Jasmine Connor's Winning Image

Last month Jasmine Connors became the inaugural winner of Foto Frenzy’s Monthly Photo Competition. Jazzy was able to choose from our range of courses, and we look forward to her joining Darren’s Underwater 1.01 Workshop in April.

The entries are judged by a panel of Foto Frenzy tutors and selecting a winner initiated plenty of debate amongst the team!

Here are Darren’s thoughts on Jazzy’s image– “I found Jasmine’s image to be haunting. I enjoy the contrast between the two main characters in the image– the gentleman on the left portrayed as blissfully unaware of the camera, while the woman’s intense expression pierces the scene. The traffic’s direction adds to the feeling of an everyday moment being passed-by by everyone but the photographer. I like the suggested movement in the wings of the pigeons created by an appropriate shutter speed, and the desaturated, contrasty treatment gives the city a cold, impersonal mood. Within the tangles of a modern metropolis, composing street images is always a challenge so well done to the photographer.”

We asked Jazzy for some thoughts about her image:

“The image was shot in the streets of Sydney, Winter of 2011 on my Nikon D700 with Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8. While volunteering at the 2011 APPA’s, I was surrounded by amazing, award winning photographers & images, I couldn’t help but be inspired…. filled with enthusiasm I got out my camera and started capturing some moments in time. I’m intrigued by strangers and their quirks. My image has many different characters telling their own unique story. I chose a moody/grunge style treatment to emphasize the flith of city life.”

After considering a few different career paths and having a few jobs after leaving school, Jazzy is now a 2nd year student at Southbank Institue of TAFE and is looking forward to a career in a yet-to-be-determined field of photography.

Liza Yorkson's People Choice Winner

Foto Frenzy also offer a People’s Choice prize for our Monthly Photo Competition and the joint winners in January were Jazzy Connors and Liza Yorkson, whose number of Facebook “Like” were neck and neck as voting closed. Liza and Jazzy both received Fine Art prints from their winning entries.

So, it’s on to our March Competition… they say “Home is where the heart is” and January’s Monthly Photo Competition winner Jazzy Connors has chosen “Home” as the theme for March 2012. So from here it’s up to you! You can take the theme literally if you like, or you might want to extend your creativity into a subject that makes you feel like home; it may be someone else’s home; it could possibly be a creature’s place of abode; maybe it’s your favourite corner of your lounge room or out back in your shed. Whatever home means to you, we want to see it in pictures!

Entries for our March Monthly Photo Competition are open now. Entries will become available to view on Foto Frenzy’s Facebook Page as they come in.

So think about home, and get your entries in!