I’m a little late getting this one up. It’s not that I didn’t want to, it’s that there are so many amazing photos being taken we had a tough time making a selection. In the end though, the August Photo Contest Winner is local New Westie Harry Pehkonen (@harrypehkonen) for this shot of two of the A Bread Affair employees.

Bread Affair by Harry Pehkonen

There is something about the lighting in this shot that makes it seem so well defined. I know its hard to get a good shot when photographing people’s faces from the front angle – and the composition of the bread, the signs in the back, and the nice contrast of purple and red really work. Harry has been a regular at the market this season, and this isn’t the first great shot he’s taken. But this month, it’s the winner.

Honorable mentions this month (because there are lots) go to:

June’s winner, Graham Ballantyne for these two:

Tribal Markings by Graham Ballantyne

Crepe Making by Graham Ballantyne

 Briana Tomkinson for this amazing macro shot of blueberries:

Blueberries by Briana Tomkinson

Honorable mention should also go to Brittbak for this  fun shot of a lively market full of smiling faces:

Market View by Brittbak

And to Jamila for this great capture of Allyson Grant painting faces (or in this case, an arm):

Face Painting by Jamila

And last, but certainly not least this shot of a flower vendor by Miho Shimamura:

Flowers by Miho Shimamura

 We want to thank everyone for entering our little contest. For his winning picture, Harry receives a RCFM t shirt and is entered to win a limited edition market tote bag full of $50 worth of market goodies. You can enter too! We have a monthly winner and all you have to do is either upload your picture to Flickr and use the tag rcfm2009 and we’ll find it, or you can email the pictures to us at info@rcfm.ca.

A while ago, we mentioned we were going to hold a monthly photo contest. Since there was only one market in June, you had good odds to be the winner! Here is the luscious picture of beets that was selected to be the June winner, taken by market regular and local New Westie, Graham Ballantyne.

For his time and effort, Graham wins a RCFM t shirt and is entered to win a gift basket full of market goodies at the end of the season.

You too can get in on the goods and enter the July photo contest simply by uploading your pictures to Flickr and using the tag “RCFM2009″. We’ll do the rest and search out your photo, and announce the July winner at the start of August. All we ask is that we are allowed to use the picture to advertise the market.

Thanks again, Graham!