Win a DSLR in Our New Photography Competition
Over the next month Digital Photography School is running it’s first ever photography competition where DPS members are invited to submit their best portrait image.
Entries close on 31 October.
Prizes
We have three great prizes with a total prize value of close to $1000.
First prize is a choice of either a Nikon D60 or a Canon XSi (pictured above). Both of these DSLRs get great reviews and are the ideal way to step into the world of DSLR. If you’ve already got a DSLR they’d make a great second body or a gift to that special person in your life!
Second prize is a Canon Powershot SD850 IS. This very popular point and shoot camera is small and produces great results. It’d make a great back up camera if you don’t want to haul your DSLR with you or even a primary camera if you’re in need of an update.
Third Prize is a Crumpler 5 Million Dollar Home camera bag (pictured right).
This bag is ideal if you need a shoulder bag that provides a protective environment for your camera equipment, especially if you need one that doesn’t scream photo bag.
Part of the Million Dollar Home Range of camera bags, the 5 Million Dollar Home has a padded interior with configurable dividers and sturdy base layer. Equipped with an adjustable removable strap and water resistant shell means this bag is the perfect travel companion for your photo gear.
A special thanks to Photrade for putting up the first prize and to Crumpler for putting up the third prize!
The competition back end is being provided by Photrade and can be seen here. To enter you need to sign up as a photrade member and submit the photo through their system.
The Rules
1. There is one entry per person
2. Entries can be submitted from 1 October (Noon) to 31 October (Noon) – Eastern US Time.
3. Participants need to be over 18 years of age (sorry, I know this excludes some but if you want to get a guardian to submit for you then this is fine).
4. Shots need to be ‘portraits’ – this is the theme for this month’s competition
5. No nudity – please keep photos family friendly
6. You must have copyright of the image you submit – it must be your own work.
7. Winning photos will be published on DPS Blog
8. You may enter from any country – we don’t exclude anyone based upon their location.
9. Winners will be announced here on the blog and in our newsletter early November.
10. The winner will be selected by a combination of public votes and a judging panel. The bulk of this weighting comes from the judging panel but the public vote does count so feel free to let people know about your entry. The judges will be a small panel from our moderation team of the DPS forums (update: the panel will also include a couple from outside of DPS).
Once you’ve entered tell your friends and network about the competition using one of the widgets provided to you at the competition page.
Keep in mind that this is our first competition – we’re learning how to run these as we go so please do have a little patience with us. Hopefully this will become a regular event!
94 Responses to “Win a DSLR in Our New Photography Competition” - Add Yours
October 1st, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Are there any limitations to image size?!
October 1st, 2008 at 9:27 pm
The link ‘you can enter here’ doesn’t appear to be working?
It tries to link to http://photrade.com/contest/digitalphotographyschooloctober2008 but goes to http://photrade.com/index.php?error=1
October 1st, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Does the date the portrait was taken matter?
October 1st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
MrProxy – no, anything that Photrade will allow we’ll allow.
James – try it again, have seen that happen a couple of times myself too but it fixes itself in time.
Debbie – you can use any image you’ve personally taken.
October 1st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Link still doesn’t work :(
October 1st, 2008 at 10:44 pm
Hello,
just to tell you that there’s a problem on photrade as I live in Europe I must select a stat in the form when i validate joining the contest… so i put alambama… but I live in France…
October 1st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Link still not working.
I am also receiving error message from photrade.
Trying repeatedly does not solve the problem.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:13 pm
” The judges will be a small panel from our moderation team of the DPS forums ”
Open very much to favouritism and not very democratic.
October 1st, 2008 at 11:24 pm
All I get is http://photrade.com/index.php?error=1
Tried it a bunch of times
October 1st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
Can there be more than one subject on the photograph?
October 1st, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Am getting the same error page as everyone else.
Are non US residents eligible for the prize?
Just a question as usually these prizes are US only.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 am
The link isn’t working for me either.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:14 am
I emailed Photrade and got this response:
The actual link is http://photrade.com/contest/digitalphotographyschoolportraitsoct2008 – there seems to have been an error in the post. We’ll talk to Darren and get that fixed. Good luck with the contest! Let us know if you have any questions about the site.
