Prizes

In addition to these prizes, the winning pictures and best entries will be included in a touring exhibition and book.

Adult competition

The title of British Wildlife Photographer is given to the photographer whose single image is judged to be the most striking and memorable of all the entries.

The photographer of the overall winning image is awarded a first prize of £5,000.

2020VISION Award - Sponsored by the Wild Media Foundation

2020VISION is the UK’s most ambitious conservation photography initiative to date.   20 of the UK’s top nature photographers will spend two years touring the country   gathering an extraordinary image bank which will link healthy ecosystems to human   well being. This is your chance to be part of that team. Just one place is being offered   to the photographer who submits a portfolio of up to 8 images which best illustrates   a topical UK conservation story or theme. The subject matter is entirely the photographers   choice and the judges will be looking for innovation in photographic story telling. The   winner will be awarded a fully-paid for set of UK commissions within the 2020VISION   strategy.

Adult categories

The prizes for each of the adult categories will have a total value around £1,000.

• RSPB Binoculars (10.5 x 42 WPG)  value £200
• Two full day ‘one to one’ courses value £750 (details below)
• BWPA Exhibition Book, to be published in October 2010
• Autographed copy of Heather Angel’s book Natural Visions

One full day ‘one to one’ masterclass with leading photographer Heather Angel outdoors and in her state of the art studio in Surrey.

Masterclass outline: How to light macro subjects to the best advantage both in the field and indoors. There will be opportunities to see how reflectors and diffusers can enhance plant photography outside as well as how to use fill-flash to advantage. Tuition will be given for working outdoors as well as indoors when there is a much wider choice of lighting sources. These include: window light by day; artificial light, flash or a lightbox – by day or night. Various lighting set-ups will be available in a professional studio using all these light sources together with studio flash and fibre optics to photograph flowers, leaves, fossils and highly reflective subjects as well as shooting life in aquaria.

Heather Angel: Heather Angel is a highly versatile wildlife photographer whose pictures combine scientific accuracy with a strong pictorial appeal. Her work has been recognised by many awards both in Britain and overseas. After a zoology degree, she began photographing marine life, but only after her first book was published in 1972 did Heather’s photographic career take off.

Constantly traversing the globe in search of pictures, Heather first visited China in 1984 and has returned more than 30 times; producing three books on pandas and her most ambitious title yet - Green China, with over 360 images. In addition to managing her own stock library, Natural Visions, she tutors photo workshops all over the world and is a prolific writer. Her latest book Wild Kew, will be featured as the 2010 Summer Exhibition at Kew Gardens.

Heather Angel was President of the Royal Photographic Society from 1984-86 and was the founder Chairman of the RPS Nature Group. She has been a Special Professor at Nottingham University since 1994. Major solo exhibitions of her work have been on show in London as well as in China , Malaysia and Egypt .

One full day of ‘one to one’ Photoshop tuition fully customised and tailored to suit your needs, with Giles Angel in Surrey.

Giles Angel has been a commercial photographer and digital retoucher for the last five years. After graduating with a science degree, he started out in graphic design, learning Photoshop skills. He soon moved towards his passion of photography as the digital camera revolution took hold. Giles now works with numerous companies and independent artists for clients such as HP, Honda, Dove, Renault and Levi’s. Although specialising primarily in still life, his photography time is split between studio and location work. Post production plays a key role in the image making process and is often collaborating with other photographers and agencies in retouching projects.

Giles writes regular tutorials for Photoshop Creative Magazine(UK), and teaches Photoshop through seminars and one-to-one tuition workshops.

Young Awards

Young Photographer Award – (under 18)

The title of Young British Wildlife Photographer is given to the photographer whose single image is judged to be the most striking and memorable of all the young entries.

The prize is £500 sponsored by Towergate Camerasure..

Schools, Youth and Community Group Award

The British Wildlife Photography Award – for Schools, Youth and Community Groups is given to the group submitting the portfolio judged to be the most memorable, striking and best set of themed images.

The prize for the best school youth or community group is Serif Design Suite - value £3,000

A copy of the Serif Design Suite for each of the contributors (£149)* which contains 5 software titles covering; graphics, photo editing, digital video, DTP and web design. The school or organisation will receive a 50 User License on the Serif Design Suite (£2,199) and a Digital Video camera (£149) *Maximum of 5 individual copies of the software for the winning entrants.

Serif is the publisher of the award-winning software range that includes PagePlus ® ,  PhotoPlus™,  DrawPlus ™ , WebPlus™, AlbumPlus™, MoviePlus™, PanoramaPlus™ and Digital Scrapbook Artist ®  and more. Founded in 1987 with the aim to develop low-cost alternatives to high-end publishing and graphics packages,  Serif has been repeatedly praised for its powerful yet easy-to-use software which enables businesses, educational establishments, and ordinary PC users to achieve professional-quality results – whatever their level of experience.