Fantastic prize on offer with launch of Scunthorpe Telegraph Camera Club

COULD your photography skills put you in the frame to scoop a fantastic prize?

Today we are launching the Scunthorpe Telegraph Camera Club, a platform to highlight the talents of the area's amateur photographers.

SNAPS: Reader Stuart Pike, of High Street, Broughton, captured this frosty scene at Messingham Sand Quarry. Now your pictures can win you a prize
SPONSORS: The team at Comley Cameras in Cleethorpes, from left, Mark Comley, Paul Burgess and Jez Keefe

Whether you have captured a picturesque local scene or a stunning portrait, your perfect pet, wildlife, flora, fauna or even a candid shot taken at an event, we want you to send us your best snaps.

We will then feature them in the pages of the Scunthorpe Telegraph and showcase your skills to our thousands of readers.

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We have teamed up with sponsor Comley Cameras in Cleethorpes to offer a monthly prize of a canvas wrap of the best picture, worth £69.99.

Each month, we will pick a favourite and present the winning photographer with this fantastic prize.

We will also include tips and tricks for taking an award-winning image, so you can try them yourself.

Mark Comley, owner of Comley Cameras, said: "We have got a good customer base in Scunthorpe and a lot of people travel to our shop.

"There are also a lot of camera clubs in Scunthorpe with people who want to be photographers and we've had people surprise themselves with the quality of pictures they have taken.

"We are looking for entries that are well exposed, have a good composition and are nice and sharp."

Each week, we will feature the photographs in the paper.

To enter, send your images by e-mail to us at pictures@ scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk

All entries must include your contact details and a caption.

Please send photographs in their full resolution, so any winning image can be turned into a canvas.

The competition is open to amateur photographers only, usual Local World/Scunthorpe Telegraph rules apply – see www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/ houserules

TIPS FOR A TOP PICTURE

SCUNTHORPE Telegraph photographer Carl Gac shares his top tips on taking the perfect picture:

Try to find a different view of what you’re photographing. Most people will always shoot from the same viewpoint but a little higher or lower can make a picture look so much different.

Don’t be afraid to ask other photographers for help. If you can’t get that perfect shot, someone else can usually help you get it. Two heads are usually better than one.

There is always something to take a picture of so keep your camera handy all the time.