Capture Cincinnati News

ALERT: The Cover, Revealed!

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:34:10 -0400

After adding up all the votes and looking through thousands upon thousands of photos, as well as thoughtfully considering how this years cover could compliment last year's while still being different and eye-catching, we are ready to reveal the cover! Congratulations Christina Lawson for taking the shot that will be featured on the cover. You can find the cover on the Capture Cincinnati main page. We're really excited about it. Thanks Christina! We are very glad you submitted it. Remember to order your copy of the book and share your coupons with your friends.

ALERT: Vote Week: Let's Go!

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:48:26 -0400

Vote Week is here! This is the most crucial phase of the project. This is your last chance to shape the book. This is where voting gets serious! You ready? We're ready. Go vote vote vote! Actually hang on a second. We have something we want to tell you before you get engulfed in voting. We are so excited about the number of votes cast so far. When Vote Week is over, we'll let everyone know just how many votes were cast over the course of the project. It's impressive, but Vote Week should really bump up that number. Please help add to the total! Try to get your vote graph up to 100%. We have a group of power users that sit around 100%, which is really great. So everyone pitch in and let's crank up the vote. It's all to help shape the best Cincinnati area photography book ever created. Yes, better than last year! Also, note that Vote Week is actually through the end of this week, including the weekend. So you have until Sunday night to vote like mad and save on the book! Okay that's it. Now warm up those clicker fingers and vote vote vote!

ALERT: Fall, Winter and Spring Results!

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:18:04 -0400

The results for the fall, winter and spring challenges are in! Almost 1300 photos were submitted in all, which is absolutely amazing. Plus, the shots are so beautiful... it was difficult to not pick everything. Cincinnati has some beautiful scenery across all four seasons, and amazing photographers to capture it. When you have a minute, check out the fall, winter and spring challenge results. You will love all of the photos. We sure did. Thanks to everyone that submitted their shots.

Fall Results

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:12:47 -0400

Fall is awfully pretty around here. Go check out our favorite fall shots from the 350+ you folks submitted.

Winter Results

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:04:58 -0400

Choosing winter photos to feature made us want to sip on some hot cocoa. Maybe you should grab a cup yourself and check out these winter shots.

Spring Results

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:57:08 -0400

Spring is full of color and life! We love it. Thanks to everyone who submitted photos to the spring challenge. Nearly 500 submissions for this one! Wow! Here are our faves.

ALERT: A Few Important Things

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:46:25 -0400

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's a little more than a week left to submit photos?!? That's not long at all! We've opened three new challenges to help fill some missing areas for submissions: Fall, Winter and Spring. 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 16th), 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! 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%! More than a million votes have been cast so far... 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. 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!!!

Upgrades and Oopsies

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:15:05 -0400

Due to a few significant upgrades to the site (the biggest of which equates to a huge speed increase while voting), we've had some users report oddities in the vote percentage graph found on your user profile page. This news item is to inform you the vote percentage graph was erroneously reporting low vote percentage numbers for a short time, but the reporting is now fixed. No votes were lost or changed, just the count of percentages was off. We hope the speed boost is worth your trouble. Sorry for the counting error... math can sure be hard sometimes! Now go vote. It's speedy!

Night at the Museum Results

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 18:48:29 -0400

Great work everyone. It was a small challenge, but a fun one. Thanks for all of your submissions. Here's the best in our opinion.

ALERT: Challenge: Night at the Museum (July 27th)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:46 -0400

The Cincinnati Museum is hosting a fun event this Sunday in honor of Union Terminal’s 75th Anniversary. We want you to capture it. There will be lots of great photo opportunities, including the potential for a great Union Terminal fireworks shot. Check out the details here and post your best shot from the event. This challenge ends July 28th. 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. At the end of the challenge (July 28th), we'll feature our favorites. Getting featured is good because it means your photo will get more views, and thus, more votes.

500,000th Vote Cast

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:22:08 -0400

We destroyed the 500,000th mark and are well on our way to 600,000! Since posting the 500,000th vote challenge, voting nearly doubled in pace. The 500,000th vote was cast by Debi Crowder on this photo. Congrats Debi! Your votes are helping to shape the book. Everyone go say thanks to Debi by voting on her photos!

Mini-Challenge: Half-Million Votes

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:13:03 -0400

Voting is important. It determines the content of the book to a large degree. Not only that, it's fun! We know you agree because you've voted almost 500,000 times! Wow! At this stage in the game, there are a ton of photos to vote for, so get out there and vote like mad. We should reach the half-million vote mark in the next day or two. If you're the lucky voter, we'll give you some props (which leads to more votes for your photos). So go go go! Vote vote vote!

Results: Early Summer Festivals and Events

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:48:49 -0400

We asked for summer events. You delivered. More than 200 photos worth, in fact. Thanks to everyone who submitted their work for this challenge. Here's our favorites. Go vote for 'em, folks!

ALERT: Challenge: Early Summer Festivals and Events

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:32:10 -0400

Summer is finally here. Hooray! You know what that means? Festivals, celebrations and parades. The next couple weekends, there are a ton of community events all over the Cincinnati area. We want to see photos of community events (including all sorts of Independence Day celebrations). So check out one of the events below or find some other event to take your camera to, and take pictures like mad! This challenge ends July 7th. Check out these cool local events coming up this weekend and next. Lakeside Vineyard & Winery Summer Festival, Paddlefest Ohio River Music, Arts and Outdoor Festival, Soap Opera Festival, Festival of the Bells, Pioneer Days Festival, and Freedom Park Concert and Fireworks. 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. At the end of the challenge (July 7th), we'll feature our favorites. Getting featured is good because it means your photo will get more views, and thus, more votes. So get out there and take pictures of local flare in these great community events!

300,000 Votes and Counting!

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:58:37 -0400

We told you almost 300,000 votes had been cast at the end of last week, and over the weekend the milestone vote was cast. Lucrecer Braxton cast the 300,000th vote for a cute photo by Sandra Ramey. Thanks for voting, everyone. Now go thank Lucrecer by voting for her photos!

Mini-Challenge: 300,000 Votes

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:57:05 -0400

We're well on our way to 300,000 votes cast this year! At the current pace, someone will reach it in the next few days. You wanna be the one to cast it? We'll highlight the user who casts the 300,000th vote in a news post, so get out there and vote vote vote!

Green Stuff

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:20:33 -0400

What a great bunch of green stuff you folks submitted. We received more than 350 photo submissions! That's a lot of photos to look through. Here's our favorites, although really we could have featured a lot more. Go check out a few of these photos and vote give them your vote!

ALERT: Challenge: Green Things

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:46:36 -0400

Green is a fun color. It's the color of life. It's the color that surrounds us in nature. We could probably say a hundred things about green. We love it! So let's have a photo challenge for the color green. Get out there and shoot green things. Plants, frogs, limes... whatever. 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. At the end of the challenge (Monday, June 9th), we'll feature our favorites. Getting featured is good because it means your photo will get more views, and thus, more votes. So get out there and shoot some green things!

ALERT: Capture Cincinnati '07 Sale!

Sat, 17 May 2008 10:44:32 -0400

We've got a special sale on last year's Capture Cincinnati book to offer you. For a limited time, save $10 when using the special discount code, "DISC" on the purchase page. Click here to purchase Capture Cincinnati '07!