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VETERAN'S AWARD BADGE TO THOMAS SCHMIDT

We at the Yard Collective are hereby very happy to announce that Thomas Schmidt
from Bremen in Germany is awarded the ”The Yard's Veteran's Award Badge”.

MOTIVATION:
He is a modest and quiet member that for no other reason than loyalty to the Yard, helped us without expecting anything in return. Not only did he finance our webs domain upon its creation, but he has now, AGAIN, without being asked to do so, payed for it again! So thanks to his generosity we can enjoy having our own web The-Yard-Collective.com [link]
A LINK TO HIS BLOG:
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WE THANK YOU THOMAS!
The Yard Collective Members
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More exciting news about one of our dedicated fellow Admins Scott Alexander a.k.a. Obsidian-Fox:
entered 3 images into a photography contest where the grand prize is a trip to Africa. Uganda to be exact.
HIS MOTIVATION: I have always wanted to photograph in Africa, as early as I could remember. Though, probably for different reasons when I was little (big fan of the jungle book and Tarzan)
YOU
can help him win the contest: It's easy and only takes a few minutes of your time.
Scott explains:
To win the contest, I first have to be in the top 10 as chosen by ANYONE with a facebook account, then a panel of Canadian Photojournalists pick from those 10.
This is a call to all my readers to help out with a LIKE on three images.
The best part is, you don't need to sign up for anything or like any pages, and no one will EVER send you junk mail for doing this.
The images are"
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YOU CAN VOTE UNTIL MAY 16TH TO GET SCOTT AS MANY LIKES AS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE THREE PHOTO'S THAT PUT HIM INTO THE FINALS.
Note: IF YOU 'VOTE' PLEASE LET HIM KNOW BY WRITING A COMMENT AT HIS JOURNAL:
Scott:
"If you're able to SHARE the photos amongst your friends on FB, That would be even more amazing, but not at all required."
On behalf of Scott:
Thank you, to those of you who vote, it means a lot to him, as this is, and has been for some time, a dream of his.
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Per-Erik Nilsson
Photographer and Skipper of the Yard Collective, Street Photography
www.penatwork.se
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