Our favorite time of year is when the tulips bloom! Send us your best photo taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival.

A maximum of four (4) photos total may be submitted.

CATEGORIES INCLUDE:

• Flowers: Show us interesting, unique and beautiful pictures of flowers at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm. They can be shot using macro lenses and modes, or consider a zoom, wide-angle or creative lenses. Don’t limit yourself and get creative!
• Details & Macro: Getting in close is the trick for this category. We welcome pictures of small details that tell a larger story. Don’t limit yourself to just flower shots, think abstract; a water drop, insects, leafs, ice crystals, etc. Anything goes as long as it is a tight composition. Remember that a macro image of a flower might also go into the “Flower” category.
• Landscape & Field: These pictures include landscapes, sunsets, field shots of the tulips and may also include hot air balloons or other major landmarks in the fields.
• Catch All: This category is for the pictures that may not fit with the other three categories. But remember it must be taken at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm and may include landmarks such as the Tractors, Windmills, Wooden Shoes, or pictures with People and Animals etc.

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Have a favorite photo of your pet? Enter the 21st Annual Fuzzy, Furry, & Feathered Friends Photo Contest

The Oregon Humane Society is looking for great photos of cats, dogs, birds, rabbits, horses, and other pets for its Fuzzy, Furry, and Feathered Friends Photo Contest.

Submission Deadline: Sunday, June 3, 2012

Cost: $5.00

All winners will be featured in the Oregon Humane Society’s quarterly magazine, on the shelter’s popular website - www.oregonhumane.org, Pro Photo Supply’s in-store gallery and website, and at select Beard’s Framing stores, www.beardsframingstore.com.

All prizes courtesy of Pro Photo Supply, Canon and Beard’s Framing. Winners will be announced by the end of June 2012.

Prizes And Categories:

• Grand Prize: a Canon Rebel T3i SLR camera from Pro Photo Supply, plus a $250 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Best Dog Photo: photo winners each get a $100 gift card to Pro Photo Supply and Beard’s Framing.
• Best Cat Photo: $100 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and a $100 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Best Other Animal Photo: $100 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and $100 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• Funniest Photo, Child with Pet, Me & My Pet (adult with pet), Youth Photographer (image taken by a child 12 or younger), and Editor's Choice photo: $50 gift card from Pro Photo Supply, and $50 gift card from Beard's Framing.
• NEW! Best Photo from OHS Doggie Dash: Four free passes to next year's Doggie Dash.

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A call for entries to professional and amateur photographers to submit your finest scenic, outdoor adventure, and wildlife images from the Columbia River Gorge area. Finalists selected will show their work at The Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River for the August 2012 show called "Chasing The Light".

The finalists will be unveiled at the August First Friday gallery opening at The Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River on Friday, August 3rd. Details to follow.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Friday, June 15, 2012

ENTRY FEE: $25 for the first 5 images. (100% of the entry fees go to support the non-profit, The Columbia Art Gallery in Hood River)

Prizes:

• 1st Place: $500 gift card to Pro Photo Supply and one night stay at Columbia Cliff Villas
• 2nd Place: $300 gift card to Pro Photo Supply and one night stay at Brickhaven B & B
• 3rd Place: $200 gift card to Pro Photo Supply and one night stay at Sakura Ridge Lodge
• 37 more finalist will be selected along with 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners to be displayed at The Columbia Art Gallery for the August 2012 gallery show.

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Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge has a total of 5,150 acres of marshes, grasslands, and woodlands. Preservation of the natural Columbia River floodplain is the management objective of the Carty Roth and Ridgeport Dairy units. The River(s) and Bachelor Island units are managed to maximize habitat for waterfowl and other wetland wildlife.

ADULT CONTEST PRIZES:

• 1st Place: $300 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Place: $150 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

YOUTH CONTEST PRIZES (18 OR UNDER):

• 1st Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Place: $75 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

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Submit your favorite nature and wildlife images taken on Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge!

Presented by The Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards!

CONTEST PRIZES:

• 1st Place: GO PRO HD Helmet HERO (Value of $199), plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• 2nd Place: $75 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, plus 1-year family membership in the Columbia Gorge Refuge Stewards

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Enter your blues festival photos in the 25th anniversary photo contest.

Pro Photo Supply has teamed with Oregon Food Bank to sponsor a photo contest to capture 25 years of great performances, friendly crowds and millions raised to feed people who are hungry in Oregon and SW Washington.

Send us your best images and we’ll pick the 25 best for display at the festival in July.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

PRIZES:

• 1st Prize: $200 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Prize: $100 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Prize: $50 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply
• 6 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card to Pro Photo Supply

Please contact Norm Eder if you have a film archive of festival photos from 1987-2005.

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Oregon’s North Coast is like having a beach in your backyard, and from Astoria to Seaside to Pacific City, it’s one great photo after another waiting to happen. We’d like you to share what the North Coast is to you, whether it’s a panoramic vista, a favorite family memory, or some hidden gem along Highway 101. So, enter your best shot from a past trip, or better yet, head west this weekend and start snapping.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

One Grand Prize Winner will receive: Nikon SLR Digital Camera from Pro Photo Supply, 1-night stay at the Gilbert Inn in Seaside, 1-night stay at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites in Astoria, a $100 gift card to the Twisted Fish Steakhouse and a $100 gift card to Fort George Pub & Brewery. Total package value of over $1,400!

