Steve Parish Publishing

Photo of the Week 2011 Winners Announced

Steve Parish Publishing is proud to announce the winner and runners up of the 2011 Photo of the Week Competition, which ran on the Photograph Australia site www.photographaustralia.com.au. Thank you to all those who entered the competition and to those who support the forum and contribute to a vibrant photographic community. This years competition will be starting soon so check the site in the coming weeks for more information.

Congratulations to Mark Snow who won the competition for his shot of a Willy Wagtail chasing away a Magpie. This shot showcases the birds behaviour and the ground level view allows us to see the underbelly of the Willy Wagtail and it's beautiful backlit wings.  

Runners up are: 
Tim Sargent for his shot of Karri Valley, Pemberton, a calming and peaceful shot with the light streaming through the trees and reflection on the still water; and Rachel Knuebuhler for “Hiding”, an image showing well thought out composition with the frog enclosed in the curve of a lily.

Authored by: Emma

2011 Calendar Competition Winners Announced

After 2 months of entries from both Photograph Australia users and our Photograph Australia Facebook community, we're excited to announce the winners of the Steve Parish Publishing 2013 Calendar Competition!

Congratulations to all the photographers listed below. You have presented us with shots that are visually stunning, technically sound and that also fit within the Steve Parish ethos in terms of both composition and quality.

The winning photos can be viewed in our 2011 Winners Gallery: photographaustralia.com.au/calendar_gallery2.html
 

• • Australian wildlife – Vanness Mignon
• • Australian flora - Madeleine Rudder
• • Australian Capital Territory - John Waters
• • New South Wales - Mark Snow 
• • Northern Territory - Julia Harwood
• • Queensland - Jaime Dormer
• • South Australia - Peter Ahrens
• • Tasmania - Tom Dragutinovich
• • Victoria - Scott Carr 
• • Western Australia - Scott Bowman 

All winning photos will feature in a selected 2013 wall calendar. Winners will receive six copies of the calendar, and a Steve Parish book package. 

We'd like to thank all the photographers who entered and have shown such interest in this competition! Also for the support you've shown to the Photograph Australia site and Photograph Australia Facebook community. We hope both communities continue to entice new members and encourage a healthy discussion of all things photography.

Authored by: Emma

Photo of the Week Competition 2010 Winners Announced

Steve Parish Publishing is proud to announce the winner and runners up of the 2010 Photo of the Week Competition, which ran on the Photograph Australia site www.photographaustralia.com.au last year.

Kane Gledhill won the competition for his evocative image "Fog Rays".

Runners up were:
Jaime Dormer for “Antarctic Gather”, a wonderful image of a seabird gathering seaweed to build a nest; and Anne van Breemen for “Wotcha Looking At?” An image that captures the vulnerability and beauty of our native amphibians.

The 2011 competition has now started, so visit www.photographaustralia.com.au to register and enter.

Authored by: karin cox

Winners of Year of the Bat Competition

Thank you to all of those who entered the Year of the Bat Competition to win a copy of the Steve Parish Publishing Wild Australia Guide: Bats, written by bat expert Dr Les Hall. It was great to hear so many positive comments about bats. The winners are as follows: 

Kim Ballantyne, ACT, whose favourite bat is: Common Blossom Bat — a hummingbird of bats. Hovers while drinking the nectar from flowers. Not a slave to the caves.

Ian & Helen Cathles, NSW, who rate the: Eastern bentwing bat. They are so bloody hard to photograph!

Maureen Shearer, NSW, who writes: The Ghost Bat is my favourite because it looks like a mouse with hang glider attached to it body.

Congratulations, your books will be sent out to you later in the week! To all who entered, thank you, and keep on being "batty" and learning more about these fascinating flying mammals.

Authored by: karin cox

Announcing the winners of the Qld Weekender Competition

Thank you to all of those who entered the Steve Parish and Queensland Weekender competition to win a copy of Steve Parish: 50 Years Photographing Australia. Entrants were asked to tell us, in 25 words or fewer, where their favourite place was to spend the weekend in Queensland and why. The Steve Parish team was astonished by the diversity of places, and inspired by the passion Queenslanders have for our wonderful, local getaways. We have even added a few destinations to our staff’s list of places to visit and photograph in Australia! Here are the winning answers:

Lily McCoombes, age 4: Tin Can Bay where the dolphins play.

