Photography Contest Update (plus Tips to Win)

The judges have spoken. Richard Koci Hernandez, Heather Champ, Eric Cheng, Matt Buchanan, and you have chosen our first Weekly Finalists in the Lytro Share the Fun Photography Contest and Sweepstakes.

This week’s guest judge, BuzzFeed tech writer Matt Buchanan, announced our first Weekly Finalists. We’re featuring their pictures in our Lytro Picture Gallery and the photographers could win the Grand Prize, a Master Light Field Photography Lesson with Eric Cheng plus five Lytro cameras to share with very good friends.

Three voters have won Lytro cameras of their own. Congratulations Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert, Paul Mozolewski and Lindsay Wood.

It’s a new week, so we also have a new guest judge: Cliff Kuang is an editor at Fast Company and the founding editor of its spin-off, Co.Design, which in 2011 won the National Magazine Award for best online department.

Tips to Win:
Everyone – If you didn’t win last week, try again! Every time you vote or submit a picture, you get another chance to win.

VotersVote for a new picture every day. Each vote is like a raffle ticket, increasing your chance of winning.

Light Field Photographers – Focus your efforts to get out the vote on one picture each week. The pictures that receive the most votes during the week get a “fan bonus” during the judging. Submit a new picture or re-share a previous submission.