Chrome Industries have launched a photo contest, entitled “‘I’m A McKenzie, You’re A McKenzie”. Interested photographers are invited to visit and “like” the Facebook fan page of Chrome Bags, and email a picture of a friend that most closely resembles Bob or Doug McKenzie from the film, ‘Strange Brew’. “We’re talking winter truck stop beanies, hunting caps, flannel and charm,” says Corinne Avganim of Chrome Industries. The submission deadline is Thursday, 15th December, and the main prize is a Nikon D300 and a Chrome Niko pro camera bag.

Adobe has issued the call for entries for the 12th annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA). The competition recognises the best student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from higher education institutions worldwide who have created innovative projects using Adobe software. Free to enter, the 2012 ADAA will be judged by a panel of international design experts in three independent judging sessions. Submission deadlines are 27 January, 27 April, and 22 June 2012.

The World Photography Organisation today issued a last call for entries for the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards, billed as “the world’s most comprehensive photography competition”.  The awards include a Professional competition, which invites entries from the world’s leading photographers and ‘serious enthusiasts’, and an Open competition for everyone with an interest in photography. For the 2012 awards, a ‘Nature & Wildlife’ category has been introduced to the Professional competition and there are no less than three new categories in the Open competition including ‘Enhanced’, ‘Split Second’ and ‘Low-light’. The submission deadline is 4 January 2012. For full details, visit the website below.

The winners of the FEP European Professional Photographer of the Year 2011 competition have been announced. The overall winner is Spanish Photographer Oriol Jolonch, who also won the Golden Camera 2011 award in the Illustrative category, whilst the Young European Professional Photographer of the Year 2011 title has been awarded to Luca Leon Fasching of Austria.

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

1st Place
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Prize: X-Rite ColourChecker Passport
Kindly donated by X-Rite
http://www.xritephoto.com/

X-Rite has announced the December theme for its Colour Perfectionists Unite photo contest. The theme is “Celebrating Family” and the deadline for entries is 15th December. The winner will be featured on the X-Rite Photo blog and will receive one of X-Rite’s new display solutions – either a ColourMunki Display or an i1Display Pro – and a ColourChecker Passport (pictured). The top 20 finalists will be featured in a gallery at X-Rite Photo on Facebook and Colour Perfectionists Group on Flickr. Click through / read on to learn how to participate in the competition.

The Lab Magazine has announced a new photography competition entitled, “Twelve Days of Christmas”. The Lab Magazine is a printed publication and an online culture hub dedicated to art, fashion, music, photography and film. Now they are calling for submissions of photos that represent the 12 presents from the song “Twelve Days of Christmas”. Entries may be submitted via the magazine’s Facebook fan page or Twitter. The author of the winning photo each day receives a $20 iTunes gift card. The contest runs from 1-25 December. For more information, visit the website below.

Website: The Lab Magazine

The fast-paced, glamorous world of motorsport is one of the most exciting and challenging environments for a professional photographer.

Autosport International, the world’s greatest motorsport show, is offering one Photography Blog reader the unique opportunity to experience this thrill first-hand through its inaugural Amateur Motorsport Photographer competition.

The contest is open to any amateur photographer over 18 years old, who is invited to submit an original image on the theme of Motorsport. The winning entry will be selected by a panel of experts to receive a money-can’t-buy prize: photography accreditation for the world-renowned Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The judging panel will feature a professional photographer from LAT Photographic, the largest motoring and motorsport photographic collection in the world, Photography Blog’s editor Mark Goldstein and representatives from Goodwood circuit and Autosport magazine.

Five finalists will be chosen to attend Autosport International 2012, which takes place at the Birmingham NEC, UK, on 12-15 January, where they will enjoy a busy programme of spectacular live racing, race car exhibitions and appearances from personalities including F1’s Paul Di Resta, Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard. For more information visit www.autosportinternational.com or follow @autosport_show on Twitter.

Autosport International will unveil the overall winner of the competition at the LAT Photographic exhibition stand, who will be presented with their prize: one-to-one tuition from a professional LAT photographer at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on 29 June - 1 July 2012.

To enter the competition, simply submit your photograph along with your name, address and contact telephone number to [email protected] no later than Sunday 1 January 2012.

Sigma Corporation of America has launched a sweepstake/contest on its Facebook fan page. Participants are required fill out an entry form and draft a “Dear Sigma” letter describing what Sigma products they’re dreaming of this holiday season. “Our Facebook fans are constantly telling us what Sigma gear they love and want, so we decided to give them an opportunity to win it this year,” said Mark Amir-Hamzeh, president of Sigma Corporation of America. “We’ll be judging the finalists based on their humour, creativity and overall appreciation of our products.” The deadline for submissions is 16th December at 12pm ET. Once all of the submissions have been received, online voting will commence. The top five vote-getters will become the contest finalists and a winner will be selected on 22nd December by a panel of judges. The winner will receive his or her wished-for Sigma products totalling up to $2,500 of the manufacturer’s suggested retail price

Caitlin Rakers, m sos and Peter Curno are the three winners of the Manfrotto Photo Travel Kit.

