At Sigma, our goal is to provide unsurpassed customer service. We’re here to serve your photography needs, and we can do it best if we know what it is that our customers want. How can we empower, engage, or inspire you? We’d love to know! Tell us a little more about you and your photography and enter to win a DP1s or DP2s.

Eligibility:The Promotion is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia.

Free to Enter

Prize: Two prize winners will be selected by random drawing. Prize 1 is a Sigma DP1s (ARV: $800.00). Prize 2 is a Sigma DP2s (ARV: $940.00).

Answer the question below and win prizes

How can we empower, engage or inspire you?

Deadline: 20th September 2010

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Celebrate Photography

Best Wishes to all the members and followers of photo contest information

August 19, 2010 World photography day is all about celebrating photography.

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Our One Year Anniversary is upon us and we’d like to celebrate by having the First Annual CapeCoral.com Summer Madness Photo Contest! Upload your favorite time in the sun to our website’s photo gallery.
Photos may include children, pets, entire famlies or singles that are having fun in the sun. Beginning Monday, Aug. 16th visitors to CapeCoral.com will have two weeks to vote for the image they believe best represents “Fun In The Sun”.

Eligibility: contest open only to residents of the 50 united states and the district of columbia (collectively, the “u.s.”) who are age 18 or older. if you are not a resident of the u.s.

Grand Prize: One (1) Grand Prize will be awarded; the Grand Prize winner will receive an Apple iPad (b) Second Place Prizes and Third Place Prizes will be announced at a future date.

Free to Enter

Copyright: By entering the Contest, you release CapeCoral.com, INC and the Participating Entities from any liability whatsoever, and waive any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Contest or delivery, misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional), whether under a theory of contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or other theory.

Starting August 1st your can upload your photos to the Summer Madness Gallery. The photo entry deadline is Monday, Aug.15th – allowing time for photos to be voted on throughout the following 2 weeks. The three top winning entries will be announced on Tuesday, August. 31.

Contest Website: http://www.capecoral.com

Together with our partners, the NGV Shop, Broadsheet is running a photography competition inspired by the lomography. We want you to capture stolen moments across the city, be it with your lomo or any other camera. Inspired by the iconic lomographic philosophy of spontaneity, close-ups, colour, and perhaps blurriness, we want you to sent us shots you’ve taken that fit with this concept. The charmed uniqueness of such images are what we love about shooting from the hip.

Send entries to win@broadsheet.com.au with Stolen Moments in the subject line. Alternatively, send hard copy images or CDs to Broadsheet Media, Level 2, 137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000. Include your name, contact details and the type of camera you used.

Winners will be awarded and exhibited at a party we’re throwing in September, and of course also displayed on Broadsheet.com.au

Eligibility: Worldwide

Free to Enter

First Prize: Lomo Diana F+ Camera with Flash and Instant Back.
Second Prize: $150 NGV Shop Gift Voucher.
Third Prize: Signed Copy of the Ron Mueck Catalogue.

Copyright: By submitting images to the Competition, each entrant confirms and warrants that:

a. they are the sole author of each entered image and that it is their original work;
b. they own the copyright and any other intellectual property rights of each image;
c. they have the permission of anyone pictured in the image (or, where the image shows any persons under 18, the consent of their parent/guardian) for the usage rights required by Broadsheet and will indemnify Broadsheet against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement;
d. they have not licensed or disposed of any rights in the image that would conflict with uses to be made by Broadsheet; and
e. they have received any necessary permissions from the owner(s) of buildings included in submitted images for the usage rights required by Broadsheet and will indemnify Broadsheet against any claims made by any third parties in respect of such infringement

Entries close August 20 at 6pm.

