Win prizes worth over £1,000 in Cobalt's Capture A Moment photo competition

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12 photographers will have their work printed in the UK medical charity's 2026 calendar – and displayed in an exhibition later this year

Photograph of Copr Bay Bridge in Swansea by John Shipp, which won the 2023 Cobalt Capture a Moment photography competition
Copr Bay Bridge in Swansea by John Shipp, which won last year's Cobalt Capture a Moment photography competition (Image credit: © John Shipp)

Get out and about with your camera in the coming months and help teenagers and young adults with cancer.

Medical charity Cobalt’s Capture a Moment Photography Competition is open for entries, until July 31 2025.

The 12 winning images will feature in Cobalt’s 2026 calendar and an exhibition in the autumn will showcase the winners and the judges’ shortlist.

And this year’s sponsors have donated prizes worth over £1,000 (US$1,325 / AU$2,100):

1st place: £300 Wex Photo Video voucher, plus a framed print of the winning image

2nd place: A one-year subscription to Digital Camera magazine, plus a framed print of the winning image

3rd place: A £100 voucher to spend in The Darkroom photo processing and fine-art printers, plus a framed print of the winning image

Under 16s winner: £50 cash prize plus a framed print of the winning image

Image promoting the Cobalt Capture a Moment Photography Competition 2025, open for entries until 31 July 2025 via https://www.cobalthealth.co.uk/support-us/cobalts-capture-a-moment-photography-competition/

(Image credit: Cobalt Health)

This year’s judges are photographer Sally Ryde; the medical director of Cobalt Health, Dr Umesh Udeshi; and photographer Martin Fry FRPS.

Entries cost just £2 per photograph and there are no restrictions on the number of times you can enter.

Every entry fee, and proceeds from the calendar, will go towards funding Cobalt’s Teenage & Young Adult Cancer Care Nurse in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, UK.

Enter today, via the Cobalt Capture a Moment Photography Competition website.

You can also view the winning entries from 2024’s competition, which was won by John Shipp for his photo of Copr Bay Bridge in Swansea (at the top of this story), known locally as ‘The Crunchie’.

Niall Hampton
Niall Hampton
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Niall is the editor of Digital Camera Magazine, and has been shooting on interchangeable lens cameras for over 20 years, and on various point-and-shoot models for years before that. 

Working alongside professional photographers for many years as a jobbing journalist gave Niall the curiosity to also start working on the other side of the lens. These days his favored shooting subjects include wildlife, travel and street photography, and he also enjoys dabbling with studio still life. 

On the site you will see him writing photographer profiles, asking questions for Q&As and interviews, reporting on the latest and most noteworthy photography competitions, and sharing his knowledge on website building. 

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