We both excited and feeling privileged to have Think Tank Photo honor our monthly First Place Winners  with a free awesome  Pixel Pocket Rocket™!

Designed to Keep your most important items secure and organized!   You can Store 10 CF or XQD memory cards in a small package that fits easily in your pocket or attaches to your belt or bags and a built in business card holder makes for easy identification.

About Think Tank Photo

Think Tank Photo is a group of designers and professional photographers focused on studying how photographers work, and developing inventive new carrying solutions to meet their needs. By focusing on “speed” and “accessibility,” we prepare photographers to Be Ready “Before The Moment,” allowing them to document those historic moments that reflect their personal visions and artistic talents. 

For some companies, it is only about the product. For us, it is more: It is about supporting photographers doing their job. If we can design products that help photographers travel easier, take pictures faster, and organize their gear more efficiently, then we will have accomplished something beyond the bags themselves.


Think Tank”, which is defined as an idea producing organization, perfectly describes Think Tank Photo’s company culture and mission of creating inventive new carrying solutions. Think Tank has created a string of inventions since 2005 unmatched by their competitors.

The story of today’s Africa – young, growing, urbanizing, and tech-savvy – needs to be told. As a company committed to supporting local capacity in Africa, Agility wants to capture the hope, aspirations and confidence of a new generation of Africans and the continent that they are rapidly reshaping. We are looking for images that will open the eyes of the world to today’s vibrant, modern African reality. We invite professional and amateur photographers to compete for a chance to win up to $4,000.

Categories

• Industry
• Technology
• Cities

Each category winner will receive a prize of US$2,000, and the grand prize winner will receive an additional $2,000. Winning photographs will also be featured in leading magazines and events.

By entering the competition, the entrant warrants the following:

• The photo was taken in Africa.

We both excited and feeling privileged to have Topaz Labs honor our monthly First Place Winners  with a free copy of their wonderful Topaz Adjust perfected for brilliant contrast, detail, and color adjustments!

Our eyes see far more than a camera ever will.

Have you ever been so spellbound by something you see that you can hardly take your eyes off it? Maybe it’s a snow-capped mountain, an urban cityscape or a sunset over the ocean. Whatever it is, you are so fascinated by its grandeur, nuances and vibrance. Without diverting your gaze, you raise your camera and press the shutter so you can hang onto this moment forever.

But then ... your excitement fades as you realize the digital version pales in comparison to the real thing. If only there was a way to make the image fully reflect your photographic vision in brilliant contrast, depth, and color.

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Unlike our eyes, a camera lens can't compensate for all the tonal values we see right in front of us. If you shoot something bright, you’ll lose all the details in the shadows, if you shoot something dark, the highlights will be blown out. You can try to correct contrast, details, and vibrancy yourself, but it’s difficult to make images pop like you want.

Thankfully, with Topaz Adjust you can give your images the soul and character you envisioned in the field!

Don’t miss out on the chance to win the $1,000 CASH prize we’ll give the Grand Prize photo selection in this year’s contest! Plus, all the winners’ photos from every category along with the Grand Prize winner will appear in an upcoming issue of Horticulture magazine. Special thanks goes to Lee Valley Tools for sponsoring this.

TERM
Horticulture’s 2015 Garden Photo Contest begins Tuesday, February 17, 2015, and the deadline for entries is Saturday, August 15, 2015. The contest is open to photographers of all skill levels, aged 18 years old or older except employees of F+W Media, Inc., and their immediate families, are not eligible. Horticulture will determine winners’ eligibility in its sole discretion. All works must be original.

PREPARING YOUR ENTRY
All entries must be digital files and must be submitted online. You may enter up to five (5) images total. Image files cannot exceed 5MB.

FREE ENTRY
Entry is free, but you will see a “cart” during the entry process. YOU WILL NOT BE ASKED FOR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND.

DEADLINE
Entries must be submitted online no later than August 15, 2015.

CATEGORIES
There are four categories; Horticulture reserves the right to recategorize entries. The categories are: The Garden Landscape; Harvest from the Garden; Wildlife in the Garden; Beauty in the Details (close-ups and macros)

JUDGING
All entries will be prejudged by Horticulture staff, and finalists will be chosen by a professional photographer.

The works and the days.
Twenty one years revealing the world of work.

The theme of the photographs should focus on human beings (regardless of age, sex, or race) carrying out some form of work or occupation. Additionally, pictures could show the human presence through objects or materials; but the jury will decide on the appropriateness of these concepts. In essence our proposal seeks to focus the gaze of the photographers towards humans in their role as fundamental protagonist of the productive process. 

As we are predominantly interested in Latin American workers, we also invite artists to send their photographs that document the social and working conditions of Latin American immigrants in developed countries. As well as those people that migrates between countries in Latin America.

PRIZES

The photographs will be put under the consideration of a jury made up of three well-known figures in the world of photography and documentary. The Jury will choose an only prize in each one of the four categories. 

Prize “Working Women” US 1.300 
The photographs must to document the work of the women in Latin America. We recommend investigating what new trades that women are playing, how are take part into the world of work. 


Prize “Working Children” US 1.300 
The photographs must to document the labor of boys, girls, or of young workers in Latin America. 


Prize “Working Men” US 1.300 
The photographs must to document the labor of the men in Latin America. 


Prize “Working Immigrants” US 1.300 
The photographs must to document the work and social situation of the Latin American immigrant in developed countries, as well as those people that migrate between Latin American countries. 


