Photo Challenge with Prizes!

Showcase your shooting skills for your chance to win in the Six Week Photo Challenge from Currys

I was contacted about this challenge the other day. I am all for photo challenges. I love them. Sometimes the ones that go on for a month or a year even find me lagging behind but i do love how it stretches me creatively. Which is why i am promoting this challenge that is being run by Currys. If you like the Curry’s facebook page you can go and check out some of the entrants. This week it is night time photography which can be so dramatic. What i do really like about this challenge, all the images below are ones from their facebook page. Is that there are shots on there from an iphone to a professional level camera. Go on try and tell the difference.

This is SO in line with my belief…you dont need a fancy pants camera to take a beautiful shot AND that the amazingness of these images is not because of the camera or phone used but because of the eye and the skill of the operator.

So anyway…the details are below. If you fancy joining in…go and give it a shot. Its a pretty good prize!

Electronics brand Currys is offering all photography enthusiasts the chance to win a Nikon Coolpix S6500 Red Compact Camera, worth £149.99 and a one Day Photography Course with an expert, worth £99.99 with their six week Photography challenge.

Currys are working in collaboration with six online photo takers, writers and experts and each week, for 6 weeks, there will be a new challenge for you to join set for you to show off your skills and creativity with a lens! Challenges include taking on motion capture, geometry, smoke, & night time photography – some tricky areas subjects.

 The winner of each challenge will be judged by the photographer that has set that challenge. There will be six overall winners; one per challenge and each winner will receive their fantastic prizes – including a new compact camera and attendance to a photography course to which they will be able to choose their own date and destination. The prize will include entry to the selected venue and tuition throughout the day

  • Challenge 1 – “Smoking Scenes” by David Nightingale, Chromasia –Closed
  • Challenge 2: “Geometry”, by Quintin Lake –  Closed
  • Challenge 3: “Movement & Motion” by Chris Gurton –Closed
  • Challenge 4: “Night Time Photography” by Ed Graham  –Closes 11th August 2013 (23:59)
  • Challenge 5: To be revealed – 12/08/2013
  • Challenge 6: To be revealed – 19/08/2013

 

Not only are the photographers setting the challenges but giving you some great hints and tips for getting the perfect picture from panning techniques and shutter speed to using a slow sync flash and Photoshop tricks.

 

To enter:

To join in the challenges with your own pictures visit the photo challenge page which has further information.

Good Luck!

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Years that are lived well…

I went to a funeral last friday of a friend, a guy i shared a house with when i first came here. I mentioned him in another post two weeks ago. The service was in their church in the wild, and very cold Yorkshire hills and we all, his friends and family, journeyed there from all over to honour and rejoice his life.

The words that stayed with me throughout the service were spoken in a prayer….’we are here to celebrate Rich, his life, of 40 years lived well’   There was never a truer statement of Rich. He was an active, happy, genuine and brave. He pursued his dreams with courage. He lived a full life.

I have been thinking over the past two days..’do i live well?’ Do i make the most of this life, this short amount of time. Do i value what matters most or do i place to much value on that which does not. Am i chasing my dreams or are they dormant, forgotten at the bottom of the sock drawer. Will i be able to look back at my life and say the same words?

I hope so.

One of my minor aims this year was to start to get some of our family images printed. I take thousands of photos and, as is the curse of the digital age, they sit, unseen on my computer hard drive and my goal was to change that and get some beautiful art work to hang in our house. I was inspired further to do this when I saw the order of service for Rich. He was a photographer of the great ‘film’ age and his beautiful images have been hung in galleries and shows in London, winning awards and moreover being actually SEEN and enjoyed by others.

So with that in mind, this week I am running a giveaway. I was approached recently by Hello Canvas and asked to review one of their products. They also agreed to donate a gift certificate for a 20×28 print to canvas. Just follow the instructions on the rafflecopter  app below.

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