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digital photographer of the year awards 2010
Welcome… the time has come to reveal
the winners of the Digital Photographer
of the Year Awards 2010
This year we’ve had a record number of entries, tripling what we received in
last year’s competition!
And the standard has been as high as ever, making the judging process a very tough
and lengthy one indeed. With entries pinging into my inbox thick and fast from across the
globe, it’s been a very exciting six months watching all of the photos start stacking up.
Congratulations to all of you who entered into this year’s awards. Take a look at who has
triumphed in each category and see who has claimed the overall title as the Digital
Photographer of the Year 2010!
Rosie Tanner, Editor
Meet the judges
● Debbi Allen,
Editor in chief,
Digital Photographer
Debbi has spent over
eight years working in consumer
magazines. Whilst at Imagine
Publishing she propelled Digital
Photographer to become one
of the UK’s fastest-growing
photographic titles. She oversees
the photographic department and
is responsible for launching the first
ever DPOTY Awards back in 2007.
● Eamonn
McCabe, Picture
Editor, The Guardian
Eamonn made his name
as a sports photographer. In 1988,
he joined The Guardian newspaper
as a picture editor enlisted to
revitalise the paper’s picture
coverage. In the forthcoming years,
he was named Picture Editor of the
Year five times. He has gradually
moved into portraiture and has an
impressive portfolio.
● Rosie Tanner,
Editor, Digital
Photographer
Rosie has contributed to
Digital Photographer for over four
years and took over as editor last
year. She has previously worked
on a variety of photographic and
creative magazines and studied
photography during this time.
She loves travel and reportage
photography and is never without
her camera when abroad.
Polo Ice Caps (left)
Photographed by Emma Goulder
Shot details:
Canon EOS 350D
with 18-125mm lens
at 67mm and f22,
1/160sec, ISO 100
Contents
4 Digital photographer of the year
Check out the work of our top prize winner, Emma Goulder
6 Landscape photographer of the year
Glyn Fletcher, Mayur Channagere and Garon Kiesel
8 Portrait photographer of the year
Mo Ayyad, David Pinzer and Jonathan Galione
10 Wildlife photographer of the year
Peter Denness, Jameel Kaderbhai and Irass Waledzik
12 Travel photographer of the year
David Burden, Dibyendu Dey Choudhury and Chris Jongkind
14 Action photographer of the year
Adrian Gunawan, Gabriel Buse and Martin Stranka
16 Creative photographer of the year
Branko Stojanovic, Anna Bodnar and Clint Burkinshaw
● Will Cheung
FRPS, Pro
photographer
Will has spent 25 years
working for the photographic
press and other big industry names
such as the Jessops Training
Academy, Leica and ePHOTOzine.
com as its associate editor. He is a
Fellow of the Royal Photographic
Society and sits on the RPS’s
distinctions panel for the Applied
Photography category.
“I used a black backdrop so
that the white of the Polos
would stand out. I arranged
them into an appealing display.
I used a softbox to the right
and a piece of white card as a
reflector to the left”
● Steve Mitchell,
General manager of
marketing, Samsung
Digital Imaging
Steve’s got his finger on the
pulse when it comes to camera
innovations and the types of
features photographers want to
see in new models. His passion
for digital imaging makes him the
ideal judge for the DPOTY Awards.
He is looking out for originality
and creativity.
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digital photographer of the year 2010
Winner
Waif (far right)
Photographed by Emma Goulder
Shot details:
Canon EOS 40D
with 17-85mm lens
at 73mm and f7.1,
1/200sec, ISO 100
“To create a clean and simple portrait, I
used a portaflash to the front to light
myself and then a flashgun directly
behind my head to give a rim light effect
through my hair”
“This is such a beautiful portrait with great dynamic range. I love the
backlit hair and the light that falls off to highlight the wonderful bone
structure. A brilliant self portrait”
In The Grass (right)
Photographed by Emma Goulder
Shot details:
Canon EOS 40D
with 17-85mm lens
at 66mm and f11,
1/100sec, ISO 1000
“ I wanted to mimic Spitfire’s hair with
the grass. As the grass was in the
shade and I wanted him to be more
prominent in the photo I used a
flashgun to the left”
“Emma’s portfolio is diverse, but all the images are striking. This
portrait really tells a story with the lighting and setting creating a
great ambience”
Whitby (below)
Photographed by Emma Goulder
Shot details:
Canon EOS 40D
with 17-85mm lens
at 17mm and f8,
1/200sec, ISO 100
“ My idea was to create a different view
of Whitby. I used the pier as a lead into
Whitby and the lighthouse. I placed the
life buoy to give interest to the left side of
the photo”
“This image is like a lesson in great composition. The wooden pier
acts as the perfect lead-in to the image and the lighthouse on the left
keeps the shot beautifully balanced”

