Brian Harding - Celebrity Judge First Place Winner - photo by Jay West Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Our judge for the September contest is Brian Harding, frontman for the New York based indie band The Hymns. Check out a new Hymns single up on their MySpace page, and if your going to be in the NYC area they are playing 3 non-consecutive dates at Pianos on Ludlow St. in January.

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

1.chrissy hynde by Jay West
my number one. i've had a crush on her ever since she did brass in pocket on the vh1 fashion awards. she wore a fez and made it look hot.

2. marilyn manson by Jay West
i think he's lost a lot of what was cool about him, but when he had it, he had it, and this photo captures what he had.

3.willie nelson by Jay West
everytime i hear his voice on the radio it makes me smile. blue skies is one of my all time favorite songs.

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.
  

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.
  

Jason McMaster - Celebrity Judge First Place Winner - photo by kathryn Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

Our judge for the August contest is Jason McMaster, frontman for Dangerous Toys and Broken Teeth. Jason is a long-time Austin musician whose first band, Watchtower, achieved cult status on the local metal scene in the late 70s, early 80s. His next band, Dangerous Toys, brought Jason to the international stage. Currently fronting Austin's Broken Teeth, Jason and company can be seen polishing their act around town in places like The Red Eyed Fly and Antone's in between national and international tours.

Here are Jason's picks for this month's contest winners..

1. "The Grates" by Kathryn

This is a magical photo for a lot of reasons,yet again has its simplicity about it as well.

The audience is part of the subject again here. They are happy with her, all eyes are on her, the blown confetti and empty smashed plastic cups upon the floor, give a tangible sense to the shot. They also almost frame the shot naturally.

2. "Haley of Paramore" by Jay West

So simple, but great timing.

The color orange on the microphone/her hair against convenient blacks and whites, with the white amp stack/her black and white animal print shirt, etc., bring out the "blown away" by loud music and the pleasure it is giving her, make this a great shot.

3. "Mark of Unseen" by Jay West

It seems that the subject is "in the barracade" feeling the audience, so to speak.

It seems tribal and to have a one-ness, with Mark in the crowd, all making one subject.

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.
  

Just an update for those of you still waiting for LAST months photo contest results as well as this months. Somehow, someway, with all the thousands of famous musicians in the world we have been unable to find a celebrity to judge the last 2 months contests. It is not for a lack of trying though.

Without resorting to using prior judges, we have asked huge stars, and up and comers, as well as bands I haven't even heard of. We have asked side men, agents, record companies, tour managers, publicists but they either are all on the road, have no internet access, can't be reached or don't even reply. Even celeb's I know personally!

Though I have run through every name in my celebrity phone book twice already, we will continue to ask every day until we find a contest judge but we are sorry for this inconvenience and hope we have it resolved soon. Meantime please keep posting pictures to the contest because we WILL find someone, and if you know a famous musician who would be willing to be a judge, send em our way!

Vaden Todd Lewis - Celebrity Judge First Place Winner - photo by Jay West Second Place Winner - photo by J. North-Lewis Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

This month our celebrity judge is Vaden Todd Lewis, frontman and vocalist for The Burden Brothers and The Toadies. Vaden took time out of his busy schedule touring and promoting the new Burden Brothers disc Mercy, to help us out with this month's contest. Thanks Vaden!

Here are Vaden's picks for this month's contest winners..

1. Joe Sumner - fucking air.
2. These Arms Are Snakes - nice moment captured here.
3. John Frusciante - I can almost hear the "weedly-weedle"...or is that "now-nee-now-nee"?

~Vaden Todd Lewis~

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.
  

CoCo Carmel and Bobby Whitlock - Celebrity Judge First Place Winner - photo by Jay West Second Place Winner - photo by Andrew Third Place Winner - photo by Jay West

This month our celebrity judge is Bobby Whitlock, legendary session player, member of Derek and The Dominos and now an Austin local after relocating here in 2006, playing Tuesdays at the Saxon pub with his wife Coco Carmel.

Here are Bobby's picks for this month's contest winners..

#1 - Peter Hayes...Awsome lighting and color contrast..It looks like you 're standing right there in front of him..

#2 - Stefano Intelisano...Black & White medium with perfect lighting and he is "There'' in C...

#3 - tBuddy Guy...Captured him in the moment, just before his finger hits the "over-the-top"accent note.

~Bobby Whitlock~

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.
  

Nashville Pussy - Celebrity Judge - photo by Gary Miller First Place Winner - photo by Gabe Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West Third Place Winner - photo by Parker Palmer

This month, our celebrity rock star judge is Karen Cuda of the band Nashville Pussy

Here's what Karen had to say about this month's contest winners..

#1 - the first shot of No Use For a Name on the link. I like the round cropping with the lens they used (or however they did that). Nice framing - and always a fan of good b&w shots.

#2 - Morrissey pic. Good use of shadow. I dig people who can pull off good still pics with personality, especially when it's true to the subject.

#3 - the shot of John Moyer spitting water. Nice action shot.

There ya go! Thanks for asking me to be a part of this - flattered that you considered me a "celeb judge."

~ Karen

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.
  

Rik Emmett - Celebrity Judge First Place Winner - photo by Jay West Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West Third Place Winner - photo by Gabe

This month, our celebrity rock star judge is Rik Emmett, former front man for the legendary Canadian band Triumph. We talked with him last back in December

Here is what Rik had to say about this months contest entries..

1st - My favorite is Mike Ness of Social Distortion, for composition [the background truss shadow follows the same line as his shoulders] and the blues & grays - plus the insouciance of the emerging pink bubble-gum, with the eye-shadow and the cop badge on the strap [with the hard blue on it!] just makes for a strong image - the capturing of a great moment.

