Is Autumn your favourite time to take photographs?

At Farncombe we certainly think Autumn is the perfect time to re-charge the batteries of your camera and capture the beauty that is the changing of seasons! In amongst a range of digital photography courses at Farncombe, Derek Forss is running 'Photograph Autumn Tints' - 2nd - 4th November 2012.

During this photography course you will learn how to capture the richness and beauty of Autumn colours just like an expert would! Techniques that will be learnt during the weekend course include depth-of-field, metering modes, exopsure compensation and adjusting white balance for full colour saturation of reds and browns. The course will take place in the grounds at Farncombe.


For more information or to book a place on this course please visit our website or call us on 0333 456 8580.

Summer Offer from Farncombe

Are you a budding photographer or a singing sensation in your own bathroom?  

Do you want to “come dancing” or “go painting”?

At Farncombe Estate, we have wonderful weekend courses for every taste.  History to music-making

If you’re thinking of a mini-break or a Stay-cation this year, why not spend it on our beautiful Cotswold Estate with long views and fantastic food?  

We’ll even pick you up from the London train!

This summer, we’re celebrating the prospect of the Olympics with a special offer of £20.12 off every course.*

To qualify, select a course on our website www.farncombeestate.co.uk and call us on 0333 456 8580, quoting OLY2012.

*This special offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.  It is not available on the website – please call to secure your place. Cannot be used towards a day course. Booking needs to be made by 27th August to qualify for this discount.

Summer Discount at Farncombe

Our Early Bird offer may have flown but we are pleased to offer you a 10% discount on selected summer courses at Farncombe!   Please quote FC0612 to claim this special discount. Bookings need to be made by phone - 0333 456 8580.

The following courses qualify:

Drawing for theTerrified (2 nights) 13 – 15 July

Richard Box will guide you on your first steps in creative drawing

Botanical BasicsPainting (2 nights) 13 – 15 July

Learn to use gouache or watercolour to illustrate botanical subjects, with artist Simon Williams

Digital PhotographyWeekend – Learn to use your Compact Digital Camera (2 nights) 20-22 July

Ban the auto button and take better pictures with the help of photographer Nick Meers

Blocks Galore forQuilts and More (4 nights) 22 – 26 July

Textile tutor Jennie Rayment will teach you the delights of textured twiddling!

The High Renaissancein Italy (3 nights) 5 – 8 August

Discover the important artists and patrons of 16^th Century Italy, with art historian Alice Foster

Novel Outline andBeyond (3 nights) 12 – 15 August

Pick up professional tips on developing a story and creating believable characters – with author Sue Johnson

Introduction to Digital Photography - New Weekend Course at Farncombe Estate

For students completely new to digital photography. Bring your own digital camera (compact, bridge or DSLR) or borrow one from us. Course will concentrate on taking photographs (not image manipulation with a computer) and will look at the basics of picture taking beyond the convenience of the Auto button. Following tuition covering techniques to improve your photography and an illustrated lecture on composition, a field trip in the grounds of Farncombe Estate is complemented with an in-depth review of students' photographs using digital projection.

This course is tutored by Derek Forss 21-23 January 2011 - visit the Farncombe Estate website for more details Introduction to Digital Photography - Photography

Bursaries available for Dartmoor Arts Summer School 2010

Bursaries available for places at Dartmoor Arts 2010 summer school. Courses on offer this year include documentary photography, spatial structures, digital photography, painting, drawing, storytelling, iron casting, stone carving and earth art.

To apply for a bursary visit our website www.dartmoorarts.com or contact admin@dartmoorarts.com, 01647 281295. Early bookings are advised as places are limited.

Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition now open for entries

Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010

Call for entries
Artwork l Poetry l Fiction
Win £500
plus other prizes

Art and culture magazine, Aesthetica, is inviting all artists, writers and poets to submit their work for the Aesthetica Creative Works Competition 2010.

Now in its third year, the Creative Works Competition is dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent across three disciplines: 'Artwork & Photography', 'Poetry' and 'Fiction'.

