Jason Roberts - Celebrity Judge First Place Winner - photo by Jay West Second Place Winner - photo by Carlos San Miguel Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Our judge for the October contest is Jason Roberts, guitarist for the New York based indie band The Hymns. Last time we caught up with Jason and the Hymns was outside the Troubadour in West Hollywood where they were finishing up a U.S. tour and getting ready to head into the studio to do their next album. Now with their next album almost ready to release, a new single up on their MySpace page, they have a busy winter ahead of them. Luckily Jason found the time to judge our October photo contest, and Brian Harding the Hymns frontman is currently working on our September contest.

Here are Jason's picks for October's contest winners..

1.photo of tom petty and mike campbell by Jay West
i've been a fan of tom petty and mike campbell for a LONG time. mike is one of the greatest guitarists out there. the cool thing about the two of them is that mike has been with tom since the VERY beginning--even before they were called tom petty & the heartbreakers. when tom does 'solo' albums without the heartbreakers, mike is ALWAYS on the album still and he even produced several of them. i saw tom petty and the heartbreakers two years ago and tom introduced mike as his brother. i think this picture really shows the respect and brotherhood between the two of them.

2. jonathan davis from korn by Carlos San Miguel
i'm not a fan of korn, but this picture is pretty amazing. i love how it's totally black except for jonathan and his mic stand.

3.miranda lambert by Jay West
i love close ups of musicians playing live. you rarely get to see them that close up when you're at a show. this picture definitely captures a moment and yowza! she's pretty hot...

club kingsnake is now accepting submissions for its 2007 concert photo contest. Last year's contest attracted over 500 photo entries. This year we timed the announcement to occur during Austin's SXSW festival and handed out about 1000 flyers to music photojournalists from around the world.

The 2007 contest will be handled a bit differently, with monthly winners instead of weekly, and with larger prize incentives to the winners. This year's contest prizes are as follows:

Monthly Prizes: (selected at the first of each month)
1st Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card
2nd Place - $50 B & H Photo Gift Card
3rd Place - club kingsnake T-Shirt

Year End Prizes: (selected at the beginning of 2008)
1st Place - $2000 Camera Shopping Spree at B & H Photo
2nd Place - Fuji F31 Point N Shoot Camera
3rd Place - $100 B & H Photo Gift Card

So how does it work? Simple - just upload a concert photograph that you have taken yourself (with a camera, not off someone else's web site!) to our photo contest gallery. Make sure to include the artist's name and any other pertinent details such as the camera and lense used in the description. Every month 3 winners will be chosen, and at the end of the year the 3 best will be selected from all the photos submitted throughout the year. This is kind of like American Idol for pictures except our contest judges have been told to keep their rude snickering to themselves.

The 2007 club kingsnake concert photo contest is now live! Post your images at http://clubpix.kingsnake.com/index.php?cat=521


Contest Rules

• You may enter as many concert photos as you like AS LONG AS THEY ARE PHOTOS YOU HAVE TAKEN!
  
• Entries must be posted before the end of the day on the last day of the month, according to the clocks on our systems.
  
• You must include a valid email address on your post for it to qualify.
  
• Staff and volunteers of OnlineHobbyist.com, Inc. and its associated sites are ineligible to participate in the contest although they may certainly post their photos as well.
  
• Anyone may enter, regardless of age, although for persons under 18 a parent or guardian must claim the prize.
  
• No purchase is required to participate.
  
• You must have a physical address somewhere on the planet earth that can receive parcels sent through the U.S. postal service.