Canon 2010 Photography Competition

Deadline : 8th March 2010

An enormous kit bag full of gear is up for grabs, with more than $5000 worth of prizes there for the taking, including four Canon MP990 printers for category winners, and the grand prize of a Canon EOS 50D dSLR with a 17-85mm IS lens.

Along with the four category winners, an overall winner selected from all submissions will be awarded the title of D-Photo/Canon Amateur Photographer of the Year.

Besides a host of great prizes, amateur photographers will also get the chance to see their images in an exclusive exhibition, displaying the best entries from the competition.

Entries

Keen amateur photographers can enter ONE image per category, which needs to be submitted via email to canon2010@dphoto.co.nz.
Only photographs taken in 2009 and 2010 are eligible. Entries close March 8, 2010, with the winners to be announced in the March 2010 issue of D-Photo.
Based on voting, a panel of photography industry experts will choose the category winners and award the overall title.

Submit your images to canon2010(at)dphoto.co.nz or canon2010@dphoto.co.nz

D-Photographers, you’ve got four months, so get out and get snapping!

The D-Photo/Canon Amateur Photographer of the Year 2010 Competition – Terms and Conditions

Duration
1. The competition will run from the 16th of November 2009 until the 8th of March 2010 and entries will be accepted for the full duration of that period
2. Winners will be announced in the April/May 2010 issue of D-Photo Magazine, which is on sale from 29th March 2010.

Categories
1. There will be four categories –
People
Landscape
Monochrome
Open Creative – ‘Emotion’
2. Entrants must clearly indicate which category each image is to be entered into on the subject line of each email.
3. Images that do not have a clearly indicated category will be discarded.
4. Images that clearly do not fit into the nominated category will be discarded.

Entry Mechanism
1. Entries will be accepted via email only.
2. Entries need to be submitted to canon2010@dphoto.co.nz
3. Entries must be sent in JPEG format with maximum file size limit of 6Mb.
4. Entries must be sent in a single email for each category with the category clearly indicated on the subject line.
5. Photographers can enter only ONE image per category.
6. Additional entries over and above the first for each photographer in any category will be discarded.
7. Every entry must have the full name, address and contact details of the photographer.

Restrictions
1. Only amateur photographers may enter this competition.
2. Only photographs taken in 2009 and 2010 are eligible.

Prizes
1. Each category winner will win a Canon MP990 printer.
2. The overall winner will win a Canon EOS 50D DSLR camera with a 17-85mm IS lens.

Voting and Judging
1. Images will be uploaded onto voting pages on the D-Photo website.
2. Voters can choose their favourite image in each category.
3. The ten images in each category will be submitted to a judging panel of photography industry experts will choose the category winners and award the overall title.
4. The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into in this regard.

Copyright
1. Entrants retain copyright of their images but acknowledge that Parkside Media has the right to display any entered images in its magazines, on its websites or forums and at any exhibitions.
2. Entrants must ensure that entries do not breach any copyright restrictions and that any required model releases have been obtained before the image was submitted.
3. Parkside Media will not bear any responsibility for any copyright infringements for any entered image.

Source : http://www.dphoto.co.nz/competitions/canon2010

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