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How to win a photography competition

In my latest feature for Autographer, I get together with nine other photography experts and get them to share their top tips for doing well in competitions.

Lee Thompson, freelance editorial photographer shared this tip: “Don’t over edit. If you need to edit a picture too much, it’s not a very good picture to start with! There is nothing worse than a heavily photoshopped picture. Competition judges are really clamping down on over edited images after last year’s World Press winning picture came under some controversy by several picture forensic experts, who said the picture had been heavily altered.”

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This image of Lee’s shows a Libyan freedom fighter surrounding the dead bodyguards of Colonel Gaddafi in Libya is exactly how it was taken from the camera; just a slight bit of sharpening was applied. This picture was picked out of 12,500 images in this year’s Press Photographer’s Year. Image copyright: Lee Thompson

To read the other inspiring tips on the Autographer blog, click here.

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February 10, 2014

Rachael Sharpe

Photography competitions roundup on Autographer

Captured some amazing images? Winning a photography competition could be your perfect chance to share your shots with the masses – and take home some great prizes too. In this round-up for Autographer.com I show you the best competitions around, to enter before Christmas. Click here to have a look and good luck!

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October 3, 2013

Rachael Sharpe

Editing portfolio: April Edition of 247 magazine

A sniff of sunshine and we’ve gone festival mad this month. Our Ultimate Festival Guide equips you with info about the festival best offerings in the region and beyond, but we haven’t stopped there, we’ve secured a pair of tickets for almost all of our featured festivals to give away. See the online competitions page at www.247magazine.co.uk for more details. Should you fail to win tickets, we tell you how you can still do festivals for free – by volunteering. We also advise on how to avoid the ‘festival freaks’ that seem to appear when you least expect them… All this and the usual listings, fashion and street art makes for a bumper 48-page mag for your reading pleasure.

Read the whole magazine online here.

March 31, 2011

Rachael Sharpe

PhotoRadar features: How to be a sucessful stock photographer & How to win a photo competition

July 1, 2010November 26, 2010

Rachael Sharpe

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This summer I met Brendan Rawlings of Zen Wood Design and discovered his astonishing driftwood art. Below is the finished piece, published in Exeter Life.

September 30, 2020

Rachael Sharpe

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