We’re not sure if the feeling is unique to us – though we doubt it – but it seems that each year Christmas feels a little less… Christmaslike than the year before.
We’ve teamed up with Foto First and Fujifilm South Africa to bring you a new competition over this festive season where you could win a Fuji FinePix AV110 and R500.00 Foto First Printing Voucher.
If you are a photographer living on the web and you have not yet heard of Outdoorphoto then you are living in the dark ages, which cant be fun if you painting with light. ODP has a thriving online community and some amazing images are posted to the site daily. In 2011 they will be searching for the Outdoorphoto Photographer of the Year.
Read the press release after the break for the full details.
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.
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 Channel & JoJo’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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Congratulations to Giles Ridley from Cape Town on winning the first PhotoComment Photo Competition. After a tough decision Giles was chosen as the winner by our judges. He will receive a Sony Alpha A230 from Sony South Africa. Thank you Sony for sponsoring the prize.
Our 2009 Year End Photo Competition has closed.
Thank you to all of you who entered. The quality of the entries has been outstanding. We are busy sifting through the multitude of entries received to find a winner. You can be glad that you are not us right now as we are having a really hard time choosing a winner.
Watch this space and the January Issue of PhotoComment for the announcement the winner!
If you register on PhotoComment and subscribe to our site updates before 31 Dec 2009, you willstand a chance of winning an Olympus FE-4000 Compact Digital Camera!
In order to enter please click ‘Register‘ on the right hand side of the page, fill in your details and you could win!
Please also subscribe to receive notifications of new posts!
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
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