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: 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 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.

Photography Blog received over 1 million visitors* in November 2010, cementing its position as one of the most popular camera review websites worldwide.

Founder and editor Mark Goldstein commented, “Our clear focus on providing detailed, real-life reviews of the newest cameras, complete with full-size sample photos and videos, has resulted in significant year-on-year growth, in spite of the current global economic climate”.

There were a total of 6,057,177 page views from 222 countries, with over half of visitors coming from the USA and UK.

Due to consistent top 10 rankings, 65% of visitors find Photography Blog via a search engine. 75% of all visitors were actively searching for advice about a specific camera, reading in-depth reviews of the latest models. The most popular review has been read more than 1.7 million times.

Photography Blog also reports all the latest photography news from around the world, and has nearly 14,000 registered members in its popular photo gallery and forums.

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

1st Place
The Conversation by Audah

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

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

1st Place
Lifes lessons by phototoad

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

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

1st Place
The Arrival by nrshapiro

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

The Worlds’ biggest photography show, Photokina, starts on Tuesday 21st September in Cologne, Germany. Lots of exciting new cameras and photography products will be unveiled in the next few days as the manufacturers finalise their Autumn 2010 ranges. The Photography Blog team will be at Photokina to bring you all the breaking news, stand tours, interviews and hands-on previews, including tomorrow’s Press Day when several manufacturers are making announcements. So make sure to regularly visit Photography Blog this week for all the very latest news from the world of photography.

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

1st Place
Trees in the mist by jonathan bean

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