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Canadian Photographers looking for work should put their best pictures online in a homemade gallery connected to an estore with their contact information beside their company logo. These are some straight forward action items that will help provide the basis for the launching and maintaining a long campaign of recognition and positive appreciation. Personally photographers must get work and maximum exposure - exposure is a funny word in the photography industry. Photo chemicals need to be exposed to sunlight, but photographers themselves need to be exposed to the media, to critics and to the public and all this newsprint boils down to an essence - photographers need to be exposed to customers.

The very best way to bring exposure to your work is to enter online photo contests and photo games and then link to your own web page in your profile - that’s because there are so many contests available online now and each can become a calling card for professional skills.

One particularly curious new photo game that has really taken everyone by surprise because it lets photographers define themselves and their abilities by distinguishing themselves in competition in a blind challenge waged against four other randomly selected photos. Its true each can wager a small sum on their picture and then they play for real stakes, otherwise the game is free. You can win real money, and lose real money too if your pictures are terrible.

There’s something for everyone on Lenzr.com, as three new photo contests launch for the months of November and December 2009! The contests seem to be focused primarily on Mother Nature in this session; all three challenges involve some element of the great outdoors.

Medicinal Plants in Nature is a photo contest on Lenzr is for botanists that would otherwise walk alongside rivers and down forest paths while thumbing a field book of wild herbs and flowers. Remember most health practitioners agree the root cause of disease is living an unhealthy life, and so the concept of disease prevention is actualized by maintaining a balanced diet with exercise. Living a healthy life is the best way to extend a natural life. Keep watching  for fresh healthy food and medicine growing wild in the countryside. Life abounds all around the home in neighbours fields and woods and beaches and community flower gardens. Take pictures of Mother Nature’s healing plants and boast about them on Lenzr. Members are encouraged to list each specimans medical applications. Sponsored by Ontario natural medicine clinic the photo contest rewards the member that uploads the highest rated image with over $330 dollars worth of Neal’s Yard Remedies.

And while hiking in the great outdoors Canadian photographers should also be focusing on very small life forms and bugs. The Lenzr photo contest hopes members will use macro lenses to blow up a bugs face. 

Macro Photos of Life contest will build a long display of short living things.

Photographers are asked to use their camera’s macro lens to capture small wildlife like dragonflies and tomatoe worms doing their best to survive on the piddly little blossoms leaves common in most North American varieties of tomatoes. Shrinking things down to size is what this contest sponsor does - this is how the business websites get transformed into award winning and very effective mobile applications.

Shrinkray sounds like something a mad scientist might bring to market, but really they are benevolent Canadian geniuses and perhaps the most advanced mobile app developer in Canada. Their work is now used to build mobile apps and widgets for small to mid sized businesses.

The Prize is a free deluxe Locaboire eastern Ontario wine tour travel to Prince Edward Co and Northumberland co wineries and breweries. Locaboire Packages are reknown for quality - this is good for two adults and includes two meals and one night accommodation at a relaxing Brighton Ontario B&B that’s a timber construction house Contest ENDS: Jan 1st 2010

There is something for everyone on Lenzr for November and December 2009

One of the best ways to keep busy and remain active in the photography scene is to scour Craigslist and Kijiji looking for opportunities in which to make friends, and get contacts. Don’t ignore the possibilities that exist in photo contests and games.

Kanetix.ca has once again sponsored Ontario Tourist Attractions 2 photo contest on Lenzr.com. This web challenge is very successful. Ontario Tourist Attractions photo contest was a success. There were over seventy five photos submitted and over 2800 registered votes. Admin would like to take this opportuinity to congratulations the winners: Mommakoala in Hamilton, and Slimmswitch in Ottawa

Ontario Tourist Attractions 2 photo contest on Lenzr will once again exhibit this province’s most interesting tour destinations. The contest theme fits with Kanetix.ca, a forward thinking company that specializes in delivering the lowest car insurance quotes. Where did you go this summer? Do you have any pictures of local scenic attractions?  It would be wise to include a compelling caption that explains the picture as the last contest winners were both rather quirky

There’s lots of images in the contest archives that reflect the excitement of discovery. They are sure to be enjoyed by many visitors for a long time, and perhaps these pictures will inspire travelers from outside Canada to visit and enjoy our tourist attractions.

On Lenzr the membership chooses the winners - in this case the member that uploads the top rated image January 1st 2010 as determined by the quantity of registered votes + popular votes / total number of votes.