We just got a press release to advise that the closing date for the Sony World Photography Awards is 4 January 2012. We highly suggest getting your entries in as soon as you can. Last year there was more than one South African whose images received recognition proving that the talent in SA is world class. Read on for the full press release or head straight over to the World Photography website here.
With a prize pot of R50,000 up for grabs this is going to be a great competition for both photographers and models. We will bring you updates as it moves along but in the mean time check out the competition site or FIND.THEMODEL right now or read the press release after the break.
In our July edition one lucky reader – Candice Peetz – who submitted their portfolio and was picked to be the published as our PhotoComment and Outdoorphoto Readers Portfolio won a Wacom Bamboo Touch graphics tablet. For the August issue the published portfolio will get a Lowepro Pro Runner 350AW from Outdoorphoto. We will be picking the best portfolio submission on Monday 11 July 2011 (thats next week) so be sure to submit your portfolio online ASAP.
The guys at Leica are running a rather interesting campaign. They seem to have teamed up with street trial pro rider (ask Greg for more details, he’s been in the mountain bike, BMX scene before) Danny MacAskill who is exploring the mother city (Cape Town) and doing some crazy stunts. What the video and vote on what stunt you want Danny to perform next. You could win yourself a Leica. For more check out the Leica Blog. Voting for the above second video (part 2) ends on May 24th.
In brief, the competition is aimed at raising awareness through the photographic medium, of child welfare issues in and around the City of Tshwane, although I am certain you will agree that these are fairly universal.
The competition is open in two categories:
Pupils and students: R100 per entry
Adults: R250 per entry
An entry is limited to 3 three images.
Entries will open from 12 April and will close on 21 May.
2nd year students at Vega Pretoria will be the judges of the competition (as part of a formal critiquing project).
The images will go on display at the Brooklyn Mall during the Child Protection Week (30 May-4 June), with the competition winners being announced on Saturday 4 June at the exhibition.
Go to http://www.childwelfare.co.za for more information
Professional photographer Andi Lowicki (www.arternative.co.za), featured in photocomment April 2011 is offering 10 lucky readers a free 2 hour workshop focussing on portrait photography.
Two groups of five winners each will meet with Andi on Saturday the 23rd and 30th of April at Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens, JHB.
To enter just email your details and the preferred date to andi.lowicki.sa@gmail.com – Good luck!
Competition ends Sunday 17/4/2011, winners will be notified the next day. Entry fee to Botanical Gardens (R25 p/p) not included. Winners to supply own model and photographic equipment.
(Winning image in our first Photo Friday competition)
So, you’ve spotted this great photographic competition with an amazing prize and all you can dream about is winning it but the question you keep asking yourself is how? Well, I hope to share some ideas with you which can only serve to help you in your quest.
Thats right, Hasselblad have announced 110 of their Masters Finalists and now they want your input as well. In their own words:
Hasselblad is proud to introduce the 110 Masters Finalists for 2010 and invites you to view the work of these exceptional photographers and vote until October 31, 2011 for your favorite images.
Be sure to check out the site here and vote for your favourites.
After a great deal of deliberating by the judges we have finally come to the point where we can announce our winner of the Photo Friday Competition for the period ending January 2011. The image ‘Flag Store Front’ seems to have within it a mystery that held many of us spell bound. I personally keep asking myself questions like “What is it trying to tell us? What could be hiding behind the door?” and out of a great selection of images this one kept attracting my gaze time and time again.
We have a winner, congratulations Allie van Niekerk who wins our Foto First and Fuji sponsored Dissposible Camera Competition at the Pretoria CBD Photo Walk we held on the 26th January 2011. We will arrange to get your Foto First voucher to you shortly.
Our apologies for not announcing this earlier as we planned, technical issues were the cause of the delay but that is coming right with our upgrades to the servers.
Stay posted for details of the next Photo Walk on 12 Feb 2011 in Parys
It has been one of the toughest weeks yet but the image that had the most impact for me at the end was this image of a Flag Store Front. Congratulations.
This is the last image for this period of Photo Friday. Next week we will judge and announce the winner of this periods prize of the Vangaurd Skyborne backpack, Scott Kelby Books, Black Rapid Strap and Gary Fong Puffer.
Don’t stop your entries as we have a new prize pot growing for the next quarter. We will announce it next week when we announce the winner.
This is a competition that has got my interest and hopefully it catches yours as well. The London Street Photography Festival is happening from the 7-17th July 2011 and with it a competition for the International Street Photography Award. The winner will get £1000.00 and an all expenses paid trip to attend the festival and an Olympus PEN.
Check out their website for details and keep in mind their definition of street photography which is:
un-posed, un-staged photography which captures, explores or questions contemporary society and the relationships between individuals and their surroundings.
Get shooting and enjoy, the deadline is the 31 March 2011.
For my wife (who has an absolute phobia of moths) to like this image, there must be something special about it. By unanimous vote, Rozette’s image of this moth entitleb ‘Big Eyes’ get the Photo Friday tops spot for this week and will join the other Photo Friday images for the grand prize judging at the end of the month where one luckily photographer will grab the prize bundle with a Vanguard Skyborne Backpack, Scott Kelby book set, Black Rapid Strap and Gary Fong Puffer.
The renowned photographic competition, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award will be announced for the 32nd time in the year 2011. Entries (professional photographers only) for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2011 will be accepted as online submissions between 15 January and 1 March 2011. Entries for the Leica Oskar Barnack NEWCOMER Award are open to all (prospective) photographers who are aged 25 years and under.
This weeks Photo Friday is ‘Days Gone By’. Thanks to Marinda for submitting it… I have a weakness for classic cars.
A reminder that we are also running the Christmas Competition where you can win a Fuji FinePix AV110 and R500,00 Foto First printing voucher. Keep this in mind today and tomorrow when you photograph your Christmas traditions etc. Competition closes on 6th January 2011.
Have a great Festive Season all.
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.
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