Photography News

The deadline for entries to the 2009 International Garden Photographer of the Year competition is January 31st, 2009.

The world's premier international competition for garden and plant photographers is open to all, from anywhere in the world. The seven categories for this year’s competition are: Wildlife in the Garden; Plant Portraits; Garden Views; People in the Garden; the Edible Garden; Trees; World Botanic Gardens. There is also an award for the Young Garden Photographer of the Year for budding photographers under 16 years old.

In 2009 we want to place the emphasis not only on the great cash prizes we have on offer but ways in which you can use your competition entry to improve your photography.

In addition to the cash and equipment prizes - as last year the top prize was £5000 - we are offering you the chance to have a personal critique of your entry.

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If you live near the Telluride, Colorado area or will be there before July 31, 2009, you can submit your best photo for a chance to win a trip to John Fielder's 2009 Fall Colors workshop, taking place Oct. 9-11 at Mountain Lodge at Telluride.

The winner of the contest will receive free admission to the workshop, lodging for two in a luxurious one-bedroom condominium at Mountain Lodge at Telluride during the workshop, and the opportunity to learn directly from Fielder.

Photographers can submit their best photos of Telluride and the San Juan Mountains through July 31 on the Mountain Lodge at Telluride Web site (see LINK below for more details).

For 2009 Olympus is bringing nine new cameras to its stable of P&S and prosumer lines.

Included in the mix are some budget cameras, cameras designed to take anything you throw at it, and the mega-mocha-bucha-zoom 26x SP-590. [MORE]

The Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ) and Fujifilm have kicked off a year long contest for 2009 where six lucky winners will receive a Fujifilm camera outfit. [MORE]

Casio today announced their six newest EXILIM digital cameras, two high-speed models, one super compact, and three with built-in "Dynamic Photo" editing that allows in camera digital manipulations. [MORE]

Missing the days of point, shoot, eject, wait? Polaroid just recently declared the end of their instant film and today announced the upcoming Polaroid Po-Go Instant Digital Camera.

This follows on the heels of their Po-Go Instant Mobile Printer, released in July 2008, which produces 100% ink-free full color prints. [MORE]

Samsung has expanded their line of point and shoot digital cameras with four new models for the first quarter of 2009.

Due in January, the HZ10W model features 10.2 megapixels, 10x optical zoom (24-240mm @ 35mm), and will shoot 720p H.264 video. Spring will see the new TL100, 12.2 megapixels and 3x optical zoom. Following will be the SL102 and SL420 models, both 10.2 megapixels, and 3x and 5x optical zoom respectively. [MORE]