The winners of the October 2009 Photography Blog Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for October was “Eyes” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Blink by purple_fringing

Prize: X-Rite ColourChecker Passport
Kindly donated by X-Rite
http://www.xritephoto.com/

The 7 lucky winners of a KATA 3N1-30 camera bag, worth £115 each, have been announced.

The KATA 3N1-30 was voted Best Camera Bag of the Year at the recent “Gear of the Year Awards 2009”.

Thanks to Bogen Imaging UK for donating the prizes.

Sunil Shaw, Bill Moy, Chris Archer, Kevin Bates, Shang Sun, Mladen Radman, and Sharon Vos-arnold have each won one of the KATA 3N1-30 camera bags.

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LAST CHANCE TO ENTER! This month we are giving away 7 KATA 3N1-30 camera bags (worth £115 each). That’s a total prize value of over £800!

The KATA 3N1-30 was voted Best Camera Bag of the Year at the recent “Gear of the Year Awards 2009”.

On Monday 12th October 2009, seven names will be randomly selected from the list of PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscribers and will each win one of the KATA 3N1-30 camera bags.

Click here to enter

The winners of the September 2009 Photography Blog Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for September was “Orange” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
I am french, and you !? by skweeky

Prize: i1Display 2
Kindly donated by X-Rite
http://www.xrite.com/

Now available at your local Camera Phone Zone - Fantastic new Vodafone Pay as You Talk Freedom Packs. Vodafone’s new Freedom Packs are bundles of great Pay as You Talk value that are bursting with minutes and texts. A £10 pack gives you 100 minutes + 300 texts. That would cost you £50 with a normal TopUp! For even greater value there is a £15 pack with 200 minutes + 300 texts and a £20 pack with a fantastic 300 minutes + unlimited texts*. Each pack lasts for 30 days and it’s so simple to get one - just call 2345 from your Vodafone mobile using your calling credit. Calls to standard UK mobiles and landlines are covered and voicemail is included too so you can stay in touch with pretty much everyone.

This competition is now closed.

Alison Maclean is the lucky winner of a stylish, compact, 5MP, LG Viewty Silver camera phone with 3” touch screen worth around £100.

To find your local stockist visit http://www.cameraphone-zone.co.uk

Vodafone Freedom Packs: A Vodafone Freedom Pack lasts for 30 days and is not available with other tariffs or promotions. Pack minutes and texts are used for standard UK landlines beginning 01, 02, 03, UK mobiles and voicemail. Packs are non refundable and non transferable. Terms apply - see http://www.vodafone.co.uk/freedompacks or call 2345 from your Vodafone mobile.

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Photography Blog is delighted to offer readers the opportunity to enjoy the full version of Serif PhotoPlus 9 for free. PhotoPlus is an award-winning image editing suite designed to improve, enhance, and restore your photographs. Combining ease of use with a powerful set of image correction tools, PhotoPlus is ideal for editing images, whether for the web, multimedia, or the printed page. Download today and enjoy a host of powerful features including: unlimited editable layers, easy image extraction, artistic effects, PSD support and more. This offer expires on 3rd October 2009.

Website: Download Serif PhotoPlus 9

The lucky winners of our fantastic July 2009 Newsletter contest have been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list.

Kathryn McGrath wins a Unibind PhotoBook Creator, kindly provided by Unibind.

julie earnshaw, shihyen lo, Neal Humphris, peter marvelley and stacey treloar each win a GigaTribe.com 1 year Ultimate Version, kindly provided by GigaTribe.

James crampton, IA Brown and vind Mler each win a Unibind MyBook Collection, kindly provided by Unibind.

The winners of the August 2009 Photography Blog Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for August was “Curves” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Light spiral by blinds

Prize: i1Display 2
Kindly donated by X-Rite
http://www.xrite.com/

The lucky winner of our fantastic July 2009 Newsletter contest has been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list.

Kathryn McGrath wins a Billingham Large Hadley shoulder bag in Khaki/Tan finish, worth £125.99, kindly provided by Billingham.

The winners of the July 2009 Photography Blog Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for July was “Heat” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
The Sparks are Flying by Jackie

Prize: ColorMunki Photo
Kindly donated by X-Rite
http://www.colormunki.com

The 5 lucky winners of our fantastic June 2009 Newsletter contest have been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list.

Craig Shave, Phil Sproston, Bill Durr, Will Daniel and Nicky Cockburn each win a copy of the book “Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 01”, kindly provided by International Garden Photographer of the Year.

The winners of the June 2009 Photography Blog Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for June was “Texture” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
mud pack man by danielle_t

Prize: ColorMunki Photo
Kindly donated by X-Rite
http://www.colormunki.com

The lucky winner of our fantastic May 2009 Newsletter contest has been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list.

Jim Hoff wins a HP StorageWorks RDX Removable Disk Backup System, worth £235.

The winners of the May 2009 PhotographyBLOG Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for May was “Rain” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, by phototoad

Prize: ShutterPoint.com one-year subscription with 100Mb of storage space
Kindly donated by ShutterPoint.
http://www.shutterpoint.com

We’ve updated our in-depth Canon PowerShot SX1 IS review with 12 RAW samples. The Canon SX1 IS can record .cr2 RAW files if it is updated with firmware version 2.0.0.0. Check our our Canon SX1 IS review to find out what the RAW quality is like from this super-zoom camera.

Website: Canon PowerShot SX1 IS Review

The winners of the April 2009 PhotographyBLOG Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for April was “Paradise” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Norwegian dream by Igor

Prize: CanvasRus 40 x 30” Canvas Print
Kindly donated by CanvasRus
http://www.canvasrus.co.uk

We’re giving away a HP StorageWorks RDX Removable Disk Backup System worth £235! On Monday 1st June 2009, one lucky winner will be randomly selected from the list of PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscribers. To have a chance of winning this great prize, simply subscribe to the completely free PhotographyBLOG Newsletter.

The 5 lucky winners of our fantastic April 2009 Newsletter contest have been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list.

Flavio Bosi, Miça Quartey, Katherin Morris, Lorne Neil and Geoff Wilkins have all won a copy of David Noton’s “Chasing the Light” DVD, worth £19.98.

The winners of the March 2009 PhotographyBLOG Competition have been selected by a panel of judges. The theme for March was “Buildings” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Oslo opera by skweeky

Prize: 1 copy of Powerretouche Full Pro Pack
Kindly donated by Powerretouche.
http://powerretouche.com

The 3 lucky winners of our fantastic March 2009 Newsletter contest have been randomly selected from the PhotographyBLOG Newsletter subscriber list.

John Frenzel wins a 160GB Clickfree Portable Backup Drive worth £93.99.

Jon McGovern and Sam Radford each win a Billingham Large Hadley bag, worth £125.99 each.