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landscape digital photographer of the year 2010
digital photographer of the year awards 2010
winner
Tuscany Misty Morning (above)
photographed by Glyn Fletcher
“this shot is stunning in its simplicity. the single, warm tone of the image adds an
ethereal feel, as does the beautiful mist laying across the hills. glyn proves that
getting up early to capture those magic hours before sunrise can really pay off. a
beautiful landscape and well worthy of the landscape photographer award”
Shot details:
Nikon D300 with
18-200mm lens
at 50mm and f20,
1/50sec, ISO 200
“Taken at 7:30am one October in Tuscany. The
combination of sun breaking across the distant
hills and layers of mist help create a landscape of
highlight and shadow and fantastic colour”

Runner-up Runner-up
Tsokar Lake (above)
Photographed by Mayur Channagere
Shot details:
Canon EOS 400D
with 18-55mm
lens at 18mm,
1/500sec, ISO 100
“Tsokar lake (16,500 ft) is
located in Ladhak region of
India. With rich salt deposits
(Tsokar means salt water)
on the wet marshy lands and
frozen ice floating slowly, it was
unlike anything I expected”
“What a dramatic landscape and expertly captured. Many would
have included more of the lake but just filling half the foreground
with it and using the foreground was worked really well”
Paradise Cove (below)
Photographed by Garon Kiesel
Shot details:
Nikon D3 with
24mm lens at
24mm and f8, 13
sec, ISO 200
“I had just purchased a Nikon
D3 and decided to take it
on a test run. I headed for
the coast and managed
to capture this image just
before the light faded”
“I love the peaceful pastel colours of this scene. It is all
so calm and yet the bridge leads to nowhere, so there
is no need to rush”
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portrait digital photographer of the year 2010
digital photographer of the year awards 2010
winner “This image is based on the concepts of
Performance (above)
photographed by Mo Ayyad
Shot details:
Nikon D700 with 24-
70mm lens at 52mm
and f3.2, 1/6400sec,
ISO 200
“this image is a great combination of post-activity and
reality. the tight cropping works well and the lighting is
spot on. it is a powerful image”
‘performance’. It aims to capture both the focus
and intensity that athletes require to achieve their
maximum potential when competing”

Runner-up
Summer Sun (right)
Photographed by David Pinzer
Shot details:
Canon EOS 5D
Mark II with 50mm
lens at 50mm and
f2, ISO 100
“The picture was made
on a late summer
evening during the
last minutes of sun.
Shot against the low
standing sun, using
a reflector in front to
light up the face”
“Such a captivating portrait. The strong eye
contact is heightened by those gorgeous
catch-lights and the backlighting helps thrust
the model even closer to the viewer. The
intentional clipped highlights work well to
accentuate the feeling of summer.”
Runner-up
Deserter (right)
Photographed by John Galione
Shot details:
Nikon D50 with
55-200mm lens at
200mm and f5.6,
1/3200sec, ISO 200
“This is a photo of actor
Steven Hartley on
set of the World War
II film Deserter that
I candidly snapped
while he rehearsed his
upcoming scene”
“This may be a still from a movie, but there
is still tension in the face, which makes it so
strong. I want to know what he is thinking, it
is making me work, surely the sign of a great
portrait. Great quality”
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Wildlife digital photographer of the year 2010

