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Hi Everyone, thank you for submitting your images to our Street Photography competition in September.We asked Rob - our street photography tutor for help with judging the competition and Rob awarded the winning shot to Jane Atkins - CONGRATS!!!We struggled with the second place as we really liked pics form Daniela, Alan, Paco, Martine, Etsuko - good light, clever, nice composition, but in the end second place went to Maggi Marmion for the "Street Beat" – congrats! Jane will...

Hi Everyone, thank you for submitting your images to our Best Summer/Holiday Pictures.The winning shot was awarded to Daniela Hladka - CONGRATS!!!We really liked both pics from Daniela and the silhouette effects, but more people voted for the pic no1. The second place goes to Chloe Townley for the unconventional 180 degrees yoga spin - congrats! Daniela will receive £50 and Chloe £25 in course gift vouchers.Please remember to send your pics for the Street Photography...

Hi Everyone! Wow, its September already! Four more months and we will be saying farewell to 2020... after all 2019 probably wasn't so bad ...? Ok, so I've been looking for a new theme for our competition, and by accident, I think I found a perfect one! Street Photography! Last Sunday I joined street photography workshop run by Rob and I loved it! You can read more about this on our website...

Hi Everyone, thank you for submitting your images to our Fruits, Veggies and Food Photography Competition To help us choose the winning image I've asked my colleague Ania Elias.Ania specialises in food, product and lifestyle photography. Please visit her website https://aniaelias.com and Instagram @ania_elias  to see some of her most "delicious" pictures!The winning shot was awarded to Jane Atkins - CONGRATS!!!Jane Atkins I took the photo in my living room, by the patio...

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...