Contest Website: http://www.broadsheet.com.au/

Four outdoor-themed contests
(1) Summer Photo Contest: Members and public are invited to upload photos from their summer vacations and journeys in the sites photo-themed contest. Winners will be selected based on ratings of their photos as well as comments posted by members.
(2) I’ll eMeetYou Photo Contest: Share eMeetYou with the world in the I’ll eMeetYou photo contest. Contestants are asked to take a picture while holding a print-out of an eMeetYou sign in an outdoor setting.
(3) Karma Contest: It pays to do good deeds for others, and that’s why we’re launching a new contest where registered members can earn karma points for being active and engaging with other members of the site. Members earn points by commenting on other members’ walls, uploading photos and videos, inviting friends, and much more. Members with the greatest number of karma points at the end of the contest will be eligible to win prizes.
(4) Newly registered members between July and August are also eligible to win a house warming gift via random selection by the eMeetYou staff.

Entry Fee: None

Eligibility: 18+, Contestants must be a legal U.S. resident residing in the United States.

Prizes:
All prizes are provided from the site’s official sponsor, CASIO
Prizes are valued at $3000:

· 3 x G’zOne Brigade mobile phone ($419 retail)

· 3 x G-Shock Pathfinder PAW1300B-4V ($320 retail) or 2 sets of MSG 300 ($160 x 2 retail)

· 3 x Casio Exilim G-1 Digital Camera ( $ 199 retail)

· 3 x G-Shock G7900-1 watch ($99 retail) or G-Shock Mini GMN50 ($79 retail)

Copyright information: eMeetYou grants contestants the right to upload pictures on the server that will then be visible to and accessible by the public. Contestants confirm and promise that the pictures are original and do not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party. Contestants will be responsible for obtaining all consents necessary of any persons featured in any pictures for eMeetYou to use the picture for a purpose contemplated by the Photo Contest Rules. eMeetYou is not responsible for and makes no warranties, express or implied, as to any pictures uploaded by contestants. In addition, eMeetYou is not responsible for any damage, injury, or loss arising from the pictures uploaded by contestants. You grant eMeetYou non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable license to use any content uploaded.

Start Date: July 1. 2010
End Date: August 31, 2010

Contest website: http://emeetyou.com/outdoor/

Capture the fun, unscripted moments that inspire your summer shenanigans to win Joby products!

Prizes: 5 winners will receive up to $100 worth of Joby product

Free to Enter

Limit: Maximum 3 entries per person

Copyright: By submitting my pictures and profile for public display on the Joby website, I am granting Joby the right to use my username, stories, and pictures to help tell the Joby story on its website and in marketing materials.

Deadline: All entries must be posted by August 15, 2010

Contest website: http://joby.com/

We live in an amazing world. But many of our planet’s treasures are being threatened – by climate change, over-development, pollution and other destructive human activities. From polar bears and tigers to whales and ocean coral; many of the things we cherish are endangered and disappearing.

Photography is one way to make sure our favorite things live on. We’d love to know what’s important to you. Send us your favorite images of nature, landscapes (urban or rural), wildlife, cultures or conservation to be entered in the My Favorite Things contest.

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to individuals who are at least 21 years of age or older. Residents of the United States embargoed countries are not eligible to participate and the Contest is void in these countries and where prohibited by law.

Free to Enter

Grand Prize (Value $14,000 USD)

• Tundra Buggy™ trip for 2 (November 11-16, 2010)
  (Includes round-trip airfare)
• Flip SlideHD™ video camera
  (with special Polar Bear graphics)
• Terraclime 100 camera bag
• Terraclime 50 camera pouch
• Lowepro TTO padfolio / laptop sleeve

Runner Up (2 awarded, value $840 USD)

• Flipside 500 AW Limited Edition Backpack
• Aperture 3.0 pro photography software
• Flip MinoHD™ video camera
  (with special Polar Bear graphics)
• Terraclime 100 camera bag
• Terraclime 50 camera pouch
• Lowepro TTO padfolio / laptop sleeve

Honorable Mention (7 awarded, value $150 USD)

• Terraclime 100 camera bag
• Terraclime 50 camera pouch
• Lowepro TTO padfolio / laptop sleeve

Copyright: By submitting an Entry, entrant hereby grants permission for the Entry to be posted on the Contest Site or other websites. Entrant agrees that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting of any Entry. Entrants agree that they will not use the Entry for any other purpose, including, without limitation, posting the Entry to any online social networks, without the express consent of Sponsors in each instance.

