Friday, June 13, 2008

Really? Why?

I got an email a while ago telling me that one of my pictures of Lincoln City, OR was on a shortlist to be picked for the Schmap Northwest Guide. Basically an online guide to things in the NW. Somehow these people found my Flickr pictures and picked one that they liked to be under consideration. I just got another email today saying that I won the contest. I was a passive bystander to the entire thing and am left scratching my head as to why they would pick this particular picture. I do have a lot of pictures I actually like from Lincoln City, but I don't really care for this one. It's almost ugly even. I think that the people doing the judging have absolutely no photography background, because there is no way on earth that anyone with any knowledge would have picked this. As Lemar Burton would say on Reading Rainbow, "but don't take my word for it..."

http://www.schmap.com/northwest/water/#p=182732&i=182732.jpg

1 comment:

Katherine Laine said...

That's a pleasant surprise! Maybe they just wanted a plain shot of the beach and they saw how you were very artists and are able to be super artsy, but also able to take 'tourist' shots too! You are THAT good.