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Submit your favorite nature and wildlife images taken in Washington County and the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge

Presented by Friends of the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge and the Washington County Oregon Visitors Association.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

ADULT PRIZES:

• 1st Place: $300 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & Leupold Binoculars
• 2nd Place: $150 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & Lensbaby Composer Lens
• 3rd Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply & onOne software
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

ADULT PRIZES:

• 1st Place: $100 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply, Leupold Binoculars & a private workshop with Jack Graham
• 2nd Place: $75 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $50 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

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Then. Now. Here. is a celebration of photography as a unique medium and tool that can help us explore and examine who, and where, we are.

The premise is simple- show us your photographs of Portland and its people, THEN or NOW. This spring, as a component of Portland Photo Month, we've invited a guest juror, Raymond Meeks, to curate a slideshow from these images. This slideshow will then be presented on our site, as well as displayed around the city throughout the month of April in the form of public projections

There is no charge to submit photographs and the submission process is open to anyone. The only rule is that all photographs should be made in or around Portland, whatever that means to you. For each photograph submitted, please include the photographer's name and year the photograph was made (if known). Caption information is welcome, but not necessary. Found images are acceptable and encouraged, but please attribute them as such. We welcome submissions of historic images from individuals or organizations.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

Submissions are accepted via email only, with a maximum of 10 photographs submitted by any one person. All submissions should be saved as .jpegs with maximum dimensions of 600 pixels high or 1000 pixels wide. Color space will be srgb.

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The International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards) is a premier worldwide photography event focused on conservation and the environment. The 2012 edition of the biennial juried photo competition, along with awarding cash & merchandise to selected photographers, will include an online exhibit, a 5-month museum gallery exhibit at the prestigious Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture in Seattle, Washington, and publication in national photography magazines and other printed communications.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

CATEGORIES:

• Natural Environment at Risk
• Community at Risk
• Landscape
• Wildlife
• Flora
• Underwater
• Documenting a Conservation Project
• Puget Sound at Risk
• Student

PRIZES:
There will be a mix of cash and merchandise awards in each category as follows:

• FIRST PLACE PRIZE: $1000
• SECOND PLACE PRIZE: $500
• THIRD PLACE PRIZE: TBD

Selected photographers whose images are chosen for awards will be honored with a 5-month exhibit at the prestigious Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington.

The Burke Museum will tour the top 25 (or so) images – this includes the top 2-3 prize selections in each category plus the Canon Prize recipient (excluding the Puget Sound at Risk category) – to potentially 5 or 6 museums in other parts of the US in the two years following show's exhibit in Seattle.

The selected images with photographer credits will also be presented in the ICP Awards Gallery and in other prominent print and online media.

Student Category: There will be cash prizes of $400 each for the top 3 student images selected; plus there will likely be additional Honorable Mentions in student category.

Honorable Mentions in each category will be included in the exhibition(s) and in all communications regarding results of the awards selections, including the ICP Awards website and gallery. Several Honorable Mentions will be included in each category, all to be included in the Burke Museum exhibit and the online exhibit.

The Canon Prize: In honor of Art Wolfe, the founder of the ICP Awards. Art Wolfe himself will select one image that he deems the best to receive this special prize, brought to you by our long-time friend and sponsor Canon (previously known as the Art Wolfe Award).

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GRAND PRIZE A luxurious vacation package for two from Delta Vacations including round trip airfare on Delta Air Lines from Portland, Oregon and a 5-night stay at an Amsterdam resort.

In addition, one first place, second place and third place prize will be awa rded in each of The following categories: Faraway Places, Making Waves, and celebrating Oregon

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

PRIZES:

• 3 FIRST PRIZES A $600 gift certificate to Pro Photo Supply or one (1) of two (2) $600 gift certificates to Shutterbug.
• 3 SECOND PRIZES One (1) of two (2) $300 gift certificates to Pro Photo Supply or a $300 gift certificate to Shutterbug.
• 3 THIRD PRIZES One (1) of two (2) $200 gift certificate to Pro Photo Supply or a $200 gift certificate to Shutterbug.
• 9 Honorable Mentions: $25 Gift Card for Pro Photo Supply

Winning entries will be published in The Oregonian’s Travel section on Sunday, April 22, 2012.

Winning entries will have their photos displayed at Pro Photo Supply and Shutterbug Broadway.

Drop off your ENTRY FORM & photos at:

• The Oregonian
  1320 SW Broadway • Portland, OR 97201
• Pro Photo Supply
  1112 NW 19th Avenue • Portland, OR 97209

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. For the entry form and for full rules, go to www.oregonlive.com/travel. Ends 5:00 PM PT 2/24/12. Open to amateur photographers who are legal residents of Oregon and SW Washington 18 or older, except employees of Sponsors, their immediate families and those living in the same household. Void outside Oregon and SW Washington and where prohibited. A.R.V. of 1 grand prize $5,275, 3 first prizes with A.R.V. $600 each, 3 second prizes with A.R.

