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Time to get busy – TPOTY 2013 opens for entries!

Posted by tpoty on April 17, 2013
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Shot by Sue Flood

Sue Flood, TPOTY 2012

After weeks of sleepless nights and endless website testing, the TPOTY team can sit back and relax a little today, as the 2013 awards are now open for entry. You have until October 1st to submit your images or short film to us, and we can’t wait to see how you interpret the category briefs this year.

The prizes are as great as ever – this year’s Cutty Sark Award for the overall winner combines £5,000 in cash with a covetable whisky collection and a unique, personalised surfboard!  Across various categories you’ll find a fantastic range of Fujifilm cameras to be won, including the X-Pro1, X100S, X20, HS50EXR and XP60, and we’d like to welcome two new travel sponsors this year: cazenove + loyd is offering an Inspired Journey in Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains and the walled city of Marrakech to the winner of the One Shot category – theme ‘Extraordinary’. And the winner of Monochromal, our first-ever black & white image portfolio category, will go to ‘Ansel Adams country’ – the Northern California Triangle – with a trip organised by the Yosemite/Mariposa Co. Tourism Bureau.

Genesis Imaging and the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) are offering beautiful prints as prizes again this year, while Plastic Sandwich (who have supported us since the awards began in 2003) have their gorgeous leather portfolios or iFolios for four of our prizewinners. And there’s tuition from Photo Iconic to be won – including a very special day with Eamonn McCabe.

If you’re a young photographer, check out the Young TPOTY prizes this year – and start thinking about how you’ll capture this Crowded Planet in images.

2013 is TPOTY’s 10th birthday, and we’ll have some surprises in store for you this year, so watch this space for news in the coming weeks! But in the meantime, check out the categories and prizes for TPOTY 2013 and start planning your entry!

We’re feeling festive – so here’s a prize!

Posted by tpoty on April 16, 2013
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untitledWe’re definitely feeling in a celebratory mood here at TPOTY Towers, with the 2013 awards due to be launched tomorrow. To mark the occasion, we have a Festival fun pack of goodies from Cutty Sark for one lucky reader to win.

The prize consists of a folding camping chair – just the thing for sitting on while you wait for the perfect sunrise to photograph – a hoodie and a beanie hat to keep you toasty if that sunrise isn’t as warming as you’d expected – plus some other Cutty Sark bits and pieces that we think you’ll enjoy. And, of course, if you are off photographing festivals this year, this prize could come in rather handy!

For your chance to win the Festival fun pack, just email ask@tpoty.com and let us know the festival you would most like to photograph one day (or the best one you’ve photographed so far), and why it’s so special. The winner will be chosen on May 16th.  Good luck!

How to catch a judge’s eye…

Posted by tpoty on April 16, 2013
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This image by Jan Schlegel was one of the prizewinners in TPOTY 2012

This image by Jan Schlegel was one of the prizewinners in TPOTY 2012

TPOTY  judge Colin Finlay is always one of the people that visitors to Travel Photography Live! want to speak to. With his background in imaging and in photography competitions, he has a huge amount of expertise, and his presentations and imaging critique sessions at the the event always sell out. Here, in the first of a series of interviews with him, we ask some of those all-important questions about entering competitions.

 
Tell us about your background in photography competitions
I used to run the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for the joint owners, the Natural History Museum and BBC. WPY is one of the longest established and most prestigious photo competitions in the world, attracting a huge number of entries from professional and amateur photographers around the world. I have been involved with Travel Photographer of the Year almost since the beginning of the competition and am often asked to work with other competitions such as the London Festival of Photography, the Terry O’Neill Award, The Google Photography Prize and The Panda Awards.

Why do people enter competitions?
Well, people should enter competitions for fun and for the opportunity for their work to be seen by influential people in the world of photography. However, usually the more prestigious the competition, the more people want to win, as winning a significant competition can have life-changing consequences. The downside of this is that “winning” takes over from “enjoyment” and in some cases leads people to try and bend the rules of a competition to increase their chances. Fortunately, the vast majority of people who enter competitions do so perfectly honestly but the very few who do try to win by subterfuge emphasizes the need for experienced judges who are more likely to detect something awry.

