CJPOTY round 9: Natural Colour

The theme for the ninth round of the 2023/24 Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY) competitors is ‘Natural Colour’. Nature at all times appears to go come what may with color. It’s both full-on or refined. We wish to see your pictures of whichever you favor, muted tones or vibrant hues – or each!

The images could be taken anyplace at any time.

This round of our month-to-month competitors is open for submissions till 23:59 BST (00:59 CET and 15:59 PST) on thirtieth September 2023.

To submit your entry, comply with the hyperlink to cjpoty or click on on the CJPOTY button on the high of any of our web site pages. You’ll be able to submit as much as three entries for £2.00 plus cost processing prices (£0.26). Pictures ought to be Jpegs at the least 1920 pixels alongside their longest aspect however no bigger than 2MB.

Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year prizes

On the finish of the month, the Digital camera Jabber group will choose one profitable picture and 9 runners-up from the September entries. The photographer of the profitable picture will obtain a voucher from MPB.com to the worth of £500, which could be spent on something from an enormous vary of package from the World’s greatest platform for used photographic gear.

All 10 of the chosen pictures will go into our shortlist for the year.

We’ll do that every month in 2023 in order that by the top of the year, there might be 120 shortlisted pictures. These will then go earlier than our improbable panel of judges who will resolve the first, 2nd and Third-placed pictures.

The photographer of the first-placed picture general, as determined by the panel of judges, will obtain a voucher to the worth of £1000 from MPB.com in addition to a trophy and the title ‘Digital camera Jabber Photographer of the Year 2024‘. The photographers who come second and third will obtain vouchers price £500 and £250, respectively.

You don’t need to enter the competitors each month, however you’re welcome to take action, and the extra shortlisted pictures you have got on the finish of the year, the higher the possibility of profitable the highest prize.

CJPOTY VIP Judges

On the finish of the year, our illustrious panel of judges has the onerous job of choosing the primary, second and third-placed pictures general from the shortlist of 120. Our judges are:

Benedict Brain – Photographer, journalist & Sigma ambassador
Sophie Collins – Chief Advertising Workplace at MPB, Trustee of Royal Photographic Society
Donna Crous – Meals photographer, creator, Nikon Europe ambassador and Rotolight Grasp of Mild
Ross Hoddinott – Panorama photographer, wildlife photographer, creator, tutor, conservationist
Tracy Marshall-Grant – Arts Director, curator and producer
Denise Maxwell – Multi-genre photographer and lecturer
Carolyn Mendelsohn – Artist and portrait photographer
Paul Sanders – advantageous artwork photographer
Jemella Ukaegbu – Photographer & founding father of UK Black Feminine Photographers (UKBFTOG)
Christina Vaughan – Founding father of Cultura Inventive, the house of inclusive inventory images

Comply with the hyperlink to search out out extra in regards to the CJPOTY judges.

About MPB

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Headquartered within the artistic communities of Brighton, Brooklyn and Berlin, the MPB group contains skilled camera specialists and seasoned photographers and videographers who deliver their ardour to work daily to ship excellent service. Each piece of package is inspected fastidiously by product specialists and comes with a six-month guarantee to provide clients peace of thoughts that purchasing used doesn’t imply sacrificing reliability.