venice in your pics
Monika Stepien from Poland is the winner of the Spring 2007 edition ot the VeniceWord Photo Contest, sponsored by The Venice School of Photography. The winner and all participants will be notified of their prizes according to regulations. The VeniceWord Summer Contest will be coming soon. See the winning image here (Monika's photo gallery will be coming soon): 
The Jury's comment: "This image works on many levels. Firstly its composition is well balanced; because the sky is extremely bright, it works well to include less of it, and instead to show more of the darker buildings and the canal. Had the proportions been different it would have been a completely different photo. The shaft of light that dissects the frame, leads our eye up towards the three gondolas, and up towards the sky - this is is done very effectively and it extends our visual interest in the shot as our eyes travel around the frame, noticing new elements. The mood in the shot is very calming, and fits perfectly with the scene portrayed. There is little room for improvement in this shot, however one might be tempted to crop ever so slightly, some of the dark foreground on the bottom right of the frame. Really well done to a successful shot, taken under challenging lighting conditions."
The VeniceWord International Photo Contest is proud to welcome The Venice School
of Photography as its new sponsor.
No matter how good you are at taking pictures, just show us how you see our
amazing city! Send your best shots from your stay in Venice and be part of our PHOTO CONTEST!
Regulations and Prizes: the Spring Contest is closed. the Summer Edition of the VeniceWord International Photo Contest will be announced shortly. The photos must have been taken in Venice, Italy (not California!), submitted as a .jpg or .gif file, and sent through this form . We do not impose restriction on theme and subject. Color or black & white images are accepted provided they do not exceed 500KB in size each, and we ask you to limit your entry to four images per participant. Participation is free.
The jury who will judge the winning image consists of the Director of The Venice School
of Photography, school staff, and the VeniceWord.com editors.
- ALL participants will be granted a two percent discount on ANY Photography Workshops offered by The Venice School
of Photography, either in Venice or in other location
- THE WINNER will be granted a five percent discount on ANY Photography Workshops offered by The Venice School
of Photography, either in Venice or in other locations. The winner will also get a free "web photo gallery" on VeniceWord.com and will receive a photography-related gadget from The Venice School of Photography and VeniceWord.com.
NOTICE: These photos cannot be published elsewhere without permission of the photographer and of VeniceWord International Media Services
Previous winners: Mikhail Geller from Russia
 St.Mark's by Alex Goss |
 Gondola Santa Claus by Paolo Rizzi | |
 Gondola in the Grand Canal by Alexander Karelin |
 S.Mark by Ross Innes • PHOTO GALLERY |
 See you again by Kouichi Akagi (Japan) • PHOTO GALLERY |
 Rainy day by Vincent Takas • PHOTO GALLERY |
 Lion and St.George by Susan Blettels • PHOTO GALLERY |
 In St.Mark's Square by Melaney Moisan • PHOTO GALLERY |
 Sunset by G Milord |
 Mask by Pam Ainsley • PHOTO GALLERY |
 Sunset by Dorothy Wheeler |
The Winners' Photo Galleries
(view with Microsoft Explorer Browser)
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Dorothy Wheeler's Photo Gallery - under construction
• Pam Ainsley's Photo Gallery
• M. Moisan's Photo Gallery
• Susan Blettel's Photo Gallery
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G Milord's Photo Gallery: under construction
• Vincent Takas's Photo Gallery
• Kouichi Akagi's Photo Gallery
• Ross Innes' Photo Gallery
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Alexander Karelin's Photo Gallery: under construction
In their own words:
"I am not a photographer and normally only take holiday photos so a contest for amateurs is great. I do however try to take some photos which are different from normal. The one you selected was taken at 05:30 hrs in the morning on a wet and misty January day. Even the pigeons were asleep. I do not get up at that time only to take pictures but also to see Venice differently from most visitors. Venice at that time is even more serene and beautiful".
(Ross Innes, Scotland)"I visited Venezia for the first time in a trip to Italy 12 years ago, and then the charm clung to me, and it can't be expressed any further with words. I did my third Trip to Venezia last June, and took a picture of the scenery at that time. I wish to come back again."
(Kouichi Akagi, Japan)"My photographs were taken on my first visit to Venice in November 2000. In such a lovely and magical city, one can point a camera just about anywhere and get great photographs. I am a graphic designer so I work with photographs in publications I design -- when I take my own photographs with a little Olympus pocket camera I look for patterns and rich colors and interesting shapes -- in Venice there was so much to choose from. I especially liked looking for the winged lion of St. Mark -- incorporated in stone reliefs, door handles, bell pushes, gates, statues and cornices. I took photos of all of them! I look forward to many more visits to Venice."
(Susan Blettel, USA)
