Want to start the new year with a free tutorial from Fstoppers? All you have to do is help us choose our Photographer of the Year!
In 2017, we featured a photographer from our community each month, and now, we need you to help us choose the Photographer of the Year! To be entered to win a free Fstoppers tutorial, you simply need to choose your favorite photographer from the list here, vote in the poll at the bottom, and comment with what Fstoppers tutorial you would love to win and why! Be sure to both vote and comment to be entered. Voting closes January 8 at 11:59 P.M. EST.
January: David Wilder
February: David O Sullivan
March: Mario Olvera
April: Felipe Gómez
May: Shumon Saito
https://fstoppers.com/photo/206543
June: Lori Cicchini
July: Mads Peter Iversen
August: Alban Xhakaj
September: Michael Shainblum
October: Mikeila Borgia
https://fstoppers.com/photo/199497
November: Shavonne Wong
December: Robert Wagner
Vote Here
Photographer of the Month Awards for 2018
Beginning in January, we'll be selecting a photographer of the month. Each month, we'll cull the best of the most recent photos in the community and select our favorite, featuring that photographer's work. At the end of the year, we'll select an overall winner from the 12 monthly winners, who will win a tutorial of their choice from the Fstoppers store. To qualify each month, you simply must have uploaded an image to your portfolio in the past 30 days. So, get out there, post some photos, and check out the work of the talented Fstoppers community! We're pleased to have you here.
Lead image by Pok Rie, used under Creative Commons.
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I would like to win Photographing the World 3 with Elia Locardi because I would like to improve in this area and Elia is an amazing photographer and teacher.
I would gladly like to win the Intro to Lightroom: The Ultimate Crash Course. I haven’t had the chance to do my editing on Lightroom nor do I have the software, but I know I will be eventually using it.
Mike Kelley’s “Art meets Architecture” becuase I would love to learn more about his process and the business side of that industry.
Joey Wright Swimwear photography please.
I would like to win the Fashion Photography tutorial as this will help me greatly on my photography journey. Many thanks.
I would like Clay Cook Fashion and Editorial Photography because it covers everything from the shoot, to retouching, to business and marketing.
You did not make it easy to vote. Everyone in the list is deserving of the title.
I would like to win photography 101.
I thought everyone's work was truly amazing! Would love to have Mike Kelley's WAMA 1 please!
I'd love Monte Isom's Making Real Money: The Business of Commercial Photography. We could all use any education at any time, but business education from someone who's done it is priceless.
I would like to learn from Elia Locardi any tutorial as he is my favourite photographer.
Voted for Lori Cicchini ! I 'd like to win Mike Kelley's Where Art Meets Architecture 1 because i'd like to try architecture
I would like to win the How to be a comercial wedding photographer, i want to improve technics and the business
Very good selection. Hard to pick by I really like "Lavenders at night" by Mads Peter Iversen. Happy new year.
I would like to win, Joey Wright: Swimwear Photography - Lighting, Posing, and Retouching. I want to learn to manage location lighting, and this tutorial, seems to speak to that want.
I would like to win Monte Isom's Making Real Money. The information in this tutorial can't be found anywhere else!
I would like to win a landscape photography tutorial
Joey Wright Swimwear. Just from watching the teaser I knew this was an informative tutorial that could be used in a multitude of situations for posing and directing your subjects.
I voted for Felipe Gomez. I would like the Clay Cook tutorial. It's really close to what I'm trying to do right now...
Peter Hurley: Perfecting the Headshot. I 'm looking to quit my day job to make a living with headshots.
I would like Mike Kelley's Where Art Meets Architecture 3
All of the photographers here are great. I voted for Lori Cicchini. Dylan Patrick's The Cinematic Headshot would be my choice for tutorial. Headshots are something I would like to become better at.
Elia Locardi, would love to learn from such a dedicated and hard working photographer.
Photographing The World 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi
Anything of Elia Locardi would be great for me as I love his photography and all other stuff. Thank You for the opportunity. Happy New Year to all from Malta, EU.
I would be happy to win Peter Hurley: Perfecting the Headshot. I love this kind of portrait and I'm still struggling with it...
I would like to win Photographing The World 1 because I want to improve my landscape photography skills.
I would like to win photography 101
My vote goes to Michael Shainblum and Monte Isom's Making Real Money: The Business of Commercial Photography would be ideal.
Making Real Money: The Business of Commercial Photography
I would love to win: Photographing The World 1: Landscape Photography and Post-Processing with Elia Locardi.
Would love to win Photographing the World 3 to help me out of this creative rut
David O Sullivan
I loved how he combines people with location. My choice would be Joey Wright Swimwear Photography. BTW I cant see a poll or anything else, but on mobile I could see it, a browser problem maybe? (Firefox)
After 14yrs of weddings/portraits, I would like to know the basics of Commercial and add this to my offerings. I would like to win Making Real Money: The Business of Commercial Photography. Thank you so much :)
Mike Kelley’s “Art meets Architecture” please, as this is something i would really like to get into and he goes in depth detail about it.
I would love to win Peter Hurley headshot class
I would like to win Photographing the World 1 with Elia Locardi. I live in Sweden, North of the Arctic circle with beautiful landscape and Aurora just outside the door. My pictures deserves better processing than i manage to do now. So I hope that Elia can help me :)
In case I would love to win the tutorial of Elia Locardi, Photographing The World 1
Joey Wright's Swimwear Photography - Lighting, Posing, and Retouching for working with natural light, strobes and modifiers.
Photography and photoshop to get me started. That would be ideal
I love Peter Hurley’s work and way of teaching, so my choice is Peter Hurley: Perfecting the Headshot
Landscape photography I, to follow my passion
Mads Peter Iversen gets my vote! Would be amazing to join the Elia Locardi - Photographing the World tutorial! :)
Joey Wright: Swimwear Photography - Lighting, Posing, and Retouching, because his workshops are always sold out! Hey Joey, more workshops please!!!
This is a tough decision who to pick because they are all amazing! ....your Tutorials as well. I would pick Making real money though to accompany the many artistic tuts I already own.
I would like to win Photographong the World 1 with Elia Locardi because Eloa is an amazing landascape photographer and I like his photos and workflow.
It would be lovely to get Peter Hurley: Perfecting the Headshot
I would love to win Photographing the World. I love Elia Locardi's work, so the opportunity to learn more about his creative process would be wonderful.
Photographing the World 2: Cityscape, Astrophotography, and Advanced Post-Processing. I just moved from Hawaii to Chicago and need to broaden my photography skills from the landscapes and seascapes of Hawaii to the cityscapes of Chicago
'Making Real Money: The Business of Commercial Photography" Because taking pictures is such a small part of a photography BUSINESS.
I would like to win Clay Cook's Fashion and Editorial Portrait Photography I need because i want to make my workflow better and make more people engaged with my posts.