We want your best photos, your favorite photos. Photos that you look at and think, you know, there’s something really special about this one, and I’d like to share it with other people who have a thing for photography.
The JPG Uploader will only accept photos that are at least 2200px wide or tall. This requirement is to make sure your photos look good in print! Please do not enlarge your photos to be larger, as it lowers the image quality dramatically.
Photoburst is a travel photography daily contest site! Here you can submit either photos or bursts (sequences of photos).In both sections, there will be daily, weekly and monthly winners!
Monthly winners will be awarded with a B&H USD$100 gift certificate!
Copyright: You maintain the copyright on your photos and/or bursts submitted to Photoburst.net. By submitting your photos/bursts to Photoburst Travel Photography Daily Contest, you allow your image to be published on Photoburst.net. Your photos/bursts may also appear on other websites that syndicate Photoburst's photo/burst of the day.
Every month we will give the winner of our free contest their very own photography portfolio website. The site comes with a year of hosting, multiple templates, the ability to sell images via PayPal, and much much more.
The First Place winner receive an EcoSee powered website. This does not include the domain name which the winner is required to supply at their own cost. The prize is nontransferable, and no cash alternative is available. The winner may be required to make a zero dollar purchase with a credit card for proof of age.
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the subject of the photo.
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Entries are to be uploaded through our online entry as digital images and may be in color or black and white. Images should be submitted in JPG format. File sizes must be less than 2MB. Images must be in natural color, black and white, sepia tone, or duotone to be eligible. Digital images will not be returned. Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.
An individual may submit only one photo per contest. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
Copyright: Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on the ecosee.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that EcoSee may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery and may make and retain copies of the photograph for archival purposes.
Eligibility: Open to anyone who is aged 18 and above.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
YourShot National Geograpgic Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Take your best shot—and send it to us. Your Shot features editors’ selections from photographs submitted online by our readers each month. Submit a favorite photo of your own, on any topic of your choosing, for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic.
Submit Your Photo Submit a favorite photo you’ve taken and see if we select it for publication.
Photo must be a minimum of 600 pixels in length and 300 pixels in width. Higher resolutions are more desirable.
Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Whisper Poetry Staff Team.
Participants may submit entries at any time, however, only those submitted prior to the deadline, which is the 21st of each month at 11:59 PM GMT will be placed in the current contest. Later entries may enter the contest of the succeeding month.
Winner of a contest will not be eligible to enter another Photo of the Month Contest for the next three months, to ensure fairness and opportunity for other participants to win.
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Entries are only accepted through electronic mail (e-mail). Unless otherwise noted, only the following e-mail address should be used:
Copyright: The club will publish the selected works but the copyright of each work remains the property of the club member.
Eligibility: We accept photos on all topics BUT all entries must be suitable for family viewing
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: 21st of each month
Your Portfolio In Focus (BBC) - Deadline: Ongoing
Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?
If so then we want you to send us between eight and 10 photographs with captions for presentation as a gallery on the In Pictures page.
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Photos:
Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it’s a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject’s environment, but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.
When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what is around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.
Words:
Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don’t need many words - no more than 40 per picture.
How to submit a picture
If you think you have an interesting set of photographs, send it to the BBC News website
Don’t forget to include your name and some background information and please put “My Portfolio” in the subject heading as this will increase your chances of selection.
Copyright: In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News and that if your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website.
If you like taking photos, you may want to submit your best photograph and enter the competition to win a $500 prize. This may be your lucky day. So grab your camera, whether it’s an old favorite stand-by, a new digital camera, or merely a throw-way camera, to begin shooting photos at every opportunity. And use your creativity to enter the Caption Contest and write a clever caption for the featured photo. For that you don’t even need a camera!Each month new contests begin every other week. One starts on the 2nd of the month and the other on the 17th. Photos that are accepted by the Funny Photos Selection Committee will be displayed in a later contest, not the current one.
There are three contests. The primary contest for “Funny Photos” will display funny or amusing photos. The secondary contest for “Cute Photos” will display cute or unusual photos with the Funny Photos Selection Committee determining the appropriate category for each submission. The third contest gives viewers an opportunity to create a caption for the featured photo.
The winner of the “Funny Photos” $50 bi-weekly prize will be selected, by the FunnyPhotosContest.com Judges, from the FIVE photos receiving the most votes from website viewers. Every few days, the results of the voting will be displayed on the “Who’s Winning” page. At the end of each contest, the winning photo will appear on the “Winners” page. Each September and March, the winners from the previous six months will be judged and the winner will receive a $500 bonus prize.
Copyright: Funny Photo Contest LLC has the nonexclusive right to store and display the photograph indefinitely on its website and to use the photograph in all print and electronic media indefinitely
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Nerve Amateur Photo Contest
photographers. That’s been great and all, but it leaves one small problem: There are lots of people who don’t happen to be among the best photographers in the world but still like to take sexy pictures. The Nerve Photo Contest is our way of welcoming the rest of you into our community of creative hedonists. Much more importantly, the contest is the excuse you’ve been waiting for — now you can ask that really hot girl/guy who lives down the block to pose for you.
The Prize: $500 for first place.
How to Enter:
Find a vaguely exhibitionist friend and a digital camera (or a regular camera and scanner).
Take some sexy photo of someone making a scary face.
After uploading photos, check your email (the email address you used for your Nerve account) and confirm your submission.
The Rules:
1. Images must be in JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) format, with dimensions between 200 and 640 pixels. File size must be no larger than 200 KB. 2. No more than three entries per person. 3. You must agree to the legal disclaimer on the photo submissions page, which means: - No photos of anyone under 18; - No photos of anyone who hasn’t consented to be photographed for the Nerve Photo Contest. 4. All entries are subject to the laws of the State of New York solely, regardless of the point of origin of the uploading computer or residence of the photographer or the subject of the photo.
In order to sumbit your photos you must sing up here.
Monthly Challenge is a friendly photography community (similar to a photography Club) which came about as a result of a number of photographers in Australia and New Zealand wanting to challenge their own creativity in an attempt to achieve inspirational images.On a monthly basis you compete against other photographers in the Monthly Challenge community with a set theme.
Judging is done by the competing photographers and other members of the community at the end of each monthly contest.
The winner of the Monthly Challenge competition will have their image displayed on the front page of our site for the following month for the world to see.
Then browse to the competition gallery and select the current month’s album in the competition in which you wish to compete.
From there select the Add Items link (bottom left corner of page). If you don’t see this link either, you may not be logged, submissions are closed or you are not eligible to enter. For further information about the upload options take a look at the Uploading Images page.
Copyright: We may use any submitted images to promote the Monthly Challenge photography competitions and Monthly Challenge website on an ongoing basis free of any fees or charges.
Enter your baby in the contest for a chance to win $2,500.The photo with the most votes received in a calendar month wins the Photo Contest. It is important that you vote often, and tell your friends to vote. The child being entered into the free online contest must be between 0 and 48 months old at the time he or she is entered into the contest. You can use older photos of a child as long as the child is presently within the age range for eligibility.
Copyright: You do not acquire ownership rights, other than those rights that you may already have, to any content, document, software, services or other materials viewed at or through the Website.
November 2007 theme is all about the Rule of Thirds.
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Proponents of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.
Upcoming Themes (order subject to change): Sports & Games | Old | Selective Desaturation | Kitchen | Visual Puns | Shallow Depth of Field
An image selected as a Photo of the Month may NOT be entered into any of our contests again, with the exception of an automatic entry into our Photo of the Quarter contest. All winning POTM images will always be available for viewing in our POTM archives.
You must be a member in good standing at the time any prize is awarded.
Prizes are awarded to all categories in our Photo of the Month contest. Certain partners have agreed to sponsor a particular category, while others leave it to our discretion. We will try and award prizes based on their value, with the more valuable prizes going to the top winners. Digital Image Cafe will not work out trades between members for prizes. Once the decision has been made and announced, it will be up to the member to negotiate a trade.
Copyright: The copyrights remain with the photographer
Restrictions: Only for site members
Entry fee: Membership fee US$25/year
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Graphics.com Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
A monthly contest devoted to photography, with the prize being a subscription to Photos.com. Each month the creator of the winning image, as picked by staff, receives a three-month subscription to the Photos.com stock photo subscription site.
Add your photo here, to enter the October Graphics.com Photography Contest—just one entry per month, please (click on Admin Options to upload). File size should be under 1 MB and photos should not have been submitted to previous Graphics.com Photography Contests. You must be a logged in Graphics.com member to upload an image or comment on other images. You can join or login here. Please read the rules and conditions before uploading an image. At the end of the month, Graphics.com staff will pick one winning image, based on its creativity and technical merit, the creator of which will receive a free 3 month subscription to Photos.com, providing subscription download access to over 350,000 professional stock photos.
This is a monthly contest with the emphasis on pure photography, as opposed to heavily edited imagery. Membership to the Graphics.com site is required but this is free.
FotoFanatic Monthly Competition - Deadline: Monthly
Welcome to FotoFanatic.com! There is a lot to do here, with ongoing photo contests, forums and critiques and other information just for photographers. If you are new to the site, and would like information about membership, please visit our Registration page for details.
