Last week I did something a little out of character for me, I submitted some of my pictures to the local paper for a contest to be in their 2013 calendar. The Utica Observer-Dispatch distributes a free calendar each January in its paper and every fall it holds a contest that allows local photographers to submit pictures which will be voted on by the readers. Trust me, this is not something I would have normally done, but I have been having some real good feedback about my pictures online and thought ‘What the heck? What is the worst that could happen?’.

A friend at work brought me the entry information and I went out on a limb and sent in 6 pictures. Two of the pictures have made the cut and are now in the voting phase. The voting runs from November 27th through December 3rd at Utica OD Calendar Contest. The paper selected three images for each month and the picture with the most votes will be used for that month. I have an image for February and June.

My daughter hopes the June picture wins because it is her birthday month. Personally, I’m just excited to be included. After the voting is over I’ll let everyone know how I made out…