Entries accepted July 1 – August 31, 2010

Contest Website: http://www.lowepro.com/

WIN D5000

Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 is big. Big bugs, bigger aliens and even bigger battles. As part of a four-man team sent to seize control of a changing planet, the game pits man versus beast in spectacular fashion – with awe-inspiring vistas playing host to a range of spectacularly fearsome foe.

Remind yourself it’s only a game. Or is it? Capcom wants to find the best real-life photo which plays with perspective to create the illusion of size.

We’re looking for the best photo which plays with perspective, ones which marry a large depth of field with playful composition to create objects out of proportion. This type of photo can be captured with anything – a mobile phone camera, or top of the range SLR. We’re not after the perfect lighting or exposure, just a creative framing.

Free to Enter

Eligibility: Residents of the UK and Republic of Ireland / 18+

Copyright: Copyright in all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. Where an image is used, the photographer will be credited. Images will only be used by What Digital Camera or Capcom, in connection with the promotion of the competition, for a period of no more than one years. Photos may be selected to promote the competition in other media in respect of the launch of the game (ie celebrate the launch of Lost Planet 2 and enter your photos to the What Digital Camera.com competition). All images will be credited. What Digital Camera may choose to showcase the images in an exhibition, on the web site or magazines as a means of promoting the competition. All images will be credited

Deadline: 30th May 2010

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As landscape is the theme for April’s Photo Month we thought ‘Sunset’ was a rather apt theme for the competition.
No doubt you have a great sunset on your computer since your last holiday, maybe of some exotic location or down at the local beach.
It can be an urban sunset with buildings illuminated by the glow of the setting sun, a horizon with silhouettes of people/objects in the frame or one just showing the beauty of the setting sun. Anything goes, so long as it fits the theme of the competition ‘Sunset’.

Free to Enter

Prizes: GE Camera, Epson printesr, photoshop elements bd many more prizes….

Eligibility: UK

Copyright: All entrants agree that their name and images can be displayed and used in promotion for future competitions on ePHOTOzine. The winning entry may be used by the sponsor as a promotional image. The terms of this would be agreed with ePHOTOzine and the sponsor before the prize is announced. By entering the competition you have confirmed you have authorised this.

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8th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Our eighth photo contest brings a new opportunity for Smithsonian to see the world through your unique lens. After seven competitions, our editors have seen over 140,000 photographs from more than 90 countries around the world. What makes a photograph a Smithsonian winner? Technical quality, clarity and composition are all important, but so too is a flair for the unexpected and the ability to capture a picture-perfect moment.

Contestants can enter photographs in five categories—Altered Images, Americana, The Natural World, People and Travel—that represent subjects of special interest to the magazine. Fifty finalists will be selected, ten for each of the five categories. Smithsonian will notify the 50 finalists by February 28, 2011. From these 50 finalists, five category winners and a grand prize winner will be selected. The entries of all winners and finalists will be published on the magazine’s Web site on March 1, 2011. At that time, readers can vote online for one readers’ choice winner. The winning entries will be published in the print edition of Smithsonian magazine during summer 2011.

Category winners will be awarded $500. The readers’ choice winner will be awarded $500. The grand prize winner will receive a Smithsonian Journeys Grand Canyon Weekend Adventure for two, or the wholesale cash equivalent.

On a weekly basis beginning April 4, Smithsonian judges will post the best of the incoming entries in the Editors’ Picks portion of our Web site.

Prizes:

• Category winners will be awarded $500.
• Readers’ choice winner will be awarded $500.
• The grand prize winner will receive a four-day, three-night Smithsonian Journeys Grand Canyon Weekend Adventure for two, or the wholesale cash equivalent.

Who may enter:
Photographers 18 years old or older—except for individuals affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution, including employees, Regents, trustees, interns, volunteers, fellows, research associates and their immediate families (children, siblings and spouses) and others living in their households—are eligible. Smithsonian magazine will determine winners’ eligibility.

Entry deadline:
All entries must be received through the Smithsonian magazine website by 2pm Eastern Time on December 1, 2010.