Here are cash prizes associated with the monthly photo contests. The current cash prizes are $50 for first, $25 for second and $10 for third.
Anyone can post up to 4 photos for critique each month at no charge. Optional membership programs entitle you to more photo storage and access to the contests.
The ADPOTD is selected from all the entries to the Monthly Theme categories, excluding the Featured Category, as this stands as a separate competition with it’s own prize.
Each weekday (excluding public holidays) unless otherwise noted, one image will be chosen from all category entries (excluding the Featured & International Categories) and be awarded as ADPOTD. This is a “blind” selection as the photographer’s name remains unknown during the selection process. At the end of each month unless otherwise noted, a panel of professional photographers will select one image from those displayed as ADPOTD and award it the title of Australian Digital Photo Of The Month (hereafter referred to as ADPOTM). This decision is based on all aspects of the image’s content and is final.
Images MUST be supplied at a minimum of 600 pixels on the longest side and in JPG format.
At the Griffin Museum, we are constantly reviewing works by new photographers with an eye toward capturing who the next great artist will be. Our Emerging Artist Gallery is reserved specifically for showcasing these artists, providing a rare opportunity to view their work before they are widely known.
Thank you for your interest in submitting work to the Griffin Museum of Photography. Work is reviewed by the exhibition committee every two months. Responses are sent within roughly 2 - 3 months of receiving the submission.
The Grand Prize each season includes a two night complimentary stay at the world renowned Jumeirah Essex House Hotel, just across the street form Central Park!
Only images taken of Central Park during the specific season being judged will be considered for the competition. For example a summer photo will not be considered during the winter season.
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Photos will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of the following:
How well the photo conveys the subject: Central Park; images may include natural beauty, architectural points of interest, people enjoying the park and or/any other images that reflect the unique and distinct character of Central Park.
How well the image conveys the season being judged.
Photographic quality.
Visual appeal.
Originality.
Entrants are allowed five submissions per season. Each season there will be one first place winner for a total of four equal first place prizes at the end of the year. Contestants may submit photos for all four seasons of the contest, however if the contestant wins the first place prize they may not enter the contest again.
Copyright: Winners will also be required to grant CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House use of the winning photo, together with their names, likenesses and biographical information, in advertising and publicity about the Contest or future contests without further compensation.
Eligibility: Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 years or older at time of entry.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Quarterly: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
National Geographic My Shot - Deadline: Monthly
My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.
To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot.
Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com.
Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images.
Copyright: You grant to National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries and licensees ("NGS") the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivatives of the Photograph, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional and trade uses in connection with NGS Products. An NGS Product is defined as "a product of NGS, a corporate subsidiary, affiliate, joint venturer or licensee of NGS, in any language, which is associated with an NGS trademark and over which NGS has Editorial Control." For the purposes of this Agreement, "Editorial Control" means the right to review, consult regarding, formulate standards for, or to exercise a veto over the appearance, text, use, or promotion of the product. This license includes the nonexclusive right to make the Photograph available to third parties (i) for library or other research uses through microfiche, microfilm, or any other archival storage and retrieval form, including but not limited to electronic databases and document delivery services; and (ii) for distribution in connection with an NGS press conference or press release.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
Quantum Leap Strategies - Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Every month, we select one winning photograph for which the photographer receives a prize of $250. Plus, we donate $250 – in the Winner’s name – to the Winner’s choice of a charity organization that focuses on helping the blind. We do the latter because the focus of the Contest is to honor the blind, who are not able to see the beautiful images captured in submissions to this contest.
We also provide online visibility to other high quality submissions through our monthly Best of the Best awards and our postings in the ten photo categories. There are no cash awards for these postings, but we do pay tribute to your effort by listing your name and hometown.
All entries must be photographed by you and submitted electronically using the online Photo Submission Form in the Photo Contest Center.
To be considered, your photo must :
be in color; sorry no black and white, sepia, or other monotone;
be submitted in jpg/JPEG format only;
be between 640×480 to 800×600 pixels in size (larger images will be resized; smaller ones cannot be enlarged and will not be used if deemed too small.
And, your photo must :
NOT contain people;
NOT be larger than 200 KB;
NOT have watermarks (copyrights, names, or other text overlays);
NOT have digital camera time/date stamps;
NOT have decorative borders;
NOT need trimming, cropping or editing for image quality.
Only entries received by midnight (EST) the last day of the month will be included in the contest for that month. Please allow yourself adequate emailing time as we are not responsible for email delays no matter where they occur. Entries received after midnight will be included in the contest for the next month.
All photos must incorporate pets to be considered for the contest. We cannot accept photos of non-companion animals.Winners will be selected on a monthly basis by a committee from AnimalAttraction.com. The winner will be selected from among the photos with the highest average rating from among the top 10 vote getters. The rating average is calculated by dividing the total score for an individual photo by the number of voters for that photo.
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General Guidelines
Photos must be in .jpg format and below 300K in size.
We can not accept photos of minors, unless accompanied by an adult.
Copyright: By posting information or content to any public area of Animal Attraction, you automatically grant to Animal Attraction and other Animal Attraction Members an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing.
Australian Digital Photo Of The Day
(hereafter referred to as ADPOTD) and Monthly Theme Competition
are open to all Australian residents.
Those with more than 12 months active
membership, are granted "special" membership status,
should it become necessary to move off-shore. In recognition of
this prior membership, these members may continue to participate in
all areas of the POTD web site, including
competitions.
If you haven’t already registered, you must create an account with Sosauce (click to register).
To upload your photos, click on the Upload button on either the Photo Sticky in your Sosauce Home or in the left column of any page in the Photo application. Once you click on Upload, you will be presented with three options: Basic, Guided, or Fast mode. The Basic mode provides a web-based uploading tool. While not as feature rich as Guided or Fast modes, this mode can still allow you to upload multiple photos at once. Since it doesn’t require the installation of an additional upload control, it is also useful if you are behind firewalls or if you are traveling. The Guided and Fast modes are more feature rich. To use these modes, you will be prompted for a very quick, easy, and safe installation of an upload control.
You can add tags for your photos in the Describe page or in the page with a big photo and a slider.
In the Describe page, you can add tags individually by typing the tag into the textbox with the header "Tags." Or you can use the top textbox framed by a yellow background to add the same tags for all the photos in the Describe page. To do so, type in the tag names in the top textbox, and then click on the dropdown menu to the left of the textbox to select the "Add These Tags" option. Then, click on the Apply button to complete the changes. Be sure to click on Save after you are done. Note: When you are inserting multiple tags, be sure to separate them with commas.
In the page with a big photo and a slider, you can add tags by clicking on the word "Tags" with an arrow next to it; "Tags" is located just below "Photo Details." Clicking the "Photo Details" text will cause the menu to drop down, revealing the area in which you can add tags. Find the text "Click here to edit tags" and click on it (Note: when you mouse over the instructions, you will also see a blue highlight, telling you that this area is clickable). On click, a textbox would appear, and you can input your tags. Once you are done, simply hit Enter or click off the textbox to save."
Make sure your photo is in a Public album (Instructions)
Copyright: Each entrant retains all rights to their submitted photos. By entering a photo, entrants grant Sosauce the right to publish and use submitted photos for Sosauce promotional purposes only. All photos reproduced will be credited to the owner.
Everyone has a camera these days and we know you're taking some amazing photos! Let's see what you've got! Go SNAP those pics, then …
… SHARE your photos on your free WeSay profile page using our easy upload process. Others can view the photos on your profile and vote for them. The more votes you get …
… the higher your WeSay status grows, and our editors select the best images to feature on our site's homepage where you can SEE your photo views skyrocket!
BabyZone Weekly Photo Contest - Deadline: Weekly
Each week BabyZone hosts four photo contests for the best baby, pre-schooler, and child photos. Each contest features eight to sixteen candidates and the weekly winners go on to compete in the final round at the end of each month. These four monthly photo winners then become eligible to participate in our year-end Grand Finale.
Baby (0-12 Months)
Toddler (13 Mon. - 3 Yrs)
Preschooler (3-5 Years)
Child (5-13 Year)
BabyZone’s staff screens submissions based on photo quality, composition, and creativity of image. Up to 12 images will be displayed weekly, and the baby, toddler, preschooler, and child receiving the most votes each week will be selected to compete against other weekly winners for the monthly grand prize of having a “cover shot” in BabyZone’s national newsletter and on the home page of BabyZone during the subsequent month.
All finalists go on to a year-end finale, and each winner of the finale will receive a $100 prize.
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Upload your child’s photo to our server via our website. Please keep images close to 80K in file size.
The parent or guardian of the child in the photo must be the person submitting the photo/JPEG.
Only one image per contestant will be considered; however, you can submit a photo of your child for the following months as long as it is a different image than what was previously entered.
Copyright: All winning photos become the property of BabyZone, Inc., and as such may not be published elsewhere (including but not limited to other Internet websites and print publications) without the express written consent of BabyZone, Inc.
Enter the weekly digital Photo Contest by submitting two of your best photos and you may receive valuable feedback on your work from a friendly digital photography community. If you are selected as a Photo Contest winner you will get some serious recognition on your digital photography skills by having the winning photo displayed, and viewed by thousands every day, in the digital photography forums and the front page here at BytePhoto.com.
