Community Photography Contest Showcase

Earlier in the year, DesignCrowd launched Community Contests to provide a home for creatives, from illustrators, photographers and photo effects artists, to compete for the glory of being the best, as voted by community and contest participants, whilst showcasing their skills. Over 100 contests later, it's time to start sharing the best creative work from these competitions, starting with photography.

To celebrate over 30 photography contests launched on DesignCrowd to date, we're showcasing some of the best submissions, handpicked from over 30 contests to say thank you to our community for supporting photography contests on DesignCrowd. Our creative community has embraced the diverse range of topics, including 'landscapes' to 'still life' to more specific creative themes like 'celebrations', 'changing seasons' and 'new beginnings' and submitted fantastic photographs to meet the brief.

As background, our photography contests are designed for beginners through to advanced photographers. So if you're a camera-toting designer or a pure photographer, there's something for everyone here. We hope you appreciate submissions and look forward to seeing you participate in one of our community contests soon!

Père Lachaise Cemetary in Paris - by Manatee

Contest: 'Cemetries'.





Lunaria - by mashamtl

Contest: Focus on one petal





White cat on white towel - by mmason0649

Contest: White on white





The mill - by skythinker

Contest: Seasons in the Sky



Fun a Pop Century - by skythinker

Contest: Extra Large 2016



My Little Garden - by veezee

Contest: Unusual Point of View: Top Down Perspectives



Stacked Stones - by SixerHoo

Contest: Pebbles and Stones



Alien Invasion - by GraphArt

Contest: Landscape Silhouettes



Doors 2016 - by archemran

Contest: Doors2016



Rose - by exit

Contest: Flowers in Black and White



Sing for your supper - by Robert-Daveant

Contest: New Beginnings



Oak leaf - by zberanek

Contest: One Leaf 2016






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Thanks to Geertweggan for the stunning photography featured in the blog banner. Learn more about community contests in my blog post about the launch. Check out the photography FAQs for how it works.

Love a good photography challenge? Find heaps of fun photography contests to participate, and vote for your favorite submissions.

Are you an illustrator or photo effects artist? Check out new and recent contests on the community pages: Illustration contests and photoshop contests.

Need a logo design? Check out BrandCrowd's photography logo maker or community logo maker.

Written by Jo Sabin on Monday, May 16, 2016

Jo Sabin is Head of Designer Community at DesignCrowd. She's led the company's public relations and social media programs since 2012. With more than ten years' experience working with Australian and international tech startups in the creative industries, Jo has been instrumental in meeting DesignCrowd's objectives in Australia and abroad. Get in touch via Twitter.