Burrard-Lucas Photography has launched a pet photo competition. They are looking for striking and original photographs of your beloved dogs, cats and other pets. For some inspiration, checkout the results of last year’s Pet Photo Contest. The deadline is 31st March 2012.

The grand prize is the chance to win the Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR camera.

The Canon EOS 60D is designed for photographers who want to take their skills to the next level, offering high performance, a series of creative features, a Vari-angle LCD screen and enhanced ergonomics, this camera empowers photography enthusiasts to capture outstanding stills and Full High Definition (HD) video for unique, creative results. The EOS 60D has an incredible feature set including an 18 MP APS-C CMOS sensor, a Vari-angle 7.7cm 3:2 ratio LCD, Full HD movies, ISO 100-6400 (H:12800), 5.3fps shooting for up to 58 JPEGs, 9-point cross type AF System and more!

There are also the following additional prizes from Amazon.com:

• Winner: $100 Amazon Gift Voucher
• Runners up x 2: $25 Amazon Gift Voucher

Entry is free.

The deadline for the Pet Photo Contest is 31st March 2012.

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Burrard-Lucas Photography has announced their 2012 Community Photo Contest. The contest theme is “Nature” and you can submit your entries up until the 31st December 2012.

To be eligible for this contest, you must be a member of their Facebook Community. To do this just click the “Like” button at the top of this page.

There are some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 60D digital SLR camera.

This competition is open to participants worldwide and there is no entry fee. You may submit up to 3 entries in total.

To get started, please visit this page.

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Burrard-Lucas Photography has launched a wildlife photo competition. They are looking for striking and original photographs of wild animals. The deadline is 15th October 2011.

The grand prize is the chance to win the Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR camera.

The Canon EOS 60D is designed for photographers who want to take their skills to the next level, offering high performance, a series of creative features, a Vari-angle LCD screen and enhanced ergonomics, this camera empowers photography enthusiasts to capture outstanding stills and Full High Definition (HD) video for unique, creative results. The EOS 60D has an incredible feature set including an 18 MP APS-C CMOS sensor, a Vari-angle 7.7cm 3:2 ratio LCD, Full HD movies, ISO 100-6400 (H:12800), 5.3fps shooting for up to 58 JPEGs, 9-point cross type AF System and more!

There are also the following additional prizes from Amazon.com:

• Winner: $100 Amazon Gift Voucher
• Runners up x 2: $25 Amazon Gift Voucher

Entry is free.

The deadline for the Wildlife Photo Contest is 15th October 2011.

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Burrard-Lucas Photography has announced their 2011 Community Photo Contest. The contest theme is “Nature” and you can take part anytime up until the 31st December 2011. Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas are brothers specialising in wildlife photography.

To be eligible for this contest, you must be a fan of the Burrard-Lucas Photography Facebook Page and/or follow @willbl on Twitter. To become a Facebook fan, click the “Like” button at the top of this page.

There are some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win a Canon EOS 60D digital SLR camera.

SmugMug has provided the following additional prizes: A SmugMug Pro account for the winner, two SmugMug Power accounts for the runners-up, and basic accounts for the highly commended entrants.

This competition is open to participants worldwide and there is no entry fee.

To get started, please visit this page.

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For the 11th time the GDT (Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen e.V.) invites amateurs and professionals from all over Europe to participate in this event. There we will be cash prizes for the winners as well as the runners-up of each category. The overall winner will receive a cheque for €2,000. All photographers whose pictures are selected will receive the exhibition catalogue. The overall winner as well as the winners and runners-up in each category will receive free tickets for the International Nature Photography Festival in Lünen.

Categories

1) Birds

2) Mammals

3) Other Animals

4) Plants & Fungi

5) Landscapes

1-5: Entries in these categories should highlight the beauty and importance of wild animals, plants and landscapes. They may show anything from details to groups, portraits or overviews, behaviour, dramatic action, rare species or common ones, wild habitats or ecosystems. Abstract and innovative approaches to the subject are welcome.

6) The Underwater World: Pictures, which must have been taken under water, may illustrate any marine or freshwater subject.

7) Man & Nature: Photos in this category should illustrate the positive or negative influence of man on nature.

8 ) Nature’s Studio: Colours, shape and patterns in nature above mere documentation. This category is open to images expressing the photographer’s aesthetic view and individual impression of nature and may also reveal experimental ways of approaching the subject.

The participation fee is 20 Euros.

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The Environmental Photographer of the Year 2011 competition is now open, and this year a new video category has been introduced to further raise awareness of environmental and social issues.

Organised by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM) since 2007, the Environmental Photographer of the

Year is an international showcase for the very best in amateur and professional environmental photography, and is one of the fastest growing competitions in the world – receiving entries from 97 countries in 2010.

EPOTY is open to professionals and amateurs of any age from anywhere in the world, and encourages entries that are creative, resonant and original. The competition is completely free to enter and copyright is retained by the entrant at all times.

The 2011 competition categories are:
• Mott MacDonald’s Changing Climates
• The Natural World
• The Underwater World
• Quality of Life
• A View From the Western World
• Building Our Future (New for 2011)
• The Young Environmental Photographer of the Year (Under 16 & Under 21)
• Video (New for 2011)

Winners receive cash prizes and all winning entries are displayed in the touring Environmental Photographer of the Year exhibition.

PRIZES

The winning entries share a prize fund of £5,000. We also provide the opportunity to sell your images to the media for editorial use and to the public as part of a limited edition print run. This arrangement is done on a contractual basis which photographers may opt out of, but is designed to help raise additional revenue for all our entrants.