- Krista
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:15 am
The correct address is:
http://photrade.com/contest/digitalphotographyschoolportraitsoct2008
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 am
“Are non US residents eligible for the prize?”
Question answered by reading the rules a little slower.
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 am
Can the “portrait” have two people in it?
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 am
wow! I will participate! As far As I undersand the winner will still own copyritght rights etc?
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:17 am
How do i become member od DPS?
I read you from feed.
And I supose I need to join photrade?
Thanks
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:25 am
What copyright am I granting DPS/Photrade by entering this contest? Solely the right to publish in the “winning entries” post, or additional “perpetual and irrevocable” rights?
October 2nd, 2008 at 1:51 am
i want this so much.. i keep thinking “a newbie doesn’t stand a chance” but i still want to join and hope that I still have a shot at this as long as I keep on trying. XD
October 2nd, 2008 at 2:25 am
The rules state that non US residents can join the contest but Photrade doesnt allow it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:12 am
When you say portrait, does the subject matter, or can it be a portrait of anything * living obviously *
Thanks
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 am
And also, are the images allowed to be edited within a photo editing program, or must they be unaltered? ( save for resizing/cropping)
October 2nd, 2008 at 3:50 am
“The winner will be selected by a combination of public votes and a judging panel. The bulk of this weighting comes from the judging panel but the public vote does count so feel free to let people know about your entry.”
This sounds like a wonderful contest with prizes to die for. However, my experience with contests that include public voting usually produce disappointing results, with the winner being not the most deserving but that whose author has the most friends, family and minions. I’ve also seen a lot of fraud in these types of contests (e.g., creation of scads of phony accounts in order to cast multiple votes for one’s own photo).
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 am
Exciting!
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:32 am
Am I the only one having problems with getting good looking pictures uploaded to Photrade? The compression is ridiculous and makes my pictures look awful.
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:59 am
Hopefully, this is why Moderators will have a hand in things. I agree that popularity contests usually result in mediocre winners, so hopefully this will be a way to correct this.
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:09 am
I have to agree with Nikki & Anonymous on this.
Anonymous Says
“Open very much to favouritism and not very democratic.”
Nikki Says
“This sounds like a wonderful contest with prizes to die for. However, my experience with contests that include public voting usually produce disappointing results, with the winner being not the most deserving but that whose author has the most friends, family and minions. I’ve also seen a lot of fraud in these types of contests (e.g., creation of scads of phony accounts in order to cast multiple votes for one’s own photo).”
I think this contest should go to independent adjudicators, someone that has nothing to do with the forum. Maybe the people that are running the contest can ask three well know photographers that are willing to do the judging for DPS.
How about, Ste Paxton from Paxton Prints maybe one of the guys from luminous landscapes and someone from Strobist for example. That way it wont be bias and will be judged on technical aspects rather than “favouritism” or vote manipulation.
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 am
Is anybody else having compression problems in Photrade? My portrait entry has quite a lot of artifacts no matter how I resize it.
Any help?
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:42 am
How many submissions are allowed?
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:55 am
How do I enter as a Canadian there are no other choices but the state?
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:01 am
I’m also glad that there will be some sort of “editorial review” and not just a democratic election.
Thanks for the opportunity, and I will be sure to give it a shot!
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:47 am
with regard to the public vote vs panel of judges:
I think it’s a little amusing that some say that this isn’t democratic enought (ie they want more public say) and some say it’s open to manipulation if there is public vote.
I guess the mix that we went for attempted to give people an opportunity to play a part in the voting (the public vote) while attempting to keep that portion of the judging minimal and not enough to sway results.
The panel of judges are people who I trust and who I think have credibility and expertise to bring to the task. Their votes will make up the vast majority of the final decision – the public vote will play just a small part.
As I say in the post above – this is our first competition and we’re seeing how this system goes. Next time we can adjust things to either increase or remove the public vote element – so lets see how it goes and we’ll assess it at the end of the competition.
