The London Youth Council is holding a photography contest for youth aged 13-24 based on local issues surrounding youth today in London Ontario. Categories range from Social Justice to Getting active.

The full story can be read over at London Free Press’ website (http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2010/03/16/13241226.html)

Here are the contest details for you and how to enter:

Contest details

What: Through a Youth’s Eyes photo contest

When: Contest runs until April 15

Ages: 13 to 24 years old

Categories: Eat well and get active (healthy eating, physical activity); Social justice (employment, poverty); Community safety (safe communities, violence, justice system); The Forest City (environment, city life); Personal well-being (substance abuse, sexual and mental health); More than a book (literacy)

How to enter: Upload photo on London Youth Council’s Facebook page, along with a 50-word statement explaining the photo

To Join London Youth Council’s online community, go to ychclondon.ning.com

Have fun and good luck to all who enter!

Here at the London Photo Walk we are happy to announce that Dana Dobbie is the winner of the LOLAfest Photo Contest that was run during last month’s photo walk. Dana took a number of fantastic images depicting the arts and entertainment at LOLAfest. Check out some of her images over on her Flickr Stream.

Congratulations Dana.

London Photo Walk Contest

For those in attendance at last night’s London Photo Walk, held in Downtown London with a “focus” on the LOLA Festival, you will remember the contest that we mention for a chance to win a prize valued at approximately $500.00.

Here are the Rules.

1. Images must be uploaded to Flickr no later than Monday (tomorrow) by 4pm.

2. Images must have been taken during the evening of the Photo Walk and must depict something LOLA related (art, musical act or people at LOLA).

3. Images must be tagged with BOTH “lopw” and “lola09“.¹

• You must EMAIL the London Photo Walk with:
• Your Name.
• Your Email Address (use the “special” email provided to you last night).
• A Link to where you images are located on Flickr.

4. Only those in attendance at last night’s photo walk are eligible.

By entering this contest you are allowing LOLA Festival to use your images for further LOLA events for promotional reasons.  You will NOT be financially compensated in any way. ²

If you have any questions please contact us using the Contact page.

LOLA Specific Contest

For those not able to make it out to last night’s photo walk but headed down to LOLA Festival anyways there is another contest that you are eligible for which is photography related.

To be eligible to Win a Nokia 5800 make sure that you take a creative picture of volunteers in red shirts with all the Talkspot Docent logos visible, upload the image and post to Twitter tagged with #nokialola09

Most interesting photo will win.  Deadline is Sunday at 4pm.³

1. minus the quotation marks [↩]
2. Please note this contest is being held in conjunction between the London Photo Walk and LOLA (powered by Rogers) .  The London Photo Walk is administering the contest on behalf of LOLA.  The best image will be chosen by LOLA representatives. [↩]
3. This select contest is not associated with the London Photo Walk in anyway [↩]

As the early morning of the last walk got to many of us, it got to me especially, arriving late with eyes half shut. We were honoured when LensLenders a local business of London Ontario, decided to sponsor us again, and offer a One Week Rental for the very low cost of $1!

I forgot to draw for the prize at the breakfast meet up after wards, but remembered to do so shortly after when I got home. Everyone was eligible this time, and we have all of your names and email on record to do the draw. Even added in the names of those who did not get registered. I drew for the prize and the winner is……

Dana Dobbie!! Congratulations! You are the winner of the $1 One Week Rental from Len Lenders!

Don’t forget to check out http://lenslenders.ca for their amazing prices and rental selection for Nikon and Canon users!

We hope to see you all out at our next walk!

Congratulations Jason!

Jason's Winning Photo

Jason Parreira is the photographer of the winning photo for the city of London. Photo pictured above. Jason is 16 years old and has had a passion for photography since he was a little kid. Jason is going into grade 11 this September. I am sure that Jason will find his prize of Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography Book Vol. 3 quite well. To see more of Jason’s work check out his Flick’r Page!

Honourable Mentions

We also have 3 honourable mentions that will be featured this month along with Jason’s photo in the side bar >>>

In no particular order here are the honrouable mentions

Kevin Van Lierop - Listen To The Music

Robin Parmar - Bee On Yellow

Scott Webb - Face in Tree

Congratulations to everyone, and check out the Flick’r photo pool for more great photos!

Do you like Trees? London? Pictures? Money? If you answered yes to any of these then this photo contest is for you.

ReForest London, a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to engaging individuals, groups and businesses in planting and caring for trees in neighbourhoods and natural areas throughout London is currently holding a photo contest dubbed London’s Amazing Tree Quest.

The Amazing Tree Quest is a city-wide contest to celebrate the important role that trees play in our lives. London is proud to be the Forest City, and our city is full of amazing trees. The contest allows individual Londoners (or anyone from anywhere) to nominate trees located in London, Ontario.

ReForest London hopes that as we deepen our appreciation for the individual trees that are important to us, we will value all the trees in our city. Caring for our amazing trees, and planting new trees for future generations, makes us a stronger, healthier community.

Tree contests like the Amazing Tree Quest have been held all over the world. Often call “Great Tree Quest,” other cities have also celebrated the cultural significance of their trees. Finding a city’s most significant trees can lead to heritage tree programs. London does have some trees marked as heritage trees, but the program has not been active for some time.

- ReForest London

This contest does not require participants to know anything about photography or trees, it simply requires participant to take simple pictures of trees that they find interesting.  With cash prizes up for grabs, no entry fee and being open to practically anyone, this is a great opportunity to highlight some of the greenery in London that you enjoy and get recognized for your photos at the same time.

Yesterday during the second installment of the London PhotoWalk we were lucky enough to have a pair of people who have worked with ReForest London (on their website) that gave more a little more information regarding this photo contest.  We urge you to read over the full contest rules and FAQ page so that you understand the requirements of this photo content (ie. no pictures of all of the cool carved tree trunks in London).

Here at londonphotowalk.ca we would be more than happy to post any entries made that win or are leading in a particular category.

Once again the ReForest London Amazing Tree Quest is a great way to practice your photography and highlight parts of London, Ontario that you enjoy.  The contest closes on July 31st, 2009 so you still have a couple of months to get your images submitted.  When you are out taking picture remember though, the trees have to be living so that rules out the fantastic metal trees in downtown London.