Jars, spades, computers, bat detector, camera, pencil and paper - what's the tool of your trade?
In July we launched our Photography Competition. We're nearly half way through now and have
been amazed by your photos. It seems that each month choosing the winner gets
harder!
We're looking for real photos of genuine countryside workers
illustrating the highs and lows of countryside careers, the joyous successes
and the grim realities will showcase all the various elements of life and work
in the countryside and wildlife sectors acting (we hope) as an eye opener for
many readers who are perhaps just thinking about a career "working with
animals" or getting a "job outdoors".
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| Full house by Chloe Winterbottom |
This month the suggested theme is "Tools of the
Trade" a perfect topic to do just this.
One of the very first entries we received fits the bill perfectly: Full
House by Chloe Winterbottom illustrating just one of the tables full of moth
species at Croxteth Park, Liverpool*.
This is one the themes that is more open to interpretation,
the tools of your trade could be anything from the physical tools you use such
as a chainsaw or things that mean you are able to carry out your job such as
your volunteers, the works vehicle, your computer - whatever you think
encompasses your daily role. Alternatively they could be the things that make
your day pass smoothly - the essential brew, the canine companion in the cab on
your rounds, the smartphone that keeps you in touch with the office and family.
Explanations and captions would be most helpful in introducing your photo to
people who are perhaps not familiar with exactly what it is you do.
Everyone takes lots of photos, sometimes just because but
often with a purpose - for inclusion in literature or promotional material,
this is a chance to share those images, and those didn't make the cut, with
others who have an interest but little practical experience or knowledge of
working in our wonderful field. Themes
are suggestions are only, you can enter any image at any time but only once
during the year.
As an added incentive there are lots of prizes: the overall
winner will receive an invitation to the gala opening of the British Wildlife Photography
Awards in 2020, entry is exclusively by invitation only! There's a reader's choice
prize which you can vote on next year and monthly prizes too, this month it's a
subscription to the award winning OS Maps from Ordnance Survey. A guide in the
great outdoors, combining Ordnance Survey’s iconic mapping (1:25k, 1:50k), with
over 2 million routes, stunning 3D mapping, and Augmented Reality. It can be accessed via a single login for the
mobile app when out and about, or a web browser for planning at home.
Subscribers also benefit from access to thousands of professional routes from
authors such as Country Walking, Trail Magazine and AA Walks.
Find out more about the competition, the prizes, see the
winners so far and how to enter: c-js.uk/CJSPhoto
* Croxeth has a close connection with CJS as it was here
that our founders spent many years 'rangering' before
crossing the Pennines and going freelance as rent-a-ranger, eventually
creating CJS, Niall often talks about his time at Croxteth with much affection, and as with all rangers
occasional slight exasperation!