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Proudly supported by Olympus, The Shutterbug Award is one of the most prestigious awards for up and coming photographers in Australia and now Internationally. This is its fifth year.

The Shutterbug Award is a unique competition that promotes the work of amateur, passionate enthusiasts and emerging photographers. It gives all photographers, at all levels, the chance for their work to be seen, have their work published and win some great cameras from Olympus.

Prizes

Australian Finalists share in a prize pool of $10,000 including Olympus Camera Kits, Gallery prints and their images published in The Shutterbug Award book.

The International Winner receives:

The new Olympus XZ-1 Camera with Zuiko f1.8 Lens valued at $499.00.

They also have their winning images published in The Shutterbug Award 2011 book.

The International Winner will be sent two copies of the book with a combined value of $400.00

Shutterbug will only accept entries from photographers who are considered non-professional i.e. Photographers who make less than $20,000 per annum from photography.

Theme

Photographers are asked to submit a series of photographs with the same theme.

The theme of the series is at the Photographer’s discretion, but each image in the series must be clearly linked by that chosen theme.

The minimum number in the series is 15 images and the maximum is 30 images.

There is no limit to the number of photo series’ submitted by any one photographer, but only one series will be selected for exhibition and publishing.

Digital submissions only

Shutterbug accepts digital submissions only (Prints or negatives need to be scanned and converted to digital files).

Files can be uploaded to our secure site for judging. Preferred size is 3600 pixels on the longest size. Files need to be in JPEG Format.

Photoshop and similar software can be used to any degree the photographer would like, but no borders.  The images may not show the name of a photographer.

Entry Fee

The Entry Fee is A$30.00 for the first series entered. A $10.00 for each additional series entered.

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Burrard-Lucas Photography has launched a new “Pet” photo contest. They are looking for striking and original photographs of your dogs, cats and other pets. The deadline is 11th May 2011.

Last year the contest was a big success, attracting over 4,500 entries from around the world.

This year, there are some fantastic prizes on offer including the chance to win the new Canon EOS 60D Digital SLR camera.

The Canon EOS 60D is designed for photographers who want to take their skills to the next level, offering high performance, a series of creative features, a Vari-angle LCD screen and enhanced ergonomics, this camera empowers photography enthusiasts to capture outstanding stills and Full High Definition (HD) video for unique, creative results. The EOS 60D has an incredible feature set including an 18 MP APS-C CMOS sensor, a Vari-angle 7.7cm 3:2 ratio LCD, Full HD movies, ISO 100-6400 (H:12800), 5.3fps shooting for up to 58 JPEGs, 9-point cross type AF System and more!

Lensbaby has provided the following additional prizes:

• Winner: Lensbaby Composer Portrait Kit, worth $449.95
• Runners up x 2: Lensbaby Muse, worth $100

Entry is free.

The deadline for the Pet Photo Contest is 11th May 2011.

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The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (Px3) strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from this competition are displayed in Paris and published in the high-quality, full-color Px3 Annual Book.

Categories

Advertising

Photojournalism

Book

Book Proposals

Fine Art

Nature

Portraiture

Awards

Px3 Photographer of the Year
Both professional and non-professional photographers compete for the top award, the Px3 Photographer of the Year and 3,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized internationally, receives the spotlight at all events, is exhibited in Paris, and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Px3 Best New Talent (Non-Professionals and Students Only)
Non-professional photographers compete for the Px3 Best New Talent Award and 2,000 Euros. The winner’s work is publicized and exhibited in Paris and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Certificates in all Categories
All 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners from both the professional and non-professional categories will receive a Px3 certificate, personalized press release, and a Px3 winner’s logo for professional purposes.

Honorable Mentions
Px3 judges award several Certificates of Honorable Mention to both professional and non-professional entries to acknowledge talent as they deem fit.

Public Choice Awards
39,481 votes were tallied in the first annual Prix de la Photographie Paris. The names of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place Subcategory Public Choice Winners are listed in the Px3 Annual Book.

Fees

Entry fees cover the cost of administration and promotion.
To make Px3 globally accessible, Px3 discounts entry fees for certain countries.

Professional Photographers
$30 for each photograph entered
$50 for each series (2-5 images with a unifying theme) or book
Same photograph or series, additional category: $25 per category

Non-professional and Student Photographers
$20 per photograph entered
$40 for each series (2-5 images with a unifying theme)
Same photograph or series, additional category: $15 per category

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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.

An international jury awards the Leica Oskar Barnack Award / Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award to photographers whose unerring powers of observation capture and express the relationship between man and the environment in the most graphic form in a sequence of a minimum of 10 up to a maximum of 12 images. Entry submissions must be a self-contained series of images in which the photographer perceives and documents the interaction between man and the environment with acute vision and contemporary visual style – creative, groundbreaking and unintrusive.
This year, the value of the competition prizes has been increased. For the first time, the winner of the “Leica Oskar Barnack Award will receive a Leica M9 camera and a lens worth 9,500 euros in addition to a cash prize of 5,000 euros. For the “Newcomer Award” the prize has also been increased. The winner will receive a Leica M9 camera and a lens.

The “Leica Oskar Barnack Award” competition is open to all professional photographers. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2010 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2010.

The “Leica Oskar Barnack Newcomer Award” competition is open to any (prospective) professional photographer aged 25 or under at the time of entering. To take part, participants must send in a series of photographs taken in 2010 or long-term projects containing at least one photo from 2010.

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