dPS Forum Photography Competition!
Welcome to the first Digital Photography School competition for 2010! We’ve teamed up with www.digitalrev.com to bring you an inspiring photography
competition that anyone can enter, regardless of your experience level. The competition itself will begin tomorrow (Thursday, January 28th 2010) in the dPS Forum.
You will find the competition in here
What is the competition all about? – The idea behind this competition is that we didn’t want to create a divide between the less and more experienced photographers amongst our members, so what we’ve put together is an idea that will challenge you to stand back and take a look at your photography, think about why you are taking the photo and work out what message that photo sends to the people that are looking at it. What we want is for you to produce a photograph that says “Life”
The competition will be held in our competition section and will run as follows… There will be four weeks for submission, You can post one photo a week up to a maximum of four images, or you can stick with one image if that’s what you would like to do, obviously if we’re looking at four of your images you could possibly have a better chance at being a finalist or even our winner, which brings me to my next point!
Our Exclusive sponsor for the dPS Forum Competition is DigitalRev who we’re very excited to be working with on this – A big thank you to Richard and his great team who have provided the following awesome prizes…
First place is upto $1600.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev
Second place is upto $800.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev
Third place is upto $500.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev
The last week of the competition will close on Sunday, February 28th at 24:00 GMT upon which time judging will begin and then the winner and runners up will be announced on March the 17th!
For those of you that follow me on Twitter, you will know that I am very against any competitions that “Rights Grab” and so we have very simple rules.
30 Responses to “dPS Forum Photography Competition!” - Add Yours
January 28th, 2010 at 2:28 am
Wow, that site is ridiculously over-priced.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:12 am
Thats a nice competition!
Good luck to everyone!
January 28th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Great competition – going to get me some of that DigitalRev prize.
PS: Eric – your site is ridiculously badly designed and your photos look like you’ve taken them in front of sheets. Personally I think it’s generous of Digital Rev to sponsor this and taking a pot shot at them after them putting up a prize for us is pretty poor form. I know I’ve bought stuff via them on E-bay a couple of times here in Australia and their prices have always been cheaper than I can get cameras locally and their service has been better than many other stores.
January 28th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Thanks for the compliments on the site.
In other news, I hardly think pointing out facts counts as taking a pot shot. I think a 250% markup on a camera from $641 all the way to $1607 can be considered ridiculously overpriced, don’t you?
http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-K-x-2-7-inch-18-55mm-50-200mm/dp/B002OEBTCI/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1264650326&sr=8-4
http://www.digitalrev.com/en/pentax-k-x-twin-lens-kit-da-l18-55-and-da-l50-200-7623.html?category_id=0&search_string=pentax+k-x&search_category_id=0&match_type=1&time=1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9
Its cool they offered to sponsor a competition and all, but that doesn’t change the facts
January 28th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Thanks for the compliments on the site.
In other news, I hardly think pointing out facts counts as taking a pot shot. I think a 250% markup on a camera from $641 all the way to $1607 can be considered ridiculously overpriced, don’t you?
Its cool they offered to sponsor a competition and all, but that doesn’t change the facts
January 28th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
Thanks for visiting my site; I’m glad you liked it.
In other news, I hardly think pointing out facts counts as taking a pot shot. A 250% markup on an entry level camera kit from $641 (amazon.com) all the way up to $1607 (digitalrev) should certainly count as ridiculously overpriced. Call it what you will, but facts are facts.
January 28th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
First place is upto $1600.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev
Second place is upto $800.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev
Third place is upto $500.00 USD to spend at DigitalRev
–What does “up to” mean? The first place winner MAY get $1600, but not definitely??
If so, how do they decide how much the 1st place winner gets ($1600 or less)?
January 28th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
Eric,
I’m not sure how you’ve come up with that figure…. but it got me interested in the prices. Here’s a quick example, for a Canon 50d body only:
DigitalRev: $949.00 (http://digitalrev.com/en/canon-eos-50d-dslr-camera-body-4253.html)
B&H: $929.95 (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=50d&N=0&InitialSearch=yes)
Dell: $969 (http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&k=50d&cat=all&x=0&y=0)
Looks to me like they’re pretty middle of the road, and your comment was a little unfounded, or at least not based on enough research.
