Photo credit: ©Miriam NiceNow that the holidays are over, we wish to remind you the closing date for entries is 5 February, so there’s still time to get snapping for Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year 2017, the world’s most prestigious celebration of all that is special and significant about food photography and film.

The competition is open to everyone - professional and amateur, young and old - from across the world and boasts a prize pool worth almost 20,000 GBP. The overall winner scoops the crown and 5,000 GBP, two nights’ accommodation at the Intercontinental London Park Lane, a host of commercial opportunities, global publicity and worldwide recognition.

The awards have a wide range of categories, including Food for Celebration sponsored by Champagne Taittinger, Partridges Food for Sale, Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year, unearthed® Food in Film supported by delicious for film shorts and, new for 2017, Intercontinental London Park Lane Food at the Table, World Food Programme Food for Life, Startisans Food in the Street, BBC Good Food Fresh Talent Award, The FujiFilm Award for Innovation and Individual Restaurants Cream of the Crop.

Festive feasts fuel charity donations

Photo credit: Joan RansleyAction Against Hunger is encouraging its supporters to host a dinner party with a difference this year, to raise much-needed funds to save the lives of malnourished children around the world.

The charity’s Great Get Together initiative encourages people to get together with friends and family, share a tasty meal and help to put an end to child hunger by asking their guests for a donation in return. Christmas is the perfect season to get involved in The Great Get Together with so many festive feasts going on.

So, when you tuck into your turkey, or munch on your mince pies over Christmas, ask your friends and family to donate a few pounds, it will go a long way to providing life-saving treatments. http://greatgettogether.actionagainsthunger.org.uk

And if you have your phone to hand, you could even win the world’s leading food photography prize!

Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, an Artists Bill of Rights supporter, are proud to support Action Against Hunger with their Food Sn-apping category, for images taken on mobile phones. It’s only £5 to enter and each shot generates a £2 donation. https://www.pinkladyfoodphotographeroftheyear.com/photo-category/food-sn-apping/

Having just self published for the first time, I wondered if others might find my research and experience of “upload your work and we’ll print and sell it” platforms useful.

The myriad of conditions you sign to are often hidden and put a different face on the company. Suddenly, their bouncy, appealing straightforward self marketing takes on a jagged edge.

Completely Novel claims that they can terminate and delete you for any reason without notice, and won’t enter into a dialogue or even tell you why.

This was a frighteningly common clause.

Blurb says that you’re held to their terms, even after your account closes.

I always reject the services of those who ask us to waive our rights. Laws for our protection are not created to then be waived!

The 3rd International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2016

The global photography competition showcasing the world’s best
landscapes & seascapes is now open for entries!

©Warren Keelan, 2015, The International Landscape Photographer of the Year

For the third consecutive year, Artists' Bill of Rights supporter, the International Landscape Photographer of the Year, is looking for your best work.

2014 and 2015 saw the first years of the competition, and were a great success with images entered from around the world, culminating in stunning collections of the top 101 images for each year. The collections were published in beautiful coffee table books by Momento Pro.

In this third year of the competition, ILPOTY is again very pleased to have the depth and judging experience of five of the world’s best photographers and industry professionals.

• David Burnett, co-founder Contact Press Images, USA
• Tim Parkin, ON LANDSCAPE Magazine Editor
• Luke Austin, 2015 International Landscape Photographer of the Year -Kaye Davis, NZIPP Grand Master of Photography
• Jim Goldstein, Fine Art Photographer and Author, USA