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Thursday 03rd November 2011The Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition: If You're Not in it, You Can't Win it

You may notice some kind of blog theme…maybe relating to photography competitions, but all that we can say is, the more opportunities available to people, the better, so if you didn't previously know about the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, but would have entered if you did, our work here is done.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year award is sponsored by Veolia Environment and hosted by the Natural History Museum in London, and the BBC Wildlife Magazine.

Entries for the 2012 competition start on the 5th December so that leaves a month for you to get out there, capturing some amazing wildlife shots, if you would like to be in with a chance of winning. The closing date for entries is the 23rd Feburary 2012.

This international competition is well renowned, and photographers throughout the world aspire to be included in the award. While there is a dominance of professional photographers, it's not unheard of for amateurs to also succeed. Making this a serious case of; if you don't try…

Each year tens of thousands of photographers enter the competition, and are judged by an international panel of photography experts. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year was established as an award in 1965, back when the BBC Wildlife magazine was just known as Animal, and there were a great deal fewer photographers on the scene. The competition really took offing the 1980's, when in 1984 the BBC Wildlife Magazine joined forces with the Natural History Museum to make the award what it is today.

Let's take a look at some of the winners of the 2011 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition:

2011 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Winner: Daniel Beltrá, Still life in Oil.

2011 Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife - Winner: Peter Chadwick,Taking off.

2011 Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife - Runner-up: Cyril Ruoso, Tiny warm-up.

2011 Eric Hosking Award - Winner: Bence Máté,Workers' Reflections.

2011 Wildlife Photojournalist of the Year - Winner: Daniel Beltrá, Beneath the Surface.

Posted on November 03rd 2011 on 11:26am
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Wednesday 02nd November 2011Why Not Enter the Landscape Photographer of the Year Competition?

As a happy consequence of working with websites for artists and photographers on a daily basis, we get to see a lot of great artworks and photographs. Some we think, may even be potential future competition winners, which is why we thought to bring the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year awards to your attention!

The winner for 2011 of the Landscape Photographer of the Year has already been announced, so you now have the time to get ready for sending in entries for the 2012 competition. There were some absolutely fabulous pictures entered in 2011, and no doubt choosing a winner was an incredibly difficult task.

As well as having the honour of winning such a competition, there are other bonus' to help spur you on, such as a £10,000 prize fund, and the chance to have your photographs published in the Sunday Times Magazine, and also in a book dedicated to the competition.

There are actually two classes within the competition; Landscape Photographer of the Year and the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year for entrants who are aged 16 or under, so anyone of any age, and any ability can enter with a chance to suceed.

Here's a quick look at some of the finalists, and the work of the 2011 winner, Robert Fulton: