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Hi Everyone! Hope you are all well, and despite the situation somehow managing... Ok, so August 1st marks another photo competition. Traditionally August/September was reserved for Summer Holidays pictures ... This year is going to be a difficult one for many, probably no holidays abroad, no tropics, no exotic places... but there are so many amazing places in the UK! So the theme will be "Your Best Summer / Holiday Pictures". We are going to be very relaxed about it. So these could be your...

Hi Everyone, a HUGE thank you for submitting your images to our Flower Photography Competition Wow! We've received 104 entries!!! It was really hard to choose a winner - especially from so many fantastic pictures and beautiful flowers. After all the debating the winning shot was awarded to Phil Smith for Pasque Flower. Congratulations! But we appreciate all the effort and would like to reward 9 other participants, and they all will receive £25 gift vouchers. Our next theme (July 2020)...

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all well. Last completion (June) was a huge surprise for me, but in a positive way. As Flower & Nature theme was the most popular of all time!!! To keep the spirits high and all these beautiful entries coming, let's try nature again - but with a little twist. This time - July 2020 - let's go for "Fruits, Veggies and Food Photography". If you don't grow any veggies, don't have a garden or an allotment - don't worry - you can still produce amazing images. Just...

Hi Everyone, a big thank you for submitting your pictures to our Portrait Photography CompetitionThe winning shot was awarded to Kevin Byrne - Congratulations!Our next theme is Nature and Flower Photographyhttps://www.dslrphotographycourses.com/competitions/photography-competition-nature-flowers-2020-06Kevin Byrne - "Headlights"Camera used - Fujifilm XT-2, with a 56mm 1.2 lens. My ISO was 1250, the aperture was wide open at F/1.2, and the shutter speed 1/100s. The only...

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all well. The beginning of the month brings our new photo competition. With the restrictions being lifted off gradually, we can now spend even more time outdoors, and finally meet with friends and family members :) Nature looks so beautiful with flowers in full bloom, so we thought that this would be a perfect theme for June - "Nature and Flower Photography". For a bit of inspiration please take a look at our dedicated Pinterest board or visit Roland's new...

Hi Everyone, a big thank you for submitting your pictures to our Night Photography CompetitionThe winning shot was awarded to David Seale - Congratulations!And I am really sorry for posting the results so late...I got overwhelmed by all the problems associated with the Coronavirus outbreak. I had to postpone over 60 courses, email all the customers individually, come up with an interactive online version of our beginner classes while getting into terms with self-isolation... My...

Hi Everyone! Hope you are all well. I was thinking a lot of what could be a good subject for the next competition, in these hard and challenging times... Coronavirus forced us all to stay at home, so my first ideas were closely related to domestic items we all have... or our pets, or nature, but not everyone has a dog or a cat, or access to a garden... the Government strict social distancing measures mean that we can only leave our homes to buy food or to exercise once a day. So I asked...

Hi Everyone! We are finally back after a Christmas break, and already in 2020!We hope 2019 was a good year for everyone, and let's make 2020 even better photographically :)For our January/February competition, I suggested "Night & Light Photography" theme.January and February are not the warmest, but it gets dark very early, like today, the sunset is at 4:23pm, so if you don't want to wander on your own at night, you can start taking pictures as early as 5-6pm.Or even earlier....

Hi Everyone, a big thank you for submitting your pictures to our November Rain Photo CompetitionThe winning shot was awarded to Gina Holt - Congratulations!Selected pictures from all submitted - in no particular order:Blanca GarranchanDaniela HladkaJessica BroadbentKaren NealPaco SanzRenu KumarSteve MarshallKaren BrickleySarah WrightCongratulations to all who submitted their entries!It is really important to go...