Prize: A copy of ACDseePro to each weeks winner for the next 24 weeks
Top three photo of the year winners will receive Certificate of Achievement through post.
Top three photo of the year winners will receive a Pro photographer Certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
15 Honorable entries will receive Certificate through e-mail
photo of the month winners
will get winning certificate through e-mail.
If a member wins three monthly contest in a year he will receive a pro photographer certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
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What to Enter
All Photographs must have been taken from a digital camera.
Photograph should be resized to 640*480 before uploading.
Images should only treated with basic sharpening, cropping and removal of dust spots. Images should contain only the subject matter as originally seen through the viewfinder.
Copyright: Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer.
Eligibility: Open to all photographers, of any age.
Entry fee: Single entry in monthly contest is FREE to all our members for uploading additional entry members should pay $2 per entry. Photo of the year contest - $10 per entry.
Weekly Prize: The name of each weekly winner will be published in the Digital Focus column on the PC World Web site, along with a link to the winning photo. Monthly Prize: Each monthly winner will receive a gift from PC World, such as a PC World CD carrying case. The monthly prizes may vary each month and will be determined by the Judges, but in no event shall the estimated retail price of any monthly prize be less than $15 or exceed $50.
Entrants may only enter the Contest in the following way:
Send via e-mail one digital photograph in JPEG format at a resolution no larger than 640 by 480 pixels, along with the title of the photo, a short description of the photo, and your name, e-mail address, and postal address (collectively, an “Entry”), to the author of the Digital Focus newsletter at hotpic@pcworld.com.
Entry into the competition constitutes agreement to these terms and conditions.
Photo format and size
All photographs entered must conform to the following requirements:
in jpg format (file extension .jpg or .jpeg)
1mb or less in size
the larger side of the photograph to be no more than 1,000 pixels
Content and judging
The judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.
The judges maintain the right to refuse entry of any photograph into the top 100 displayed photographs due to the following:
No photographs shall be published on the website if they contain nudity, implied nudity, exploitation of children or animals, morbid images (images depicting human death or mutilation), suggestive sexualisation of minors,
A refund will not be given if the entry is deemed by the judges to be in violation of the above criteria. The photograph will simply not be published on the site and no correspondence will be entered into.
If a photograph is entered into a competition and the entry is not processed for the current competition, the entry will be rolled over to the next week’s competition.
Contestants may enter any number of photographs into the weekly competition. Each photograph will incur the US $2.00 entry fee.
Contestants may enter the same photograph into the weekly competition as many times as desired. Entering the same photograph multiple times in the same week will not influence the judging in any way. Each time the photograph is entered it will incur the US $2.00 entry fee. Therefore it does not make sense to enter the same photograph multiple times in the same week, however;
Contestants may enter the same photograph into successive weekly competitions if desired. The results for the same photograph may vary from week to week depending on the competing entries.
The photographs will be judged by professional photographers with industry recognised experience, employed by weeklyphotocomp.com. The identity and credentials of the judges may remain anonymous. No correspondence will be entered into.
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The photographs will be judged according to the following criteria and weighting:
Composition – 10% (objective) Position – is the photograph centred or does it follow the rule of thirds, does the positioning of the subject work? Cropping – does the cropping enhance the photograph, is there too much empty space around the photograph or is too much of the subject cut off? Does the composition draw the viewers eye into the photograph if intended? Does the photo contain foreground, middle ground & background, particularly if it is a photo of landscape, depending on artistic intent?
Lighting – 10% (objective) Is the lighting used to good effect, if intended? Is the photo washed out due to too much light or too many light sources? Are some areas too dull or dark due to lack of lighting? Depends on artistic intent.
Correct exposure (may vary according to artistic intent) – 10% (objective) Is the photograph overexposed or underexposed & is there a good balance between the different areas of the photograph?
Focus / depth of field – 10% (objective) Is the subject in focus? Is the depth of field appropriate for the subject, e.g. shallow DOF for portraits & macro, deep DOF for landscapes etc. ay vary according to artistic intent.
Colour – 10% (objective) Are vibrant colours captured or is the photo dull, may vary according to intent and context. Are the colours too vivid or not vivid enough? If B&W, is there enough contrast / tonal range or is the photo all middle greys and washed out? Are the colours true to the subject and intent of the photo? May vary according to interpretation of artistic intent.
Originality – 10% (subjective) Is the subject and the way it is captured original or is it a typical theme or scene?
Vibe – 10% (subjective) How does the photograph make the viewer / judges feel? Is the viewer / judge instinctively moved by the photograph, does it stir some emotions?
Artistic Merit / interesting – 30% (subjective) Is the photograph interesting? Does it capture the intended theme, emotion, mood, character, style etc? Would the viewer / judge display it proudly in their own gallery or home as fine art?
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Each entry is given a unique number. The above criteria are judged for each entry and the results placed in a spreadsheet. Each weekly competition will have a new spreadsheet. The results will be compiled and the winner and top 50 determined from the total of all criteria.
The photographs and judging spreadsheets from each week will be backed up to external hard drives, with one copy kept off site for security.
The entrant retains the copyright of the photograph. By entering the photograph, the entrant gives permission for weeklyphotocomp.com to publish the photograph on the website only. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for anybody taking a copy of the photograph from the website and publishing that image. It is the entrant’s responsibility to take any action against the perpetrator directly if desired and not against weeklyphotocomp.com.
The entrant may request the photograph to be taken off the website and weeklyphotocomp.com will take all reasonable action to remove the photograph as soon as practical.
Photographs will remain published on the website for a maximum period of 1 year, after which time the archive for that week will be removed, if not before.
The entrant is to submit their own photographs only. The entrant is to take full responsibility for ensuring that their entry is their own original work. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for ensuring that the entry is the original work of the entrant.
Entrants under 16 must have parents consent to enter competition. Weeklyphotocomp.com cannot take responsibility for verifying age of person making payment or verifying permission of parent / cardholder. Entry to competition constitutes personal undertaking that entrant is over 16 or has permission of parent / guardian / cardholder.
All information regarding participants gathered as part of the competition entry process will be treated as confidential by weeklyphotocomp.com and will not be sold or forwarded to any third parties.
The only information about the entrant published will be the user name submitted with the entry and the location of the photograph.
The entrant may choose to use their real name as the user name or may choose to use an alias. The entrants real name will be required to be submitted as part of the entry process however this will not be published unless the entrant chooses to use their real name as the user name.
Model release forms are not required to be submitted with photographs of people because the photographs are not intended for commercial use. It is not the intention of Weekly Photo Comp Pty Ltd to publish the photographs for advertising purposes, linking the subject to any product or idea.
You are welcome to send photos. Winners of the competition receive cash prizes.
“Photokonkurs.com” runs regular photo competitions. We will add the new Contests with money prizes every 2-5 days. The red color with word “Prize” near thumbnail means the category is “money prize” category. The word “Jury” (or other name) means the prize will be given by Jury (or this person) choose.
Please register at the site by typing in the register window your REAL email address. After you register you will get an e-mail from us and click on the link in the e-mail. We also must have a way to contact you if you win a prize.
The Smithsonian Photography Initiative
invites you to contribute to click! photography changes
everything, a collection of commentaries by invited contributors and
visitors like you, exploring how photography shapes the way we understand the
world.
Earth
Shots is an ongoing Photo of the Day contest open
to photographers worldwide. It is a non-profit website created purely to
celebrate the beauty and diversity of our planet.
Win photo of the day three
times and you’ll get $50.
Please see the pictures in the archives. There you can see the quality of the selected and winning photos. Please realise that it is not relevant that you have such good memories when you see your photos (the first steps of your child or that adorable little boy you met during your vacation in Bangla Desh). The visitors of FotoSurf don’t have that good memories, they think a photo is good or not.
When you e-mail a photo, please do not send images larger then the maximum size of 400 kb. Please only use the Jpeg format as an attachment on your e-mail. Each contest has a deadline: the 25th of the month. But we can keep (good) pictures in stock for future use, so you can mail photos at any time! Please mail no more then 3 at the time. Mail to: photocontest@fotosurf.nl!
We shall start a competition for the best photos taken at our events. So fill your fuel tank, charge your batteries, bring your camera, and take some lovely pics. Then send them to mx5malta@gmail.com .
After they will be voted for by each member and the best voted for photo wins a Motul Gift.
We want your best photos, your favorite photos. Photos that you look at and think, you know, there’s something really special about this one, and I’d like to share it with other people who have a thing for photography.
The JPG Uploader will only accept photos that are at least 2200px wide or tall. This requirement is to make sure your photos look good in print! Please do not enlarge your photos to be larger, as it lowers the image quality dramatically.
Monthly Challenge is a friendly photography community (similar to a photography Club) which came about as a result of a number of photographers in Australia and New Zealand wanting to challenge their own creativity in an attempt to achieve inspirational images.On a monthly basis you compete against other photographers in the Monthly Challenge community with a set theme.
Judging is done by the competing photographers and other members of the community at the end of each monthly contest.
The winner of the Monthly Challenge competition will have their image displayed on the front page of our site for the following month for the world to see.