What should people consider when deciding which competitions to enter?
See who the judges are. Do you want your work to be seen by these people? Good competitions attract good judges who know how to fairly and objectively judge photo competitions. I get asked to judge many competitions but decline more than I accept. For example, in 2012, I only did three – Travel Photographer of the Year, the London Festival of Photography and The Google Photography Prize. I will only lend my name to bona fide competitions where photographers are treated equitably and whose organisers deliver on what they promise. The other benefit to anyone who enters a competition is that experienced judges have seen hundreds of thousands of images over the years and so can quickly spot something original and interesting. Judges with little experience tend to get excited about images that may be mundane to more experienced judges. So even if you do well in a competition with less experienced judges, it is a bit of a hollow victory as it is unlikely to advance your career.

Should they double check about copyright?
Absolutely. It is reasonable to allow the organisers to use winning images in the context of publicising the competition to potential entrants and sponsors, but that is as far as it should go. Too many competitions are set up to give a free source of imagery to the organisers and sponsors. So always be wary of competitions organised by travel companies, hotel chains, magazines, institutions, etc. And don’t get fooled by big name sponsors. They don’t necessarily mean to mislead, but often simply do not understand the implications of copyright. Photographers should always retain copyright to their images. I will only judge competitions where the photographers’ copyright is protected by the organisers.

Once someone has decided to enter a competition, what are the most important things they need to remember?
Always read the rules. So many good images get thrown out of competitions on technicalities. Do not assume that because one competition has a certain set of rules then others will be the same. Do not assume that because you have entered a competition one year that the rules will be exactly the same the following year. They may not be. Good competitions evolve. If in doubt, contact the organisers well in advance of the closing date to seek clarification, but never argue with organisers about rules, They are not going to change tham just because you don’t like them!

In major competitions, technical excellence is more or less taken for granted, so concentrate on originality. By knowing who the judges are and doing a bit of research, you can get a fairly good idea of what they individually like to see and the style that interests them. For example, some judges prefer a documentary style, others more conceptual imagery, others great portraits.

How can entrants do their best to make sure their images are what the judges want to see?
Assuming that you have read the rules and that you have entered your images in the right category, enter images that are original, creative and will stand out from the crowd. Bear in mind that the most difficult part of the competition is getting through the first round, especially if it is judged online, as judges will literally look at your images for just a few seconds. Judges will spend more time considering each image in each subsequent round and are more likely to pick up on the subtleties.

Is it a good idea to check previous winning images in a contest and submit shots like that – after all, the judges clearly liked them before?
This never works! First of all, it may not be the same set of judges, but even if it is, judges have a low boredom threshold and rarely go for the same thing twice. If you look back over several years of well established competitions, you will invariably see a great variety of successful images. Indeed, if you do not, then it shows that the competition is moribund and not going anywhere. After all, photo competitions should advance the art of photography and communicate changing tastes and styles to a wider audience.

Would you advise somebody to submit lots and lots of images, or to edit carefully?
It is often said that photographers are the worst people to edit their own images and this is generally true. The photographer has an emotional attachment to an image and therefore can not be objective in a way that a judge can be. It may have been an emotional moment when you took your first picture of a whale or a sunset, but never forget that in all probability many other photographers would have been to the same place before and taken a similar shot. Of course, you may think that your shot is better, but that is for the judges to decide. If you look at the best professional photographers, they tend to only enter very few images in to competitions, rather than enter the maximum number the rules permit. From a judging point of view, there is nothing worse than seeing similar images in a competition. It is a waste of everyone’s time and does not increase the photographer’s chance of winning. Another important point to remember is that usually new and fresh images do better than older ones in competitions. Great images can suffer from over exposure. It is a bit like getting fed up with a song that is repeatedly played on the radio. Just because your image has been on the front cover of a magazine doesn’t mean that it will necessarily win a photo competition!

