See below for the latest information about opportunities, new training schemes, events, masterclasses and other new services to help support the Photo Imaging industries.

International Garden Photographer of the Year
Call for submissions
Deadline for entries: 31 January 2009

There are seven categories to enter and 100 finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges, including Andrew Lawson, Chris Beardshaw and Heather Angel.

The winner will receive a £5,000 cash prize and there are many other prizes on offer.

All of the finalists' and winners' photographs will be displayed at an exhibition at the Royal Botanic Gardens in London.

For more information and details on how to enter, go to
International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition website

AOP Student Awards 2009
Call for entries
Deadline for entries: 13 February 2009

If you are a photography student studying at a UK institution, there are four categories you can enter:

• Lifestyle & Portraiture
• Fashion & Beauty
• Landscape, Interiors & Exteriors
• Still Life

The winner will be named as the AOP Student of the Year and will receive a double page spread in the AOP Photographers Award book, a day's work experience with a high-profile AOP member, a top of the range photographic prize from the competition sponsor, plus extensive press coverage.

There will also be prizes for Merit Awards, plus all finalists will have their winning images exhibited in a two week exhibition at the AOP Gallery, London as well as being the main feature in the Student Awards Book.

For more information and details on how to enter, go to
The AOP Awards website

Date:23rd April 2009
Time: 10.00am - 4.00pm
Location: Royal Photographic Society, Bath
Cost: £25

This one day event includes a series of lectures aimed at freelance photographers and assistants in their early years of business and those who feel they need a refresher.

• Copyright - Gwen Thomas from the AOP
• PR and CV Writing - Lisa Howe of Skillset
• Marketing and Sales - Howard Butterfield Managing Director of theimagefile.

For further information visit: www.rps.org/

Own It Podcast
Photographing Other People's Property: Architecture, Trademarks, Logos

Photographs often include elements of other people's property. Intellectual or otherwise, incidental or intentional, there is a lot that the photographer needs to be aware of in order to make sure their creative activity does not infringe on corporate ownership.

In Own It's second podcast, representatives from the Association of Photographers and Finers Stephens Innocent Law Firm look at the ins and outs of photographing buildings, trademarks and logos, how to find and deal with copyright holders and the legal framework and implications.

For more information and to download the Own It podcasts, visit:www.own-it.org/ipinfo/podcasts/

HANG - Redeye's Exhibition Workshops Autumn 2008 - Spring 2009

Many photographers are talented but fewer are equipped with what it takes to get their work into galleries. If you're ready to get serious about exhibiting, this course of workshops is for you.

For further information visit: HANG - Redeye Exhibition Workshops

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National Portrait Gallery

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer's Life, 1990-2005

Wolfson and Ground Floor Galleries

This exhibition presents over 150 photographs by the celebrated photographer, encompassing well-known work made on editorial assignment, as well as personal photographs of her family and close friends including the birth and childhood of her three daughters and the death of her father. Advance booking highly recommended.

For further information visit: Annie Leibovitz

Skillset, Focus Point, 21 Caledonian Road, London, N1 9GB. Tel: 020 7713 9800