WIN FREE TRAVEL AND HAVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER MAGAZINE.
Have you ever dreamed of having your photography showcased by National Geographic? Or, heading off for a FREE dream vacation? Now you can! Enter the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, which just launched today and runs through July 11, 2011.
The grand prize is a 14-day expedition for two to the British and Irish isles aboard the National Geographic Explorer (www.NationalGeographicExpeditions.com). The runner-up will win a nine-night hotel stay at Trident Hotels in India (www.TridentHotels.com), and the third prize winner will gain entry to an intensive 2 ½ day photo workshop at Santa Fe Workshops (www.santafeworkshops.com).
Entries may be submitted today through July 11, 2011 for a $15 - $25 fee in any of the following categories: travel portraits, outdoor scenes, sense of place and spontaneous moments. Winning images will be showcased in the November/December 2011 issue of National Geographic Traveler magazine.
For the past 23 years, National Geographic Traveler has hosted this competition and attracted entries from around the world. In 2010, nearly 4,000 photographers submitted over 11,000 images of wildlife, destinations and people that evoked a sense of discovery and exploration.
You can find more information on the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest by visiting http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/traveler-magazine/photo-contest/.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
If you have a traveler’s eye for photography, this could be your ticket to wander.
Your photos tell stories, now is your chance to share them with the world. One Life is an international photography competition open to all backgrounds, styles and perspectives. You are invited to submit photography illuminating your perspective, what you love, your travels or anything else that shows your world and experience. This competition is about honoring your vision and demonstrating that, with all our differences, we are one community connected by our love of images. Deadline: October 29th, 2010
The Grand Prize is your choice of either:
$25,000 or A Dream Trip Around the World and more.
To learn more, visit www.OneLifePhotos.com
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
As part of the lead up to this years International Apeture Awards competition Head Judge Peter Eastway (Editor of Better Photography Magazine) has put together some advice on entering and succeeding in photography competitions.
HOW TO WIN PHOTO COMPETITIONS | 
Santa Maria dei Miracoli. This image has won awards around the world.The trick to winning a photography competition is to impress the judges. How you do that is a little more complicated, but start by imagining you are one of the judges.
Think about it. You’re presented with hundreds or maybe thousands of photographs. Each image is precious and important to its photographer, but unlike the photographer, you as the judge don’t have the same emotional attachment.
Many people enter photographs of their children or loved ones, thinking they are the best images in the world. And they are. They are the best images for that person because there is a three way association between the subject, the photographer and the photograph.
However, for a judge who doesn’t know either the subject or the photographer, that association is lost. All the judge can deal with is the image, not the personal associations.
Successful photographs will create an association with the viewer. That association is created by choosing interesting or appealing subject matter, by capturing that subject matter with beautiful lighting or in an exotic location, by choosing an unusual camera angle, etc. Successful photographs are usually different from what we are used to seeing.
www.InternationalApertureAwards.com/
Entries Open 1st October - 30th November 2009
Peter Eastway; www.betterphotography.com
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
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Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".
Secrets From The Road:
The wise Mr. Frost had it right: Sometimes the road you choose really does make the difference, and some of the Condé Nast Traveler favorite Dream Trip 2009 contest entries (so far!) prove it.
Take a visual tour of tucked-away alleys, wide country lanes, quiet cobblestone streets, and buzzing urban arteries around the globe—no road map required.
Ellen Barone is an American writer and wanderer. She co-founded and publishes the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com and is currently at work on her first book "I Could Live Here".