A chance to learn from the experts…

Posted by tpoty on March 14, 2013
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Photography courses are like buses. You wait for ages for a good one to come along, then two come along at once. Award-winning photojournalist, author and documentary maker Nick Danziger and best-selling author Rory MacLean are running a creative workshop in Monaco this April 15th-19th, while 2010 Travel Photographer of the Year New Talent award winner Eric Kruszewski is leading a photography tour in Morocco in May. Continue Reading

The image behind the image

Posted by tpoty on January 15, 2013
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Anka Sliwa’s image of a man walking past Ben Slow‘s striking wall painting ‘Screaming Faces’ in London’s Hanbury Street was a worthy winner of our First Shot category in TPOTY 2012. But what’s the story of this particular piece of street art? The artist puts us in the picture…

With my latest street piece, I returned to the wall on Hanbury street which I first painted around this time back in 2010. That piece was one of the first ‘proper’ street pieces I ever painted. It was of a Bengali mother and child and was chosen to relate to the local Bengali community who thankfully embraced the piece. I felt that with this next piece, I wanted to challenge people (and myself) a little more.

This time I wanted to deal with something at the complete opposite end of the spectrum but still very much related to the local community. I had a very clear idea of what this piece was meant to represent when I started it, and to be honest, I thought it would be very obvious from the outset. However, I was shocked (and also delighted) with the variety of responses and reactions I received.

My idea behind the painting was to show two characters as different sides of the same evil. On the left you have a portrait of a member of the EDL (The English Defence League) and on the other, that of an Islamic extremist. I have been very interested by such characters for a while. As a portrait painter I found them interesting in terms of the expressions and shapes, but as a human being, I always struggle with the stories behind such portraits and the fact that they are captured out of such hatred and contempt for another human being.

My point is simply that these two people represent the same thing – that of intolerance, racism and hatred. A very unfortunate but very real side of society that has become far too apparent of late. They see those who do not conform to their views as the enemy, and they preach hatred. They project themselves as different from the other but to the majority of people they represent the exact same thing.

I thought I would have trouble getting this painting done. I think it would be fair to say that I
under-estimated the tolerance of people. Except for a couple of snide comments, I received nothing but positive responses. The majority of people completely understood what I was trying to say and backed what I was doing. Most people, whatever ethnicity or nationality they may be, have no time for the types of people I was painting and I cannot tell you how happy it made me to hear this. The beautiful thing is that that these extreme individuals are a minority and long may it stay that way!

As with the majority of my street work now, it is important for me to say something with what I am painting, be that representing someone I admire or appreciate, or in this case highlighting a particular point. As much as I am a painter, I am also a massive fan of street art, but I feel that not enough artists are using their privileged platform to full effect. I am all for stuff that looks great and is aesthetically pleasing, but for me it is also important to say something once in a while, get people thinking rather than simply admiring the beauty of something.

Other examples of Ben’s work appear below, and you can see even more – and learn more about this artist – at  www.slowbenart.com

ImageC.A.L.M. is a charity set up to help tackle the issue of suicide amongst men in the UK.
The campaign against living miserably (CALM) was set up to help reduce the high suicide rate amongst men under 35, currently the single biggest killer of young men in the UK.
Men are three times more at risk of suicide than young women – in 2010 75% of suicides were men. But while smoking and knife crime make the headlines, suicide is the biggest killer. I was instantly attracted to the charity due to my own issues with mental health and I am very keen to do whatever I can to help highlight the issue of mental health.Here you have the very honest, dead eyes juxtaposed with the inner pain. Here it is physically expressed, though unfortunately most people do not feel comfortable enough to express such feelings. It is mostly kept pent up inside. If it comes out at all then it is in private.

ImageRuth First was a journalist, academic and a gifted and dedicated political activist. She authored several books including “117 days,” the account of her imprisonment under apartheid’s 90 day law, and “The Barrel of a Gun,” her book about coups in Africa. She also edited a number of books, including Nelson Mandela’s “No Easy Walk to Freedom.” She was married to Joe Slovo who became the Housing Minister in Mandela’s government. On 17 August 1982, Ruth First was murdered by order of Craig Williamson, a major in the South African Police, when she opened a letter bomb made by Jerry Raven and sent to her university. The Truth and Reconciliation Committee granted amnesty to both Williamson and Raven. I painted this large mural of Ruth First in Nomzamo Park informal settlement in Orlando East, Soweto. Starting on National Heritage day, the 12 foot tall painting was completed in five days using ink and brush and spray paint. 

