Meet Taylor Spicer

The Photographic Fix team would like to apologize to everyone for the lack of posts over the past few days. We have all been quite busy but are trying to make the best of it. Anyway, today's winner is 13 year-old Taylor Spicer, who hails from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has been taking pictures for a few weeks and we see great potential in her as well as our previous winners. We hope that everyone will keep sending us their amazing work so that we may display it proudly on our blog!

Less is More

We're taking the "less is more" approach to this one. The photographer's name is Renata Dujmusic, who sends us her work all the way from Sarajevo, Bosnia and we hope the amazing photo will speak for itself.

Cactus Water Drop Macro

This shot, titled "Trapped," is a macro of a water drop sitting on a cactus.

The photographer, whose DeviantArt profile with other incredible shots can be found here, hails from Vilnius, Lithuania.

Our first thought was, "Lithuania?  Sweet, our first non-American winner!"  Hopefully there will be many more international contestants and winners to come.

Well everyone, keep the photos coming and your work just might be tomorrow's photo of the day!

Meet Mike Kimbrough

Titled "Baton Rouge Riverfront," this beautiful image is a shot of the dock which goes out into the Mississippi River in downtown Baton Rouge.

Mike is 54 and lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  This is what he had to say about himself as a photographer:

"I started getting interested in photography while in Japan in 1974 with a purchase of a Minolta 101 SLR.  I must have taken thousands of shots trying to figure out how to get a good picture.  When I returned from Japan my grandfather sat me down and just critiqued the heck out of my photos- explaining in detail every mistake I made.  It was quite humiliating but he taught me a lot.  If he was alive today he would probably still be ripping me apart on what I do wrong.  He was a wonderful photographer that started taking pictures with sheet film cameras and a light meter and he really gave me an appreciation for photography.  I am now into the digital age of photography but really like to focus on getting a good shot with my camera and not depend on post processing.  I typically try to keep my pictures as realistic as possible, although I do sway into post processing manipulation some just for fun.  I have so much to learn and am probably my own worst critic.  I keep trying though."

Mike's Equipment:
"I Just got a new Pentax K200D with the standard 18-55mm lens. I use primarily Adobe Lightroom to crop and adjust brightness and contrast.  I also have Photoshop Elements but haven't figured it all out yet.  I mostly need more lenses at the moment so I don't have to zoom and crop as much."

Odin the Aquatic Tiger

This is a photo of Odin, the only Diving White Bengal Tiger in the world.  It was taken at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo Ca.

Here's what we know about the photographer:

Current Age: 19
Current Residence: California
Interests: Music, Movies, Animals, Photography, and Fire
Favorite movies: 300, American History X, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Jackass 2
Favorite band or musician: Him, Korn, AFI, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Flobots, Tokio Hotel, One Republic.
Favorite genre of music: Rock/Metal
Favorite photographer: John Houwaart
Camera: Sony DSC-H50

Our First Winner!

Well, we have our first winner!

With a beautiful photograph of the inside of the Mall of Louisiana, we give you Alora.

Alora is an alien from the inner reaches of the Milky Way- about where there is believed to be a black hole.  She enjoys wrestling pupppies and has three of them for extra practice.  Her life's dream is to travel to Antarctica in order to poke an Emperor Penguin.

Age- 18

Location- Louisiana