Then browse to the competition gallery and select the current month’s album in the competition in which you wish to compete.
From there select the Add Items link (bottom left corner of page). If you don’t see this link either, you may not be logged, submissions are closed or you are not eligible to enter. For further information about the upload options take a look at the Uploading Images page.
Copyright: We may use any submitted images to promote the Monthly Challenge photography competitions and Monthly Challenge website on an ongoing basis free of any fees or charges.
All photos must incorporate pets to be considered for the contest. We cannot accept photos of non-companion animals.Winners will be selected on a monthly basis by a committee from AnimalAttraction.com. The winner will be selected from among the photos with the highest average rating from among the top 10 vote getters. The rating average is calculated by dividing the total score for an individual photo by the number of voters for that photo.
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General Guidelines
Photos must be in .jpg format and below 300K in size.
We can not accept photos of minors, unless accompanied by an adult.
Copyright: By posting information or content to any public area of Animal Attraction, you automatically grant to Animal Attraction and other Animal Attraction Members an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing.
Eligibility: 18+ years old
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthy
Your Portfolio In Focus (BBC) - Deadline: Ongoing
Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?
If so then we want you to send us between eight and 10 photographs with captions for presentation as a gallery on the In Pictures page.
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Photos:
Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it’s a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject’s environment, but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.
When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what is around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.
Words:
Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don’t need many words - no more than 40 per picture.
How to submit a picture
If you think you have an interesting set of photographs, send it to the BBC News website
Don’t forget to include your name and some background information and please put “My Portfolio” in the subject heading as this will increase your chances of selection.
Copyright: In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News and that if your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website.
At the Griffin Museum, we are constantly reviewing works by new photographers with an eye toward capturing who the next great artist will be. Our Emerging Artist Gallery is reserved specifically for showcasing these artists, providing a rare opportunity to view their work before they are widely known.
Thank you for your interest in submitting work to the Griffin Museum of Photography. Work is reviewed by the exhibition committee every two months. Responses are sent within roughly 2 - 3 months of receiving the submission.
The Nerve Amateur Photo Contest
photographers. That’s been great and all, but it leaves one small problem: There are lots of people who don’t happen to be among the best photographers in the world but still like to take sexy pictures. The Nerve Photo Contest is our way of welcoming the rest of you into our community of creative hedonists. Much more importantly, the contest is the excuse you’ve been waiting for — now you can ask that really hot girl/guy who lives down the block to pose for you.
The Prize: $500 for first place.
How to Enter:
Find a vaguely exhibitionist friend and a digital camera (or a regular camera and scanner).
Take some sexy photo of someone making a scary face.
After uploading photos, check your email (the email address you used for your Nerve account) and confirm your submission.
The Rules:
1. Images must be in JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) format, with dimensions between 200 and 640 pixels. File size must be no larger than 200 KB. 2. No more than three entries per person. 3. You must agree to the legal disclaimer on the photo submissions page, which means: - No photos of anyone under 18; - No photos of anyone who hasn’t consented to be photographed for the Nerve Photo Contest. 4. All entries are subject to the laws of the State of New York solely, regardless of the point of origin of the uploading computer or residence of the photographer or the subject of the photo.
In order to sumbit your photos you must sing up here.
Copyright: Not specified.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
FotoFanatic Monthly Competition - Deadline: Monthly
Welcome to FotoFanatic.com! There is a lot to do here, with ongoing photo contests, forums and critiques and other information just for photographers. If you are new to the site, and would like information about membership, please visit our Registration page for details.
Here are cash prizes associated with the monthly photo contests. The current cash prizes are $50 for first, $25 for second and $10 for third.
Anyone can post up to 4 photos for critique each month at no charge. Optional membership programs entitle you to more photo storage and access to the contests.
Enter your baby in the contest for a chance to win $2,500.The photo with the most votes received in a calendar month wins the Photo Contest. It is important that you vote often, and tell your friends to vote. The child being entered into the free online contest must be between 0 and 48 months old at the time he or she is entered into the contest. You can use older photos of a child as long as the child is presently within the age range for eligibility.
Copyright: You do not acquire ownership rights, other than those rights that you may already have, to any content, document, software, services or other materials viewed at or through the Website.
Eligibility: USA residents 18 years old and above
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
YourShot National Geograpgic Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Take your best shot—and send it to us. Your Shot features editors’ selections from photographs submitted online by our readers each month. Submit a favorite photo of your own, on any topic of your choosing, for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic.
Submit Your Photo Submit a favorite photo you’ve taken and see if we select it for publication.
The ADPOTD is selected from all the entries to the Monthly Theme categories, excluding the Featured Category, as this stands as a separate competition with it’s own prize.
Each weekday (excluding public holidays) unless otherwise noted, one image will be chosen from all category entries (excluding the Featured & International Categories) and be awarded as ADPOTD. This is a “blind” selection as the photographer’s name remains unknown during the selection process. At the end of each month unless otherwise noted, a panel of professional photographers will select one image from those displayed as ADPOTD and award it the title of Australian Digital Photo Of The Month (hereafter referred to as ADPOTM). This decision is based on all aspects of the image’s content and is final.
Images MUST be supplied at a minimum of 600 pixels on the longest side and in JPG format.
National Geographic My Shot - Deadline: Monthly
My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.
To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot.
Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com.
Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images.
Copyright: You grant to National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries and licensees ("NGS") the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivatives of the Photograph, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional and trade uses in connection with NGS Products. An NGS Product is defined as "a product of NGS, a corporate subsidiary, affiliate, joint venturer or licensee of NGS, in any language, which is associated with an NGS trademark and over which NGS has Editorial Control." For the purposes of this Agreement, "Editorial Control" means the right to review, consult regarding, formulate standards for, or to exercise a veto over the appearance, text, use, or promotion of the product. This license includes the nonexclusive right to make the Photograph available to third parties (i) for library or other research uses through microfiche, microfilm, or any other archival storage and retrieval form, including but not limited to electronic databases and document delivery services; and (ii) for distribution in connection with an NGS press conference or press release.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Graphics.com Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
A monthly contest devoted to photography, with the prize being a subscription to Photos.com. Each month the creator of the winning image, as picked by staff, receives a three-month subscription to the Photos.com stock photo subscription site.
Add your photo here, to enter the October Graphics.com Photography Contest—just one entry per month, please (click on Admin Options to upload). File size should be under 1 MB and photos should not have been submitted to previous Graphics.com Photography Contests. You must be a logged in Graphics.com member to upload an image or comment on other images. You can join or login here. Please read the rules and conditions before uploading an image. At the end of the month, Graphics.com staff will pick one winning image, based on its creativity and technical merit, the creator of which will receive a free 3 month subscription to Photos.com, providing subscription download access to over 350,000 professional stock photos.
This is a monthly contest with the emphasis on pure photography, as opposed to heavily edited imagery. Membership to the Graphics.com site is required but this is free.
If you like taking photos, you may want to submit your best photograph and enter the competition to win a $500 prize. This may be your lucky day. So grab your camera, whether it’s an old favorite stand-by, a new digital camera, or merely a throw-way camera, to begin shooting photos at every opportunity. And use your creativity to enter the Caption Contest and write a clever caption for the featured photo. For that you don’t even need a camera!Each month new contests begin every other week. One starts on the 2nd of the month and the other on the 17th. Photos that are accepted by the Funny Photos Selection Committee will be displayed in a later contest, not the current one.
There are three contests. The primary contest for “Funny Photos” will display funny or amusing photos. The secondary contest for “Cute Photos” will display cute or unusual photos with the Funny Photos Selection Committee determining the appropriate category for each submission. The third contest gives viewers an opportunity to create a caption for the featured photo.
The winner of the “Funny Photos” $50 bi-weekly prize will be selected, by the FunnyPhotosContest.com Judges, from the FIVE photos receiving the most votes from website viewers. Every few days, the results of the voting will be displayed on the “Who’s Winning” page. At the end of each contest, the winning photo will appear on the “Winners” page. Each September and March, the winners from the previous six months will be judged and the winner will receive a $500 bonus prize.
Copyright: Funny Photo Contest LLC has the nonexclusive right to store and display the photograph indefinitely on its website and to use the photograph in all print and electronic media indefinitely
The Grand Prize each season includes a two night complimentary stay at the world renowned Jumeirah Essex House Hotel, just across the street form Central Park!
Only images taken of Central Park during the specific season being judged will be considered for the competition. For example a summer photo will not be considered during the winter season.
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Photos will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of the following:
How well the photo conveys the subject: Central Park; images may include natural beauty, architectural points of interest, people enjoying the park and or/any other images that reflect the unique and distinct character of Central Park.
How well the image conveys the season being judged.
Photographic quality.
Visual appeal.
Originality.
Entrants are allowed five submissions per season. Each season there will be one first place winner for a total of four equal first place prizes at the end of the year. Contestants may submit photos for all four seasons of the contest, however if the contestant wins the first place prize they may not enter the contest again.
Copyright: Winners will also be required to grant CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House use of the winning photo, together with their names, likenesses and biographical information, in advertising and publicity about the Contest or future contests without further compensation.
