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Photographer of the Year 2008 Competition: Results Round 1 - Open

For those of you who are not familiar with the term “Open”, it means a photo of any
subject can be entered. This was a contestants chance to show what they feel are
their best shots without the constraints of subjectmatter. And that most contestants
did, which made the quality of work presented very high.
 
The winner of this competition was Harjono Djoyobisono from Yogyakarta, Indonesia
with an image titled ” Djunaedi”. This image immediately stood out from the crowd due
to the high quality of the image, the natural pose of the subject and his traditional
appearance. Well done Harjono and enjoy spending your $75.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Seond place and a $40.00 Amazon Gift Certificate went to R.C. “Dick” Jenkins of
Niceville, Florida USA. Dick had a different sort of portrait but one that was
equally eyecatching titled “Great Egret In Mating Splendor”. Technically this image
is perfect, every grain of white is perfectly exposed, which can be difficult to
achieve. The pose is also very eyecatching and perfectly composed. 

Something completely different to the first two placings was Mario Abdilla from
Zurrieq, Malta with an image simply titled “Abstract”. The trails of smoke are
beautifully captured and digitally enhanced to give perfect symmetry. Mario wins a
$25.00 Amazon Gift Certificate.

Points are given to the top fifteen places in the competition. These points will go
toward the Photographer of the Year table. So anyone who has gained points from this
competition are well set toward the race for the title of Photographer of the Year
2008.

Top 15 Scores

1 Harjono Djoyobisono, Yogyakarta, INDONESIA………………….100 points
2 R.C. “Dick” Jenkins, Niceville, Florida USA………………….92 points
3 Mario Abdilla, Zurrieq, Malta,……………………………..84 points
4 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse the Netherlands……………………76 points
5 Marta Azevedo…………………………………………….68 points
6 Ivano Adversi, Bologna Italy……………………………….60 points
7 ANNA HERRINGTON, Grimentz, Switzerland………………………54 points
8 Stanzin Namgyal, Jammu and Kashmir, India……………………48 points
9 Andy Parris, Suffolk, England………………………………42 points
10 Samuel De Leon, Quezon City, Philippines……………………36 points
11 Russell L Hawkins………………………………………..30 points
12 Trent Brock, Inman, SC, USA……………………………….24 points
13 Belinda Buxton, Norwich Norfolk, England……………………18 points
14 Anand Kapadia, Gujrat, INDIA………………………………12 points
15 J.J. Guy Longtin, Renfrew, Ontario  Canada ………………….6 points

If your name appears above, Congratulations and best of luck in our upcoming
competitions. If you haven’t entered this first competition, don’t despair as there
is still four more to go with more prizes and still a good chance of winning the
overall prizes of a Western Digital My Book 2 Home Edition 1TerraBytes USB 2.0
Firewire & eSata External Hard Drive to store your digital images and an Epson Stylus
Photo RX685 5760X1440DPI 6.3CM LCD USB printer to print all those digital images for
display….

For every competition there are Amazon Gift Vouchers to be won. First prize is $75,
the second placed competitor gets $40 and third prize is $25.

For more information about the competition see
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/comp.html
 
For full rules and entry form please go to
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/competitionrules.html

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http://www.schoolofphotography.com/basic_photography_course.html

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Snow and ice were a prominent subject with this competition as you would expect from a theme such as this. In most of the images that achieved the top fifteen places, snow and ice was very prominent. However the winning image had that little bit extra.

The winner of this competition was Anna Herrington from London, England with her image titled “Cold Face”. It was a very well thought out image that immediately stood out from the bunch due to the subject matter and the way it was presented. Well done Anna and enjoy spending your $75.00 Amazon Gift Certificate and yuor copy of Cypics Photo Album.

Second place and a $40.00 Amazon Gift Certificate went to Raymond Widawski from Brussels, Belgium. Like Anna, Raymond is no stranger to our competitions and has also placed before. His Winter offering was simply titled “Cemetery” and aptly so, as that is what the image depicted. However very careful use of colour has made this image stand out.

