Winners will receive cash prizes, exposure on the popular FotoDC website, exhibitions and/or projections during the FotoWeek Festival, public exhibition in Crystal City and exposure throughout the Cherry Blossom Festival March 20 – April 27.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS!! Entries received by March 11 receive a 20% discount

Categories:

Festivities -Action-filled images of Festival events: Opening Ceremony, Southwest Waterfront Fireworks Festival, National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade, and performances

Landscape/Nature – Capture the beauty of blossoms in the Tidal Basin area

People – Images showing crowds or individuals enjoying and engaging with the cherry blossoms

Vintage -Images from 1930-1999; may be scanned and moderately retouched.

Photos should document human suffering and the health care response to the following topics: HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, measles, tetanus, diabetes, cervical cancer, infant and maternal mortality, chronic and infectious diseases. Also of interest are health issues surrounding disaster relief, healthcare worker safety, healthcare access, vaccination and diagnostics research, infection control and Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI’s).

Basically, if your photograph has anything to do with celebrating or a celebration, you have yourself an entry.

There is no limit to entries a student can submit; however, all submissions must be made by students currently enrolled in college or high school. Online entries only.

Categories:

• FASHION / PORTRAITURE
  From glamour to grunge, show us some style; self-portraits welcome.
• DOCUMENTARY / PHOTOJOURNALISM
  Budding reporters, hit the beat. Both the front lines and the backrooms count, with plenty of room for the in-between. Show us the issues, people and events in your periphery.
• STILL LIFE
  Evoke the aroma in a steaming cup of joe or send us the best from your studio lighting set-ups – if it’s stationary, it counts.
• TRAVEL / LANDSCAPE
  From your summer fling in Paris to your hiking trip on Machu Picchu, or simply hanging out in the hood or your favorite day at the beach-we want to see where you’ve been.
• FINE ART / PERSONAL WORK
  Your chance to get creative and conceptual – the offbeat, unique and beautiful work that doesn’t fit in the above categories.
• OPEN CATEGORY
  Ok, you’ve made the grade, you’ve got what it takes. Show us your shots from any of the above categories and prove it. Don’t worry, you’ll be judged against your peers.
• MULTIMEDIA / VIDEO
  Budding directors get moving and submit your best clips-the sky’s the limit – up to 20 minutes iin length or 100 MB file size.

Choose one & submit a photo that you feel best captures its essence. Every picture tells a story. Send us a picture. Share your story.

Don’t put limits on your imagination. You can participate with illustration and direct or manipulated photography.

“In order to produce an authentic contemporary document, the visual impact should be such as will nullify explanation” (Robert Frank).

This time, it’s ok to copy someone’s work! Make sure to title your photograph in such a way that we’ll easily be able to identify what scene you’ve recreated.

An exclusive party will be held in May 2012 celebrating the winners. Judges, select industry creatives and photographers are among the invited guests. Photo Annual 2012 Winner’s SealUse your Photo Annual win to promote your photography business. Winners will recieve an official winner’s seal.

Categories

ADVERTISING
MAGAZINE/EDITORIAL
PHOTO BOOKS
PHOTOJOURNALISM/
SPORTS/DOCUMENTARY
CORPORATE DESIGN/
PHOTO PRODUCTS
PERSONAL
STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
WEB SITES
STUDENT WORK
VIDEO

The competition closes on 6 January 2012 and the winners will be selected by our expert panel of judges and have their image displayed in the windows of our shops across the UK.

A selection of winning and highly commended photos will be featured in the Independent on Sunday at the end of January 2012.

The categories

Adults: Open to amateur and professional photographers who will be 16 or over on the closing date. £10 entry fee.

Students: Open to all students aged 16 or over undertaking full or part-time courses at a UK-based college or university. You must supply the name of your college/university as part of the registration process. If selected as a winner you will be required to provide proof of your student status otherwise you will be disqualified. £5 entry fee.

Junior: You must be aged 15 or below on the closing date of Sunday 6th January 2012. You must obtain your parent’s or guardian’s permission before entering the competition as part of the registration process. £5 entry fee.

Professional and Amateur Categories

ON THE FIELD
ON THE COURT
ON THE MOUNTAIN
IN THE WATER
ON THE ROAD
IN THE SKY

Whether it’s iconic images of ‘once in a lifetime’ events that you just happened to capture because you were in the right place at the right time, or simple images of subjects that surround our everyday lives (and that many of us forget to take the time to fully appreciate) we want to see them!

Winners will be exhibited in the 2011 International Photo Competition II display at the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts in Tampa, Florida. The winning photos will also be featured on The FMoPA website. Contest winners will become honorary members of FMoPA for a period of one year and receive Cash awards

All photographs, black and white, color, computer-manipulated, etc., are eligible. Please note that images can be submitted on-line only as digital files for the initial judging. Framed prints will be required for the actual exhibition. Digital images should be less than 2 Megabytes.

CATAGORIES:
Open, Mixed Media, Woman’s Rights.

Judges will be awarding Prizes for entries in the following categories :
Single image
Series of images: up to six related images
This category allows photographers to highlight work from an ongoing essay or body of work.

Images may be either Black & white or colour
You can add a caption up to 100 words with your entry.

Entry Fees 
LPA Members 
Single image entry: £8.00

Series of two to six related images: £12.00

Non Members 
Single image entry: £12.00

Series of two to six related images: £16.00

‘What Does Living in a World of 7 Billion Mean to You?’

The competition is free to enter. Selected photographs will be displayed in a presentation at the ‘World at 7 Billion’ debate to be held in London on the 31st October 2011, alongside artwork from Winchester School of Art.

Professor’s Beth Harland and John Gillett of the Winchester School of Art will judge the entries to the competition and the overall winning photograph will be published in a future collaborative publication between the Winchester School of Art and the Centre for Population Change.

Competition categories include.

ALL CAMERA’s – REFLEX & COMPACT CAMERA’s

THE GREENFORCE COMPETITION : Picture has to show a Green Force Light and can be a creative shot, wide angle shot, shot with model, ……

MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY: Pictures of small subjects ( nudibranchs, shrimps,..)  and close-ups (eye of a fish, details).

THE FISH PORTRET COMPETITION: Picture of a fish

THE NUDIBRANCH & SEASHELL COMPETITION: Only pictures of nudibranchs & seashells.

WIDE ANGLE PHOTOGRAPHY: Any wide angle picture reflecting Dahab’s unique environment.

HUGYCUP PHOTOGRAPHY TROPHY: A serie of 10 pictures photographers choice which will be evaluated together !

HUGYCUP ABOVE WATER AMBIANCE PHOTOGRAPHY: Photo best expressing the HUGYCUP competition & atmosphere above water !

Only COMPACT CAMERA’s

MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY compact camera: Pictures of small subjects ( nudibranchs, shrimps,..)  and close-ups (eye of a fish, details).

THE FISH PORTRET COMPETITION compact camera: Picture of a fish

PORTFOLIO PHOTOGRAPHY compact camera: Photofolio of 3 pictures a photographer’s choice.

When the competition closes on 31 August 2012 all regional heat winners will go through to the grand national final to be held in autumn 2012, and our Portfolio Photographer will be chosen and awarded the grand prize of a trip to Antarctica.

Autumn heat
1 September – 30 November 2011

Winter heat
1 December 2011 – 29 February 2012

Spring heat
1 March 2012 – 31 May 2012

Summer heat
1 June – 31 August 2012

2011-2012 entry categories

All entries in the first three must be taken at one of WWT’s nine wetland centres:

Wetland Wildlife

Wetland Landscapes

Wildlife & People

World Wetlands – entries to this category can be taken anywhere in the world.

Young Photographer of the Year – all entries made by under 18s in any of the four main categories will be transferred to this category as under 18s are ineligible to win the main category awards. A winner will be chosen for each centre for each of the seasonal heats to go forward to the national finals.

People’s Choice – the public are able to vote online for their favourite photographs in any of the above five categories during each seasonal heat. The photograph with the highest number of overall votes from each seasonal heat will go forward to the national finals.

Additional award:

Portfolio Photographer of the Year – photographers entering two or more of the seasonal heats will automatically be entered into the national final to be in with a chance of winning this additional award and a once-in-a-time trip to Antarctica, courtesy of Exodus in partnership with Quark Expeditions.

And the part I’m most giddy about is the Kids Click’s category! I am in awe of the photos kids capture! Their out-of-the box creativity infuses me to see the world in a new light! Let’s celebrate our kids too! So don’t delay! The deadline is November 20th, 2011! Find those “New Beginnings” photos and start submitting! And be sure to check back… you may see your entry featured on the home page!

Categories:

BABIES: (0-24 months), CHILDREN: (New Beginnings Kids Encounter), RELATIONSHIPS: (New Beginnings Between
Couples, Families, Friends and Pets), ELEMENTS: (Objects, Food, and Still Life Symbolic of New Beginnings), CAMERA PHONE PHOTOS: (New Beginnings, Captured on Your Mobile Phone), KID’S CLICKS: (Photographs Shot by Kids Ages 3-12)

There is no general theme to the competition for the first second and third prizes, any photo can be entered.

Except the three grand prizes, there are honorable mentions in 10 different categories: Architecture, Conceptual, Documentary, Editing, Fine Art Nude, Landscape, Macro, Nature, People and Street. There will be two honorable mentions in each category, one appointed by the judge and one appointed by a public vote.

The winners and honorable mentions will be promoted on the front page of 1x.com to our 3 million monthly unique visitors as well as in social media.

Judge

We are very proud to present our judge for this year, Anna Tellgren, photography curator at the Modern Museum in Stockholm, Sweden’s finest venue for photography!

The winners will be announced November 1, 2011.

There are over $13,000 in prizes, including great products from Nikon, Calumet Photographic, Bron Imaging, Sekonic, Nik Software, Canson, Think Tank Photo, Manfrotto, photo-eye and Outside magazine … and, yes, you could win a workshop! One Grand Prize, one Second Prize, one Third Prize, one Workshops Director’s Award, and 46 Honorable Mentions will be awarded.