Copyright: By entering the contest, entrants grant Smithsonian Institution a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or subsequently developed, for any Smithsonian Institution purpose, including, but not limited to advertising and promotion of the magazine and its Web site, exhibition, and commercial products, including but not limited to Smithsonian Institution publications. Photographs may appear on the Smithsonian Journeys Web site as well as in Journeys publications. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer credit. The Smithsonian Institution will not be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

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APPALACHIA

Appalachia! is a national, juried photography exhibition that welcomes artistic, personal, and documentary images of Appalachia. This exhibition serves to promote photographers from across the nation, amateur and professional, and will feature NEW work that provides the viewer with an appreciation of the spirit and rich culture of Appalachia, a region that spans 13 states and diverse landscapes. Work that incorporates any photographic process is eligible for submission. participating photographers do not need to reside in any of the 420 counties in the 13 Appalachian states, but the subject matter must be of the region. Applicants can check the following website for a map of the Appalachian Region: www.arc.gov/index.do

New work is defined as photographic work thathas never been published nor exhibited. Submitted work must be of a minimum print size of 11”X 11” with no restrictions on maximum size. AppAlAchiA! is sponsored by The Dairy Barn Arts center with additional support provided by generous individuals, businesses, and organizations. Monetary awards will include, but are not limited to Best of Show and people’s choice Award(s).

Prize Details: 2 day workshop in photography and Photoshop at Hampton Court House and your best photograph printed and framed on archival ink jet paper. Value £300

Eligibility: Must be 18 years and older living in UK

Entry Fee: $35

Copyright – Information not available

Deadline 15 may 2010

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CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of the Year is an international showcase for the very best in environmental photography, honouring amateur and professional photographers who use their ability to raise awareness of environmental and social issues. With 2,500 entries received from 61 countries in 2009, EPOTY is now one of the fastest growing photographic competitions in the world. We would like to thank Mott MacDonald for their invaluable support.

ELIGIBILITYThe exhibition is open to all professional and amateur, national and international photographers of all ages working with digital and film photography. However, you must ensure that the image quality meets the competition’s criteria as stated below.

CATEGORIES
There will be a winner for each category, with one overall winner who will become the Environmental Photographer of the Year. Each picture must be assigned to only one of the categories below but you may enter more than one picture into a category. There is a maximum of seven images per entrant.

• Mott MacDonald’s Changing Climates
• Innovation in the Environment (New Category for 2010)
• The Natural World
• The Underwater World (New Category for 2010)
• Quality of Life
• A View From the Western World (New Category for 2010)
• CIWEM’s Young Environmental Photographer of the Year
• Young Environmental Photographer of the Year – Under 16
• Young Environmental Photographer of the Year – Under 21

REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ENTER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR COMPETITION

• Receive international recognition as the Environmental Photographer of the Year
• Receive a share of the £3,500 prize fund
• Receive excellent media coverage in international print and online publications
• Have your winning work take part in a roving exhibition throughout the year
• Earn money from sales of limited edition prints during launch exhibition, with your permission*
• 20 limited edition prints of each of the winning and runner up images will be sold. Photographers will be asked their permission for their prints to be sold, entering a contract to receive 50% of sales revenues. Photographers can refuse to enter this agreement when contacted by CIWEM. Price per print TBC.

DIMENSIONS

All entries should be jpegs over 2MB. Your image must be of good enough resolution that it can be printed at the minimum size of approximately A3 (or the equivalent ratio of your image), meaning we require an image to be at 300dpi.

Do not increase the file resolution to 300dpi after the photograph has been taken as this will result in a loss of quality.

Enter fee – None

Copyright: The photographer must be the sole author and owner of the copyright for all photos entered.Photographers retain the copyright of any image entered into the Environmental Photographer of the Year. CIWEM and the sponsors reserve the right to reproduce any entry free of charge in relation to the competition and exhibition. This includes the right to publish entries in articles, EPOTY book, calendar, posters, postcards or any other EPOTY promotional materials. We will ensure that all photographers receive full credit.

Deadline: 31st July 2010

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