Eligibility: Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 years or older at time of entry.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Quarterly: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Quantum Leap Strategies - Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Every month, we select one winning photograph for which the photographer receives a prize of $250. Plus, we donate $250 – in the Winner’s name – to the Winner’s choice of a charity organization that focuses on helping the blind. We do the latter because the focus of the Contest is to honor the blind, who are not able to see the beautiful images captured in submissions to this contest.
We also provide online visibility to other high quality submissions through our monthly Best of the Best awards and our postings in the ten photo categories. There are no cash awards for these postings, but we do pay tribute to your effort by listing your name and hometown.
All entries must be photographed by you and submitted electronically using the online Photo Submission Form in the Photo Contest Center.
To be considered, your photo must :
be in color; sorry no black and white, sepia, or other monotone;
be submitted in jpg/JPEG format only;
be between 640×480 to 800×600 pixels in size (larger images will be resized; smaller ones cannot be enlarged and will not be used if deemed too small.
And, your photo must :
NOT contain people;
NOT be larger than 200 KB;
NOT have watermarks (copyrights, names, or other text overlays);
NOT have digital camera time/date stamps;
NOT have decorative borders;
NOT need trimming, cropping or editing for image quality.
Only entries received by midnight (EST) the last day of the month will be included in the contest for that month. Please allow yourself adequate emailing time as we are not responsible for email delays no matter where they occur. Entries received after midnight will be included in the contest for the next month.
November 2007 theme is all about the Rule of Thirds.
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Proponents of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.
Upcoming Themes (order subject to change): Sports & Games | Old | Selective Desaturation | Kitchen | Visual Puns | Shallow Depth of Field
An image selected as a Photo of the Month may NOT be entered into any of our contests again, with the exception of an automatic entry into our Photo of the Quarter contest. All winning POTM images will always be available for viewing in our POTM archives.
You must be a member in good standing at the time any prize is awarded.
Prizes are awarded to all categories in our Photo of the Month contest. Certain partners have agreed to sponsor a particular category, while others leave it to our discretion. We will try and award prizes based on their value, with the more valuable prizes going to the top winners. Digital Image Cafe will not work out trades between members for prizes. Once the decision has been made and announced, it will be up to the member to negotiate a trade.
Photoburst is a travel photography daily contest site! Here you can submit either photos or bursts (sequences of photos).In both sections, there will be daily, weekly and monthly winners!
Monthly winners will be awarded with a B&H USD$100 gift certificate!
Copyright: You maintain the copyright on your photos and/or bursts submitted to Photoburst.net. By submitting your photos/bursts to Photoburst Travel Photography Daily Contest, you allow your image to be published on Photoburst.net. Your photos/bursts may also appear on other websites that syndicate Photoburst's photo/burst of the day.
Every month we will give the winner of our free contest their very own photography portfolio website. The site comes with a year of hosting, multiple templates, the ability to sell images via PayPal, and much much more.
The First Place winner receive an EcoSee powered website. This does not include the domain name which the winner is required to supply at their own cost. The prize is nontransferable, and no cash alternative is available. The winner may be required to make a zero dollar purchase with a credit card for proof of age.
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the subject of the photo.
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Entries are to be uploaded through our online entry as digital images and may be in color or black and white. Images should be submitted in JPG format. File sizes must be less than 2MB. Images must be in natural color, black and white, sepia tone, or duotone to be eligible. Digital images will not be returned. Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.
An individual may submit only one photo per contest. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
Copyright: Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on the ecosee.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that EcoSee may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery and may make and retain copies of the photograph for archival purposes.
Eligibility: Open to anyone who is aged 18 and above.
Photo must be a minimum of 600 pixels in length and 300 pixels in width. Higher resolutions are more desirable.
Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Whisper Poetry Staff Team.
Participants may submit entries at any time, however, only those submitted prior to the deadline, which is the 21st of each month at 11:59 PM GMT will be placed in the current contest. Later entries may enter the contest of the succeeding month.
Winner of a contest will not be eligible to enter another Photo of the Month Contest for the next three months, to ensure fairness and opportunity for other participants to win.
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Entries are only accepted through electronic mail (e-mail). Unless otherwise noted, only the following e-mail address should be used:
Australian Digital Photo Of The Day
(hereafter referred to as ADPOTD) and Monthly Theme Competition
are open to all Australian residents.
Those with more than 12 months active
membership, are granted "special" membership status,
should it become necessary to move off-shore. In recognition of
this prior membership, these members may continue to participate in
all areas of the POTD web site, including
competitions.
Weekly Prize: The name of each weekly winner will be published in the Digital Focus column on the PC World Web site, along with a link to the winning photo. Monthly Prize: Each monthly winner will receive a gift from PC World, such as a PC World CD carrying case. The monthly prizes may vary each month and will be determined by the Judges, but in no event shall the estimated retail price of any monthly prize be less than $15 or exceed $50.
Entrants may only enter the Contest in the following way:
Send via e-mail one digital photograph in JPEG format at a resolution no larger than 640 by 480 pixels, along with the title of the photo, a short description of the photo, and your name, e-mail address, and postal address (collectively, an “Entry”), to the author of the Digital Focus newsletter at hotpic@pcworld.com.
You are welcome to send photos. Winners of the competition receive cash prizes.
“Photokonkurs.com” runs regular photo competitions. We will add the new Contests with money prizes every 2-5 days. The red color with word “Prize” near thumbnail means the category is “money prize” category. The word “Jury” (or other name) means the prize will be given by Jury (or this person) choose.
Please register at the site by typing in the register window your REAL email address. After you register you will get an e-mail from us and click on the link in the e-mail. We also must have a way to contact you if you win a prize.
Everyone has a camera these days and we know you're taking some amazing photos! Let's see what you've got! Go SNAP those pics, then …
… SHARE your photos on your free WeSay profile page using our easy upload process. Others can view the photos on your profile and vote for them. The more votes you get …
… the higher your WeSay status grows, and our editors select the best images to feature on our site's homepage where you can SEE your photo views skyrocket!
Top three photo of the year winners will receive Certificate of Achievement through post.
Top three photo of the year winners will receive a Pro photographer Certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
15 Honorable entries will receive Certificate through e-mail
photo of the month winners
will get winning certificate through e-mail.
If a member wins three monthly contest in a year he will receive a pro photographer certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
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What to Enter
All Photographs must have been taken from a digital camera.
Photograph should be resized to 640*480 before uploading.
Images should only treated with basic sharpening, cropping and removal of dust spots. Images should contain only the subject matter as originally seen through the viewfinder.
Copyright: Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer.
Eligibility: Open to all photographers, of any age.
Entry fee: Single entry in monthly contest is FREE to all our members for uploading additional entry members should pay $2 per entry. Photo of the year contest - $10 per entry.
If you haven’t already registered, you must create an account with Sosauce (click to register).
To upload your photos, click on the Upload button on either the Photo Sticky in your Sosauce Home or in the left column of any page in the Photo application. Once you click on Upload, you will be presented with three options: Basic, Guided, or Fast mode. The Basic mode provides a web-based uploading tool. While not as feature rich as Guided or Fast modes, this mode can still allow you to upload multiple photos at once. Since it doesn’t require the installation of an additional upload control, it is also useful if you are behind firewalls or if you are traveling. The Guided and Fast modes are more feature rich. To use these modes, you will be prompted for a very quick, easy, and safe installation of an upload control.
You can add tags for your photos in the Describe page or in the page with a big photo and a slider.
In the Describe page, you can add tags individually by typing the tag into the textbox with the header "Tags." Or you can use the top textbox framed by a yellow background to add the same tags for all the photos in the Describe page. To do so, type in the tag names in the top textbox, and then click on the dropdown menu to the left of the textbox to select the "Add These Tags" option. Then, click on the Apply button to complete the changes. Be sure to click on Save after you are done. Note: When you are inserting multiple tags, be sure to separate them with commas.
In the page with a big photo and a slider, you can add tags by clicking on the word "Tags" with an arrow next to it; "Tags" is located just below "Photo Details." Clicking the "Photo Details" text will cause the menu to drop down, revealing the area in which you can add tags. Find the text "Click here to edit tags" and click on it (Note: when you mouse over the instructions, you will also see a blue highlight, telling you that this area is clickable). On click, a textbox would appear, and you can input your tags. Once you are done, simply hit Enter or click off the textbox to save."
Make sure your photo is in a Public album (Instructions)
Copyright: Each entrant retains all rights to their submitted photos. By entering a photo, entrants grant Sosauce the right to publish and use submitted photos for Sosauce promotional purposes only. All photos reproduced will be credited to the owner.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Every 2 weeks
BabyZone Weekly Photo Contest - Deadline: Weekly
Each week BabyZone hosts four photo contests for the best baby, pre-schooler, and child photos. Each contest features eight to sixteen candidates and the weekly winners go on to compete in the final round at the end of each month. These four monthly photo winners then become eligible to participate in our year-end Grand Finale.
Baby (0-12 Months)
Toddler (13 Mon. - 3 Yrs)
Preschooler (3-5 Years)
Child (5-13 Year)
BabyZone’s staff screens submissions based on photo quality, composition, and creativity of image. Up to 12 images will be displayed weekly, and the baby, toddler, preschooler, and child receiving the most votes each week will be selected to compete against other weekly winners for the monthly grand prize of having a “cover shot” in BabyZone’s national newsletter and on the home page of BabyZone during the subsequent month.