Gillian Slovo, novellist and playwright and Ruth First’s daughter, when asked for her comment about the painting replied: “How wonderful that this painting of Ruth, based on a photo which was her mother’s favourite, should be there amongst a community she cared so deeply about.” Beauty Mlakalaka the owner of the small house on which the painting appears said “I think it is beautiful. Also people must know who this person was and what she did.”

ImageTina, we salute you

Young talent on show…

Posted by tpoty on January 7, 2013
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Charley Murrell

Image copyright: Charley Murrell

The Young Photographers’ Alliance is holding its group show, “Home”: YPA Mentoring 2012, in a free-to view exhibition at London’s Margaret Street Gallery from January 8th-17th 2013.

The Young Photographers’ Alliance (YPA) charity was created to nurture young photographic talent, helping photographers aged between 18 and 29 to develop both the technical skills and business acumen required to build successful and sustainable careers. YPA has a free membership programme that offers young photographers industry standards information, discounts, and advice from leading photographers, art buyers, picture editors, and creatives. The YPA Members’ Area includes 28 short advice videos, with top photographers offering tips on everything from getting started to quoting.

Image: Simon Goldstein

Image copyright: Simon Goldstein

“Home”: YPA Mentoring 2012 showcases the images from this year’s YPA Mentoring Programme. The Mentoring Programme links emerging artists with established photographers and picture editors/ art buyers, teaching the mentees how to work to a brief while honing their technical skills and creative approach. The small teams of young photographers are collectively assigned a common brief and they are given two months to deliver their final projects. The mentors meet regularly with their teams, offering support and guidance from the initial conceptual stage through to the final editing process.

The theme for the 2012 Mentoring Programme was “Home”. In the UK, YPA hosted teams in Bristol, Glasgow, and London (a Commercial and an Editorial team). The mentors included Sophie Chapman-Andrews (Head Art Buyer at McCann London), Sophie Batterbury (Picture Editor of Independent on Sunday), Jasmine Teer (Visit Britain Photography Manager), leading photographers, Justin Sutcliffe, Daniel Bosworth and Claire Stewart, and freelance picture editors Elaine Livingstone, Liz Helman, and Debbie Ireland. The British Mentoring Programme ran in conjunction with the charity’s North American scheme, creating 18 teams across the US, Britain, and Asia.

Image: Sarah Amy Fishlock

Image copyright: Sarah Amy Fishlock

“Home”: YPA Mentoring 2012 features one image from each of the UK mentees and a small selection of pictures from the US and Thai teams. Sarah Amy Fishlock won the “Best in Show” award (sponsored by Adobe UK and Metro Imaging) for her “Ahren” series. The “Best Single Image” award (sponsored by Adobe UK and Bowens) went to Lucinda Grange for her “Notre Dame” image.

Describing her experience as a mentor for the London Commercial team, Sophie Chapman-Andrews says, “It was an absolute privilege to be a mentor for the YPA programme this year. I was touched by the passion and talent of all the mentees we worked with and it was a pleasure to see how they developed on their chosen projects over the course of the summer. I would say it was one of the most rewarding things I have ever done.”

“Home”: YPA Mentoring 2012 will be showing at the Margaret Street Gallery, 63 Margaret Street, London, W1W 8SW, until the 17th of January 2013. Margaret Street Gallery is an independent gallery founded in April 2012. In the heart of Fitzrovia, central London, the gallery specialises in the photographic and moving image. The gallery supports established photographers – such as Dorothy Bohm, co-founder of The Photographers’ Gallery, and actively promotes the emerging and new talents – such as Yaakov Israel, who was recently awarded the Descubrimientos PHotoEspaña 2012.

Image: Lucinda Grange

Image copyright Lucinda Grange

 

Time to celebrate!