Three winners, one from each category, will each receive £500 prize money and the winners and finalists will be published in the Creative Works Annual. Other prizes will also be available. Closing date: 31 August 2010.

For more information, visit
http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm

Photographic exhibition - Man Made Bodies of Water

Man Made Bodies of Water: Photography by Robert James, Nuneaton Museum & Art Gallery
15 May – 4 July 2010

How do you look at your surrounding landscapes? Can you see how your local area has adapted to urban settings? This exhibition focuses on the beauty of man made landscapes in enlightening colour photography.

Robert James, a local photographer creates colour images that concentrate on the meeting of artificial environments with nature. Robert looks particularly at the effects of the quarrying industry in his work. Capturing open spaces used in everyday lives, Robert’s photographs reveal an alternative view of the local scenery.

Take this opportunity to see Nuneaton and Bedworth through different eyes and visit this exhibition which includes artworks for sale.

Accompanied by activities for children, this display is ideal for all especially keen photographers.

Foto8 Summer Show 2010 - Enter Now!

Enter your work for a chance to be exhibited in London’s prestigious HOST gallery and to be awarded Best in Show.

After the enormous success of the previous years’ Summer Shows, Foto8 and HOST Gallery are pleased to announce the call for entries for the third-annual Foto8 Summer Show: a photographic award, exhibition and print fair. The show will follow in Foto8’s tradition of supporting and encouraging work by contemporary and independent photographers.

The Entrants
The 2010 Summer Show is open to all photographers from 29 March. Details on how to enter your work will be available soon. Deadline for all entries is 31 May 2010.

The Exhibition
The Foto8 team including 8 Magazine and HOST gallery editors will choose over 150 images to be displayed at HOST from 26 July – 4 September, to create an inspiring variety of framed and mounted images of all shapes and sizes, installed from floor to ceiling. All works included in the show will be available for sale. The print exhibition will kick-off with live music and a street festival taking over Honduras Street, EC1 on Friday 23 July. Contact: summershow@foto8.com

Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Prizes from £250

Quick reminder to enter online now!
Closing date: 5 March 2010

Adult Competition There are 11 categories ranging from animal behaviour and urban wildlife to creative visions and wild places. There are also four special awards. The overall winner will receive £10,000, presented at an awards ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London. Each category winner receives £500 and each runner-up £250. Special award winners receive £1,000.

New Special Award!
Wildlife Photojournalist of the Year This new special award is for a sequence of six pictures that tell a memorable story. All subjects covered by other categories in the competition are eligible, whether featuring animal behaviour or environmental issues (positive or negative). The story should work without the aid of words and will be judged on the picture quality and power of the story itself.

Young Competition There are three categories for this competition - 10 years and under, 11-14 years and 15-17 years. You can enter pictures of any wild animals, plants or landscapes. The overall winner of the Veolia Environnement Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year title receives £500 and a day's workshop with a professional wildlife photographer. Category winners will receive £250 and runner's up £100.

All winning and commended pictures are showcased at an international exhibition that debuts at the Natural History Museum, London and are featured in a hardback portfolio book. Winning images will also be included in a special free supplement with the November issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine.

How to enter
• enter online - visit http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy-entry/index.jsp for rules, categories and FAQs • images must be digitally captured or scans of transparencies • RAW files or original transparencies will be requested, and must be supplied if an image reaches the final round of judging.
• translations of the rules are available online in Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
• entry fee: £20 (Adult competition)
• entry to the Young competition is free • closing date: Friday 5 March 2010 If you have any questions please email wildphoto@nhm.ac.uk

Wildlife Photography of the Year Exhibition

Winners have been announced ! The exhibition will be on tour in Gloucester 23 January 2010 to 28 February 2010 at

Nature in Art, Wallsworth Hall Twigworth Gloucester GL2 9PA
01452 731 422

The 2010 competition opens in January.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp

Summer exhibition at the Royal Academy

Summer Exhibition

Until 16 August 2009

Now in it's 241st year, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture.