Winner
Dark Hare (left)
Photographed by Peter Dennes
Shot details:
Canon EOS 1D Mark
II with 300mm lens
at 300mm and f2.8,
1/800sec, ISO 50
“I have fond memories of watching
Watership Down as a child, and
wanted this image to convey a
dark, mystical and dreamlike
representation of a hare”
“Absolutely awesome image and I wish I’d taken it. The mono treatment
is wonderful but of course why the image really works is due to the eye
contact. That rather threatening, sinister look that the hare is giving just
made Peter’s image the winner the instant I set my eyes on it. My favourite
of the whole contest”
Runner-up
The Red Eye Guy (right)
Photographed by Irass Waledzik
Shot details:
Nikon D40 with
reversed 28mm f2.8
lens with extension
tubes at f2.8,
1/200sec, ISO 400
“I am passionate about macro photography
because I am interested in close-ups and
patterns. I want to capture them to show
people the amazing world of insects they
would never see with the naked eye. This
image shows the head of a fly, which
measures approximately 3mm. It is a stack
of 20 image files, which I merged together in
Photoshop to get maximum depth of field”
“This image is really original, fresh and natural. It is a real standout shot
in terms of subject matter and the detail is incredible. It is everything a
photograph should be”
Runner-up
Snow Monkey (above)
Photographed by Jameel Kaderbhai
Shot details:
Canon EOS 350D
with 18-55mm lens
at 22mm and f6.3,
1/125sec, ISO 400
“Japanese Macaques, also known as Snow
Monkeys, are found near Nagano, Japan. It was
quite a comical scene: the humans, dressed in
heavy snow jackets, watching enviously as the
monkeys relaxed in the steaming volcanic baths. ”
“This could be an actor in a monkey suit; the arms and the expression are
so ‘human’. Do monkeys really have such big hands? The rain makes it look
authentic and it made me smile, so well done!”
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travel digital photographer of the year 2010
12 digital photographer of the year awards 2010
winner
Seaweed Farmer (above)
photographed by David Burden
“i love including figures in the scene and david’s image shows just how well it can
work. the right figure is really important – in this case, the image would not be
anything as powerful without the hat – and david’s timing to catch the person
mid-stride is spot on”
Shot details:
Nikon D200 with 10-
20mm lens at 20mm
and f8, 1/80sec,
ISO 100
“As the sun begins to set, a seaweed farmer
strolls back across the calm lagoon waters of
the Indonesian Island of Nusa Lembongan, with
Mount Agung in Bali visible in the distance”

Runner-up Runner-up
The Journey (above)
Photographed by Dibyendu Dey Choudhury
Shot details:
Nikon D80 with
18-70mm at f3.5,
1/40sec, ISO 100
“This brother and sister are coming
to the city for the first time from their
remote village of West Bengal in India,
and they are also enjoying their first
train journey”
“The expectation on the two faces is wonderful, surely
what travel is all about. Great sense of movement beyond
the window, but the faces are so still. Wonderful”
Suit In Train Door (below)
Photographed by Chris Jongkind
Shot details:
Canon EOS 350D
with 18-55mm lens
at 41mm and f6.3,
1/60sec, ISO 200
“Tokyo might be known and
photographed for its suitpacked
subways, but late
morning on a Sunday I
found the opposite to be just
as interesting”
“This photograph is great and the light is good. I like the
feel of the image and the emotion; you really want to
know what the guy is thinking about”
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action digital photographer of the year 2010
winner runner-up
Traditional Cow Race (above)
photographed by Adrian Gunawan
Shot details:
Nikon D90 with
70-200mm lens at
200mm and f4.8,
1/1000sec, ISO 400
“the expression captured at this moment is great and
it is more perfect because the subject is unaware of the
photographer. a well-controlled image”
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Cow racing is a popular activity with
the Minangkabau people of Indonesia.
It happens after the rice harvest and
helps to plough the fields for the new
crop. Adrian has captured the frantic,
yet thrilling scene in all its glory, with
the racer, cows and mud at their best.
Metro Station (above right)
photographed by Gabriel Buse
Shot details:
Nikon D90, with
a 10-20mm lens
at 11mm and f6.3
1/20sec, ISO 3200
“The Titan metro station in
Bucharest with its perfect
symmetry is like a space
platform from a sciencefiction
movie, and the
arrival of trains amplifies the
sensation of speed”
“the combination of the perfect symmetry, exaggerated
perspective and implied movement really draws you into
the scene – you can almost hear the trains whizzing by”