All finalists go on to a year-end finale, and each winner of the finale will receive a $100 prize.
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Upload your child’s photo to our server via our website. Please keep images close to 80K in file size.
The parent or guardian of the child in the photo must be the person submitting the photo/JPEG.
Only one image per contestant will be considered; however, you can submit a photo of your child for the following months as long as it is a different image than what was previously entered.
Copyright: All winning photos become the property of BabyZone, Inc., and as such may not be published elsewhere (including but not limited to other Internet websites and print publications) without the express written consent of BabyZone, Inc.
Enter the weekly digital Photo Contest by submitting two of your best photos and you may receive valuable feedback on your work from a friendly digital photography community. If you are selected as a Photo Contest winner you will get some serious recognition on your digital photography skills by having the winning photo displayed, and viewed by thousands every day, in the digital photography forums and the front page here at BytePhoto.com.
Prize: A copy of ACDseePro to each weeks winner for the next 24 weeks
Entry into the competition constitutes agreement to these terms and conditions.
Photo format and size
All photographs entered must conform to the following requirements:
in jpg format (file extension .jpg or .jpeg)
1mb or less in size
the larger side of the photograph to be no more than 1,000 pixels
Content and judging
The judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.
The judges maintain the right to refuse entry of any photograph into the top 100 displayed photographs due to the following:
No photographs shall be published on the website if they contain nudity, implied nudity, exploitation of children or animals, morbid images (images depicting human death or mutilation), suggestive sexualisation of minors,
A refund will not be given if the entry is deemed by the judges to be in violation of the above criteria. The photograph will simply not be published on the site and no correspondence will be entered into.
If a photograph is entered into a competition and the entry is not processed for the current competition, the entry will be rolled over to the next week’s competition.
Contestants may enter any number of photographs into the weekly competition. Each photograph will incur the US $2.00 entry fee.
Contestants may enter the same photograph into the weekly competition as many times as desired. Entering the same photograph multiple times in the same week will not influence the judging in any way. Each time the photograph is entered it will incur the US $2.00 entry fee. Therefore it does not make sense to enter the same photograph multiple times in the same week, however;
Contestants may enter the same photograph into successive weekly competitions if desired. The results for the same photograph may vary from week to week depending on the competing entries.
The photographs will be judged by professional photographers with industry recognised experience, employed by weeklyphotocomp.com. The identity and credentials of the judges may remain anonymous. No correspondence will be entered into.
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The photographs will be judged according to the following criteria and weighting:
Composition – 10% (objective) Position – is the photograph centred or does it follow the rule of thirds, does the positioning of the subject work? Cropping – does the cropping enhance the photograph, is there too much empty space around the photograph or is too much of the subject cut off? Does the composition draw the viewers eye into the photograph if intended? Does the photo contain foreground, middle ground & background, particularly if it is a photo of landscape, depending on artistic intent?
Lighting – 10% (objective) Is the lighting used to good effect, if intended? Is the photo washed out due to too much light or too many light sources? Are some areas too dull or dark due to lack of lighting? Depends on artistic intent.
Correct exposure (may vary according to artistic intent) – 10% (objective) Is the photograph overexposed or underexposed & is there a good balance between the different areas of the photograph?
Focus / depth of field – 10% (objective) Is the subject in focus? Is the depth of field appropriate for the subject, e.g. shallow DOF for portraits & macro, deep DOF for landscapes etc. ay vary according to artistic intent.
Colour – 10% (objective) Are vibrant colours captured or is the photo dull, may vary according to intent and context. Are the colours too vivid or not vivid enough? If B&W, is there enough contrast / tonal range or is the photo all middle greys and washed out? Are the colours true to the subject and intent of the photo? May vary according to interpretation of artistic intent.
Originality – 10% (subjective) Is the subject and the way it is captured original or is it a typical theme or scene?
Vibe – 10% (subjective) How does the photograph make the viewer / judges feel? Is the viewer / judge instinctively moved by the photograph, does it stir some emotions?
Artistic Merit / interesting – 30% (subjective) Is the photograph interesting? Does it capture the intended theme, emotion, mood, character, style etc? Would the viewer / judge display it proudly in their own gallery or home as fine art?
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Each entry is given a unique number. The above criteria are judged for each entry and the results placed in a spreadsheet. Each weekly competition will have a new spreadsheet. The results will be compiled and the winner and top 50 determined from the total of all criteria.
The photographs and judging spreadsheets from each week will be backed up to external hard drives, with one copy kept off site for security.
The entrant retains the copyright of the photograph. By entering the photograph, the entrant gives permission for weeklyphotocomp.com to publish the photograph on the website only. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for anybody taking a copy of the photograph from the website and publishing that image. It is the entrant’s responsibility to take any action against the perpetrator directly if desired and not against weeklyphotocomp.com.
The entrant may request the photograph to be taken off the website and weeklyphotocomp.com will take all reasonable action to remove the photograph as soon as practical.
Photographs will remain published on the website for a maximum period of 1 year, after which time the archive for that week will be removed, if not before.
The entrant is to submit their own photographs only. The entrant is to take full responsibility for ensuring that their entry is their own original work. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for ensuring that the entry is the original work of the entrant.
Entrants under 16 must have parents consent to enter competition. Weeklyphotocomp.com cannot take responsibility for verifying age of person making payment or verifying permission of parent / cardholder. Entry to competition constitutes personal undertaking that entrant is over 16 or has permission of parent / guardian / cardholder.
All information regarding participants gathered as part of the competition entry process will be treated as confidential by weeklyphotocomp.com and will not be sold or forwarded to any third parties.
The only information about the entrant published will be the user name submitted with the entry and the location of the photograph.
The entrant may choose to use their real name as the user name or may choose to use an alias. The entrants real name will be required to be submitted as part of the entry process however this will not be published unless the entrant chooses to use their real name as the user name.
Model release forms are not required to be submitted with photographs of people because the photographs are not intended for commercial use. It is not the intention of Weekly Photo Comp Pty Ltd to publish the photographs for advertising purposes, linking the subject to any product or idea.
Please see the pictures in the archives. There you can see the quality of the selected and winning photos. Please realise that it is not relevant that you have such good memories when you see your photos (the first steps of your child or that adorable little boy you met during your vacation in Bangla Desh). The visitors of FotoSurf don’t have that good memories, they think a photo is good or not.
When you e-mail a photo, please do not send images larger then the maximum size of 400 kb. Please only use the Jpeg format as an attachment on your e-mail. Each contest has a deadline: the 25th of the month. But we can keep (good) pictures in stock for future use, so you can mail photos at any time! Please mail no more then 3 at the time. Mail to: photocontest@fotosurf.nl!
Earth
Shots is an ongoing Photo of the Day contest open
to photographers worldwide. It is a non-profit website created purely to
celebrate the beauty and diversity of our planet.
Win photo of the day three
times and you’ll get $50.
The Smithsonian Photography Initiative
invites you to contribute to click! photography changes
everything, a collection of commentaries by invited contributors and
visitors like you, exploring how photography shapes the way we understand the
world.
We want your best photos, your favorite photos. Photos that you look at and think, you know, there’s something really special about this one, and I’d like to share it with other people who have a thing for photography.
The JPG Uploader will only accept photos that are at least 2200px wide or tall. This requirement is to make sure your photos look good in print! Please do not enlarge your photos to be larger, as it lowers the image quality dramatically.
Photoburst is a travel photography daily contest site! Here you can submit either photos or bursts (sequences of photos).In both sections, there will be daily, weekly and monthly winners!
Monthly winners will be awarded with a B&H USD$100 gift certificate!
Copyright: You maintain the copyright on your photos and/or bursts submitted to Photoburst.net. By submitting your photos/bursts to Photoburst Travel Photography Daily Contest, you allow your image to be published on Photoburst.net. Your photos/bursts may also appear on other websites that syndicate Photoburst's photo/burst of the day.
Every month we will give the winner of our free contest their very own photography portfolio website. The site comes with a year of hosting, multiple templates, the ability to sell images via PayPal, and much much more.
The First Place winner receive an EcoSee powered website. This does not include the domain name which the winner is required to supply at their own cost. The prize is nontransferable, and no cash alternative is available. The winner may be required to make a zero dollar purchase with a credit card for proof of age.
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the subject of the photo.
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Entries are to be uploaded through our online entry as digital images and may be in color or black and white. Images should be submitted in JPG format. File sizes must be less than 2MB. Images must be in natural color, black and white, sepia tone, or duotone to be eligible. Digital images will not be returned. Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.
An individual may submit only one photo per contest. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
Copyright: Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on the ecosee.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that EcoSee may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery and may make and retain copies of the photograph for archival purposes.
Eligibility: Open to anyone who is aged 18 and above.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
YourShot National Geograpgic Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Take your best shot—and send it to us. Your Shot features editors’ selections from photographs submitted online by our readers each month. Submit a favorite photo of your own, on any topic of your choosing, for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic.