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:31 am
Great way to get people to sign up to Photrade…
I live in Australia, but the address info only allows for US states… as said above, but I just wanted to say it again because it’s so silly and surprising since Darren is from Australia too!
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 am
In terms of international signups – I’m told that this will be fixed in the coming few hours and you’ll be able to register as someone in different parts of the world without picking a US state.
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:57 am
Okay so I need a few things anwsered. I registered for the Forum, does that constitute as being elligable for this contest? If not, could you point me in the right direction?
Do I need to register for any other website or something? I’m a U.S. Resident. If that helps.
And my last question is; Are we allowed to alter our image in any way? Photoshop or anything of the like?
Thanks.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:25 am
Greg: Forum membership is not required for this competition. All you need to do is follow the link to the competition which will take you to Photrade’s site (the people who host this competition) in the post above and sign up there.
In terms of photo manipulation – yes you’re allowed to do some manipulation – you’ll see some of the entries have already done this (particularly converting to Black and White). All I’d advise is to keep it subtle as anything too over the top can be a bit much for some. You want to submit your best, most visually appealing image – if some photoshopping helps go for it.
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:42 am
Darren: I didn’t actually expect an anwser back. So I just wanted to say thank you.
I was just going for the black and white.
Thanks again.
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:37 pm
How about copyright and use of the images? That’s often a sensitive points on competitions. Obviously the organiser needs to be able to use them in relation to the content, but how about beyond that?
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Nice one guys! DPS just keeps getting better and better!
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Sounds like a great contest and I will certainly be using every creative muscle (???) to come up with something worthy. Good luck to everyone – but not too good…
October 3rd, 2008 at 7:24 am
I wish all luck in this contest, its certainly a fun one. I think the judging method is fair. as things CAN be skewed by the public vote. I think a team of professionals really make a difference in whoever wins, REALLY deserves it!
Good Contest, cannot wait to see the results!! Im loving so many photographs already!
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Can this be a portrait taken of a couple or family or just one person?
October 3rd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
for those asking about how many people can be in the shot – really it’s up to you to interpret the theme as you wish – you’ll see people taking a variety of approaches in the entries so far – surf through some of these to get a little inspiration.
October 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm
As kristarella said, it’s a great way to get people to sign up to Photrade.
October 4th, 2008 at 5:05 am
can the images be edited or manipulated with photoshop? thanks
October 4th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
z-vet : yes, it is – though, I signed up pre-comp and have made some good friends and seen some amazing photos flow through photrade.com : another great reason to sign up!
Liz Purdue : Yes, you can use any image manipulation software, it all comes down to what your result says to people and if it inspires them / the judges to vote. :)
Like Darren says above, most of your answers can be gauged by looking through the photos in the competition pool already and seeing what other people have done.
October 4th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
my friends can get onto site to vote…do you have a working link for ?
October 5th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Hi,
I’m already joined to the Photrade contest, works published are awesome.
Question: How I can sell my pictures on Photrade? I’ve reviewed the sales options but I didn’t understand at all. Please help. Thanks.
October 5th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Just wanted to say thank you for this contest, I doubt if my picture will win anything as there are so many great pictures posted and I’m a newbie at trying to take better photos but I figure that it never hurts to try.
October 6th, 2008 at 12:06 am
I am a rookie / beginner. I do not have a website, nor intend to get one at this point, nor do I know how to copywrite my photos. Can point me in the right direction to get started?
October 6th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
Gerardo : http://info.photrade.com/content/faq?l=1
LKrier : When you take a photo, you effectively create a copyright, you own that copyright. You can start to read more about it here
October 7th, 2008 at 3:48 am
Hello All,
I’m really excited.
I have been stalking this site now for about a month.
This is my first post on dPS and first photo contest.
I just started taking pictures with a Canon Power Shot SX100 IS.
I’m still learning but this site has been a huge blessing in that journey.
Thank you, Darren Rowse for dPS.
Good luck everyone who entered the contest.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Awesome! I got my entry in: The Rebel. There are lots of intriguing portraits there, and community voting is a nice touch.
