're going to pick our favorite red photo and reward the photographer with a fun Capture Cincinnati 09 mug! How to submit a photo to this challenge: When you upload photos, you'll see a spot to enter photos for this challenge at the bottom. To enter a photo you've already uploaded, go to your photo's edit page and enter it at the bottom of the page. To get to the edit page, click on the "Edit Photo" button on your photo's normal view.