Submit Your Photo Submit a favorite photo you’ve taken and see if we select it for publication.
Photo must be a minimum of 600 pixels in length and 300 pixels in width. Higher resolutions are more desirable.
Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Whisper Poetry Staff Team.
Participants may submit entries at any time, however, only those submitted prior to the deadline, which is the 21st of each month at 11:59 PM GMT will be placed in the current contest. Later entries may enter the contest of the succeeding month.
Winner of a contest will not be eligible to enter another Photo of the Month Contest for the next three months, to ensure fairness and opportunity for other participants to win.
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Entries are only accepted through electronic mail (e-mail). Unless otherwise noted, only the following e-mail address should be used:
Copyright: The club will publish the selected works but the copyright of each work remains the property of the club member.
Eligibility: We accept photos on all topics BUT all entries must be suitable for family viewing
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: 21st of each month
Your Portfolio In Focus (BBC) - Deadline: Ongoing
Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?
If so then we want you to send us between eight and 10 photographs with captions for presentation as a gallery on the In Pictures page.
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Photos:
Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it’s a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject’s environment, but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.
When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what is around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.
Words:
Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don’t need many words - no more than 40 per picture.
How to submit a picture
If you think you have an interesting set of photographs, send it to the BBC News website
Don’t forget to include your name and some background information and please put “My Portfolio” in the subject heading as this will increase your chances of selection.
Copyright: In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News and that if your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website.
If you like taking photos, you may want to submit your best photograph and enter the competition to win a $500 prize. This may be your lucky day. So grab your camera, whether it’s an old favorite stand-by, a new digital camera, or merely a throw-way camera, to begin shooting photos at every opportunity. And use your creativity to enter the Caption Contest and write a clever caption for the featured photo. For that you don’t even need a camera!Each month new contests begin every other week. One starts on the 2nd of the month and the other on the 17th. Photos that are accepted by the Funny Photos Selection Committee will be displayed in a later contest, not the current one.
There are three contests. The primary contest for “Funny Photos” will display funny or amusing photos. The secondary contest for “Cute Photos” will display cute or unusual photos with the Funny Photos Selection Committee determining the appropriate category for each submission. The third contest gives viewers an opportunity to create a caption for the featured photo.
The winner of the “Funny Photos” $50 bi-weekly prize will be selected, by the FunnyPhotosContest.com Judges, from the FIVE photos receiving the most votes from website viewers. Every few days, the results of the voting will be displayed on the “Who’s Winning” page. At the end of each contest, the winning photo will appear on the “Winners” page. Each September and March, the winners from the previous six months will be judged and the winner will receive a $500 bonus prize.
Copyright: Funny Photo Contest LLC has the nonexclusive right to store and display the photograph indefinitely on its website and to use the photograph in all print and electronic media indefinitely
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Nerve Amateur Photo Contest
photographers. That’s been great and all, but it leaves one small problem: There are lots of people who don’t happen to be among the best photographers in the world but still like to take sexy pictures. The Nerve Photo Contest is our way of welcoming the rest of you into our community of creative hedonists. Much more importantly, the contest is the excuse you’ve been waiting for — now you can ask that really hot girl/guy who lives down the block to pose for you.
The Prize: $500 for first place.
How to Enter:
Find a vaguely exhibitionist friend and a digital camera (or a regular camera and scanner).
Take some sexy photo of someone making a scary face.
After uploading photos, check your email (the email address you used for your Nerve account) and confirm your submission.
The Rules:
1. Images must be in JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) format, with dimensions between 200 and 640 pixels. File size must be no larger than 200 KB. 2. No more than three entries per person. 3. You must agree to the legal disclaimer on the photo submissions page, which means: - No photos of anyone under 18; - No photos of anyone who hasn’t consented to be photographed for the Nerve Photo Contest. 4. All entries are subject to the laws of the State of New York solely, regardless of the point of origin of the uploading computer or residence of the photographer or the subject of the photo.
In order to sumbit your photos you must sing up here.
Monthly Challenge is a friendly photography community (similar to a photography Club) which came about as a result of a number of photographers in Australia and New Zealand wanting to challenge their own creativity in an attempt to achieve inspirational images.On a monthly basis you compete against other photographers in the Monthly Challenge community with a set theme.
Judging is done by the competing photographers and other members of the community at the end of each monthly contest.
The winner of the Monthly Challenge competition will have their image displayed on the front page of our site for the following month for the world to see.
Then browse to the competition gallery and select the current month’s album in the competition in which you wish to compete.
From there select the Add Items link (bottom left corner of page). If you don’t see this link either, you may not be logged, submissions are closed or you are not eligible to enter. For further information about the upload options take a look at the Uploading Images page.
Copyright: We may use any submitted images to promote the Monthly Challenge photography competitions and Monthly Challenge website on an ongoing basis free of any fees or charges.
Enter your baby in the contest for a chance to win $2,500.The photo with the most votes received in a calendar month wins the Photo Contest. It is important that you vote often, and tell your friends to vote. The child being entered into the free online contest must be between 0 and 48 months old at the time he or she is entered into the contest. You can use older photos of a child as long as the child is presently within the age range for eligibility.
Copyright: You do not acquire ownership rights, other than those rights that you may already have, to any content, document, software, services or other materials viewed at or through the Website.
November 2007 theme is all about the Rule of Thirds.
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Proponents of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.
Upcoming Themes (order subject to change): Sports & Games | Old | Selective Desaturation | Kitchen | Visual Puns | Shallow Depth of Field
An image selected as a Photo of the Month may NOT be entered into any of our contests again, with the exception of an automatic entry into our Photo of the Quarter contest. All winning POTM images will always be available for viewing in our POTM archives.
You must be a member in good standing at the time any prize is awarded.
Prizes are awarded to all categories in our Photo of the Month contest. Certain partners have agreed to sponsor a particular category, while others leave it to our discretion. We will try and award prizes based on their value, with the more valuable prizes going to the top winners. Digital Image Cafe will not work out trades between members for prizes. Once the decision has been made and announced, it will be up to the member to negotiate a trade.
Copyright: The copyrights remain with the photographer
Restrictions: Only for site members
Entry fee: Membership fee US$25/year
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Graphics.com Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
A monthly contest devoted to photography, with the prize being a subscription to Photos.com. Each month the creator of the winning image, as picked by staff, receives a three-month subscription to the Photos.com stock photo subscription site.
Add your photo here, to enter the October Graphics.com Photography Contest—just one entry per month, please (click on Admin Options to upload). File size should be under 1 MB and photos should not have been submitted to previous Graphics.com Photography Contests. You must be a logged in Graphics.com member to upload an image or comment on other images. You can join or login here. Please read the rules and conditions before uploading an image. At the end of the month, Graphics.com staff will pick one winning image, based on its creativity and technical merit, the creator of which will receive a free 3 month subscription to Photos.com, providing subscription download access to over 350,000 professional stock photos.
This is a monthly contest with the emphasis on pure photography, as opposed to heavily edited imagery. Membership to the Graphics.com site is required but this is free.
FotoFanatic Monthly Competition - Deadline: Monthly
Welcome to FotoFanatic.com! There is a lot to do here, with ongoing photo contests, forums and critiques and other information just for photographers. If you are new to the site, and would like information about membership, please visit our Registration page for details.
Here are cash prizes associated with the monthly photo contests. The current cash prizes are $50 for first, $25 for second and $10 for third.
Anyone can post up to 4 photos for critique each month at no charge. Optional membership programs entitle you to more photo storage and access to the contests.
The ADPOTD is selected from all the entries to the Monthly Theme categories, excluding the Featured Category, as this stands as a separate competition with it’s own prize.
Each weekday (excluding public holidays) unless otherwise noted, one image will be chosen from all category entries (excluding the Featured & International Categories) and be awarded as ADPOTD. This is a “blind” selection as the photographer’s name remains unknown during the selection process. At the end of each month unless otherwise noted, a panel of professional photographers will select one image from those displayed as ADPOTD and award it the title of Australian Digital Photo Of The Month (hereafter referred to as ADPOTM). This decision is based on all aspects of the image’s content and is final.
Images MUST be supplied at a minimum of 600 pixels on the longest side and in JPG format.
At the Griffin Museum, we are constantly reviewing works by new photographers with an eye toward capturing who the next great artist will be. Our Emerging Artist Gallery is reserved specifically for showcasing these artists, providing a rare opportunity to view their work before they are widely known.
Thank you for your interest in submitting work to the Griffin Museum of Photography. Work is reviewed by the exhibition committee every two months. Responses are sent within roughly 2 - 3 months of receiving the submission.
The Grand Prize each season includes a two night complimentary stay at the world renowned Jumeirah Essex House Hotel, just across the street form Central Park!
Only images taken of Central Park during the specific season being judged will be considered for the competition. For example a summer photo will not be considered during the winter season.
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Photos will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of the following:
How well the photo conveys the subject: Central Park; images may include natural beauty, architectural points of interest, people enjoying the park and or/any other images that reflect the unique and distinct character of Central Park.
How well the image conveys the season being judged.
Photographic quality.
Visual appeal.
Originality.