Posted by tpoty on December 6, 2012
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Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s Travel Photographer of the Year awards!

From our overall winner – recipient of the inaugural Cutty Sark Award, Craig Easton – to our 10-year old Young TPOTY 14 and under winner, professional and amateur photographers from 22 countries scooped individual TPOTY awards or special mentions this year. The prize-winning entries across the categories make a glorious display that showcases the beauty and diversity of travel imagery; fascinating glimpses of different cultures, gritty, thought-provoking documentary shots showing the darker side of life, abstracts, engaging portraits, cityscapes, and simply stunning landscapes and wildlife images.

The judging panel – which included photographers Eamonn McCabe, Jason Hawkes, Ami Vitale, Steve Bloom, Nick Meers and Chris Weston, and the editors of Hotshoe International, FOTO magazin (Germany), Outdoor Photography and the photography director of Condé Nast Traveller – had a wonderful and challenging time assessing the thousands and thousands of images. But we feel they’ve chosen an incredible selection of winning images, like this fantastic shot by Timothy Allen, which won Best Single Image in the People Watching category.

To see all the winners and judge for yourself, click here to visit our Winners’ Gallery!

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Battling the digital shoplifters…

Posted by tpoty on November 13, 2012
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It’s a jungle out there! Put your images up online and you don’t know where they’ll end up. Travel Photographer of the Year sponsor Digimarc is a pioneer in the battle against ‘digital shoplifters’, with a range of products that help photographers protect and track their images online. TPOTY uses Digimarc technology for the images it puts online, and we spoke to Digimarc’s Carrie Sutton, to put everyone a little more in the picture:

Every day people are posting millions of images to the internet. Why is it important to be able to track images online?

There are so many talented digital artists and photographers that put a tremendous amount of work into their craft. It’s vital to make sure that you are protecting those assets from individuals who are using them without giving proper credit or posting them on sites that you would not want to be affiliated with. A few simple preventative measures can be tremendously valuable so that you can make sure you’re properly protecting yourself and monetizing your assets.

How does Digimarc for Images help with this?

Digimarc for Images is a solution that allows you to embed an imperceptible digital watermark into an image, which carries a unique ID that can be tracked across the internet. Unlike visible watermarks which can be easily cropped out, a digital watermark lives within the pixels of an image and isn’t visible to the human eye. With our tracking reports you are also able to see where your images have traveled online in which case you can then seek attribution, fees or request removal.

How did Digimarc for Images get started?

Digimarc as a company was founded in 1995 by astrophysicist Geoff Rhoads. During the mid-nineties the copying of digital photos was just beginning to become a challenge for photographers. Our relationship was forged with Adobe® because digital watermarking was a prime tool that they could leverage in their Photoshop application to help with this burgeoning issue. The rest as they say is history, and we are proud to say that since 1996 we are the only third-party plugin pre-installed in Photoshop.

How easy is it to start watermarking and tracking images?

It’s quick and simple to begin watermarking your own photos! There are four levels to our service that cater to the novice photographer all the way to an enterprise option. Here’s how to get started:

  1. Embed Your Images in Photoshop – Once you’ve purchased your subscription, you can begin watermarking your images right from within Adobe Photoshop. When your image is open, simply choose the “Digimarc” option under the “Filter” menu and you’re ready to embed your unique watermarks. (Note:  If you’d like to try Digimarc for Images before you purchase, you can still embed with a default demo id. Those images do not have tracking capability.)
  2. Track Your Images – Our search service crawls the web 24/7 looking for where your images have been used. You are then able to view this information from within your account with our search service reports. (Note: This feature is not available with our Basic subscription.)

What are the benefits for professional photographers? And is it also relevant for amateurs?

Protecting and monitoring your online creative portfolio is crucial to building your brand and business. When you take action in the beginning you are in the driver’s seat with the advantage of knowing where your images are being used. This is beneficial for photographers of all levels. We have a wide range of customers who are just starting out or have been experts in the industry for many years.

You’re based in the USA, but online technology means your products can be implemented anywhere in the world. How geographically widespread is your customer base for Digimarc for Images?

