Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Competition Win.
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 23 April 2010 in Business & Industry and Portfolio.
This is the photo that I submitted for the first round of Practical Photography Magazines 2010 "Photographer of the Year" competition - the 'Landscape' category.....well, amazing as it still seems to me, it actually won!
The prize was a Nikon D300s and a 16-85vr lens with £500 of Jessops vouchers. The D300s has arrived and I've already exchanged it for a new Nikon D700. When the voucher arrives I'm going to put it toward a new FX wide angle Nikon 16-35vr lens to go with the new camera.
It's been an exciting couple of weeks since I heard that I'd won!
There's 6 rounds of the competition altogether (although I'm not allowed to enter any more of them). In the summer the competition judges will chose an overall winner from amongst the individual winners of the 6 different categories with the prize being tickets for two people on a 2 week cruise to N Africa + £2,000 in camera vouchers.
The original photo is here.
I've been posting photographs here at Aminus3 since June 2007.
For the first year or so I was posting a new photo every day, 7 days a week, but now I'm a bit more self critical and, in an attempt to maintain a certain standard in my photos, I now only post new images about 3 times a week.
For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to MY WEBSITE where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
Links to the websites of other photographers and artists whose work I admire:
Hugo Poon
John Leech
Ian Smith
Tony Bramham - My Uncle
Anna Bramham - My Daughter
@Bettina: Thanks Bettina!
@Francisco P. Font: Thanks Francisco!
Jeff from Honolulu, United States
Congratulations on your success. It's well-deserved.
23 Apr 2010 7:05am
@Jeff: Thanks Jeff!
Johan Dierckx from Wijnegem, Belgium
Congratulations. Very nice work. Good luck with the overall competition too !
23 Apr 2010 7:47am
@Johan Dierckx: Thanks Johan....yes, it would be amazing if I were to win the overall competition but I I'll have a 1 in 6 chance I suppose!
Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom
WELL DESERVED & CONGRATULATIONS!!!
And I'm now dead jealous of your new toy ^_^
23 Apr 2010 7:50am
@Ian Smith: Thanks very much Ian!....you were one of the photographers at DPR who were the key in pushing me to the point where one of my photos can beat thousands of others to win a big competition like this. I still can't really believe I've got such a fantastic new camera out of it and it's brilliant to see the photo published.
One of my ambitions with the new camera is to make progress in portrait photography (at which I'm rubbish!) so the next photo I post here taken with the D700 will be just that.
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
wow ! I'm so glad for you Ian ! congratulations for your success well deserved ! enjoy your D700 happy man ;-) and good luck for the end of competition !
23 Apr 2010 8:26am
@Anna.C: Thanks Anna!
Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom
RE: Hi Ian - I found doing some local classes in a studio with all the gear to use helps out loads with understanding good portrait photography (I did this for about 5 years on & off) - though I admit this was pre-digital ^_^ That reminds me - I should get all those negs/slides scanned in some day...
23 Apr 2010 8:26am
@Ian Smith: My camera club are organising an evening studio portrait tutorial soon with lighting and also I won a half day tutorial with a pro photographer (newspaper) a while ago which I haven't taken up yet.... I want to use it to get tips on portrait and flash.
Larry Lefever from Lititz, United States
Congratulations Ian. Well deserved recognition for a fantastic image.
23 Apr 2010 9:08am
@Larry Lefever: Thanks Larry!
@Mangesh: Thanks!
Scene by Sharon Photography from Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Congratulations! And well deserved. I hope you get the grand prize. As I have said before, I am a huge fan of your work - I think you are well deserving.
23 Apr 2010 10:27am
@Scene by Sharon Photography: Thanks very much Sharon!
@BAbzy: Thanks very much!
@Pavan Kaul: Hi Pavan....thanks for that!
JoeB from Brampton, Canada
Best news of the morning, well deserved on such patients and vision that you showed.
23 Apr 2010 12:32pm
@JoeB: Thanks Joe.....well I agree that with landscape photography it certainly pays to keep returning to good locations as changing light and weather always bring something new.
@yz: Thanks yz!
@NADINE DERUYCK: Thanks Nadine!
John Leech from Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom
Nice one Ian, that shot had AWARDS written all over it.
23 Apr 2010 2:01pm
@John Leech: Thanks John.....without all that help you've been giving me over the last 2 years I wouldn't be enjoying my photography so much and I would certainly never have won this competition.
Ralph Jones from Detroit, United States
Congratulations Ian! I'm not at all surprised that your photo won. I knew it was special when you posted it here. I do have to admit though that your image "The Cow Factory" is my favorite.
http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2009-11-12.html
23 Apr 2010 3:08pm
@Ralph Jones: Thanks Ralph.....that Cow & Factory photo is one my own personal favourites too even though I'm not that happy with it compositionally.
