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Charlotte Parkin

Head of Marketing & Sub Editor for On Landscape. Dabble in digital photography, open water swimmer, cooking buff & yogi.

Entries are now open for the annual Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition.

The photography competition now in its second year which celebrates the beauty of Scotland’s breathtaking scenery is the brainchild of Fife-based landscape photographer Stuart low. Building on the success of the inaugural competition, it now boasts an increased prize fund of £14,000 and has attracted new sponsors such as by Academy Class, Caledonian MacBrayne, Calumet Photographic, Fotospeed, Scottish Natural Heritage and Formatt-Hitech. The competition has been timed to coincide with the spectacular colours of the Scottish autumn.

Competition founder, Stuart Low said: “I’m absolutely delighted that the competition is continuing again this year. The competition is all about promoting photography and tourism, and the inaugural competition has proved to have been a great success. The book we produced is a best seller in the shops and the exhibition of winning images was so popular that they had extended runs at various galleries across Scotland. The exhibitions have been a notable success of the competition. In this day and age we’re used to seeing images on a screen, but seeing the winning images printed and hanging on a wall has seen several of the photographers earn sales and many visitors have been inspired by their work to take up photography too. The exhibitions have also been good for tourism because they’ve raised the profiles of the places in the images and encouraged tourists to visit these places during their stay. I’m really excited about seeing this year’s entries and hoping to build on that success once again.”

The competition is open to amateur, professional and young photographers from the UK and overseas. Competition opens 25th September and submissions close on 16 November 2015.

Winners will be announced in January 2016 with the launch of the second annual year book, followed by several major exhibitions throughout Scotland in 2016.

For more information about the competition, go to http://www.slpoty.co.uk