October 8th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I also entered the contest! My entry is A Concealed Glance. =)
October 13th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Hi there,
I was just wondering, because last week I was reading the rules and it had said that someone over 18 could enter a photo for someone under eighteen. I was just wondering, is this still allowed?
Also, did someone mention there was somewhere were you could look at the entered photos?
Thanks.
October 13th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Jay,
#3 of the rules on this post says a guardian can submit a photo for <18yo
You can view the entries (might have to be signed in, I’m not sure).
Vote for mine ;)
October 15th, 2008 at 3:16 am
Hey there! As far as “owning the copyright,” do you need to have a model release from the subject of the photograph or just be the photographer? In the commercial realm I know that a model release is key to being able to license a photograph, but was wondering how that worked for this contest.
Thanks!
October 17th, 2008 at 4:14 am
There are some amazing pictures entered here, I’m having a great time rummaging through them.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:05 am
Hi, i waa reading some of the earlier posts.. and saw that there was something about looking at some of the entries.
I was wondering how to do that? and if it was posible
October 20th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Hi Nick, you’re not selling a photo, but it is a grey area.. i.e. you win a competition with a photo of someone that you don’t know, that you took and own the copyright for, but, they find out you won because of a photo of them.. I think you’d be fine legally, but it’d be a nice gesture to have a release. (It is not required that you have one to enter the competition)
C.Hallett – pop over to http://www.photrade.com and sign in to view the entries.
Not long now folks!!…
October 21st, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Great contest, I just submitted my entry.. hope you like it! http://www.photrade.com/singlePhoto.php?photo_id=242699
Great & useful site by the way, as an amateur photographer it has been a great resource!
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:33 am
Here’s your answer to copyright:
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October 22nd, 2008 at 6:35 am
i tried signing up at photrade twice, with two different email addresses. the verification email seems to never come through. what should i do?
October 22nd, 2008 at 6:52 am
ah, finally got it, thanks.
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
I’m kind of irritated. I signed up for photrade yesterday and uploaded my picture for the contest, sent links to my friends showing them so they could vote, and today it doesn’t work! Kind of embarrasing that everyone is clicking on the link and it says the photo no longer exists… grrr.. I can’t even sign back in today, it says my account name isn’t valid. I sent them an e-mail but it’s just annoying so close to the end of the contest and I have no idea if I’m in it or not!
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Hi Guys
We are experiencing some server/data base issues today… our servers were down for a bit today and we have some corruption in some of the data from yesterday. Our tech team is working to restore the data, and I will provide an update ASAP with the status.
I apologize for the inconvenience and we are doing everything we can to get this resolved ASAP. Thanks for your patience and we’ll let you know the status as soon as we can.
- Krista
(Krista Neher – VP Marketing, Photrade)
October 24th, 2008 at 2:37 am
Thanks for another great contest :)
Just curious, I know the chances of me winning are slim, but for future knowledge, suppose one wins – but a person like me is already engrained in the Sony system, lenses and all – a Canon/Nikon would be pointless and I’d be forced to sell it to buy stuff for my Sonys – so can we choose cash instead of the camera?
Just wondering.
October 24th, 2008 at 2:48 am
I would like to enter this comp, but after reading all these forum entries stating the hassle of the link not working it’s not portraying a professional outlook for a company who wants to use the winning photograph even if a D60 is the winning prize.
October 24th, 2008 at 9:25 am
@Phil I have had no trouble entering the contest at all. All links have worked just fine.
October 24th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Azhar, I was thinking the same thing as I am also a Sony user. Two bodies would have been nice had the option for a Sony been available, but like you I’d probably sell it and buy some Sony gear. Oh well, it’s a nice prize anyways. (I kind of even thought of gifting it if I won ..slim chance.. but I sure could use some more gear for mine)
October 25th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Darren said:I think it’s a little amusing that some say that this isn’t democratic enought (ie they want more public say) and some say it’s open to manipulation if there is public vote.
