Breaking News: Pop Photography's Annual Readers Contest

Don't miss your chance to enter!
Deadline: September 12, 2008

The 15th Annual Popular Photography Photo Contest gives photographers the opportunity to have their work recognized in the January 2009 issue of Popular Photography, the largest photo magazine in the world, as well as on PopPhoto.com. The winning photographers will also win prizes from Panasonic, Tourism Ireland, Circuit City, SmugMug and fotocommunity.com.

Categories include:


+ Grand Prize Winner +
The Grand Prize winner will receive a 50" Panasonic HDTV, HD Camcorder, Blu-Ray DVD Player, Lumix Digital Camera, and an all expense paid trip to Ireland for two. The Panasonic Prize package will be set up or installed by firedog, Circuit City's highly trained professionals. The winner will also receive a SmugMug Lifetime Pro account with full customization, $500 of free prints/gifts from the SmugMug website, entry to exclusive 2009 SmugMug Workshop, a 3 year world membership from fotocommunity.com, as well as a X-Rite ColorMunki Photo


+ Category Winner +
The winners of each category will receive a new Panasonic Lumix Digital Camera, a SmugMug Liftetime free Pro Account, as well as a 2 year world membership from fotocommunity.com.


Wow...a lifetime free pro account is amazing, considering one year costs $150. The contest is worth entering just to get your hands on that! Good luck everyone.

In My Library: Get this month's issue of Popular Photography

If you haven't already subscribed to Popular Photography yet (which you should), then make sure you get your hands on the June 2008 issue. It's the "Big How-To Issue," and it has more than 20 tips that can help raise the bar on your techniques, from shooting to post processing and editing.

I really enjoyed the section on sharpening your photos because I am notorious for overdoing that. The tip, according to Pop Photo is to use the Smart Sharpen tool in CS2/3 and keep your radius low. Get ideas for "blue skies," "flash," "portraits" and a cool section on "time-lapse."

Breaking News: Get Your Pictures Published in Pop Photo

Don't miss your chance to get published in Pop Photo College Edition.

Join Pop Photo College Edition and Sony for a special on-campus event with free admission that's open to all on MONDAY, April 28, 2008 from 6-8:30 p.m. at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University, 289 Moody Street, Studio H, Waltham, MA 02453

The first 20 who RSVP (212-767-6009) will have their portfolios reviewed by experts.