2007 Cottage Life Photo Contest Winners
It was hard to choose, but from thousands of entries, we present the 12 winners of our 18th annual photo contest.
GRAND PRIZE Best of Contest
CAITLIN’S WORLD
“It was a cool morning,” says Jane Starr, “so we didn’t go to the beach as we normally would.” Instead, after breakfast, she gave Caitlin, her three-year-old daughter, a bath in the old sink at her in-laws’ Georgian Bay cottage. “She’s usually difficult about having her picture taken, but here she didn’t know. I love how angelic she looks.”
JUDGES’ comments
One of those quiet cottage moments that happen all the time but few of us ever think to take a picture. We like Jane’s response to a rough setting (the old counters and sink) transformed by bright, soft light that picks up textures of screen and her child’s hair and face. And Caitlin’s doing her own thing and not mugging for the camera.
2007 Winners in other categories
Life at the
Cottage
Where friends, family, pets, and the cottage itself are the stars of the photo.
Nature
Shots in this category will showcase wild plants and animals in their natural environments.
Landscapes
Includes any shot that predominantly features the land, water, or sky.
Kids Only
Images of cottage life taken by children, 15 years of age and younger.
And just for fun, here are some outtakes from the lighter side of cottaging.
Enter before November 21 - click here.
Thanks to photographers Tobi Asmoucha, Daniel Ehrenworth, Andrew Leyerle, and Eamon MacMahon, who were judges along with Cottage Life staff.
Past year's winning shots