Summer Exhibition
Until 16 August 2009Now in it's 241st year, the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture. Family workshops take place in the Summer Exhibition on Wednesdays and Fridays, 11am-1pm, free with anexhibition ticket. To book call 020 7300 5995 or email education@royalacademy.org.uk

2009 International Aesthetica Creative Works Competition

Call for Entries

Aesthetica is looking for entries to the 2009 International Aesthetica Creative Works Competition. The 2008 Competition was a successful springboard for artists’ careers around the globe.

The winners and finalists from last year, went on to secure further exhibitions, commissions (including Channel 4’s Three Minute Wonder), and publications. The winners and finalists were published in the Aesthetica Annual, which is available nationwide through Borders Stores. It’s a great opportunity to bring your work to a wider audience.

• The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition seeks entries of Artwork, Photography & Sculpture, Fiction and Poetry
• Three winners will be awarded £500 each
• All finalists will be published in the Aesthetica Creative Works Annual, in stores December 2009
• Entry to the 2009 Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is £10
• This allows you to submit up to 5 images, 5 poems or 2 short stories
• Closing date to receive Creative Works is 31 August 2009

For further details on the successes of artists and writers from the 2008 Aesthetica Creative Works Competition please click here

For competition guidelines and to enter the competition please click here

www.aestheticamagazine.com

Aesthetica Creative Works Competition - win £500

Enter the 2009 competition and get a copy of the Creative Works Annual for FREE

The Aesthetica Creative Works Competition is looking for undiscovered poets, artists and writers. For a limited time only, I would like to present you with this exclusive offer, where you will receive a copy of the Creative Works Annual absolutely free when you enter this year’s competition.

There are three categories in the competition:

· Artwork & Photography

· Poetry

· Fiction

There will be three winners, each receiving £500. The winners and finalists will be published in next year’s annual, which will be available nationwide in the UK through Borders stores. The closing date to receive submissions is 31st August 2009.

To view competition terms and conditions please click here <http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/submission_guide.htm>


To enter the competition and claim your free annual please click here <http://www.romancart.com/cart.asp?storeid=26777&itemcode=Entry2>


Enter the 2009 competition and get a copy of the Creative Works Annual for FREE

The 2009 competition is open for entries

The 2009 competition is open for entries...

The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is beginning its annual search for the best and most astonishing images from around the world, whether they come from the wildest places on Earth or urban gardens. With the bar being raised each year, the 2009 competition promises to be bigger and more inspiring than ever before.

‘This is the greatest and most prestigious competition for wildlife photographers anywhere in the world. It raises the profile of wildlife photography and provokes a wider awareness of wildlife conservation. It is not just professionals who are successful – amateurs of all ages have won awards in the competition many times. In recent years the judges have been particularly impressed by the standard of images being produced by many young people.’ Mark Carwardine (Chairman of the judges)

The winning photographer will be presented with £10,000 at an awards ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London, in October. Each category winner receives £500 and every runner-up £250. Special Award winners receive £1,000.

How to enter

• visit our website to enter online, for revised rules and category definitions and the Chairman’s foreword and insider tips.
• images must be digitally captured or scans of transparencies
• original transparencies, or the original capture as it was recorded by the camera will be requested, and must be supplied if an image reaches the final round of judging
• translations of the rules are available online in Chinese, French, German, Italian and Spanish
• online entry fee: £20
• postal entry fee: £27 (CDs only)
• closing date for online entries: Friday 27 March 2009
• closing date for postal entries (CDs only): Friday 20 March 2009

Win £250 in Gloucestershire photography competition

Whether you have taken a photograph of bluebells in the Forest of Dean, an early morning misty summer shot of an enchanted Cotswold valley or sleepy quintessential village, wildlife on the River Severn or Avon, the medieval festival in Tewkesbury, Newent Onion Fayre or Frampton County Fayre in the Severn Vale, or one of the fine architectural Regency wonders of Cheltenham, autumn leaves falling in the famous Promenade or fresh spring daffodils in the grounds of Gloucester Cathedral - then you've the chance of not only seeing your photograph in next years Explore Gloucestershire printed guide but also to many thousands of viewers to the website.

