Imagine Publishing and Samsung are joining forces to launch the fifth annual Digital Photographer of the Year (DPOTY) awards. The format of the awards for 2011 will see a brand new competition category launched in each issue of Digital Photographer Magazine. There will be six photographic categories in total, including Landscapes, Portraits, Action/Sports, Wildlife/Nature, B&W and Creative Expression. Each category winner will receive a Samsung NX100 and two lenses. The runners up for every category will each receive a Samsung WB700 camera. The overall winner will scoop a Samsung NX11 plus a 20-50mm, 16mm pancake, an 85mm lens and a flashgun. For all the details on how to enter, look out for Digital Photographer issue 111 on sale now or check out the website below.
Website: Digital Photographer
DPOTY Press Release
Digital Photographer of the Year awards 2011 launches
The hugely popular Digital Photographer of the Year Awards is back for 2011 – sponsored by photography giant, Samsung
Imagine Publishing and Samsung are joining forces to launch the fifth annual Digital Photographer of the Year awards, with amazing new prizes and exciting new categories. Following on from last year’s sensational success, Digital Photographer magazine anticipates record a number of submissions for the competition in 2011, with each category winner receiving a Samsung NX100 and two lenses. The runners up for every category will each receive a Samsung WB700 camera. The overall winner will scoop a Samsung NX11 plus a 20-50mm, 16mm pancake, an 85mm lens and a flashgun.
Rosie Tanner, Editor of Digital Photographer, is anticipating another successful competition: “Last year we were blown away by the quality and quantity of images submitted, so this year I have no doubt our readers are going to go all out to submit some outstanding work. This competition is an amazing opportunity for enthusiast photographers to prove to the rest of the photographic community what they can do.”
Since its launch back in 2007, the DPOTY awards has seen year-on-year success and is now widely recognised by the photography industry as one of the top photographic competitions of its kind. The judging panel for the 2011 awards features some of the country’s top photographic professionals including big names such as pro landscape photographer, David Clapp, Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year overall winner Ben Osborne and Landscape Photographer of the Year winner, Antony Spencer.
The call for entries opens on the 14 July, which coincides with the on-sale date of Digital Photographer issue 111. The format of the awards for 2011 will see a brand new competition category launched in each issue of the magazine. There will be six photographic categories in total – each designed to push the creativity of photographers. The categories are:
The Big Picture – Landscapes
Strike a Pose – Portraits
Capture the Action – Action / Sports
Call of the Wild – Wildlife/nature
Shades of Grey – Black & White
Creative expression – Creative/image editing/HDR
Rosie Tanner added, “This year it’s even easier to enter the competition thanks to the easy upload option on our website. Users can upload their entries at the touch of a button, so there is no excuse not to enter and show us what you’re capable of!”
Nick White, Head of Samsung’s Digital Imaging division, said: “Samsung is proud to be supporting Digital Photographer of the Year for the second consecutive year. Last year we saw some incredible photos and the winning images were truly inspirational. I am looking forward to being on the judging panel for the 2011 Digital Photographer of the Year awards and celebrating the best photography in this year’s competition. Samsung would like to thank the readers of Digital Photographer for entering their images last year and we look forward to seeing their terrific work this year.”
For all the details on how to enter, look out for Digital Photographer issue 111 on sale 14 July 2011 or head online to http://www.DPhotographer.co.uk.
Imagine Publishing is one of the UK’s fastest-growing consumer specialist publishers. Formed in May 2005, Imagine now publishes 20 regular print magazines, 30 digital apps on the iPad/iPhone, and 28 websites in the videogames, computing, entertainment, motoring and photography markets. An Imagine magazine is purchased every ten seconds.
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