The Light
One photograph where the light is the subject, not the thing it fell on. Any camera. A phone counts.
- Taken between 1 August and 15 October 2026
- One file, up to 5 MB, longest edge 3000 px
- Your own work, not AI generated
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LastLight
13prizes
A private portfolio review with a photographer whose work you already follow
Free to enter. Open worldwide. Phones count.
Enter before15.10camstrap.app
Entries open on 15 September.
The light is not a backdrop.
It is the photograph.
Open categoryAny cameraNo purchaseBlind judging
Two categories
Enter either, or both. They are judged separately, against different questions.
Hands-Free
The photograph you got because the camera was already on you, plus a second frame showing how you carried it.
- Two files: the photograph, and the harness in use
- The second frame is the one we are really asking for
- You do not have to have bought it. Borrowed counts.
What you can win
Thirteen prizes. The one at the top is the one that is hard to buy.
- Grand prize
An hour with the head judge, one to one
A private portfolio review over video. Your work, their full attention, and a plan for what to shoot next. Plus the complete Camstrap kit, and your photograph published everywhere we publish.
1 winnerIt sits in the open category, so nothing ever has to be bought to win it.
- Hands-Free
Best photograph in the second category
The complete Camstrap kit, and your frame on the product page it belongs to.
1 winner - People's choice
Voted by everyone
Chosen from the twenty finalists the judges pick. A Camstrap Trek harness.
1 winner - Finalists
The other ten finalists
A Camstrap Magclip, publication in the Last Light gallery, and your name in the newsletter that goes out in seven languages.
10 winners
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How it runs
- 15 Sep to 15 OctEntries
Upload up to three photographs. It takes about ninety seconds.
- 16 to 21 OctJudging
Three judges score every entry blind. No names, no countries, no follower counts.
- 22 OctTwenty finalists
Published in the gallery. Public voting opens for one week.
- 29 OctWinners
Announced here, then in the newsletter.
Judged by a guest head judge, announced 15 September
A private portfolio review with a photographer whose work you already follow
Every entry is scored without the photographer's name attached
Three judges: the guest head judge, Camstrap's founder, and a Camstrap owner chosen from the customers who have reviewed one.
Free. No purchase, ever. Open worldwide to anyone aged 18 or over. Three photographs maximum per person, across both categories. You can edit or withdraw an entry until 15 October.