I, for one, am greatly appreciative of their willingness to sponsor an event like this – even if I don’t win.
Best of luck, all – and happy shooting!
January 28th, 2010 at 4:27 pm
Eric,
I’m not sure how you’ve come up with that figure…. but it got me interested in the prices. Here’s a quick example, for a Canon 50d body only:
DigitalRev: $949.00
B&H: $929.95
Dell: $969
Looks to me like they’re pretty middle of the road, and your comment was a little unfounded, or at least not based on enough research.
I, for one, am greatly appreciative of their willingness to sponsor an event like this – even if I don’t win.
Best of luck, all – and happy shooting!
January 28th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
WEEK ONE of LIFE is now open for entries peeps.
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/competitions/100276-life-dps-photography-competition-week-one-submissions.html
Hey Eric – If there’s something that is way over priced – it may be an error… DR are very well priced and I’ve been using them for many years (And I’m tight with cash!!) if you see something really out of place, feel free to drop me an email and I’ll ask.
simon@digital-photography-school.com
Good Luck friends..
Sime
January 28th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
I think prices are ok, just took a look to prices of some lenses and they are really competitive comparing with amazon.
January 28th, 2010 at 10:42 pm
Week 1 started today (Thursday, 28 Jan), so is it safe to assume the deadline for submission is Wednesday, 2 Feb? Also, does the image need to be taken during this week (exif date included) or can we do some hard drive mining to find a good image we’ve taken in the past?
Thanks,
Tim
January 28th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Tim – in the thread you’ll find details.
WEEK ONE CLOSES FEB 4th at 11PM GMT
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/competitions/100276-life-dps-photography-competition-week-one-submissions.html
You can have taken your photo whenever, but hopefully you will get the chance to photograph “LIFE” especially for the competition.
Sime
January 28th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Thanks for the quick response. I guess I was looking for the deadline in the fine print and skipped right over the bold text.
January 29th, 2010 at 5:24 am
January 29th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
please advice where to ulpload the photos for competition? please…
January 29th, 2010 at 1:29 pm
@jhun, Sime posted link couple comment prior yours.
http://digital-photography-school.com/forum/competitions/100276-life-dps-photography-competition-week-one-submissions.html
January 29th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Kathy – your image is in the wrong spot and, currently, wouldn’t be entered in the competiiton. There is a link in this post showing you where to enter. – Sime
Eric, I have been advised this is an error and that they’re looking into it.
Simon
January 30th, 2010 at 2:15 am
Eric, as promised..
http://www.digitalrev.com/en/pentax-k-x-twin-lens-kit-da-l18-55-and-da-l50-200-7623.html?category_id=0&search_string=pentax+k-x&search_category_id=0&match_type=1&time=1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5%2C6%2C7%2C8%2C9
Hope that helps?
Sime
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:48 pm
I don’t know how to get my picture off from here, I did upload it to the right spot.
I am the new kid on the block, trying to navigate around the site.
February 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 am
Hey Kathy, It’s OK – you can leave it on here, but make sure you pop it into the competition too.
It adds some colour to this thread!
Sime
February 4th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Not that I think their prices are high, but who cares if it’s free! Can’t wait to find some pics to enter
February 16th, 2010 at 9:39 am
If you have some time, than watch my photos, and if you have any advice for a 1 month DSLR user, than don’t hesitate. Thanks a lot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jookerbenya/
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February 20th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
well perhaps now the fourth round is going on & i wanna submit my images to this round at least.but cant find a way where i can submit
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March 31st, 2010 at 9:28 am
Once again !!!! another link to “Our Latest Competition” –
and yes the page tells you all about the current comp’..
only you read a bit more and find it’s already over!! as the completion date has already past!
is it really too much to get these pages up to date !
on the day a competition closes – the page advertising it and giving details of it – should be updated stating the Competiton is now Closed .
March 31st, 2010 at 10:26 am
Stuart, it says the closing date in the post… Perhaps read the whole thing before you complain next time??
Sime
April 4th, 2010 at 5:08 am
poor me
I’m late to know this matter. But anyway, I can still learn about photography…
March 15th, 2011 at 9:59 am
DSLR cameras are good – I am trying night scene photos which is a good way to learn all the metrics of photography.
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