Win a weekend break at Farncombe Estate

An all-inclusive weekend photography course at the beautiful Farncombe Estate in Broadway, and three sets of family tickets to the Malvern Autumn Show, are to be won in a competition organised by Destination Worcestershire. The competition, running throughout June and July, invites people to capture their favourite images of the county – so don’t forget to take your camera out with you this summer.

Entries will be judged in three categories: landscapes and gardens of Worcestershire, family days out in Worcestershire and iconic Worcestershire buildings. Ten of the best pictures in each category will be chosen by local professional photographers and will be featured in a special competition gallery on the Destination Worcestershire website (www.visitworcestershire.org). The images will be displayed throughout August to show visitors what a wonderful place Worcestershire is, and what a wide array of attractions the county offers.

Web browsers visiting the site will then be invited to vote for their favourite picture and the photographers with the most votes in each category will win tickets to the Malvern Show which is held at the Three Counties Showground on 29-30 September. The Show attracts more than 60,000 visitors, all keen to enjoy a feast of country life, with flowers, fruit and vegetables, exquisite crafts and traditional fayre, countryside pursuits and quality shopping, set in a designated area of outstanding natural beauty.

The photographer with the most votes overall will also win the grand prize of the weekend photography course at Farncombe Estate at Broadway. The winner will be tutored in the art of digital photography by a professional photographer and enjoy full-board accommodation set within 300-acres of privately owned parkland.

With an abundance of beautiful countryside and glorious gardens in the county, budding David Baileys won’t be short of interesting subjects to focus on. A leisurely walk round Witley Court, Bodenham Arboretum or Croome Park will provide you with plenty of inspiration for capturing pictures. There are flowers galore at the Dutch style Gardens of Hanbury Hall, Spetchley Park Gardens and Eastgrove Cottage Gardens. If you are feeling energetic, you could walk up the Malvern or Lickey Hills and zoom in on some stunning scenery.

There are literally dozens of places across the county offering great days out and fantastic photo opportunities and you can find full details at www.visitworcestershire.org. The website also provides information on places to stay, eat and shop and many more exciting things to see and do across Worcestershire. You can also call 01905 728787 for further information.

If you would like to see your photo on the Worcestershire website, and have a chance of winning the competition, you should send your image(s) in jpg or gif format to tourism@worcestershire.gov.uk.

Ivan Knezovich, Chairman of Destination Worcestershire said: “Residents of Worcestershire are very fortunate to have such beautiful countryside right on their doorstep. Just a quick look at our website will show that we really are spoilt for choice as there is so much going on and so many places to visit. With another glorious summer predicted this is a perfect time to get out and about, enjoy some superb scenery, watch the local wildlife and explore the county in which you live and work while at the same time getting some fresh air and exercise. Our photography competition is a great way of getting people to record their experiences and show others what they are missing. It will be interesting to see their images and a nice addition to our website.”

TAKE PART IN A NEW CHANNEL 4 PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES

RENEGADE PICTURES are looking for a number of exciting and talented contemporary photographers from all disciplines and backgrounds to take part in a new CHANNEL 4 arts series, HOT SHOTS.

From an open online competition in conjunction with the photography website FLICKR, the UK’s most exciting undiscovered photographers will be asked to take part in a challenging new photographic competition.
Over three weeks filming in August 2007, the selected photographers will undertake a series of assignments, testing their skills in a number of different photographic genres. Their work will be assessed by world-famous members of the photographic community, amongst them photographers, buyers and curators. Only one photographer can win the overall competition.
If you are interested in hearing more, and think you could be the HOT SHOT we are looking for, email your name, email address and a contact telephone number to: photos@renegadepictures.co.uk

NOTE: Applicants must be over 18 and have not have earned more than £30,000 from photography in the past 12 months.

Closing date 30 March for Wildlife Photographer of the Year -

Now open for entries, this year's competition includes a new category, special award, plus a dramatic increase to £10,000 for the title, Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
An imaginative eye, a love for nature, and a camera are all it takes to enter the competition. We're looking for fresh and new imagery - pictures that will stop the judges in their tracks.
Online entry is also now live - the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to submit your digital entry from almost anywhere in the world.
Visit our website for details !