Prize “Unions and work related conflicts” US 1.300 
Invitation to send photographs showing work related conflicts in Latin-American, representing the work of unions and community organizations, showing strikes, workers occupying factories, street protests, protests over land uses, etc.

Established in 2008 the competition is the largest of its kind; receiving over 11,500 entries from 79 countries across the globe in 2014.The theme for the competition is ‘Cities at Work’ through which we challenge you to alter our perceptions of daily life in urban environments. The contest is free to enter and you can submit up to 24 images; each one representing an hour of the day.Competition closes 31st July 2015, enter here.

For every entry in the Urban Photographer of the Year competition, CBRE will make a donation to leading children's development charity, Plan International.

THE PRIZES
In keeping with the competition’s highly regarded hourly structure we offer a prize per hour for the image which best captures urban life at that time of day.
  
The winner of the 16-25 Young Person category will receive an iPad. The winner of the 13-15 Young Person category will nominate an educational establishment or community organisation to receive an iPad. This category is supported by Plan International.

MAIN PRIZE
Overall winner of the Urban Photographer of the Year competition will receive a photography trip of a lifetime.

Previous winners have visited Turkey, Morocco, Bhutan and Namibia.

REGIONAL PRIZE
There will be three regional winners, one for each region of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Americas, each of whom will win a Canon EOS 70D with 18-55 IS STM lens kit and a range of equipment including a Canon 300EG bag, 32gb SD card, 270ex flash gun, BG-E14 battery grip, LP-E6 battery and tripod.

MOBILE PRIZE
Advances in technology have resulted in an explosion of mobile devices with impressive photographic capability so taking great photos on the move is easier than ever.

To be entered in to the mobile category your picture must have been taken on a mobile device, and you must tick the mobile tick box on the entry page. There will be one winner of the mobile category, awarded an iPad (or equivalent).


HOURLY WINNERS
Hourly prizes will be rewarded to the 24 standout images representing each hour of the day. See below for a breakdown of the prize associated with each hour.

Mountain Faces
Mountains all over the world are telling stories about climbers, conquering steep walls,  alpinists undergoing harsh conditions, mountain people living between brusque rock formations, fighting on a daily base against mother nature's forces and animals adapting to almost unreal situations. Not only faces of mountaineers, climbers and mountain people, affected by pain and exhaustion for the “summit victory”, tell stories about mountains, but also tears of joy when reaching the top. 

The IMS Photo Contest 2015 under the motto “Mountain.Faces” aims to get pictures, that represent individual perspectives of the mountain, with all its facets as well as his conquerors and inhabitants. Show us with your picture, the mountain faces, not matter made of rocks, made of flesh and blood or fur. Eventually what counts is the uniqueness of the moment, captured for the eternity. 

What can you win?
Kiku Photo AwardSince 2012 the apple brand KIKU confers the KIKU Photo Award to the winners of the IMS Photo Contest. The prizes amount to 6.600,- euros and are divided in two categories: winners of the Jury-Voting and of the Public-Voting.

The prizes of the JURY-VOTING

1st: 3000 Euros
2nd: 2000 Euros
3th: 1000 Euros

The prizes of the PUBLIC-VOTING

1st: 300 Euros
2nd: 200 Euros
3th: 100 Euros

WHCC, White House Custom Color will also  honor our monthly First Place Winner with a different awesome print product each month!

As a professional photography and press printing partner they believe that perfect color isn't optional!  Where consistent delivery and easy ordering process are second to none from Framed Prints to Fine Art Canvas — even specialty projects or packaging — they will ensure that you get the same unmatched quality every time.  

If you have not tried them they are well worth a visit, speaking from first hand experience here!

This month our first place winner will receive a and awesome free 16x20 Bamboo Panel!

No purchase necessary. Contest is open only to legal residents of the United States, though anyone can submit photos for potential publication by The Washington Post. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older to win a prize. This Contest is sponsored by WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post. Employees, officers, directors and representatives of Sponsor and its corporate affiliates, and those with whom such persons are domiciled, are not eligible. Void outside the United States and where prohibited by law. Contest subject to all federal, state and local laws.

HOW TO ENTER: 
No purchase necessary. To enter, go to www.washingtonpost.com/travelcontest and submit your entry. One photo/entry per person only, and photo must have been taken after July 1, 2014. If you submit multiple entries, we will consider only the first photo received. You may only submit an image that you have taken yourself, and you must have all necessary rights in the photo in order to submit it here. Include caption information and the date the photo was taken, plus your name, e-mail address and phone number. Please do not submit images that have been heavily manipulated. It is acceptable to adjust images to achieve color balance that reflects the scene as you observed it. Cropping is also acceptable. The Post has the right to disqualify any image which it feels has been overly altered.

Only amateur photographers are eligible. Professional photographers (i.e., anyone who earns more than 50 percent of his or her annual income from photography, determined at Sponsor’s sole discretion) are not eligible.

By entering, you grant The Washington Post permission to use your photo in perpetuity in any medium, including to edit, publish, distribute and republish it in any form. Photographers retain the copyright to their images. All entries are subject to The Post’s Discussion and Submission Guidelines.

Entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 24, 2015. Entries that are late, incomplete, unreadable, inaccurate, unintelligible or otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules will be disqualified. Sponsors are not responsible for lost, destroyed or misdirected entries.

PRIZES: 
Gift certificates to a photo retailer. Average retail value: First prize, $200; second prize, $100; third prize, $50