To celebrate the exciting launch of the Manfrotto Interactive Photo Lab in London (November 18th to 20th) Manfrotto UK is giving away THREE Fantastic Photo Kits which include the new Manfrotto Stile Unica Messenger Photo Bag and new Manfrotto Compact Tripod! Each kit is worth £135.00!

The new Manfrotto Unica VII Messenger Bag is the perfect everyday companion for carrying your camera gear, laptop and personal gear. Gain quick access to your DSLR with lens attached, 17” Macbook (15.4” laptop) and personal effects in the upper compartment by using the top opening. 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.

This contest is now closed.

For more information or to buy Manfrotto products online visit: www.manfrotto.co.uk

Low Cost Holidays have announced a 12 day marathon photo competition entitled, “Smiley’s 12 Days of Christmas”. Hosted on their Facebook page, the competition begins at 12pm on 12th December. The organisers will be setting 12 photo challenges over the 12 days leading up to Christmas and will be giving away 12 different prizes. Unlike most Facebook-based photo contests, where the winning image is selected by popular vote, “Smiley’s 12 Days of Christmas” is a juried competition. Photos will be judged on creativity, originality, and whether the photo puts a smile on the jurors’ faces.

The world’s oldest photographic competition, organised by The Royal Photographic Society (RPS), has put out a call for entries for 2012. The 155th International Print competition is open to all photographers and includes a special award for under 25 year olds. The contest’s sponsor, Allen & Overy, is awarding a £1000 prize for the best photograph on the theme of ‘Change’. The competition is open to entrants until 21 March 2012, and the awards will be presented to the winners on18 July. The entry fee is £15 for RPS members, £18 for non-members, and £10 for entrants under 25 years of age. To enter, visit the website below.

iExplore Travel UK has announced a travel photography contest. Photographers are encouraged to check out the iExplore Facebook page, and then upload an image or short video to the competition page which best captures the essence of a “thrillaxing” holiday. “Thrillaxing holidays are those where you experience something amazing and where relaxation meets exhilaration,” the company says, “essentially the most memorable experience you can imagine.” The top prize is a trip of a lifetime worth £5,000.

SeaWeb’s Marine Photobank has announced the winners of the fourth annual Ocean in Focus conservation photography contest. The grand prize is awarded to Terry Goss, of San Francisco, for his photograph of a blue shark off the coast of Rhode Island with a rusted hook protruding from its lower jaw (above). This photo has earned Goss a 10-day, two person expedition to the Galapagos Islands with Lindblad Expeditions, the expedition travel company that voyages the world in alliance with the National Geographic Society. The runner-up for the Ocean in Focus contest is Peri Paleracio of Quezon City, the Philippines, for his picture of a boat in the Philippines with plastic and trash pollution suspended in the water. For the runner-up photograph, Paleracio has received a 7-night dive vacation at Matava, Fiji’s Premiere Eco Adventure Resort.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has launched a digital photography contest for US residents. The “Best Shots” competition is now open for entries and photo submissions will be accepted until 23 December. Entrants can submit one photo in each of four categories: people, travel, pets and cell phone shots. A slate of expert judges will select the finalists, and winners will be determined by an online popular vote running from 9-12 January 2012. The grand prize winner, to be announced on 13 January at the 2012 International CES, will receive a Nikon D3100 digital SLR camera kit. As always, we suggest that you read the rules before entering your work.

The “Photographs of the Year” competition, open to all professional photographers residing in Europe, is now open for entries. There are fifteen categories plus a “Young Talent” competition, open to individuals having less than one year of activity as a professionnal photographer and under the age of 25 on 1 of January 2012. The contest is sponsored by Nikon, who offered a total of €10,000 worth of photo equipment to the winners. The submission deadline is 15 January 2012.

The winners of Blottr’s Your View photography competition have been announced. The winning image of the “Workplace” category (see above) was captured by Stephen Wheatley, a volunteer from the Royal National Lifeguard Institution.

International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) is reminding interested photographers that the deadline for this year’s competition is fast approaching. You have until the end of this month (that is, Wednesday, 30th November) to submit your best photographs that fit into one of the following categories: The Beauty of Plants, Beautiful Gardens, Wildlife Havens, Breathing Spaces, Bountiful Earth, Fragile Landscapes and Greening the City. The top prize is £5000 and category winners will also be awarded cash prizes. Full details of how to enter the competition can be found online at the website below.

Hannah Millard a freelance wedding photographer has been crowned Best New Wedding Photographer in the first-ever Hitched.co.uk Breakthrough Awards (HBAs). The HBAs is an award scheme which recognises the creativity and talent of newcomers to the wedding market using expert judges and a transparent voting system to identify the best new work of 2011. After receiving her certificate Hannah said “Entering the hitched.co.uk Breakthrough Awards was a great opportunity for me to review my work to date. As with many businesses the focus has to be forward-facing but by looking back at my portfolio I could see how my business has developed. This was the first award scheme I have entered and to win through a process of both expert selection and public voting is especially rewarding.”

The Silver Eye Center for Photography in Pittsburgh has issued a call for entries for its international photography competition Fellowship 12. Each entrant has to submit eight images from a cohesive, exhibition-ready body of work created within the past three years, accompanied by a CV in PDF format. The deadline for entries is 15 January 2012, at 11:59:59 pm EST. Toe enter, visit the website below. Do note that entry fees apply.