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Paul Hansen’s dramatic news image named World Press Photo of the Year

Swedish photographer Paul Hansen's dramatic image of a Palestinian funeral possession was named World Press Photo of the Year for 2012. The photo, shown below, was captured in Gaza City last November shortly after an Israeli missile hit the area.

 
World Press Photo of the Year: Gaza Burial by Paul Hansen

Here's how the...

November’s Photo of the Day winners chosen!


It's sadly been many months since we last managed to post Judges' Comments for the monthly Photo of the Day winners, and we apologize to all the winners over that period of time whose photos haven't received the recognition they deserved. The reason has simply been the ongoing editorial overload here at Imaging Resource headquarters.

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National Geographic shows off impressive winners in annual photography contest

 
 

After sifting through more than 22,000 entries from over 150 countries, the winners have been picked in the 2012 National Geographic Photography contest and there's some pretty spectacular stuff. Both professionals and amateurs competed in this year's competition and photos were submitted in three categories: people,...

Spanning the globe with some of the best travel photography of 2012

 
 

A British photographer has won the title of "Travel Photographer of the Year" for what contest organizers describe as his captivating images of "wet, miserable, dank weather."

How very British of him!

Seriously though, Craig Easton's visually compelling images (such as the first image below) won the Cutty Sark...

Samsung UK seeks the next David Bailey in Facebook campaign


 
 

Could you be the next David Bailey? If you live in the United Kingdom and share the same name as the famous British photographer, you've already got a head start on the road to being the next big pro--or so Samsung UK cheekily suggests with a new publicity campaign for the Samsung NX1000 digital camera, entitled...

MacMall sweepstakes: Win $14k of studio gear from Apple, Adobe, Wacom and more

MacMall's logo. Click here to visit the MacMall website!Fancy giving your digital darkroom a bit of an upgrade? Perhaps you're just getting started, and still kitting out your studio? Either way, the folks at MacMall are running a sweepstakes that could see your studio decked out for free with shiny new gear--including an Apple computer, naturally.

Two prizes are on offer, with the more valuable of the two--all-in list pricing for...

Call for entries: July 4th Photo of the Day contest

Imagingresource-2009-144x86The fourth of July is fast approaching. For those of us in the United States, that means it'll soon be time for fireworks, parades, carnivals, barbecues, and many other Independence Day staples. For Americans living--or perhaps serving--overseas, thoughts of family and homeland will be front of mind.

July 4th also means it's time for something a little special in our Photo of...

Photo of the Day Winners for April chosen!

Imagingresource-2009-144x86Well, another month gone, another month prior's Photo of the Day judging done. The judges continue to lag sadly behind on their judge-ly obligations, only now finally voting on the April photos of the day. We'll try to get caught up a bit this month, and get the May monthly winners submitted, but meanwhile, here are five excellent photos from the April contest:

(And if you're...

Photo of the Day Winners for March chosen!

Imagingresource-2009-144x86Well, we're setting another record for lateness, creeping into May and only just now getting around to voting on the POTD winners for March. Our apologies to those of you who've been waiting--we'll try to get caught up a bit with April's winners over the next week or two, but in the meantime, check out the fine photos below.

From 31 great photos, "Bella," "My Baby Girl," and...

Sigma Corporation of America announces “Dear Sigma” Contest winner

Sigma's logo. Click here to visit the Sigma website!Charitable photographer will use new lenses to shoot shark-diving projects for cancer survivors

Ronkonkoma, NY, Dec. 22, 2011 – Sigma Corporation of America made one photographer’s – and many cancer survivors’ – holidays a little bit brighter today when it announced the winner of the “Dear Sigma” Contest.

Brandon Bethea, of San Diego, Calif., will receive...

Carl Zeiss preps photo contest

Carl Zeiss' logo. Click here to visit the Carl Zeiss website!Oberkochen, Germany-based Carl Zeiss AG has today announced its 2011 Carl Zeiss Photo Contest, which is open to anybody shooting with Zeiss lenses.

Running for a month, from December 15 2011 to January 15 2012, the contest offers some pretty great prizes. The first prize winner gets their choice of ZEISS SLR lens with a special engraving, along with a Carl Zeiss T* UV filter,...

October POTD Winners Chosen!

Imagingresource-2009-144x86Regular readers will have noticed the return of a popular feature to our news page, one which unfortunately wasn't ready quite in time for last month's cutover to the new page design.

We've just reinstated our Photo of the Day--with a renewed, more attractive design--front and center where it belongs, at the very top of the news page. We get a lot of really great images in our...

“Dear Sigma” Contest Will Fulfill Photographer’s Holiday Wishes for Photo Gear

Sigma's logo. Click here to visit the Sigma website!Visit Sigma Corporation of America’s Facebook page to win up to $2,500 in lenses, cameras

RONKONKOMA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Photographers: Have you been good this year? Sigma Corporation of America wants to check some photography gear off your wish list this holiday season.

The leading researcher, developer, manufacturer and service provider of some of the...

Calling for Power Directors!

CyberLink's logo. Click here to visit the Cyberlink website!CyberLink Unveils “I am a Power Director” Campaign for Video Enthusiasts

Taipei, Taiwan—November 28, 2011— Video enthusiasts who use CyberLink’s PowerDirector, the world’s fastest video editor, today have a new outlet to share their love and state emphatically, “I am a Power Director!”

CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW) today unveiled a new community, I Am A Power...

CEA Rewards ‘Best Shots’ in New Photo Contest

The Consumer Electronics Show logo. Click here to visit the Consumer Electronics Show website!Grand Prize Winner Receives Digital SLR and Accessories

Arlington, Va., November 21, 2011 – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today launched a digital photo contest to encourage consumers to share and display their digital photographs. The grand prize winner, to be announced January 13, 2012, at the 2012 International CES, will receive a Nikon D3100...

PocketWizard® Announces Make It Possible™ Photo Contest

Pocketwizardphotocontest-2011-200x138PocketWizard Photo Products partners with SmugMug to create the first PocketWizard Photo Contest

So. Burlington, VT – November 8, 2011 – LPA Design, manufacturers of PocketWizard radios, the world leader in wireless control and synchronization of cameras, flash lighting and light meters, announces the “Make it Possible” Photo Contest. Starting today,...

September POTD Winners Chosen!

Imagingresource-2009-144x86We're pretty late announcing the winners of our September Photo of the Day contest, but this time with good reason: There's a new (and wonderful) first prize, and we had to wait to announce the winners until the new printer was publicly announced.

In case you haven't guessed, this means that rather than the (excellent) Canon PIXMA Pro 9000 Mark II that was the previous First...