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Latest photography news Hurry, hurry, hurry It’s the last call for threemajor contests so do the groundwork to get your shots ready now

For those fancying their chances in the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition, the pressure is on to get your entry in with the closing date of 31 October 2014 just around the corner. Enter into one of eight categories and get one step closer to scooping the top prize of £5000 or a £2000 prize and RPS gold medal for best portfolio. The winning images will feature in a touring exhibition that travels around the UK and worldwide, hosted, amongst other places, at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew and as far afield as Australia. IGPOTY is also unique in that it offers feedback to entrants, it’s worth entering for that invaluable constructive criticism alone. Entries are made via the website. Garden Photographer of the Year

π To find out more, go to www.igpoty.com.

35th annual Nikon Photo Contest

This year, Nikon has thrown the competition doors open, welcoming images from any digital device – meaning your images will likely be up against smartphone snaps. The competition was already stiff last year, with nearly 100,000 entries coming in from 153 countries and with the net being cast even wider this year those numbers are more than likely to grow. Entries are organised into four categories: single photo, photo story, photographic video and motion snapshot. New for 2015, there is an additional ‘home’ theme, which invites entrants to offer up their interpretation of home. The grand prize winner as well as 96 first, second and third place winners will be chosen by a panel of 17 judges and will be announced in June 2015. There is a cash prize for the grand prizewinner and for those first in their category. You have until 15 December to get your entry in via the website.

π To find out more, go to www.nikon-photocontest.com/eu.

RHS Photographer of the Year

for the money, but there are also cash prizes for second and third places too and winners receive a year’s RHS gift membership giving you free entry to the RHS gardens. To clue you in on who’ll be casting a critical eye over your work, the RHS has just announced that international garden photographer Andrew Lawson will be joining the panel of judges this year. Enter via the website, but you’ll have to be quick!

If you’ve been umming and ahhing about which image to enter into the RHS Photographer of the Year – or pondering whether to enter at all – now’s the time to make a decision. You’ve got until 2 November to submit your entry and be in with a chance of bagging the top prize of £2000 and of course the much-coveted title of RHS Photographer of the Year 2015. There are five categories to enter: plants, abstracts, details, seasons, celebrating gardens and wildlife – leaving you with plenty of scope when it comes to choosing an image. Of course you won’t be entering

π To find out more, go to www.rhs.org.uk/photocomp.

Photography News | Issue 13