Amateur Photographer - UK 2019-11-15)

For your chance to win, go to http://www.photocrowd.com/apxmas

COMPETITION

Thecompetitionis opentoeveryone,whetheramateurorprofessional,andyouare

freetointerpretthethemein anywayyouchoose.Naturallywearehappytoseeshots

of baubles,treesandlights,butwealsowantpicturesthatshowthecreativepotentialof

theseasonin general,sofeelfreetosubmitwinterlandscapes,indoorportraits,frosty

floraandfaunaetc.If youthinkyouhavesomethingsuitableonfile,great;if not,have

a goat shootingsomethingforthecompetition.Toenter,uploadyourimage(s)to the

Photocrowd website via the following link:www.photocrowd.com/apxmas.

THEHOLIDAYseasonis almostuponus,
whichmeansit’stimeforStir-upSunday,
sentimentalTVadverts,andtheAmateur
PhotographerChristmascovercompetition.
ThisyearwehaveteamedupwithPhotocrowd
andBillinghamtoofferyouglobalexposure,
andsomegreatprizestoboot.

Theprizes
Theoverallwinner(asjudgedbytheAPteam)
willseetheirpicturegracethecoverof theAP
ChristmasSpecialissue(21-28December).
Theywillalsoreceivea BillinghamHadleyPro
2020 bag worth £240, courtesy of Billingham

(www.billingham.co.uk).Thewinnercan

choosefromsixclassiccolourcombinations.

A secondwinner(asawardedbythepublic

voteviaPhotocrowd,www.photocrowd.com)

willreceivea year’sdigitalsubscriptiontoAP.

If thestandardof entriesis deemedhigh

enough,thewinner(s),anda selectionof

commendedentrieswillalsoappear inside

a futureissueof themagazine.

Wouldyouliketoseeoneofyourimagesinprint,

onthecoveroftheworld’snumberoneweekly

photography magazine? If so, read on...

HOW TO ENTER

Tipsfor coversuccess

Don’tcropin tootightly.Leavespaceforthe

magazine‘furniture’– masthead,coverlines

andgraphicdevices.Busyimageswithlotsof

detailaregenerallyunsuitableasthey make

superimposedtexttrickytoread.

Shootportrait-formatpictures.Whileit’s

notunheardof forustousea sectionof a

landscape-formatshot,yourchancesare

improvedbyshootingin theuprightformat.

Makeeyecontact.If you’resubmittinga

portrait,ensuregoodeyecontact,withthe

subjectlookingdirectlyintothelens. Make

suretheeyesarepin-sharp.

Provideplentyofoptions.Tryvariousangles

andsubjectplacements,withthemainfocal

pointtotheleft,therightandcentre,togive

thearteditorlotsof options on where to put

the coverlines.

Forfulltermsandconditions,visit

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk.

Theclosingdateforentriesis

midnight on 18 November 2019

Be a Christmas

cover star