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Best of Photo Challenge: Orange!

Posted by Darlene Bouchard — 3 Nov 2009

The color orange keeps a low profile and doesn't creep into our viewfinders as much as the other colors, so we sure are glad we put it in the spotlight! We're blown away by all of the unexpected places the color popped into the world and made you look twice as a photographer. Your photographs definitely reflect the unique character of the color, which is what made this a spectacular Photo Challenge!

Here are a few of our favorite photographs submitted to Photo Challenge: Orange


Cabaret ... by Graphistolage David Jubert


Autumn Umbrella by David Piszczek


Alert Lvl Orange by Paul Lavallee


Circus by Sam Witney


- 48 - by Alain St-Onge


Untitled by Adam James


The Great Pumpkin by Gerry Daniel


2:14am, I Breathe Smoke While They Dream Smoke by Daniel Angeles


Fruity Curtains by Caroline Penris


Jack's Obsession by Logan Kendell

Issue 20 is here! Subscriptions are here!

Posted by Devin Hayes — 28 Oct 2009

Woohoo! It's been a long and winding road, and we want to thank you all for your boundless patience and support. We couldn't have done it without you!

One of the biggest challenges we've faced in restarting JPG is how to publish the magazine while keeping ourselves sustainable over the long term. You've probably read headlines about the impending "death of print": Magazines folding, newspapers merging, all doom and gloom. We're determined to stick around, but it means we need to be responsible, financially and environmentally.

And so we're proud to announce that at long last JPG Magazine subscriptions are back, and they're digital!

Whoa! Hang on...we know what you're thinking, and the answer is yes, JPG will still be available as a printed magazine — we promised! But we can't ignore the costs of print, nor deny the many benefits of going digital:

• Greener: More than half of all magazines printed are never sold. That's a whole lotta' waste. Digital means less negative environmental impact.
• More Affordable: Digital means we have neither expensive distribution contracts nor postage.
• Faster: View issues online or download them instantly upon release. No daily mailbox suspense!
• Enhanced: Going digital allows us to enrich magazines with interactive content that links directly back to jpgmag.com.

That's all well and good, but wouldn't it be great if you could have the best of both digital and print? You will! Here's how:

JPG Magazine will now be sold in both digital and printed formats. Subscribers will receive 4 quarterly issues in digital format, in addition to all back issues in digital format.

In addition, we've teamed up with JPG's original co-founder, Derek Powazek, and MagCloud to offer JPG in printed format. These print editions will be available for purchase separately, printed on-demand for you, and at a discounted price if you're a subscriber!

While issue 20 onward will be printed on demand, we have back issues for sale from the original print run of JPG — issues 7 through 19. If you need to complete your collection, here's your opportunity! Supplies are limited, so get 'em while we got 'em!

We know you'll have questions about how this all works, so we've put together a list of questions and answers we hope will explain things. It's new and it's different, but we're alive and we're excited — and we hope you will be too! Now, let's go make us some magazines^*!

^* Using fewer dead trees.

Past subscribers: Please update your subscription to take advantage of the new distribution model and discounts.

Photo Challenge: Frightmare

Posted by Darlene Bouchard — 25 Oct 2009

We know that most holidays these days last longer than they used to (I saw Christmas decorations out already….since when do people start celebrating Christmas before Halloween?!) but with Halloween we like to savor the holiday as long as possible. We love Halloween not just because it gives us another excuse to eat way too much candy, but because we get to eat a whole lot of candy while we're scared, which is a whole other thing!

There's nothing more thrilling than a little adrenaline rushing through your blood (along with the sugar) and the best time to indulge this guilty pleasure is during Halloween. This is the time to get in touch with another side of yourself by testing your boundaries to figure out what truly creeps you out. So for Photo Challenge: Frightmare think of a scene of that is scary enough to frighten even you and capture it with your camera!

Here are a few photographs submitted to Photo Challenge: Frightmare that definitely creeped us out


Vampire Girl by Amy Hogue


i dormienti by Elyseo Nagel


Zombie by Danielle Tunstall


Separate wheat from chaff by Joshua

Best of Photo Challenge: Light Painting!

Posted by Darlene Bouchard — 23 Oct 2009

The Light Painting Photo Challenge helped you to get in touch with another artistic side of yourself. And while we knew you were a great photographer, we were amazed at how wonderful of a light painter you are too! Just like painting on canvas, every person used a different style and technique to light paint. Each photograph entered was extremely unique and absolutely stunning!

We hope that taking this challenge helped you learn new skills that you can incorporate into your future photographs!

Congratulations to all of the winners who will receive a free copy of The Photojojo Book!

Here are just a few of our favorite photographs submitted to Photo Challenge: Light Painting


Optic Energy by Tristesse Kulp


The Night Trees by Chris Mathews


The Old School House by Daniel Newton


Galaxy by Ken Deitcher


Good Night by Diego Tabango


Nostalgia by Amalia Sieber


You Spin Me Right Round by Paul G. Swanson


Bad Aim by Tyler McCulloch


l'homme a la valise by c33h33y33


Nude with Laser Light by Richard Dion Wilson