Following on from January’s post , I’m sharing progress on my contributions to the WordPress Photo Directory over the past month. Before February, I had 14 photos accepted and as this month wraps up that number has increased by 26 to 40 photos in the directory . Want to join in, then submit your photos !
February also included the new WordPress Photo Festival event , a global online photography competition organized by the WordPress Community of Kerala, India . The event ran from February 3rd to February 9th, 6:00pm IST and captured photos from participants around the world who uploaded them to the official WordPress Photo Directory using the #WPKeralaPhotos hashtag. 1,544 photos from 163 contributors were submitted to the WordPress Photo Directory during the event. The five best, unique entries each received a USD$100 prize, five additional folks received a consolation USD$50 prize, the three participants with the most number of photos received a USD$100 prize, and three additional participants also received a USD$50 prize (see all winners here ).
I definitely stepped up my photo contributions during the event, ensuring that as quickly as any of my submissions were accepted/rejected that I submitted another photo. I’m pleased to have come in 26th place with 14 photos contributed to the event!
I also recently interviewed with Topher DeRosia for a post on the WP Tavern: WordPress Photo Festival 2024, A Five Part Retrospective, Part 3, Attendees . Check it out for a varied response on what it was like to be an attendee at the Photo Festival and while you’re at the Tavern check out the other four parts of Topher’s series !
The following images of my February contributions have been synced to Openverse (and thus easier to embed via the Image block’s “Select Image” flow to embed images from Openverse).
Ferris Wheel and city skyline at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 “Tie One On” mural inside Monday Night Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of a wall of neck ties with a neon sign that says “Tie One On” by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Falcon statue constructed with sharp edge metal components, outside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Tall Christmas Tree decorated with gold painted baubles, decorations, a large lit star on top. Surrounded by large ball shaped decorations and two glossy green trees. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Lifeguard chair sitting on a beach dock at sunrise with a signing laying next to it describing “No Entry Without Lifeguard” (Fish Lake, YMCA Camp Duncan, Ingleside, Illinois) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Fire ring with newly lit chimney-stacked firewood surrounded by wooden benches (YMCA Camp MacLean, Burlington, Wisconsin) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Canoes stacked side-by-side on a lake beach at sunrise (Fish Lake, YMCA Camp Duncan, Ingleside, Illinois) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Tree stump with a smiley face carved into it by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 View from an infinity pool overlooking a lifeguard hut and the Caribbean Sea (JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico). by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Handmade wood sign on the Fish Lake beachfront stating “Waterfront Rules, Have Fun!” (YMCA Camp Duncan, Ingleside, Illinois). by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Clay tile rooftop with bell tower and weather vane overlooking the Borgo Pignano estate (Volterra, Province of Pisa, Italy). by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Seaplane flying over Agate Bay with snow-capped mountains in the background (Lake Tahoe, Tahoe Vista, California) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Icelandic turf house (Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Sunset behind leaf-less trees, soccer goals, and a baseball field (Towson, Maryland) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 White paper bag luminaries lining sidewalks at dusk (Downers Grove, Illinois) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 View from a plane of a sunrise above the clouds over Lake Michigan by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Sunset behind a hill with a black fence, blue track, and white soccer goal in the foreground (Woodridge, Illinois) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Sunset in spring at Barth Pond (Patriots Park, Downers Grove, Illinois) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Early morning sunrise beginning over Steamboat Ski Resort in the background with snow covered Rollingstone Ranch Golf Course in the midground (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Early morning sunrise beginning over Steamboat Ski Resort in the background with snow covered Rollingstone Ranch Golf Course in the midground (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Early morning view of a metal slide on the frozen beachfront of Little Elkhart Lake at Camp Anokijig (Plymouth, Wisconsin) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Midday sunshine over snow covered hills near Saddleback Ranch (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Early morning view of broomball and curling courts on the frozen beachfront of Little Elkhart Lake at Camp Anokijig (Plymouth, Wisconsin) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Afternoon sun peeks through winter bare trees along the shore of Little Elkhart Lake at Camp Anokijig (Plymouth, Wisconsin) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Afternoon sun peering through winter clouds and snow capped trees at Strawberry Park Natural Hot Springs (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 King Kubb ornamental status crown shaped at the top, below a dragon intertwined into a figure eight sits on grass, cars are parked in the near distance by Jeffrey Paul is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0
P.S. – this post’s featured image comes from Openverse in searching for “February” and is “North Window February 2022 ” by ArchesNPS and marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0 .