I have to agree with the people above who brought up the problem with public voting. It’s too easy to stuff the ballot box, especially on the internet. I’ve seen it done in real world contests where people will fill out a stack of “people’s choice” ballots and drop them in the box. It was a pain in the butt as a judge to go through them all. We sat down and wasted a couple of hours figuring out whether it was a real vote or whether the ballot was invalid because there were 100 of them in the same hand writing. In an online contest it’s even easier to skew the system because there’s no paper trail and there’s no one there to see you taking and/or returning with a huge stack of ballots.
I think the easiest way to discourage this would be to seriously look at the photo that has the most popular votes and see if it really is that good or if it was an obvious case of fraudulent voting. Or you could make a separate category for a people’s choice award. Equivalent to 4th place/honorable mention where there is either no prize or a small prize like a book or $25 gift card to B&H. Well, that’d be small in comparison to the current prize list, but you get the idea. If the people’s choice award isn’t the grand prize, it would probably discourage a large chunk of those would cheat to get it.
I also think you will get a lot of “I’m voting for Bob’s photo because he’s my friend and I won’t vote for Sally’s photo because she gave me a bad critique last week” That makes the public vote a biased vote. If you want the photos to be judged strictly on the merits of the photo itself, you have to have a panel of judges that can follow a list of criteria by which they weed out the ones that don’t meet the technical basics of a good photo (and have the good sense to know a good one even if it didn’t follow the rules) and then pick one from that pile that speaks to them.
Does that make sense?
I’d love to see public voting be a viable way to choose a winner, but it’s just so easy to cheat.
I think the photo that currently has the most votes definitely deserves the votes it’s received. But there are also some equally amazing shots sitting up there with 20 votes (or less). That’s where it stops resembling a photo contest and starts to look a lot like a popularity contest.
Just my two cents worth.
October 26th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Good points Faust. Also, for this particular competition there’s continuous entries and you can vote any time. It’s got to be difficult to get people to keep returning to go through the newer entries and vote for the good ones. For that matter, do you just keep voting for ones that are good because you know judges are going to look at them or try to pick one? I went for the former.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:37 am
Azhar : Sorry, no – I’m pretty sure you’ll have to take the prize and do with it what you will, I will try to clear this up for you. (I’m pretty sure we won’t enter in to swapping prizes)
Phil : Sorry you’ve not tried for yourself and only been able to read what others have had trouble with… I think as it’s our first competition, that the number of people that have managed to enter have far outweighed the people that have trouble. Give it a shot, you may find you like it ;)
Faust : as I have said multiple times before, we will be going through each and every shot and we will try to the best of our ability, in conjunction with the public vote, to pick a clear winner. Thank you for your input.
kristarella : As above… Thanks for your comment.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:38 am
Good point…I completely forgot about that. The sooner you post, the more exposure you get. I know I’m here late…I just found this site recently. A friend introduced me to TWIP a few weeks ago and I DL’d all the podcasts and listened to them…my ears are still bleeding from listening to 8 shows a night LOL! I suppose I should have said hello and introduced myself first. Hi all :) My name is Joe, I live in Everett, WA, I’m a machinist, and I’ve been an amateur photographer off and on for around 20 years.
October 26th, 2008 at 7:52 am
G’day Joe!… :)
Sure, Exposure and votes are important, but we def will be going through the lot:) (All 1691 at the moment!)
Sime
October 26th, 2008 at 8:03 am
Nice to meet you all :)
Hopefully, I’ll have more photos posted soon. I have to load them from my laptop. I have tried 3 different browsers and every setting change combo I can think of and for some reason the “upload photo” button won’t work on my home PC. I emailed Photrade, but no one’s responded yet.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:07 am
Oh, thats no good! – I know that the guys were having some issues recently, have you tried in the last couple of days? – Try clearing your cache in your internet browser and doing a windows (if you use windows) update, looking for the java updates if there are any…. Hope this helps – drop me a mail : simon@gtvone.com : if you continue to have trouble.
Sime
October 29th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
The link is not working for me either right now. Points to a page with nothing on it in IE and Firefox. Can I still submit my portrait?
