Win £1500 holiday
For our latest competition all you have to do is send us your Desert Island Pic 2009. That’s your favourite photo from 2009, the one you feel you couldn’t live without! The prize for the best photo is a holiday worth £1500, plus £100 credit to spend at PhotoBox. Hurry – deadline for entries is midnight 26th January.
2010 calendars
Brighten up your year ahead by treating yourself to a copy of our 2010 Competition Calendar. This readymade calendar is filled with impressive photos which were the winning entries from our competition in association with Digital SLR User and Photo Pro Magazine. Or do you bit for charity by purchasing a copy of the 2010 Charity Calendar to help the Telegraph Christmas Appeal.
Here are a few of our favourite things!
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See the winning photos from the 2009 International Travel Photographer of the Year awards, which will be exhibited at the Adventure Travel Live show. The best shots, chosen from a huge number of entries, will be on display at London’s Royal Horticultural Halls show from 29th -31st January. Visitors to the show can also vote for their favourite image from the exhibition and enjoy a chance to win an Intrepid Travel Wild China trip worth over £1000.
Raindrop refresher © András Mészáros
If you love wildlife photography and have a competitive spirit, enter the 2010 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Deadline for entries is 5th March and there’s a whopping £10,000 prize up for grabs. For all the inspiration you need, go along to the current exhibition of the 2009 entries on show at the Natural History Museum. That will put you on the right track and who knows, this time next year one of your photos could be included in the exhibition.
Twiggy, 1967 Ronald Traeger, ©Tessa Traeger
Twiggy was the world’s first supermodel and the most iconic face of the 60s. To celebrate her turning 60, the National Portrait Gallery is celebrating with a photography exhibition in her honour. Twiggy: A Life in Photographs showcases her incredible life in front of the camera, following her meteoric rise to fame right through to the present day. Exhibition ends 24th March 2010.
Casio has recently launched the world’s slimmest shock resistant digital camera, the Casio EX_G1. It’s ideal for everyone who likes to be adventurous or is accident prone, that’s because it’s waterproof, drop-proof and cold-proof. It’s just 20mm thick, boasts 12.1 megapixels, has a large monitor and looks pretty funky into the bargain! Expect to pay around £279.
Events and exhibitions you won't want to miss
Take a View
At the Take a View exhibition at the National Theatre in London you can see the shot that’s netted Emmanuel Coupe a £10,000 prize and the title of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2009. Alongside his winning shot there are also 100 of the other top photos chosen from thousands of entries. Together the images form an eye-catching exhibition and remind us of the true beauty of Britain. Exhibition ends 24th January.
Credit: John Parminter – Divided Glens, Buachaille Etive, Rannoch Moor, Scotland
Understanding colour is a fundamental part of photography, as it's one of the first things you notice when looking at an image. Master how best to use colour and you'll soon see an improvement in your pictures. Colour has a strong visual pull, so it makes sense to always use it to your advantage. For example, if the focal point of your picture is where the main source of colour is, the viewers' eyes will naturally be drawn to where you want them, adding strength to your image.
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Showing off shape
Back lighting is a great way to emphasis strong shapes and gives a really artistic feel to a photo.
Avoiding flare
Lens flare is a common problem when the sun is low in the sky. Avoid it affecting your photos by using a lens hood or simply using your hand to shield the sunlight.
Impressive patterns
A telephoto lens can help accentuate repeating patterns and it compresses what it sees giving greater impact to the pattern.
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