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The Inspiring Winners of the “Only the Best” Challenge by GuruShots

Chris Gampat
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06/19/2020
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Last Updated on 07/14/2020 by Bob Dortch

Here are the inspiring winners of the “Only the Best” Photo Challenge with GuruShots.

Recently, we did a contest with GuruShots where we asked folks for “Only the Best” photos as part of the challenge. And we’re officially showcasing the winners right here and now. The contest shows off some beautiful work from talented photographers all over the world. These photographers and the submissions highlight a very key thing in the world right now: diversity. And in a beautiful way, I’d like to think that this natural spice of life is given center stage in this contest. There are so many points of view, skill levels, subjects, and genres in these top 100 photos from the “Only the Best” contest. So, are you ready to be inspired? To find out more, and to sign up and take part in the next challenge, visit www.gurushots.com.

Nick Art, Top Photographer

The top photographer in this contest is Nick Art. Nick hails from the United States, and this photo above showcases a very surreal landscape. We’re used to seeing lots of photos of seascapes, but how many have a tree in the center like this? And how many have such gorgeous, painterly colors to them?

Wilson Valverde, Top Photo

Look at this! How is this not incredibly gorgeous?! In every single section you see something different. The photo is essentially five different parts. there are the trees on the left, the foreground on the bottom left, the reflective water on the bottom right, the trees on the right, and the sky. Combine that with the beautiful moment and any landscape photographer is bound to sit there staring at this photo.

Atahar Masum, Guru’s Top Pick

This is such a cool shot. Atahar calls this photo, “Disguise,” and it’s made better by the high contrast black and white look to it. Black and white is such an effective tool when the colors in the scene aren’t very important. Instead, it aims to highlight details at times. And that’s what we’re getting here.

This photo above is from Dave Howard. And again, the reflections and the framing make this a shot that you could stare at for a while. Quite honestly, this is the type of photo that you’d need to print and look at on a wall.

Another stunning photo is that of Catherine Litster. This single flower is gorgeous and curious at the same time. There are three primary colors: black, pink/purple, and green. And the background makes this image just pop so much more.

Editor’s Note: This contest was sponsored by GuruShots.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.