To view the entries and select the contest winners, we are privileged to have an esteemed panel of jurors: Kathy Ryan, Director of Photography, The New York Times Magazine; Scott Thode, Editor-in-Chief, VII magazine; Katherine Ware, Curator of Photography, New Mexico Museum of Art; Sean Kernan, Photographer; and Reid Callanan, Director, Santa Fe Photographic Workshops.

Color or black-and-white, an object, a person, a location, a moment—the magic of summer lingers in your images. We look forward to seeing how you see SUMMER!

Send the Rainforest Alliance your best photos in the following categories:

- Forests: boreal, tropical or temperate forests
- Water: rivers, streams and waterfalls; beaches; wetlands; coral reefs
- Wildlife: insects, birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles or fish
- People and Planet: images that celebrate communities and culture; or that depict children and/or adults conserving natural resources, including water, flora and fauna; or that show children and/or adults engaging in environmental education
- Macro Imagery: close-up or macro images that reveal the splendor of the natural world

Enter our photo contest through Flickr™, an online photo-sharing website.

We will select up to five finalists in each category, post them on our website and invite the public to vote on category winners. Celebrated nature photographer Art Wolfe will select the grand prize winner from the group of finalists.

Last year was one of our strongest contests to date, and we have no doubt that this year we be even better.

The categories in the Digital Camera Photographer of the Year 2011 competition are:
Action & Movement
Creative Licence
Documentary
Family & Friendshop
Fashion
Garden & Plants
Landscapes
Portraits
Travel
Wildlife

This is the ultimate photo opportunity to inspire and be inspired. Explore your creative directions, pitch yourself against the best in your field, and boost your career in photography.

There are some very attractive Canon prizes to be won including the unique opportunity to spend three days gaining invaluable experience with three of New Zealand’s most prominent photographers.

Your submission will need to include:

* A selection of four original photographic images of professional quality created after 01/01/2011.
* Explain in 500-1000 words what your brief for your portfolio was, and what, and who inspires you as an emerging photographer.
* Confirmation of eligibility from your photography institute or current photographic employer by way of entry application form.

CATCH THE JUDGE’S EYE

Entrants will be judged on demonstration of your ability as a photographer to think laterally. Creativity, originality, print quality and technical expertise will all form part of the judging criteria.

The 2011 Pixum  monthly photo competitions will have the following themes:

* March: Plants & Flowers
* April: Babies & Children
* May: Citylife
* June: Architecture
* July: Sports
* August: SummerZoom 2011
* September: SummerZoom 2011
* October: Animals
* November: Autumn
* December: Black & White

All Photo of the day winning images are automatically entered in the Photo of the month contest. One of our 8 categories is a Theme that is selected by the membership via our monthly survey.The theme for February is Valentine: Love, however you picture it (No digital art)

The Digital Image Cafe has quickly become a favorite place to showcase all types of digital imaging and is one of the largest online photography communities where you may enter contests, win prizes, receive critiques, make friends and grow!

Contest Categories:

Still Life/Other
Still Life is the type of work in which an arrangement of diverse inanimate objects, including items of food, plants and artifacts is depicted. This arrangement is often apparently random and is usually within a domestic setting. A “Still Life” is an arrangement of anything that does not move or is dead. Anything still living is not a “Still Life”.

Other Photography is an entry that does not appear to fit in any other category.

Scenic
Scenic Photography is Landscapes, Cityscapes, Seascapes and Skies. Broad or wide-angle views in which the main subject is the environment. Architecture is best suited, but not limited to this category.

People
People Photography contains people or a person. Can be Portraiture, Journalism or Candid, as long as there is a person or persons presented.

Digital Art
Digital Art, contemporary art in which computer technology is used in a wide variety of ways to make distinctive works. All components of the entry must be the entrants own photography and/or artwork. No base photography is required for Digital Art. Public Domain imagery is NOT allowed.

For entries in the Digital Art (DA) category, the image MUST be your own creation but may also contain elements of which you own the rights. However, these elements should not comprise the entire image. Elements that are considered Public Domain are not allowed in whole or part in any category. For filters and elements that are supplied with software, consult that software manufacturer’s End User License Agreement (EULA).

Macro/Abstract
Macro photography refers to close-up photography. Entries should be 1:1 or larger but not required. General “Close-up” photography will suit this category. Subject matter is not limited to anything in particular. You need not specifically use your Macro feature.

Abstract photography is having only basic or essential form with little or no pictorial representation or narrative content. Generally, if it is immediately recognizable as an object – it is not always considered an abstract. Abstract in this category refers to the abstract quality of the photograph composition, not the abstract quality of the subject matter.

Black & White
Black & White Photography depicts any subject matter in a grayscale, sepia or monotone manner.

Animal
Animal Photography depicts Animals and Insects.

Theme
Rules and guidelines will be outlined within a week of the 1st of every month.

Panos
Panos can be submitted in any category, provided they fit the category content.