Jean-baptiste Faudeux is the lucky winner of a new Sony DSC W570 digital camera, courtesy of Photography Blog and Idealo.

With its 5x optical zoom, Carl Zeiss lens, 2.7 inch screen and 16.1 mega-pixel camera, the Sony camera offers a simple to use interface and hassle-free portability, all encased in stylish brushed aluminium. For those who want to read our full review, it can be found here. If you aren’t lucky enough to win the camera, a quick price check shows it can be had in the UK for around £125; in the US as if often the case, the price is a little lower.

Idealo offers a wide selection of products to compare on everything related to photography, be it digital cameras, SLRs, tripods or bags. The price comparison search engine collates the latest prices from the largest e-commerce sites in the United Kingdom, allowing an easy overview of where the best photography deals can be found. Furthermore, as the results automatically include any available voucher codes to further reduce the overall cost, it saves the extra hassle of having to search for a discount after getting to the payment page of a chosen shop.

Photography Blog and Cyberlink are giving away FIVE copies of Cyberlink PhotoDirector 2011, each worth £79.99!

CyberLink’s PhotoDirector 2011 is designed to smooth the flow from the time an image is imported to the PC to its final output by delivering powerful management and editing tools.

PhotoDirector 2011 features a wide array of dynamic adjustment tools that can be applied in a non-destructive editing environment, leaving your original images unaltered. Offering native rendering of RAW files from Canon and Nikon cameras provides photographers with a great feature to maintain the immaculate quality of each image. PhotoDirector 2011 is also the first photo software that lets users easily share their own presets and download an unlimited number of presets defined by others, directly from the application, through CyberLink’s online community DirectorZone.com.

The 5 winners are: James Golden, Michael Flowdy, David Lonsdale, Kurt Skeels and Paul Rose

The contest closed at 11.55PM GMT on Wednesday 31st August 2011.

The winners of the August 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for July was “Street Portrait” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Out in the Cold by mortong

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

We’ve teamed up with Lomography to bring you a very special deal - 25% off all mail order lab services from http://www.lomographyuk.com/lomolab! Read on for the full details…

Photography Blog and Manfrotto UK have given away TWO fantastic new Manfrotto Compact Series Photo Tripods, each worth £49.95!

The two winners are Paul Rose and Derek Jones.

The Compact Photo Kit is the most compact full size support in the market. The five section legs and the unique reversible column provide maximum compactness for storage and transportation, and yet, when fully extended it is a full size tripod with no compromise on height. The quick action intuitive ball head allows you to simply and quickly set the position of your camera in any situation so you don’t lose the right moment.

The contest closed at 11.59PM GMT on Sunday 31st July 2011.

For more information on Manfrotto products please visit: www.manfrotto.co.uk
Manfrotto – Imagine More

The winners of the July 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for July was “Delicate” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
TORN by angela taylor

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

The winners of the June 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for June was “Clouds” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
The English Channel by Kurt

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

Photography Blog has partnered with Bing to give away an exclusive collection of five signed prints from Dizzee Rascal’s curation of Bing’s homepage to launch its www.your-britain.com national photography competition. The images show the different places around Britain that have inspired Dizzee on his personal journey into making the music we love today.

The competition has now closed - Dan Chippendale is the winner of the five signed prints from Dizzee Rascal.

If you feel inspired by Dizzee’s collection and want to enter the Your Britain competition with your photography of Britain, please go to www.your-britain.com where you can also win £10,000 and have your image displayed on the BING’s home page to over 16 million people.

Both competitions closed at midnight on Friday 24th June.

The winners of the May 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for May was “Babies” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Babies by Vab

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

The winners of the April 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for April was “Candid” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Jewels in the Crowd by Simon K

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

The two winners of a fantastic new Manfrotto 290 Series Tripod Kit have been randomly chosen.

They are Nick Thompson and Arabella Bazley.

This contest closed on Friday 22nd April 2011 at 12.00 Midday GMT.