A simple and graphic image has won third place for Tilly Meijer of the Netherlands with her simple study of a snow scene and tree. Tilly has won a $25.00 Amazon Gift Certificate. Spend well Tilly.

 

You can view the top three winning images at http://www.schoolofphotography.com/results2007.html

Points are given to the top fifteen places in the competition. These points will go toward the Photographer of the Year table. So anyone who has gained points from this competition are well set toward the race for the title of Photographer of the Year 2007.

1 Anna Herrington, London, UK………………………………..100 points
2 Raymond Widawski, Brussels, Belgium………………………….92 points
3 Tilly Meijer, Spijkenisse the Netherlands…………………….84 points
4 Miron Mikita, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland…………………..76 points
5 Andrea Dudasova, Svidnik, SLOVAKIA…………………………..68 points
6 Gerry Priest, St Andrews Fife Scotland……………………….60 points
7 Marsha Barritt, Upton, WY, USA………………………………54 points
8 Celeste McKenzie, Villieria, Pretoria, South Africa……………48 points
9 Kamila Decyk, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland……………………..42 points
10 Ben Simmonds, Wellington, Somerset, UK………………………36 points
11 Milos Hlinka, Ross Road, Killarney………………………….30 points
12 Naomie L. Slinn, Saskatoon,Sask. Canada……………………..24 points
13 Megan Stewart, Enid, Ok, USA……………………………….18 points
14 PRABIR KUMAR ROY, BARISHA, KOLKATA, INDIA……………………12 points
15 Andreas Budiwidjaja, Jakarta Indonesia……………………….6 points

If your name appears above, Congratulations and best of luck in our upcoming competitions. If you haven’t entered this first competition, don’t despair as there is still four more to go with more prizes and still a good chance of winning the overall prize of the Pentax K11D digital SLR camera.   

The standard expected of an image before it is even considered for our Student Gallery is quite high. This is why only a few new images are added each month. Therefore those images that do get chosen are really something special. The students who have taken these images should be very proud.

Diana by Angelika Demidova from the United Arab Emirates

Angelika is now working on her second photography course with us. She has completed our Basic Photography Course and is now working through our Digital Photography Course. This image titled Diana is an exceptional example of what can be done using good quality images, careful digital editing and a lot of imagination. Angelika had submitted this image as part of her 4th Project in the Digital Photography Course.
Watch Over Me by Marco Veneziani from West Sussex, England

The secret to the success of most good photographic images is lighting. You can have the composition just right and the technical aspects perfect in an image. But if the lighting doesn’t suit for whatever reason, it lets the whole image down.

This photo by Marco is a good example of how careful lighting can make the image stand out. The lighting has created a very warm and relaxing atmosphere to aid the story of this image of a girl safe and well with her teddybear to watch over her. Marco had submitted this image as part of his first Freelance Photography Project.

These images can be viewed at;
http://www.schoolofphotography.com/gallery/gallery12.html

School of Photography.com Newsflash
Basic Photography Course 2007 - major update due 1st March 2007
Our Basic Photography Course has been updated significantly and will be available from March 1st 2007. Earlier versions of this course were based on the film camera, with references to digital cameras which were not in widespread use at the time of writing. The new 2007 version has been expanded and is now based on Digital SLR cameras and digital media. Film and film cameras are still included in the course and many of the techniques shown are applicable to both digital and film cameras.

The updated course now has more lessons, images and diagrams, and more information then ever before. In fact this course is much more substantial and up to date than any other course of it’s kind found on the Internet.

Launch date of this new version of Basic Photography is 1st March 2007. Existing students have automatic access to the new course and should refresh their cache to view it. Please be aware there is many more new lessons in the new course. If you have bookmarked your current lesson please access the new course via the index page. The new course uses frames to display both module and lesson navigation allowing faster access to the section of the course you wish to study.

For those who have not yet availed of our Basic Photography Course, do so today by enrolling at http://www.schoolofphotography.com/fees/paypalcart.html and learn to Master the Art of Photography at Home.

Do you want to start shooting for our next competition “Movement”? Then have a look at our latest Infocus Phototips installment. Shoot blur, freeze movement, it is all here at http://www.schoolofphotography.com/if/infocus35.html