Debbie Lynch, 49: Springbrook: spectacular waterfalls, many a mountain stream, more like paradise than this amateur photographer could dream.

Andrew Dillon, 34: Anywhere that's under the stars, by a creek and out of mobile phone range.

Rebecca Hoge, 38: Sunshine Coast. Steve Parish says nature’s like candy. With its beaches, mountains, flora & fauna, the Sunshine Coast’s my Candyland.

Click here to see the complete list of 50 winnners.

Authored by: karin cox

Redlands Wildlife Photographic Competition

Redlands Residents Get Snapping!

The Redlands are renowned for being “Koala country”, but from Karragarra Islands to Capalaba there is a wealth of other wildlife to also discovered around the bayside, in parks and gardens or even in backyards. Redlands Indigiscapes Centre is once again proud to showcase the diverse fauna of the region, as well as the residents’ photographic talent, with the annual Redlands Wildlife Digital Photographic Competition, which this year has gone digital. Entries close at 4 pm on Monday 29 November and images of no more than 10 MB should be emailed to photocompetition@redland.qld.gov.au  More information about the competition is available here.

With award-wining wildlife photographer Steve Parish currently on the road re-photographing Australia, his colleagues, Emma and Greg Harm, both published photographers and Steve’s own image library managers and assistants, will judge the competition this year on his behalf. Along with cash prizes, the winners across all categories will also receive a selection of Steve Parish books, featuring magnificent photography and informative natural history text that will help extend photographers’ knowledge of the photographic quarry they seek and exactly how best to photographic them.

Authored by: karin cox

Congratulations to Winners of the Rusty Competition

Thank you to all of those who entered the Kids Book Review competition to win a copy of the new hardcover storybooks Rusty and the Rainbow and Down to Earth, written by Karin Cox, illustrated by Steve Parish's spectacular photography and published by Steve Parish Publishing.

The three winners, and the facts they provided are:

Lily Teubler, 5, with the fact, " The koala carries its baby in its pouch until it is old enough to ride on its back".

Harrison Schultz, 6, "Koalas eat only a few types of gum leaves".

Hayley Writer, 5, "That the numbat's tounge is sticky and that it is twice as long as its head and body put together."

Winners have been notified by email and their books will be sent out this week.

Congratulations and we hope you enjoy these stories.

To read and review more books, visit Kids Book Review at http://kids-book-review.blogspot.com/

Authored by: karin cox

Kids Book Review Competition Winners

Thank you to all who entered the Kids Book Review Competition to win a Steve Parish Book Pack consisting of: 

Amazing Facts About Australian Wildlife Conservation, Amazing Facts About Australian Marine Life  and Amazing Facts About Australia’s Early Settlers. 

Congratulations to the three prize winners, who are:

Jaymz Harvey, 4.5 years, with the entry: "We need to look after wildlife otherwise it will die and all the colours will disappear from the Earth."

Brett Murray, 9 years, with the entry: "If we don't look after nature then nature won't look after us.  We are part of nature and it is our job to care for it."

Jenny Tiffen, 31 years, with the entry: "Because we all deserve somewhere comfortable to live and raise our families - especially if the kids are furry, scaley or slimey"

Each will receive the three-book pack.

However, it is so encouraging to see so many children and adults concerned about wildlife conservation, and we had so many great entries that Steve Parish Publishing would also like to award two runner-up prizes, which will consist of a copy of Nature Watch: Animal Homes.  Runner up prizes go to:

Abby Tankard, 5 years, with the entry: " I love animals and we need to keep them alive for other kids and me to love."

Chloe Marks, 10 years, with the entry: "Because the animals have a life, like us, and we need to protect all life!"

Winners will be contacted by phone or email today, Monday 6 September 2010, and the prizes will be posted this week. Congratulations and thank you for entering.

Authored by: karin cox