PHOTO COMPETITIONS

2011 National Geographic Photo Contest

  Competition organised by National Geographic Magazine, judgment will be made by National Geographic Photographers Tim Laman,Amy Toensing and Peter Essick .
Entry Fee is USD 15



Categories:People,Places,Nature
Prizes: A Grand Prize of USD10,000 and a trip to NG headquarters in Washington DC, USA

for more details log on to http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/

Deadline: 30 November 2011


Michael the Maven's 2011 Photo Contest

       Open to all photographers irrespective of amateur or professional


        Main Categories:-

        Portraits -
        Landscape-
        Sports-
        Animals-
       Abstract / Textures-      
       Macro-


Prizes per Category:

1st Place - $1000 CASH!! (Or Bhphoto.com Gift Card in restricted areas)
2nd Place - $300 Coupon to Michael's Online Store -
3rd Place - Photography Business Crash Course DVD Set
(a $250 Value)
4th Place- $150 Coupon For Michael's - Canon Training Download Video Store
5th Place- Think Tank Digital Holster (Thank you to Think Tank for Sponsoring!) - ($60 Value)
6th Place- TBD - $50 Value
7th Place- Custom Michael The Maven 16GB Bamboo Thumb Drive
8th Place- Angelina Hills Matted Print (Her Work is outstanding, I have it hanging in my own home.)
9th Place- Ocean Waves Relaxation DVD by Heath Snow
10th Place- TBD $15 Value
Honorable Mentions (2) - No Prize

All Winners will receive a PDF Certificate of their Achievement
website : http://www.michaelthemaven.com
 Deadline :16 December 2011



Street Photography Contest


   Silicon Beach Training's Street Photography contest is open to all photographers over the age of 18. Eric Kim will be judged the competition


         Categories: Environment,Miscellaneous,Mono,Places and Street

Street Photography Competition PRIZE

The lucky winner will get their hands on Perfect Photo Suite 6 courtesy of onOne Software.
onOne Software, a leading developer of innovative, timesaving solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, have announced Perfect Photo Suite 6 along with new products Perfect Effects, Perfect Portrait, Perfect Mask, and an update to Perfect Layers. All products in the Perfect Photo Suite 6 now work as standalone applications in addition to working directly from within Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop. If you wish to brush up on your Photoshop skills we offer a range of Adobe Photoshop Courses as well as Lightroom Training.
This additional functionality means that the Suite can be used directly within Lightroom and Aperture without the need for a separate host application as was previously required. Perfect Photo Suite 6 will continue to include full support for Photoshop CS5 and CS4 with many of the products now functioning as Smart Filters.