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Our friends at Nature Wanderers have a series of wildlife photography workshops lined up between now and April 2011.

Do take a look at the schedule below and book well in advance if you are interested – the seats tend to fill up fast. For any queries or additional details, you can reach out to Shivang Mehta of Nature Wanderers.

Calling all photographers – The lifeblob photo contest for the month of July is now open and the theme is:

Rain Rain Rain – Share your photos of the beautiful and joyous rainy day

I love dancin in rain.. by Sneha Rathod

And this time, we are not giving away one or two prizes but a total of 16 prizes:

• 1 Gold prize winner will receive a cool Rs 1000/- gift voucher to the lifeblob store
• 5 Silze prize winners will receive 10% discount coupons to the lifeblob store
• 10 Bronze prize winners will receive 5% discount coupons to the lifeblob store

So what are you waiting for. Grab your cameras and get going, for the rain does not always come when you want it to. For more details about the contest, visit the photo contest page.

Today we announce the launch of a much needed and frequently asked for community feature: badges.

As a lifeblob user, badges are a way for you to show-off your accomplishments to the world and get more people to find you on lifeblob. Flaunt your badges on your blog page, your website, your photo-blog or anywhere else you like and declare to the world that you have arrived.

Some of the badges are available for everyone to use and you can pick up the one you like at  http://www.lifeblob.com/badges. If you have more ideas for these badges, let us know and we will get one created for you.

We also have a few special badges that are reserved for privileged / featured lifeblob users. If you have been interviewed on photography tips or if you are a lifeblob power user, you will hear from us really soon about your exclusive badge.

Rediff.com is one of the premier worldwide online providers of news, information, communication, entertainment and shopping services. Rediff.com provides a platform for Indians worldwide to connect with one another online.

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Rediff.com to power their “Get Ahead” section with tips and tutorials on improving photography skills. So far, we have been offering these tips at our photography tips site and they will now also be accessible to a wider group of audience on “Rediff Get Ahead“.

Here is the first article that has been published: Tips to shoot great Black & White Photographs

This month started off on a big bang with the prize distribution ceremony of Bengaluru Photo Marathon Infinite 2010. The prize distribution ceremony was coupled with an exhibition of 65 amazing photos that were selected by the judges and was held at Jaaga.

I would like to thank Peevee, Suyog, and everyone who volunteered for all the hard work in putting this event together and to all the participants for their stunning portrayal of Bengaluru in making this event a grand success.

Here are some highlights from the prize distribution ceremony, presented through photos. To view all the submissions to the contest, proceed here.

The moment that you have all been waiting for is finally here. The contest for the month of April is now open and the theme for this month is:

Black & White – Recreate the magic in two colors

Graz by Luca Terminator

Anyone who has been into photography for some time will tell you that there is a charm to presenting the photos in monochrome. Simple looking photos can be transformed into masterpieces with the touch of a button and a splash of some extra contrast.

So time to go ahead, unleash your creative juices and present your masterpieces in black and white. For more details about the contest, follow this link.

We at lifeblob are proud to announce the launch of our first ebook titled “Shoot like a Pro with Compact Camera”. This is based on the tips available in this site and is targeted at a newbie who quickly wants to learn a few tricks, take a few good snaps and get inspired!

There are many bulky books available online and in print on the various subjects in photography. There are also many blogs, like Photography Tips, which will give you tips on how to improve your skills. However, seldom do you find one when you need the most; at the time of clicking! This ebook is a humble effort from our part to solve just that. Just print the ebook in the size of a pocket book and carry it around while shooting.

Shoot Like a Pro with Compact Camera Ebook

Download Here. Its Free!

Feel free to download it, print it, share it with your friends. Your feedback is very important to us. Please share us your thoughts about this ebook.

The “Beautiful Moments” contest ended on 28th February, 2010. Once again, we received over 1000 entries. The competition was intense. Only one vote separated the gold and silver prizes.

Congratulations to the winners! We hope to see even greater participation in this month’s contest.

Gold Prize – Wonderful Purple trees by seanjw

Silver Prize – Magic Morning @ Lake Navajo by Leanne Dyckson

Here are some more remarkable entries to the contest:

The Ride a Cycle Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promoted bicycling as a sustainable and socially responsible means of transport is organizing the Bangalore Bicycle Photo Festival to spread the awareness about cycling.

We would like to invite all you photographers out there to participate in this and spread the word. There are two broad themes in which you can participate:

1) Bangalore Cyclists

Take the Photos  of Cyclists who brave the terrible traffic in Bangalore.

• Kids on Cycle/   Cyclists of Bangalore
• Puncture Shop Owners
• Cycle Business Services like the tender coconut on cycles etc
• Cycle Stores

2) Bad Urban Design for Cyclists

• Tell the story of  Bad Design by the urban planners  of Bangalore that makes cycling really hard in Bangalore.
• Share your miseries and  laughter of stupid designs  by BDA/BBMP/Urban planners  using photos.

Post your photos to the Bicycle Photo Festival Group at lifeblob, help spread the word for a noble cause and also get a chance to win some prizes. Here are some photos that have already been posted to the group.

Posted by Abhijith Rao

Posted by MGDPhoto

Posted by Abhijith Rao

Posted by Mayank Rungta

Posted by Murali HR

Posted by Sameer Shisodia

** Details of prizes and awards will be announced shortly.

Celebrations photo contest ended on 24th January. We received a lot of interesting submissions; mainly around Christmas and New Year celebrations from around the world.

The winners of this edition of our photo contest are:

Gold: Anuj Sethi - lorenzkirche Nuremberg Dec 31 ’09

lorenzkirche-Nuremberg-Dec-31-09 by Anuj Sethi

Silver:  Olga Kornivska – smile

Smile - Olga

Livewire: ripizzo – Frozen Puddle

Frozen-Puddle - Ripizzo

Honorable Mentions:

Control the let go – josh_wroe

Control-the-let-go Josh wroe

Disney World Celebrations at night – Vishal Sood

Disney-World-Celebrations-at-night by Vishal Sood

The current contest “Beautiful Moments” is on till 28th Feb 2009. So submit your entries and win great prizes!