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An amateur photo contest benefitting the MESD Outdoor School in Portland, Oregon.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

This year has five categories to enter photos in, Top 100, Faces, Portland, Youth & Professional.

Awards Gala will be on January 21st at the Oregon Historical Society - Save the date!

Win up to $1,000 cash, great cameras, & other swell prizes!

Simply upload a photo that captures an element or moment in Oregon culture that resonates with you.

You could win by being good!
Judges will review all entries and select finalists for five different prizes. Then we’ll let Internet users decide. You’ll pick the winners.

Or you could win by being lucky!
On all five Mondays in October, we’ll randomly select a winner from all entries received the previous week. Submit a new photo every week for the best chance to win.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

Call for Submissions

AIA Portland and the Center for Architecture are accepting photography submissions for "Through a Lens" Architectural Photography Competition. Photographers of all ages and skill-sets are encouraged to submit 3 digital images that portray your unique perspective of the built environment.

One winner will be selected by a jury of photography and architectural professionals to receive a $350 gift card to Pro Photo Supply. The winner will be announced at the end of October.

AIA Portland and the Center for Architecture is located at 403 NW 11th Avenue, Portland Oregon.

Visit us or call 503-223-8757 with questions. www.aiaportland.org

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Submissions Closed

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CONTEST PRIZES AND CATEGORIES:

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Contest Closed.

CATEGORIES INCLUDE:

• Racing – The Northwest is full of racing, you name it, on the track, roads, hills or speeding through the streets of towns and cities across the NW.
• Everyday Bicycling – How do you use a bike? Commute, errands, drop off the kids, weekend ride in the country, maybe delivery service or just kids and people joyously celebrating the freedom of the bike.
• Events – Its wide open, fun rides, charity rides, centuries, even bike rallies and conferences, we just need to know where and when.
• Travel – Includes travel around and beyond the Northwest. Maybe you’re seeing the back country or climbing the heights along the route of the Tour de France – show us your best!

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Show us how creative you can be with your Holga, Diana, Polaroid, Spinner, Pinhole or other plastic film camera. Break the rules and challenge your perception!

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES:
Contest Closed.

PRIZES:

• 1st Place: Spinner Lomo Camera + Film + Toy Camera Book
• 2nd Place: Fuji Instax 210 + Toy Camera Book
• 3rd Place: Holga Pinhole + Toy Camera Book
• 5 Honorable Mentions: $15 Lab Coupon + Camera Key Chain

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT:
Pro Photo Supply will unveil all the winning prints on Thursday November 3 at 6:00pm in the Photo Lab. Details to follow closer to the event.

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Showcasing the wildlands, wildlife, and waters that make Oregon a special place.

Grab your camera, hit the trails, and enter the Seventh Annual Oregon Wild Outdoor Photo Contest! It’s open to amateur and professional photographers of all ages (including kids 12 and under in our "Youth" category).

WINNERS: Winners announced here!

OREGON WILD IS OFFERING GREAT PRIZES IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

• Wildlands
• Wildlife
• Waters
• Endangered Places
• Youth

Call For Entries
3rd Annual 2011 Photo Competition!

Elders in Action invites interested photographers to submit entries to our third annual benefit photo contest celebrating the vitality, courage, wit and beauty of time-honored people. Through your creativity, help us forge a different perspective on aging. Be inspirational!!

CATEGORIES:

• Perspectives on Aging
• Elders and Inspiration
• Vitality

CONTEST PRIZES:

• 1st Place: $600 gift card for Pro Photo Supply
• 2nd Place: $350 gift card for Pro Photo Supply
• 3rd Place: $250 gift card for Pro Photo Supply
• 4 Honorable Mentions: $25 each gift card for Pro Photo Supply

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California's stunning Mojave Desert, a scenic wonderland sporting three renowned national parks, will be the destination for the Grand Prize winner in The Oregonian's 2011 Travel Photo Contest.

• Faraway Places – With one photo, transport viewers to a place that they dream of visiting outside Oregon.
• Making Waves – Make a splash with an image that incorporates water. Excludes photos taken in Oregon.
• Celebrating Oregon – Capture the spirit of Oregon.

DEADLINE FOR ENTRIES: Contest is closed.

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Embrace the Blur

Demonstrate your creativity with blur photography. That's right, instead of avoiding the blur, embrace it! So show us your inspirational photos that "embrace the blur" with toy cameras, through the finder, tilt/shift, night shooting, depth of field, Holga modding and anything else you can think of, just make sure the focus is blur!

Blur can be used to show how life feels more than how it looks. Use it to draw the eye, create a sense of motion, and show life more for how it feels than how it looks.

This photo contest is sponsored by Lensbaby, makers of awesome selective focus lenses. If your submission is selected for this theme, you might get the New Lensbaby Composer Lens or the .42x Super Wide Angle Conversion Lens.