October 29th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
I would love to look at the photos that folks are entering, but I am having trouble creating an account with phototrade.com. When I try and create an account, I get the error message “copyright owner is not defined.” Any ideas on what the problem is? I can not get any info out of any other links as I get direct to “unable to connect to database server. Install Drupal” Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
October 29th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Seems to be working now.
October 29th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
There must be some major issues with photrade.com becuase now it says their “No app instances configured” on all pages.
October 30th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Photrade has been very problematic on this contest. Just last night with their extended outage they lost the data for 8 of my votes (people that reported to me they voted, and the vote total at the time) and countless others that tried to vote but could not get in. Plenty of people that signed up for membership to vote but had that data lost as well and are trying to sign up again.
Ahh, the fun of a beta period. It happens, I do understand, but it is frustrating when you are trying to compete in a contest but lose your momentum of votes! :)
October 30th, 2008 at 12:26 am
after many attempts i finally managed to register on photrade but now the picture upload doesn’t work. i’ve tried with both firefox and IE but nothing happens when i click on the “upload photos” button :(((
October 30th, 2008 at 12:27 am
@Jeremy Hall : If this is the case, I’ll be going through each and every entry anyways.
It has been a tough time, but we’ll get there in the end!
Sime
October 30th, 2008 at 12:37 am
Sorry, had to weigh in one more time as I read the comments above. I have been one of those early submissions, and feel fortunate to be jockeying for first place through the month. I know there will always be those that question the votes, but all my votes have come from legitimate efforts to publicize the contest and encourage people to vote. As I understand it, that is the spirit of the contest – to introduce more people to Photrade and DPS. I have publicized this on my social network, including Twitter, Facebook, FriendFeed and Flickr. Obviously I would like the photo to be judged on its merit, but from the outset this competition was presented as if the popular vote counted for a lot more than is being intoned now. I will wait and see the outcome, but having worked hard to help this contest get exposure and having obtained a fair share of *legitimate* votes, I have some nervous anticipation of being slighted simply because of my vote total.
I hope that is not the case, and of course whatever the final judging is, that is what the outcome will be. To get an honorable mention in the end instead of a worthwhile prize (I was hoping for that Rebel) will be a real letdown. I have my fingers crossed and have made every effort I can to help get the word out for all this.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:11 am
I personally have only 2 votes on my picture and despite all my efforts i couldn’t get any more votes. I still think the picture it’s good, whether it’s good enough to win the competition is up to the judges. But I think that if the winner is only the one with more votes this will make the contest a popularity contest instead of a photographic one.
Jeremy I totally get your point and I wish you all the luck in the world.
October 30th, 2008 at 1:12 am
PS: Jeremy I already voted for you
October 30th, 2008 at 1:43 am
@Rodrigo Thanks! :) I do want to make sure in all my whining (yes, I recognize it for what it is) that I do understand beta sites and contests always will have room for complaint. Even if I don’t place at all, I will still be a happy DPS reader and I won’t be ranting all over the place about being slighted. Perhaps it is my own fault for having put too much effort into a popular vote that didn’t matter, but I do hope it counts for something!
October 30th, 2008 at 1:47 am
Jeremy, sorry – you sound like you read me wrong, maybe I wrote me wrong…
The votes will be considered / looked at / etc… But every image will be looked at by the judges and considered on its individual merit, votes aside..
Glad you’re a DPS reader :) Go and win yourself a new camera bag while you’re at it…
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/showthread.php?t=34166
Sime!
October 30th, 2008 at 9:02 am
aaarrgghh i still can’t upload anything >:|
not turning out to be a great advert for photrade really is it…
October 31st, 2008 at 7:00 am
I can not upload my photo.
the SELECT PHOTO button does not work
what should I do?
October 31st, 2008 at 11:59 pm
The close date was set as midnight, not noon, so it has closed 12 hours early.
May 22nd, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Desperately wanting to upgrade to a DSLR. No money, so winning a competition may be my only chance. Sadly, discovered this comp about 8 months too late :(
Ho hum…
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