Sponsored by HONOR
Towards the end of last year, Amateur Photographer teamed up with leading Android smartphone maker HONOR to organise the free-to-enter HONOR Night Photographer of the Year competition.
Sponsored. Entrants were invited to send in night and low-light images taken on any capture device (camera or phone), and from this we drew up a shortlist of six photographers.
These six photographers were then sent HONOR’s latest flagship phone, the HONOR Magic8 Pro, to take more night and low-light shots with this powerful new model – which is particularly strong when it comes to night telephoto performance.
After receiving an impressive number of high-quality entries from all over the UK and Ireland, we are now pleased to announce that Ming Cheng from London has been named overall winner of the HONOR Night Photographer of the Year contest.
For his prize, Ming gets the HONOR Magic8 Pro phone to keep, as well as a city break to Barcelona from February 28th to March 3rd, where he will be HONOR’s guest at the massive Mobile World Congress show on March 2nd.
Ming is also our guest at the glittering Amateur Photographer Awards in London on February 26th, where he will receive a trophy from Amateur Photographer editor, Nigel Atherton.
Well done to the runners-up
Meanwhile, Bircan Harper from Truro, Cornwall, came second in the competition, winning through with some atmospheric night shots taken during a recent holiday to Japan. She gets the HONOR Magic8 Pro for her prize.
In third place came Pawel Zygmunt from Oldtown in County Dublin, Ireland. He also gets the Magic8 Pro as a prize. Well done both.
The other three photographers on the shortlist were Kell Lunam Cowan from High Wycombe, Luci Victoria from Sheffield, and Dominic Smith from Airdrie in Scotland.
‘As part of the judging team, I was really impressed by the standard of low-light and night photographs entered into this unique competition,’ said AP Editor Nigel Atherton. ‘This is despite the grim weather we have been having recently in the UK and Ireland – so well done all.’
Making an exhibition of themselves
The overall winning image, plus a selection of shortlisted and highly commended images, will be exhibited at the Amateur Photographer Awards at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in central London at the end of this month. You can also enjoy them below…
Further reading
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