Our valued customers come from all corners of the globe including England, Germany, Israel, France, Canada, Kenya and China.

Are there any case studies/testimonials we could check out for ourselves?

You can find our video testimonials here and our case studies here.

What’s the background to Digimarc as a company; what qualifies you to offer these services?

Digimarc was founded in 1995 and has grown to become an industry leader in the digital watermarking field. We hold a large and growing intellectual property (IP) portfolio that spans the breadth and depth of innovation in digital watermarking and content identification, with over 800 issued US and foreign patents. Digimarc for Images was our initial offering that continues to this day. Digimarc’s mission is to build on the vision of pervasive intuitive computing via digital watermarking and signal processing. To fulfill this mission we are building partnerships with industry leaders such as Nielsen, Arbitron and Civolution.

Tell us what else Digimarc does?
We are currently excited about our Digimarc Discover solution which is also built from our core digital watermarking technology. This print-to-mobile experience allows you to enjoy digital content on your smartphone directly from print. We like to say that it works like a QR code, but it’s imperceptible! In the past few years it’s been inspiring to see top publications and publishers such as Seventeen, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, House Beautiful, and Oxmoor House as well as popular brands like Neiman Marcus, Scion, and Saks Fifth Avenue utilize our technology.

For more information, visit the Digimarc website or follow the Digimarc blog.

Get 25% off a Digimarc for Images Subscription

Digimarc offers all TPOTY entrants and photographers and blog readers a 25% discount on a Basic, Professional or Small Business Digimarc for Images solution. Here at TPOTY we use Digimarc and can recommend it. To get 25% off visit the Digimarc website, choose your service package and enter discount code “TPOTY” when you sign up.

If you’re passionate about your work, this is the service for you. Digimarc for Images lets you easily manage, monitor and monetize your digital photos by embedding imperceptible digital watermarks. Our popular Digimarc Search Service is also included, which makes it the perfect introduction to Digimarc for Images.

Join us at Travel Photography Live!

Posted by tpoty on September 19, 2012
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ImageLove photography? Want to be inspired by some of the greats? Come to the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London next month for Travel Photography Live! and you can meet and learn from world-renowned photographers such as Nick Danziger, Steve Bloom, Eamonn McCabe, Jason Hawkes, Tom Mackie, Chris Weston and American fine art photographer Mark Edward Harris (see image, right) in a really relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Talk travel photography all weekend and share their passion!

We have a fantastic line-up of speakers, plus a photography and equipment advice centre and a pop-up shop selling photography books and prints (just the place to start on that Christmas shopping), making this an event you won’t want to miss. You can even book an individual photo critique session, and get feedback on your own shots from an expert in the field. And, as an extra treat, you can also visit Geographical Blueprint – a glorious display of handmade globes by Bellerby & Co. in the Society’s exhibition Pavilion

Can’t do every day? No problem – you can buy tickets just for the Friday evening keynote lectures or for the Saturday or Sunday (or any combination of these days!). And tickets start at just £20…

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Provisional programme

Friday, October 5th – Keynote lecture evening
18.00-18.45 drinks and welcome
Image18.45: Beneath the Surface: From 1970’s South Africa to the World Today. Speaker: Steve Bloom – award-winning travel and wildlife photographer and famed documenter of the apartheid years in South Africa (see image, right)
19.45: Break
20.15: Around the World in 80 Images. Speaker: Nick Danziger – travel photographer, film maker & one of the world’s most renowned photojournalists (see image below)
21.30: Close

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Saturday, October 6th 10am – 4pm                                                   

  • Think Before Shooting! Speaker: Nick Danziger
  • Making Money from Photography. Speaker: Colin Finlay, stock photography expert
  • ImageThe Travel Photo Essay. Speaker: Mark Edward Harris – leading stock & fine art travel photographer from the USA (see image at top of page)
  • The Fine Art of Travel Photography. Speaker: Mark Edward Harris
  • From Pole to Timbuktu. Speaker: Martin Hartley – expedition photographer (see image, right)
  • Looking Down. Speaker: Jason Hawkes – award-winning aerial photographer (Britain from the Air, etc.) (see image below)
  • Shooting HD Video on a DSLR . Speakers: Jeremy Hoare – travel photographer & former TV cameraman and Guy Caplin – formerly a senior producer and director at ITV
  • Creating Impact. Speaker: Tom Mackie – one of the world’s leading landscape photographers                                                                           
  • Wild World. Speaker: Chris Weston – renowned wildlife photographer, now also shooting HD video

