Come and join us in Swanage for our next reader photo challenge

We're off to Swanage in Dorset for our next fun photo challenge, on Monday 4 March, and are looking for two lucky readers to come and test their outdoor shooting skills in one of the south-west's most photographed places. 

Shootout is a regular feature in Digital Camera magazine, and this one is for our Spring issue, to be published on 5 April. 

Here’s how the format works: we invite two enthusiastic photographers to join us on location and then challenge them to shoot the same series of subjects. 

The image below is taken from our March issue, which focused on Stratford-upon-Avon, birthplace of William Shakespeare. To make sure of your copy of Digital Camera every month, subscribe at our online shop from just £12.50 for three months!

There is no right or wrong image, though – all we're looking for are well-composed photos that offer a creative interpretation of the challenges. 

On the day, there will be a minimum of three challenges to shoot. We set them in advance, or after seeing what we've got to work with at the location. Timings will run between 10am and 4pm, and we'll cover your refreshments on the day.  

Afterwards, you’ll have a few days to edit your shots before submitting them to us for publication. Participants will typically send in up to 10 final images for us to select from. As we only need two final images for each of the challenges in the feature, it's best to prioritise quality over quantity during the editing process. 

If you’d like to register your interest in our Shootout in Swanage on 4 March, then send us some samples of your favourite images and a brief note outlining the kind of photography you enjoy shooting the most. 

Please tell us whether you use a DSLR or CSC, but don't worry – Shootout is open to users of both systems. 

We’ll contact the two entrants whose pictures best meet the criteria for this particular Shootout – we're looking to capture the essence of one of England's most popular seaside locations. 

If you have any queries, then please drop us a line at: digitalcamera@futurenet.com, including 'Reader Shootout' in the subject line. 

We look forward to meeting two lucky Digital Camera readers in Dorset next month.