@Chris: Thanks Chris!
digitalCG from Manchester, United Kingdom
Huge congratulations, it's a belting image that deserves recognition. That it was made with a camera that many 'photographers' (used in the loosest sense of the word) would have turned their noses up at makes it all the sweeter.
Nice to see a decent bit of kit finding its way into the hands of someone who knows how to use it too - I look forward to seeing a new generation of images.
23 Apr 2010 4:14pm
@digitalCG: You know I never felt short changed by the D40 and the simplicity and light weight made it such a joy to use. The D700 feels incredibly complex in comparison and I think it's going to take me a while before I get as comfortable with it as the D40 (believe it or not, with the D40 I sometimes used to forget I was using it!). Having said all that I'm really thrilled with the D700 - the viewfinder in particular is an absolute joy as it is much bigger, brighter and clearer than the one on the D40
@Vahid: Thanks Vahid!
Barbara from Florida, United States
A great accomplishment, CONGRATULATIONS!
The ultimate prize to the spirit.
I have long admired your photography and style of your work.
Your images make a strong statement.
I wish you the best in the final prize.
23 Apr 2010 5:49pm
@Barbara: Thanks very much Barbara.....I feel so lucky to have won this competition and the new camera is very exciting!
Hoshisato from Ealing, United Kingdom
Congratulations and very well deserved! Your use of space is outstanding and even though I don't leave a comment often, I always enjoy checking out your new photos!
23 Apr 2010 7:44pm
@Hoshisato: Thanks very much Hoshisato!
Claudiu from București, Romania
Congratulations. It's a fantastic photo. And wise choice for purchasing that gear.
23 Apr 2010 9:54pm
Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom
Congratulations Ian - that's fantastic! I shall go and check for the magazine over the weekend. Superb job...
23 Apr 2010 10:11pm
MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany
Congrats, Ian, a well deserved success! It's good to see your shots here even before the rest of the world does. :-)
23 Apr 2010 11:08pm
tim from high desert, United States
Congratulations Ian!!! Bet its not the last contest you win either. Powerful image. Looking forward to seeing what you can do with the new gear.
24 Apr 2010 12:04am
Lorenzo from New York City, United States
Congratulation Ian, really loves all your photos, a true inspiration for me!
24 Apr 2010 12:05am
Ken from United States
Congratulations! To be so talented and work within sight of Old Trafford must be something.
Great!
24 Apr 2010 2:41am
Avinash from Dharamshala, India
congratulations...great job...the picture is awesome
24 Apr 2010 4:56am
danny from Hong Kong
Ian,
Congratulation, another joyful thing to remember.
BTW, I brought the April issue of Practical Photography, really nice. My elder son has finished his examination and is reading it.
danny_only
24 Apr 2010 7:00am
Marlowe from Le Havre, France
Wow ! What success ! Bravo! the image is beautiful ! It is always a pleasure to see edit !
24 Apr 2010 3:39pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Feel sooooo happy for you my dear Ian.. absolutely best deserved! CONGRATS!!!!!! Please let me repeat this: you're not only the most talented but also one with the greatest passion I've ever met on the FTF (I doubt if I would meet another one)! So proud to have known you since those days!:-) I'm sure you've read this quote: 'Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer and often the supreme disappointment.' (Ansel Adams) You just always excel!:-)
25 Apr 2010 11:41am
drphoto from Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Excellent news! Well done! And good choice of camera =D)
Dan
26 Apr 2010 12:15am
Adrian from Whitley Bay, United Kingdom
I think it's a worthy winner. Great work.
27 Apr 2010 9:16am
Didier DE ZAN from somewhere, France
Congratulations ! This is really a great shot
29 Apr 2010 11:29am
Betsy Barron from Philadelphia, PA, United States
congrats! always a cool feeling to see it in print, no?
30 Apr 2010 11:54am
Morris Taub (momo) from Montpellier, France
fabulous photo Ian, and big congrats on the win...bravo...
7 May 2010 2:05pm
Nia Bail from Malaysia
Congratulations Ian, for the win and the new camera!!
Looking forward to seeing more photos of yours! :-))
12 May 2010 2:31pm
Chris from Oxford, United States
Ian,
A great shot and I hope someday I can produce images such as yours :)
Chris
20 May 2010 11:23pm
amy from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Damn! How did I miss that? Again... I missed it! I don't get PP every month but it is my fave magazine. You deserve this!
10 Jun 2010 6:55pm
Magda from Vancouver, Canada
Congratualtions!!! Wow! I see how you got your D700! Good choice to exchange the D300 to D700
30 Jun 2010 9:31pm
Nikon D700
1/50 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
50 mm (35mm equiv.)
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