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Sunday, October 7th 10am – 4pm

  • The Art of Editing. Speaker: Eamonn McCabe – four times winner of Sports Photographer of the Year, winner of News Photographer of the year & Guardian Picture Editor
  • ImageTravel Photography is Dead! Speaker: Timothy Allen – photographer for BBC Human Planet (see image right)
  • Travelling at Home. Speaker: Craig Easton – travel photographer who shot many of the promotional images for the London Olympics (see image below)
  • Winning Images. Speakers: Colin Finlay & Nick Meers – travel, landscape & panoramic photographer
  • Lighting the way to Hollywood. Speaker: Jeremy Hoare
  • A Life On The Road. Speaker: Philip Lee Harvey – travel & advertising photographer
  • Photography, Blogging & Social. Speakers: Timothy Allen & Abi King – travel writer & blogger
  • The Changing World of Travel Photography. Speaker: Nick Meers
  • Have You Seen the Light? Speaker: Chris Coe – travel photographer and founder, Travel Photographer of the Year

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Plus – on both Saturday and Sunday: Individual photo critique sessions (to be booked in advance) with stock photography expert Colin Finlay, Caroline Metcalfe (Director of Photography, Conde Nast Traveller), photographer and lighting expert Jeremy Hoare and Mary Robert (Head of Photography, Richmond, the American International University in London). And don’t miss the Photography Advice Centre (with Fujifilm and Nigel Atherton, the editor of What Digital Camera magazine), plus the imaging workshops.

Ticket prices, and how to book.
Tickets cost £25 for the keynote lecture evening, with Saturday or Sunday tickets costing £65 each and a Festival Pass (covering all three days) £130. These prices are reduced to £20, £50 and £105 respectively for members of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), registered students, Travel Photographer of the Year entrants and anyone who’s taken part in a Photo Iconic photography course. Image critique sessions cost £15 each.
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Time to focus….

Posted by tpoty on September 7, 2012
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Entries for TPOTY 2012 close on September 17th, so if you’re planning on entering, the clock is really ticking!

If you’re new to the awards, you might not realise that we have categories for all levels of photographer, from beginners up to seasoned professionals.

We have some amazing prizes for the successful photographers, including:

  • a paid commission for Condé Nast Traveller magazine
  • trips to Kenya with Explore and Morocco’s Essaouira Music Festival with Tribes Travel
  • the very latest Fujifilm cameras (including the XPro 1) and Adobe software
  • Plastic Sandwich portfolio books and iPad cases
  • exhibition prints from Genesis and archive prints from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
  • Digimarc for Images subscriptions – to protect images online

…and the Cutty Sark Award– for the Overall Winner of TPOTY 2012 – is the pinnacle of achievement.

This very special prize consists of two elements: firstly, the winner will receive £5,000 – £2,500 as cash plus a expenses-paid international photography commission to shoot images for Cutty Sark Blended Scotch Whisky, with a £2,500 commission fee – a superb opportunity for any photographer.

TPOTY Chris Coe

And secondly, a unique, money can’t buy, opportunity! The Cutty Sark Award winner will create their own whisky blend! With the guidance of Master Blender, Kirsteen Campbell (pictured right), the winner will design their own whisky, selecting whiskies from a range of casks.

They will also design their own label and then bottle up to 50 bottles of what will be a truly unique blended Scotch whisky to their own personal taste. Even if they’re not a whisky drinker they can treat their family and friends to something very special!

To be eligible for the Cutty Sark Award you’d need to submit entries in at least two of our three portfolio categories – People Watching, Wild Planet and Journeys. Why not give it a try? You’ve nothing to lose, and, potentially, a huge amount to gain!

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