So it’s Friday, the weekend is upon us, cameras are firing up and getting ready to shoot our creative expressions. Before you rush out, let us share some exciting news in the form of an ongoing photography competition here on PhotoComment called Photo Friday.

Under our gallery section we have a User Submitted gallery into which you can upload your pictures. Each Friday we will pick our favourite image from there as our Photo Friday Image. At the end of the year (and on other occasions as sponsorship allows) a winner will be picked from all the Photo Friday Images as a prize winner.

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Many photographers dream of one day shooting for National Geographic and traveling to far off lands – I know it was always my dream – and this competition may very well be your best chance to live that dream.

Worldnomads.com, National Geographic ChannelJoJo’s Adventures Bhutan are giving one exceptional individual the chance to go on assignment with renowned wildlife photographer Jason Edwards to The Kingdom of Bhutan – land of the Thunderdragon!

In short, the key part of the prize is a 7 day trip from December 5- December 12, 2010 to Bhutan which will include working on assignment with Jason Edwards.

To enter you will need to submit of photo story about a place you have visited (note a ‘place’ can be anywhere from your backyard to exotic islands) that does not exceed more than 5 images in total. For more details head on over to Worldnomads.com and be sure to watch the video below for some tips from Jason Edwards himself.

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The final ballots have been counted and we have a winner. Congratulations to Hennie Homan for winning the 2010 Kick Off Competition with this image

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Our thanks for all the images, it presented a tough time for the judging.

A big thank you to KAMERAZ as well for the prize.

Be sure to look out for the year end photographic competition coming soon. Wow, time is flying.

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We have been traveling a little bit with today marking the return trip home. I took the opportunity to go for a brief walk just before sunrise around Gateway in Durban and came back with this (and several other) sunrise images within a 10 min walk of our hotel.

This was photographed with a Sony A850 and an older Minolta 50mm f/1.7 lens. It is so refreshing to go out for a walk and even come back with just one image that grabs your attention.

Anyway, we head back to Johannesburg today and will then finalize the winner for our Kick Off Competition as well as draw the winner for the Scott Kelby ‘The Digital Photography Book, Volume 1‘.

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comp That is right, the entries for the 2010 Kick Off Competition are closing this Sunday 25th July 2010. Head over to the gallery to see the entries we have received so far.

Remember that there is a R1500.00 KAMERAZ voucher for the winner.

To make entering easier you can now upload direct from the site rather than emailing images so go to the competition page here.

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I recently took the time to go through Scott Kelby’s – The Digital Photography Book Volume 1 – in my search for a good book to recommend novices who have a basics photographic grounding but are looking to get a little bit more out of there images. Here are my thoughts on the book, and be sure to get the details of how you can win your own copy at the end of the review.

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As I sit down to type this the Soccer World Cup is just kicking off and the emotions of the country are running high. With this in mind we have decided to Kick Off with this competition.

Over the next 6 weeks from the kick off of the Soccer World Cup, we are looking for your images of this historic period in South African history. Share your magic moments of the world cup and you could win a R1500.00 KAMERAZ voucher.

It could be your face painted kids, to the spray from a Vuvuzela or the cheers and emotions of your team’s first goal.

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In this issue:

We take a look at some of the Gold Award Winners from the Sony Profoto Awards.

See the latest releases in Scoop.

We review:

Nikon Coolpix S3000

We learn about the Van Dyk Brown and Cyanotype Printing Methods.

Click here to read this issue.

Please leave your thoughts and comments below or send them to magazine@photocomment.net.

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Burrard-Lucas Photography are excited to announce our 2010 Facebook Photo Contest! The contest theme is “Nature” and you can take part anytime up until the 30th November 2010. We have some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 7D digital SLR camera(more info).
To enter, simply upload your photographs to our fan page photo gallery.

The following prizes will be awarded to the winning photograph and two runners up:

  • Winner: SmugMug Pro account, Burrard-Lucas framed limited edition print of your choice and the chance to win a Canon EOS 7D DSLR
  • Runners up x 2: SmugMug standard account and a Burrard-Lucas 2011 Calendar

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Welcome to the new year!

We announce the winner of the 2009 Year End Photo Competition!

Read about the latest camera releases at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Our Professional Portfolio is by Nicholas Huisman who took this month’s cover image!

We send a Sony Alpha 500 to South America.

Enjoy!

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Sony and PhotoComment


This Comeptition is now Closed!


2009 YEAR END PHOTO COMPETITION

We want your image that best defines your 2009

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2009 is fast drawing to a close and with it memories of an exciting yet challenging year for us at PhotoComment and most likely you, our readers as well.

Before the year comes to a close for good we thought we would launch our first PhotoComment competition. Submit your image with a brief story of the moment that made your year to stand in line to win the grand prize.

Judging will look particularly at the emotion evoked by the image in relation to the theme and caption.

Closing Date: 15 December 2009

Send your entries to: competition2009@photocomment.net

Terms & Conditions Apply

Rules:
- This competition is only open to residents of South Africa.
- Entry is free and there are no age restrictions, parental consent is    required for entrants under the age of 18.
- Entries must be received by PhotoComment on or before
15 December 2009. No late entries will be considered.
- Entries are limited to one entry per person.
- All entries into the competition must be suitable for publication on our website and in our magazine and therefore must be appropriate for a general audience. PhotoComment and Sony reserve the right to reject any entry on the grounds of illegality, infringment of any third party rights, the subject matter being offensive or contrary to standards of taste and decency, or on any other ground that it may from time to time consider appropriate. The decision of PhotoComment and Sony to accept or reject an entry is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- The judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
- Images must be taken in 2009
- All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party.
- A signed model release must be available for all natural persons appearing in any image submitted.
- Entrant agrees to the promotional use of submitted images by  PhotoComment and Sony. This includes but is not limited to publication online and in print.
- Prizes will only be delivered in South Africa
- Prize is not transferable.
- In the event where a competition is cancelled or suspended, all participants / entrants agree to waive any rights that they may have in terms of the competition and acknowledge that they have no recourse against PhotoComment, Sony, their employees, agents,partners, sponsors or promoters
- By entering the Competition you hereby accept these competition rul

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