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Entries wanted Two epic once-in-a-lifetime trips are on offer for the winners of the Lovers of Light photography competition
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ABOVE 2013’s winner, Martin Dawe, Snow Before Melting. RIGHT Third place in 2013, Stephen Banks’s Winter Sunrise.
Leading windowmaker Velux has launch its third Lovers of Light photography competition. Open to pros and enthusiasts, it is looking for creative pictures that capture a moment of daylight, whether that is in the mountains, on a woodland walk or at the coast.
Two once-in-a-lifetime trips are the prizes. The closing date is 20 February 2015 and the winners will be revealed in March 2015.
π To find out more, go to www.velux.co.uk/loversoflight.
John Gravett, who owns and runs Lakeland Photographic Holidays in Cumbria, is holding his latest exhibition as a homage to the number of people who question him on the subject of his photography, then reply ‘oh, just the landscape?’ Just the Landscape will be on show in the Circle Gallery at the Theatre by the Lake in Cumbria from 1 December 2014 until 29 January 2015 and entry to the exhibition is free. Featured locations include the Lake District but also Iceland, Tuscany and the USA. Just the landscape A showcase of JohnGravett’s stunning landscape images
π To find out more, go to www.lakelandphotohols.com.
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