It’s been a tough decision, but we’ve narrowed down these 3 Spring is in the Air contestant submissions to the photos you see below. Janice, Micheal and Kim have submitted many beautiful photographs and these are our favourites! Now it’s up to you to choose which photographer takes home the prizes!

The winner will be chosen by votes (comments) on this blog post!!! So tell us which photographer got the best set of Spring Photographs… Remember to get your votes in fast because the winner will be announced June 15th!!!

p.s. In Ode to Woofstock, next months photo contest will be pets or people and their pets!

Janice’s Photos:

Kim’s Photos:

Michael’s Photos:

Every year us Torontonians are lucky enough to host one of the biggest Caribbean celebrations in the World, that’s right it’s Caribana time again! Dave and I are super stoked to be lucky enough to be a part of it all as the official Photographers for the brand new Carnival Nationz Website !! Carnival Nationz is one of the many Masquerade Bands of Caribana. What exactly is Caribana you ask? Caribana is Canada’s embracement of its Caribbean community, the world famous festival attracts over 1 million tourists and spectators globally to the Greater Toronto Area each year. It has become one of the largest annual events held in Canada. Caribana is a wonderful experience for all the senses. You’ll see beautiful people dressed in absolutely amazing elaborate costumes. These colourful costumes truly are incredible works of art and can reach heights of 15 feet in the air!! You’ll have a chance to taste some delicious Caribbean cuisine like mouth watering (and my personal fave) Jamaican Jerk Chicken and maybe even cool down with a Carib or Rum Punch. Listening to the rhythms of the Soca-Calypso vibe you’ll feel your body move as the parade rolls by and you can’t help but "Jump up and wine"

Caribana hits Toronto August 2nd, but before the parade begins a lot of work goes into the party, lets take a look behind the scenes of Carnival Nationz! It all starts with a great group of people. Organizers, web designers,costume makers, highly skilled make-up artists and of course the absolutely beautiful models all do their part to make it come together. Before the show starts the model wait for hair, costume and make-up to arrive. Dave grabbed a shot of the girls patiently waiting before the show with the Ring Flash (I love this one)…ahhh the life of a model…hurry up and wait…

We really were so honoured to be a part of it all as the photographers for the Fashion Show check out the pic he took with the models from the White Team backstage Sooo much goes into the Show not to mention the parades. Each model has make-up artists that carefully creates nothing short of an absolutely stunning work of art for each of them. Little tiny beads and jewels are applied to the models faces, glitter glitter glitter galore and my favourite…feather eyelashes!!!

After make-up, it’s time to get into costume. These costumes are so incredible, they’d give any Las Vegas Showgirl a run for her money!! You’d think that the costumes would be really difficult to wear but they are so well designed and aren’t heavy at all. Stay tuned for more blog posts on all of the Caribana fun…

Hey Everyone!!!

This month, DaveBiesse.com Blog Subscribers will have the chance to win wicked-awesome prizes including $100 Gift Certificates from Fitness One, Dave Biesse Workshops and maybe even a Photo Session with Dave and I…woo hoo. So dust off your digitals, get out into the beautiful Spring sunshine and start shooting.

Photos will be posted on our Blog and winners will be chosen based on reader votes… Deadline for this months entry is midnight May 31, 2008. "The Champ" will be posted on the Blog June 7, 2008 so you will have a week to get your votes in.

This photo contest theme is… "Spring is in the Air! "

So get out there and start shooting!!

I recently entered these 9 images into ‘The 2007 BRIDES Magazine Photo Competition’, a Wedding Photojournalism Contest”. When selecting the images to submit, I spend a lot of time surveying visitors opinions to see which images people most respond to. Please let me know what you think of them in the comments section at the bottom.

Cheers.