COMPETITIONS
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Competition – The Art of Building Photo Contest – With Special Mobile Category – Free To Enter – £3,000 Top Prize
The Art of Building photo contest is an international showcase for the very best digital photography of the built environment. It is open to both professional and amateur photographers above the age of 18. They accept entries from anywhere in the world. Entrants can submit up to three photographs across any of the categories. The competition is run by the Chartered Institute of Building and celebrates the creativity of the industry, the passion of the people who work within it, and the impact their work has on those who make use of the final construction. They want to see photos that inspire others to look at and appreciate the built…
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Competition – National Geographic Traveller Photo Contest 2014
National Geographic are once again on the the lookout for your vision of the world through a lens. Last year they received thousands of UK entries and were truly impressed at the incredibly high standard of submissions. This year they’re back with more great prizes, new judges and fresh categories. Tour the site, see the existing entries, and then get snapping! You can enter photographs under one of six categories: Action, City, Iconic, Modern, Natural and People. For a bit more information on what the judges are looking for, take a look at the Categories section of the website. All submissions must be the entrant’s own work, and they must…
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Competition – Photo Ambassador for 2014 – Mobile!
Following a survey commissioned by Celebrity Cruises* that a staggering 67% of people now take pictures on their mobile on holiday, the leading luxury cruise company has launched a search – alongside worldwide known and award-winning photographers – for the best travel photo ever taken on a smartphone. Surprisingly, Samsung is the leader in the mobile camera market with a 24% share of the overall market – 4% of those questioned were more likely to use the brand over an iPhone. Despite the much-hyped recent launch of the Lumia 925, Nokia and HTC proved the least popular at 6% each. The dominance of Facebook and Twitter seems to be a…
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Win A Two Day Gold Pass To AppsWorld, London – Worth £995!
As many of you know we’re the Official Media Bloggers for AppsWorld, London, as we were last year too. It promises to be a tremendous event now in its 4th year, Apps World has grown to be the leading global multi-platform event in the app industry. This year’s Earls Court 2 event is set to be the biggest yet with over 250 exhibitors and over 8000+ attendees including developers, mobile marketers, mobile operators, device manufacturers, platform owners and industry professionals registered for two days of high level insight and discussion. With 12 targeted workshop tracks, speed meeting, one-to-one meetings, parties, and awards the event will be tackling a spectrum of issues…
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Competition – The Mobile Photography Awards 2013
The Third Annual Mobile Photography Awards (MPA’s) are now open for submissions. The MPA’s offer mobile artists and photographers opportunities for exhibits, open gallery calls, fine art sales and annual cash and prizes of more than $15,000. There are 20 categories available to enter including Still Life, Portraiture, Macro, Black & White, Landscapes, Nature & Wildlife and much more. I was delighted to Judge the Transportation category last year and this year sees me as Lead Judge for the Still Life category, I can’t wait! We’re also Media Partners to the MPA’s, so keep checking back for all the latest news. We’re hoping to interview Dan Berman, the founder of…
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Competition – PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards 2013
We recently announced that we would be featuring a photo competition every single day within our brand new Competitions category – maximising the opportunities you have to enter great contests and not to miss them. Today, we’re featuring The PhotoPhilanthropy Activist Awards 2013 that identify outstanding work created by photographers in collaboration with nonprofit organizations worldwide. For the first time in its history, PhotoPhilanthropy offers this year a mobile photography award to complement its traditional student, amateur, and professional category awards for most compelling documentary photography essays completed on behalf of nonprofits. The Activist Awards program honors innovative approaches to visual storytelling and creative partnerships between photographers and nonprofit organizations…
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Win A New Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-QX10!
If you’d like to win a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-QX10 then make sure you enter the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards. They’re looking for ‘smiles’ this time around, so just enter your image into the “Smile” category – Open Competition today for your chance to win. One lucky photographer to submit his or her image between today and 8th October will receive a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-QX10 lens-style camera to turn your smartphone into a power-packed specialist camera. As smartphone photography continues to surge in popularity globally, the DSC-QX10 can take your images to the next level. Link the lens with your mobile via Wi-Fi direct or NFC and take extraordinary images…
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Photo Competition – Strong and Powerful
We recently announced that we would be featuring a photo competition every single day within our brand new Competitions category – maximising the opportunities you have to enter great contests and not to miss them. Today, we’re featuring The STRONG and POWERFUL online-juried competition. It is about something that has an impact on you such as expressions, architecture, bold colors, landscapes or some type of digital art. It is about your interpretation of this theme using any style of photography or digital art. Submission deadline: November 4, 2013; Entry fee: $25 for first 5 images – $4 for each additional image up to 10. Over $2,000 in cash awards and prizes…
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2014 Sony World Photography Awards Judge shares what he’s looking for in this year’s competition
You have seen the call for entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards but how can you make sure yours is the photograph that the judges choose? WPO gives you an exclusive insight into the thoughts of our 2014 Honorary Jury members and exactly what they are looking for in an award-winning image. This week, WPO interviews jury member Guy Harrington of Soho Management. In your opinion, what makes an award-winning image? What key elements will you look for in the entries to the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards? An image has not only to be beautiful but have something to say to be truly award-winning. It needs to…
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TheAppWhisperer (TAW) Photo Competition – Powered by ProCamera
TheAppWhisperer (TAW), in partnership with ProCamera (iOS Photography app) is pleased to announce an International Open Call for photographic art and images for the first (of many) in-app Photo Contests. This competition has been sponsored by Manfrotto, Olloclip and SnowLizard Products. The theme for this contest is Night Shots and separated into three separate categories, these include: 1/ People/Portraiture; 2/ Cityscapes; 3/ Landscapes; Our main Judge for this competition is Miranda Gavin. Miranda a Freelance writer, blogger, photographer and educator. Additional Judges include Award Winning Mobile Photographer and App Whisperer Contributor Nettie Edwards, our incredibly talented Columnist and Mobile Photographer JQ Gaines and Joanne Carter – Founder and Editorial Director…