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Win the ultimate weekend for your mum
With Mother’s Day (22nd March) in mind, we’ve got a fantastic competition for you. As well as offering lots of great Mother’s Day gift ideas to buy, we thought it would be great to give you the chance to tell us why you think your mum is the Ultimate Mum.
The lucky winner gets to spoil their mum rotten with a prize that includes a spa day, hair makeover, house clean, celebratory meal by a top chef and much more. Give your mum the chance to enjoy the ultimate Mother’s Day to remember.
Win Celebrity Gala Night tickets
As sponsors of the Renaissance Exhibition we’re offering you the chance to win a pair of tickets to their Celebrity Gala Night worth £130, being held in London on 24th March. You’ll get to view all the shortlisted and winning competition entries, enjoy champagne and canapés, followed by an auction led by comedian David Mitchell, all designed to raise money for the Lavender Trust to help young people with breast cancer. To enter our competition, just drop us a quick email at editorial@photobox.co.uk before 18th March telling us why you want to go!
© Ashley Coombes
Here are a few of our favourite things!
Canon has revealed it will be launching its first waterproof camera at the end of April. The 12.1 million-pixel PowerShot D10, which will sell for around £379, is the perfect accompaniment for your next holiday. It’s ideal for taking swimming, snorkelling and skiing as it’s not only waterproof up to 10 metres, it also boasts built-in shock resistance in case you’re in the habit of dropping your camera. Other features include: 3.0 x zoom, Scene, Motion and Face Detection Technology, and a 2.5” easy view screen.
If you want to encourage your little one to become a budding photographer, treat them to the new Kidizoom camera from VTech. It lets kids take their own photos, make movies and even play games. Its durable design and big buttons mean it's ideal for kids and they’ll love the fun photo-editing options, proving photography really can be childsplay. In fact the only thing you might need to be concerned about is your little one’s photos outshining yours!
Anne-Kathrin by Rankin!
Legendary photographer Rankin, famous for photographing Kate Moss, The Queen, Tony Blair and many more famous faces, is preparing for his next big project and this time he wants you! That’s right Rankin’s going to photograph 1000 Brits, taking just 15 minutes for each portrait from shooting to printing & displaying them. Portraits cost just £50 each with all the profits going to Oxfam. The event takes place as part of the Rankin Live! exhibition at London’s Truman Brewery in August. For your chance to be snapped by the great man himself, email rankinlive@rankin.co.uk with a photo of yourself and tell him why you’re worthy. Good luck!
This new photographic book from the National Geographic Society, titled simply Mothers & Children, is exactly as the name suggests. It’s packed full of poignant, moving and ahh-factor moments of mums with their children. Whether you just enjoy this book for the beautiful thing it is, or use it as inspiration for your own family photos, it’s bound to become a firm favourite.
Events and exhibitions you won’t want to miss
This month’s must see event
Marc Riboud famously said, ‘Rather than a profession, photography has always been a passion for me, a passion closer to an obsession.’ This great love of photography is obvious through his powerful composition and the instinctive way he manages to capture fleeting moments of everyday life and turn them into works of art. In 1954 the Frenchman spent a month in Leeds documenting local life for Picture Post magazine. These images, along with more recent photographs from his 2004 return trip, make up the exhibition ‘A Lasting Moment’, currently showing at Leeds City Museum until 28th June. Admission to the exhibition is just £2, making it a real feast for the eyes without punishing your pocket. Make the most of it!
© Marc Riboud
At PhotoBox we know how important your photos are to you. That’s why we’ve put together our favourite photo tips and tricks to help you become a better photographer. Forget about relying on lady luck, or wasting your precious time wading through and deleting disappointing pictures, we’ll help you get it right first time. Making it easier to print your favourite photos and share the highlights of your life online.
So whether you’re going to be out & about photographing weddings, your kids and pets, enjoying family days out, or you latest holiday, follow our advice for fantastic photos to be proud of.
Issue 1: Featured photographer – Annabel Williams
Issue 2: Featured photographer – Clive Nichols
Issue 3: Featured photographer – Karen Parker
Issue 4: Featured photographer – Helena Smith
Issue 5: Featured photographer – Brett Harkness
Issue 6: Featured photographer – Jason de Caires Taylor
Issue 7: Featured photographer – Sarah Wright
Issue 8: Featured photographer – Neil Bygrave
Issue 9: Featured photographer – Adam Lawrence
Issue 10: Featured photographer – Barry Wakelin
Issue 11: Featured photographer – Brian Harte
Issue 12: Featured photographer – Michael Molloy
Issue 13: Featured photographer – Jason Hawkes
Issue 14: Featured photographer – Gavin Gough
Issue 15: Featured photographer – James Cant
Issue 16: Featured photographer – Rachel Whiting
Issue 17: Featured photographer – Julia Conway
Issue 18: Featured photographer – Nick Clark
Issue 19: Featured photographer – Eric Richmond
Natural personality
Capture people doing what they love, it’s a great way to put them at ease in a photo and give a feel for their personality.
Boost the texture
If your photo is more about texture than colour, try converting it to black & white to give added emphasis to the texture.
Get up close
Children’s young skin can handle even the closest of close up shots. In fact, it’s often the case with kids of the closer you get the more impact your photos will have.
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Photo books are the 21st Century version of photo albums: your pics printed on gorgeous paper with your chosen captions, bound into a proper book.
Candis
At PhotoBox you can put your photos on anything from etched glass and mousemats to T-shirts, jigsaws and coasters.
GMTV
PhotoBox not only safely stores your snaps online – it also offers a variety of photo products.
Stuff magazine
One good site to use is PhotoBox, which allows you to upload digital pictures and order prints and gifts.
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