2nd - Ben Brown of Bang Bang Bang. The hair is fantastic, shooting up like flames in the red light, surrounded/reinforced by red in each corner of theframe, giving the image a fiery dramatic flare of the demonic.

3rd - Mad Caddies - the shot over the guitarist's right shoulder, with the trombonist in the hat getting the crowd all riled up. This b & w photo is too dark to be award-winning, but the composition and the documentary moment captured is outstanding - pure rock & roll.

Honorable mentions - the Jay West shots of Steven Tyler and Matt Heafy are classic - clean and powerful. I also really like the feel of the shot of Mike Milligan of the Altar Boyz ...

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.
  

First Place Winner - photo by Gabe Second Place Winner - photo by brianne Third Place Winner - photo by firehop

After much debate, it was decided that the staff has interacted with too many of the photographers in our photo contest, and to eliminate any potential bias we would have a celebrity judge select each of our contest winners. Although we will be unable to provide you with Paula Abdul or Randy Jackson (they were busy picking the next mediocre American Idol contestant), we'll try to pick some interesting judges nonetheless.

This month, our celebrity rock star judge is Paul Collins of The Beat, all the way from Spain. We last caught up with him at SXSW and at least one of the pictures he selected was from SXSW as well. Thanks for helping us pick this month's winner, Paul! He already has a kingsnake t- shirt or he'd be getting another one for helping out. All of our winners this month will also get a t-shirt, as well as some other prizes, once we figure out who they are.

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.
  

First Place Winner - photo by Gary Miller Second Place Winner - photo by Jay West

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

This year's contestants will not have to worry about last year's winner. Moondog (Gary Miller) has decided to abstain so that he may join our volunteer staff as a staff photographer and help us with this year's contest. Moondog is not only SXSW's official photographer, but also a staff photographer for the Austin Chronicle, as well as the house photographer for a number of Texas major concert venues.

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.
  

Tie-breaking photo contest judge Alice Cooper photo by clint gilders - staff photographer

It came down to three.

Three judges, three photographers, and three photographs. Each judge chose, out of the 500+ pictures in the contest, ten photos. There was a total of 27 finalist photos, and of those, only three were selected by more than one judge.

Luckily Alice Cooper was willing to step in settle the issue. Our choice to cast the tie-breaking vote is no stranger to being viewed through the camera's eye. Having performed onstage since the 60s, he has been photographed thousands of times, in fact appearing in at least one contest entry, and the subject of a concert photo session with our own Clint Gilders. We sent him the three photos and HE made the final selection.

The winner of the 2006 club kingsnake concert photo contest is.....

(You would think I could find a drummer when I need one)

(Winners announced below the jump!)

It is now Friday December 22nd and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! We finally heard from last months winner Don Maynard and he should be getting his iPod right about now.

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. Little Drummer Boy - Bing Crosby & David Bowie
2. Santa Claus is Coming To Town - Bruce Springsteen
3. Father Christmas - Kinks
4. Run Rudolph Run - Dave Edmunds Band
5. Twelve Days Of Christmas - Bob & Doug McKenzie
6. Silent Night - Keith Emerson
7. Winter Wonderland - The Fabulous Thunderbirds
6. Rock And Roll Christmas - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
7. Christmas Is - Run D.M.C.
8. Blue Christmas - Sheryl Crow
9. Ave Maria - Chris Cornell
10. We Three Kings - Patti Smith

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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It is now Friday December 15th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to last months winner Don Maynard but this is a last call (We are still waiting to hear back from you!). Don if we don't hear from you by THIS Friday we will have to give the iPod to last months runner up!

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
2. He's a Whore - Cheap Trick
3. Keep Away - Godsmack
4. Kill All The White Men - NOFX
5. Mr E's Beautiful Blues - Eels
6. Nihilism - Rancid
7. Lethal Dosage - Mudvayne
6. Hop With the Jet Set - Dead Kennedys
7. Hitler's in the Charts Again - The Exploited
8. Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead
9. Damaged Goods
10. Fuck the System - System of a Down

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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iPod, Contest, Free T-Shirt

It is now Friday December 8th and it is time to play WTF Friday, the game where you tell us the first 10 songs that come up on your music player when you hit the Random or Shuffle button. At stake is a classic kingsnake.com T-shirt and the a chance to win the monthly grand prize, a black 30Gb video iPod. Also we welcome Metal Blade Records as a contest sponsor this month, so everyone that wins a shirt or iPod will also get a copy of Metal Blade's 2006 Summer Sampler with 18 bands including Cannibal Corpse, Unearth and more! Congrats to last months winner Don Maynard (We are still waiting to hear back from you!)

December will be the last month we run the iPod contest. We have 1 iPod left, and Microsoft never got back to us when we asked them if they wanted to give away some of their Zune players. It's been fun, and we will find some other contest to play with.

Here is my list... .

1. Statesboro Blues - Allman Brothers
2. Why does my heart feel so bad - Moby
3. War Now - The Exploited
4. Charlie Don't Surf - The Clash
5. Here Come The Cowboys - Psychadelic Furs
6. Shake Hands With Beef - Primus
7. Crash and Burn - The Transplants
6. Iris - Goo Goo Dolls
7. Butthole Surfers - Bong Song
8. Jimi Hendrix - Ezy Rider
9. Offspring - Genocide
10. Pearl Jam - Indifference

Once again, we give away a kingsnake.com T-shirt to each of our weekly winners and the monthly winner gets a spankin new 30Gb video iPod! For the complete set of rules see http://club.kingsnake.com/index.php?/pages/wtfcontest.html

You MUST post your list TODAY, Friday, for it to qualify for the contest so POST AWAY.

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iPod, Contest, Free T-Shirt