Runner-up
Rejected (right)
Photographed by Martin Stranka
Shot details:
Canon EOS 5D with a
50mm lens at 50mm
and f1.8, 1/500sec,
ISO 200
“This work exists in that space
between dreams and waking.
Light like the first rays of twilight
filtering through a curtain
when even the dust seems to
glitter with some sort of hidden
purpose or meaning”
“I love the simplicity of this; there were many full-on action
shots but this proves sometimes less is more. I get a great
sense of calm from this photograph. Beautiful”
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Creative digital photographer of the year 2010
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Winner
Neighbours (left)
Photographed by Branko Stojanovic
Shot details:
Nikon D200 with
80-200mm
lens at 200mm
and f8, 1/750sec.
ISO 200
“I’ve seen this shot tried so many times but never
executed as well as this. There are so many little
stories going on in all this windows and balconies, it’s
hard to believe some element of setting up hasn’t
happened but hey well done!”
Runner-up
“During a two year period
(2008-2010) I was shooting
the everyday activities of my
neighbours. The idea was to
show diversity of ordinary life
in an old socialistic building
which I saw as some kind of
prison. In that kind of huge
structure with many people,
even your neighbours are
almost total strangers”
Jokulsarlon (below)
Photographed by Clint Burkinshaw
Shot details:
Canon EOS 40D
with 17-50mm lens
at 17mm and f8,
1/640sec, ISO 100
“Jokulsarlon is an
extraordinary glacier lagoon
that’s home to countless
picture-perfect luminous
blue icebergs. Jokulsarlon
is located one-and-a-half
kilometers inland on
Iceland’s remote
southern coast, between
Hofn and Skaftafell”
“I love the tranquil mood of Clint’s wonderful
landscape. The scene is awesome and the sky
conditions absolutely spot-on for photography and
Clint has made the most of the opportunity. The
reflection is beautifully captured and the composition
is just about perfect”
Runner-up
Anna Bodnar (above)
Photographed by Self Portrait
Shot details:
Fujifilm FinePix S5
Pro with 50mm lens
at 50mm and f7.1,
1/60sec, ISO 100
“Image is a self portrait; I try to
get the style of old paintings.
I used Photoshop to make
an effect of unfinished oil
painting. The image was
made with studio lamps”
“A great example of how photography and Photoshop
can work together to create a truly unique piece of art.
Anna’s work is bold and beautiful”
With thanks
A massive thanks to everyone
who submitted their images
into the six categories over the
last few months. The number of
entries has been phenomenal
and the quality has been
exceptional. Special thanks goes
to the award’s sponsor, Samsung,
who has provided the winners
with some really superb prizes.
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est of the rest 2010
take a look at some of the other great entries that caught our eye
Untitled (above)
photographed by Michael Shelford
Untitled (above)
photographed by John G McGurk
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Timeline (above)
photographed by Zsolt Furesz
Sleepyhead (above)
photographed by Kerry Duffy

Taj With Silhouettes (above)
Photographed by Pat Burns
Gironde Sunset (above)
Photographed by Dave Jones
Vibrant Hoverfly (above)
Photographed by Gareth Jones
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