The new MK294A3-A0RC2 294 Kit is the larger 3 section kit combined with the detachable aluminium ball head. It is the best solution for stability and rapid movements. The anti-shock collar protects your camera from accidental impact, whilst the 3 faced design column prevents rotation to allow for increased accuracy and steadfastness. The leg locks provide a rock-solid support and with their innovative adjustability they provide a consistent and excellent performance.

For more information on Manfrotto products please visit: http://www.manfrotto.co.uk

Manfrotto – Imagine More

The winners of the March 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for March was “Weddings” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Happy Bride by Isabelle Bouvier-Whittaker

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

Peter Wallis is the very lucky winner of a fantastic Olympus XZ-1 premium compact camera, worth £399.99 / $499.99.

Thanks to everyone who took part and stay tuned for another great giveaway very soon…

This contest closed at 12 midday GMT on Monday 21st March 2011.

Shooting wide open with a fast lens was becoming a luxury in the digital age. The fortunate few can afford super fast pro lenses on SLR’s whilst only the dedicated search out old prime optics and adapters for their systems. Now the beauty of F1.8 is available on a compact from a classic photography brand that really knows about optics. It boasts a larger than average sensor and a lens that delivers edge to edge sharpness even wide open, providing opportunities for depth of field control only previously dreamt about. So confident are Olympus about the edge sharpness that the XZ-1 shoots near maximum aperture even on auto settings which is more than can be said for many system cameras that default to smaller apertures sacrificing any chance of that wonderful bokeh. Don’t believe the hype? Check out our Olympus XZ-1 review.

Due to an even better than expected reaction to the Olympus XZ-1, they are in very short supply, so here is you chance to get you hands on one of the few available - absolutely free!

For more information on Olympus products please visit: www.olympus.co.uk

The winners of the February 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for February was “Anger” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Little Miss Sunshine by nrshapiro

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

Calling all photography fans! Have you heard about the Samsung Wave II?  It’s a sleek new smartphone with an AMAZING camera. And we have 3 to give away to you lucky people!*

The Samsung Wave II camera comes with a cool creative editing suite so you can turn any standard snap into a masterpiece, or make your photos even brighter by using its colour boost function.

To celebrate the launch of the Wave II, Samsung is inviting you to share a photo of your ‘now’ by visiting its Now Project Facebook page. You can try the editing suite out for yourself to beautify a pic of a moment that signifies your present, and upload it to an online gallery hosted on the site. The likes of [influencer] have already uploaded their favourite snaps and we want to see yours up there too!

If it’s really good, there’s a chance it might even be one of the best 50 photos displayed at an exclusive exhibition Samsung is hosting at the London Design Museum on 24th March. You need to be quick though - entries must be submitted by 28th February.

To be in with a chance of winning a Samsung Wave II phone, all you need to do is answer this simple question.
Click here to get some help with the answer.
You must also enter your name and email address.

For more details visit http://www.facebook.com/SamsungUK

The contest closes at 12 midday GMT on Monday 28th February 2011 - good luck!

*This contest is only open to UK residents.

The winners of our fantastic Manfrotto Tripod competition have been announced.

Steve James and Eric Lloyd have each won a Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod worth £139.95.

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who took part.
Stay tuned, as we’ll have another great contest starting on Monday…

The winners of the January 2011 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for January was “Daybreak” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
A new day by desertpea

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

The winners of our competition to win David Noton’s new DVD, Photography in the RAW, have been announced.

The 3 lucky winners who each get a copy of David’s DVD are: James Trevor Roberts, Johny Johnson, and Hjalti Sigfusson.

Congratulations to the winners and that to everyone who took part.

The winners of the December 2010 Photography Blog Competition have been announced. The theme for December was “Frozen” - you can view all of the entries in this gallery. Here are the 5 winners:

1st Place
Frozen Patterns by mortong

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

Win a Lomography camera in our Festive Competition! Just in time for Christmas, we have two great Lomography cameras to give away to two lucky winners - the Diana Mini En Rose and the Sprocket Rocket.

This competition is now closed.

The lucky winner of the Diana Mini En Rose is Ashley McKnight.

The lucky winner of the Sprocket Rocket is Graham Morris.