Photography News issue 21

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It’s all about knowledge

The RPS’s Digital Imaging Group is hosting its largest ever event, at the University of Warwick on 20 September. It’s aimed at enthusiast photographers who’d like to knowmore about the technology behind

photography, with three keynote speakers including Joe Cornish (left), covering colour management and printing as well as workshops on Lightroom and Photoshop. There’ll also be 12 industry experts on

hand as well as a lighting demonstration. Tickets are limited, so act fast.

π To find out more, go to www.rps.org/DIGExpo.

Bleeding London It has been one of the most ambitious photo challenges we’ve been privy to, but now the Bleeding London project has come to a roaringly successful end. Over the past year, photographers have been out in force in the capital city to contribute towards recording the 58,000 streets in the π To find out more, go to www.bleedinglondon.co.uk.

centre. The images are being used to create an electronic archive, but you can see 1200 images from the project on display at London’s City Hall from 8 July until 14 August.

Chosen from more than 10,000 images, 111 finalists will make up the Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year Exhibition Catch the exhibition for free at the Royal Geographical Society in London from 22 June until 10 July, before it tours to various venues. The winning entries will be announced on Thursday 25 June, with the top prize earning the photographer £5000. Green art

Have you got what it takes to become the ninth Landscape Photographer of the Year? It’s time to get out there and start capturing the British landscape in all its glory or digging through those digital files to find your best shot, but make sure you get your entry in before 12 July to be in with a chance of taking home the top prize of £10,000. You can submit up to 25 entries across any of the four categories: urban views, landscapes with people, close-up details and conceptual landscapes. Wherever you are in the UK, get capturing its best side. The great scape

π To find out more, go to www.take-a-view.co.uk.

π To find out more about the display, go to www.ciwem.org.

The doors to the Travel Photographer of the Year 2015 are now open and organisers are asking you to send in your travel portfolios, single images, HD videos as well as enter into the new Smart Shot category for images taken on a phone or tablet. Entry fees start at £7.50 and you’ve got until 1 October to get your shots in and be in with a chance of taking home one of the prizes, ranging from £1000 cash to £1500 worth of photo kit. Capture your world

Light up the Lakes Led by top landscape photographer John Gravett, Lakeland Photographic Holidays is hosting two all- inclusive landscape photography workshops this August that are suitable for photographers of any ability. Running on the 17 and 24 August, workshops cost £775 per person for six nights or £550 for four, including accommodation, tuition and food. Book ahead to bag your place.

π To find out more about the competition, go to www.tpoty.com.

London Salon

π To find out more about this Lakeland trips, go to www.lakelandphotohols.com.

Roy Strong at 80

The famous London Salon is welcoming visitors to peruse the finalists’ photos until 19 June at Fairfield Halls in Croydon. Following that, the exhibition will travel to Smethwick club rooms, 4-25 July, with dates for Edinburgh and Dublin to be confirmed.

Former director of the National Portrait Gallery, Sir Roy Strong is celebrating his 80th birthday, with a series of portraits that reinvent him as various historical characters by John Swannell. The exhibition is on 19 June until 31 August and entry is free.

π To find out more, go to www.npg.org.uk.

π To find out more, go to www.londonsalon.org.

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