so many times it happens too fast you trade YOUR PASSION for glory don't lose your grip on THE DREAMS of the past you must fight just to keep them alive
Our second year of Farmers Image of the Week will come to an end tomorrow with the 52nd winner. The idea is simple.. I wanted to reward our attendees for taking great pictures and making sure that they are seen. A bit of healthy competition is good in any industry and working in isolation leaves us with not many obvious achievements. So I follow all of their Facebook pages and pick out what I consider to be the best image from that week. Then at the end I get together with some of our mentors and judge them all. You can see all the images on our blog and decide your own winners. Next Thursday night we will have an Awards night in Brighton and announce the winners. Our very generous industry friends have put forward some incredible prizes for the winners and those very lovely chaps at Folio will produce the winners' images as Fine Art Prints in a stunning portfolio. So what is up for grabs this year?
- Best Use of Artificial Light ~ Urban Reporter Bag from Lowepro and a Website Template from The Design Space, £15 voucher for Bob Books
- Best Use of Location ~ Urban Reporter Bag from Lowepro, $50 to spend at Photo Flash Drive, £15 voucher for Bob Books
- Best Styled Shoot/Personal Project ~ Urban Reporter Bag from Lowepro, £15 voucher for Bob Books, Unicorn Skin retouch tool from Devlin's Actions
- Best Black & White Image ~ Urban Reporter Bag from Lowepro, A Set of Devlin's Photos Actions The Ice-Cream Collection, £15 voucher for Bob Books
- Best Engagement/Couple Shoot Image ~ Urban Reporter Bag from Lowepro, six month's subscription to our online training The Barn, £15 voucher for Bob Books,
- Best Wedding Image ~ Urban Reporter Bag from Lowepro, Smart Albums 2, the album design software from Pixellu, £15 voucher for Bob Books, Unicorn Skin retouch tool from Devlin's Actions, three month's subscription to our online training The Barn
Image of the Year ~ one lucky winner will take home this hefty stash of amazing prizes worth almost £3000, thanks to our very lovely industry friends.
- The brand new pro photographer's backpack Pro Runner BP 350 AW11 from Lowepro
- Smart Albums 2 from Pixellu
- a 20 spread Fine Art or matted album from Folio
- 3 months advertising on Rock n Roll Bride
- a Website Template and stationery pack of your choice from The Design Space
- 20 branded USBs and boxes from Wooden Banana
- a £350 voucher to spend how you wish at Loxely Colour Professional UK Lab
- One year's subscription to ShootProof online proofing for photographers worth $300
- £40 voucher for Bob Books
- A choice of any of the Collections at Devlin's Actions plus the retouch tool Unicorn Skin