Entrants are allowed five submissions per season. Each season there will be one first place winner for a total of four equal first place prizes at the end of the year. Contestants may submit photos for all four seasons of the contest, however if the contestant wins the first place prize they may not enter the contest again.
Copyright: Winners will also be required to grant CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House use of the winning photo, together with their names, likenesses and biographical information, in advertising and publicity about the Contest or future contests without further compensation.
Eligibility: Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 years or older at time of entry.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Quarterly: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
National Geographic My Shot - Deadline: Monthly
My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.
To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot.
Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com.
Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images.
Copyright: You grant to National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries and licensees ("NGS") the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivatives of the Photograph, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional and trade uses in connection with NGS Products. An NGS Product is defined as "a product of NGS, a corporate subsidiary, affiliate, joint venturer or licensee of NGS, in any language, which is associated with an NGS trademark and over which NGS has Editorial Control." For the purposes of this Agreement, "Editorial Control" means the right to review, consult regarding, formulate standards for, or to exercise a veto over the appearance, text, use, or promotion of the product. This license includes the nonexclusive right to make the Photograph available to third parties (i) for library or other research uses through microfiche, microfilm, or any other archival storage and retrieval form, including but not limited to electronic databases and document delivery services; and (ii) for distribution in connection with an NGS press conference or press release.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
Quantum Leap Strategies - Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Every month, we select one winning photograph for which the photographer receives a prize of $250. Plus, we donate $250 – in the Winner’s name – to the Winner’s choice of a charity organization that focuses on helping the blind. We do the latter because the focus of the Contest is to honor the blind, who are not able to see the beautiful images captured in submissions to this contest.
We also provide online visibility to other high quality submissions through our monthly Best of the Best awards and our postings in the ten photo categories. There are no cash awards for these postings, but we do pay tribute to your effort by listing your name and hometown.
All entries must be photographed by you and submitted electronically using the online Photo Submission Form in the Photo Contest Center.
To be considered, your photo must :
be in color; sorry no black and white, sepia, or other monotone;
be submitted in jpg/JPEG format only;
be between 640×480 to 800×600 pixels in size (larger images will be resized; smaller ones cannot be enlarged and will not be used if deemed too small.
And, your photo must :
NOT contain people;
NOT be larger than 200 KB;
NOT have watermarks (copyrights, names, or other text overlays);
NOT have digital camera time/date stamps;
NOT have decorative borders;
NOT need trimming, cropping or editing for image quality.
Only entries received by midnight (EST) the last day of the month will be included in the contest for that month. Please allow yourself adequate emailing time as we are not responsible for email delays no matter where they occur. Entries received after midnight will be included in the contest for the next month.
All photos must incorporate pets to be considered for the contest. We cannot accept photos of non-companion animals.Winners will be selected on a monthly basis by a committee from AnimalAttraction.com. The winner will be selected from among the photos with the highest average rating from among the top 10 vote getters. The rating average is calculated by dividing the total score for an individual photo by the number of voters for that photo.
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General Guidelines
Photos must be in .jpg format and below 300K in size.
We can not accept photos of minors, unless accompanied by an adult.
Copyright: By posting information or content to any public area of Animal Attraction, you automatically grant to Animal Attraction and other Animal Attraction Members an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing.
Australian Digital Photo Of The Day
(hereafter referred to as ADPOTD) and Monthly Theme Competition
are open to all Australian residents.
Those with more than 12 months active
membership, are granted "special" membership status,
should it become necessary to move off-shore. In recognition of
this prior membership, these members may continue to participate in
all areas of the POTD web site, including
competitions.
If you haven’t already registered, you must create an account with Sosauce (click to register).
To upload your photos, click on the Upload button on either the Photo Sticky in your Sosauce Home or in the left column of any page in the Photo application. Once you click on Upload, you will be presented with three options: Basic, Guided, or Fast mode. The Basic mode provides a web-based uploading tool. While not as feature rich as Guided or Fast modes, this mode can still allow you to upload multiple photos at once. Since it doesn’t require the installation of an additional upload control, it is also useful if you are behind firewalls or if you are traveling. The Guided and Fast modes are more feature rich. To use these modes, you will be prompted for a very quick, easy, and safe installation of an upload control.
You can add tags for your photos in the Describe page or in the page with a big photo and a slider.
In the Describe page, you can add tags individually by typing the tag into the textbox with the header "Tags." Or you can use the top textbox framed by a yellow background to add the same tags for all the photos in the Describe page. To do so, type in the tag names in the top textbox, and then click on the dropdown menu to the left of the textbox to select the "Add These Tags" option. Then, click on the Apply button to complete the changes. Be sure to click on Save after you are done. Note: When you are inserting multiple tags, be sure to separate them with commas.
In the page with a big photo and a slider, you can add tags by clicking on the word "Tags" with an arrow next to it; "Tags" is located just below "Photo Details." Clicking the "Photo Details" text will cause the menu to drop down, revealing the area in which you can add tags. Find the text "Click here to edit tags" and click on it (Note: when you mouse over the instructions, you will also see a blue highlight, telling you that this area is clickable). On click, a textbox would appear, and you can input your tags. Once you are done, simply hit Enter or click off the textbox to save."
Make sure your photo is in a Public album (Instructions)
Copyright: Each entrant retains all rights to their submitted photos. By entering a photo, entrants grant Sosauce the right to publish and use submitted photos for Sosauce promotional purposes only. All photos reproduced will be credited to the owner.
Everyone has a camera these days and we know you're taking some amazing photos! Let's see what you've got! Go SNAP those pics, then …
… SHARE your photos on your free WeSay profile page using our easy upload process. Others can view the photos on your profile and vote for them. The more votes you get …
… the higher your WeSay status grows, and our editors select the best images to feature on our site's homepage where you can SEE your photo views skyrocket!
BabyZone Weekly Photo Contest - Deadline: Weekly
Each week BabyZone hosts four photo contests for the best baby, pre-schooler, and child photos. Each contest features eight to sixteen candidates and the weekly winners go on to compete in the final round at the end of each month. These four monthly photo winners then become eligible to participate in our year-end Grand Finale.
Baby (0-12 Months)
Toddler (13 Mon. - 3 Yrs)
Preschooler (3-5 Years)
Child (5-13 Year)
BabyZone’s staff screens submissions based on photo quality, composition, and creativity of image. Up to 12 images will be displayed weekly, and the baby, toddler, preschooler, and child receiving the most votes each week will be selected to compete against other weekly winners for the monthly grand prize of having a “cover shot” in BabyZone’s national newsletter and on the home page of BabyZone during the subsequent month.
All finalists go on to a year-end finale, and each winner of the finale will receive a $100 prize.
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Upload your child’s photo to our server via our website. Please keep images close to 80K in file size.
The parent or guardian of the child in the photo must be the person submitting the photo/JPEG.
Only one image per contestant will be considered; however, you can submit a photo of your child for the following months as long as it is a different image than what was previously entered.
Copyright: All winning photos become the property of BabyZone, Inc., and as such may not be published elsewhere (including but not limited to other Internet websites and print publications) without the express written consent of BabyZone, Inc.
Enter the weekly digital Photo Contest by submitting two of your best photos and you may receive valuable feedback on your work from a friendly digital photography community. If you are selected as a Photo Contest winner you will get some serious recognition on your digital photography skills by having the winning photo displayed, and viewed by thousands every day, in the digital photography forums and the front page here at BytePhoto.com.
Prize: A copy of ACDseePro to each weeks winner for the next 24 weeks
Top three photo of the year winners will receive Certificate of Achievement through post.
Top three photo of the year winners will receive a Pro photographer Certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
15 Honorable entries will receive Certificate through e-mail
photo of the month winners
will get winning certificate through e-mail.
If a member wins three monthly contest in a year he will receive a pro photographer certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
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What to Enter
All Photographs must have been taken from a digital camera.
Photograph should be resized to 640*480 before uploading.
Images should only treated with basic sharpening, cropping and removal of dust spots. Images should contain only the subject matter as originally seen through the viewfinder.
Copyright: Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer.
Eligibility: Open to all photographers, of any age.
Entry fee: Single entry in monthly contest is FREE to all our members for uploading additional entry members should pay $2 per entry. Photo of the year contest - $10 per entry.
Weekly Prize: The name of each weekly winner will be published in the Digital Focus column on the PC World Web site, along with a link to the winning photo. Monthly Prize: Each monthly winner will receive a gift from PC World, such as a PC World CD carrying case. The monthly prizes may vary each month and will be determined by the Judges, but in no event shall the estimated retail price of any monthly prize be less than $15 or exceed $50.
Entrants may only enter the Contest in the following way:
Send via e-mail one digital photograph in JPEG format at a resolution no larger than 640 by 480 pixels, along with the title of the photo, a short description of the photo, and your name, e-mail address, and postal address (collectively, an “Entry”), to the author of the Digital Focus newsletter at hotpic@pcworld.com.
Entry into the competition constitutes agreement to these terms and conditions.
Photo format and size
All photographs entered must conform to the following requirements:
in jpg format (file extension .jpg or .jpeg)
1mb or less in size
the larger side of the photograph to be no more than 1,000 pixels
Content and judging
The judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.
The judges maintain the right to refuse entry of any photograph into the top 100 displayed photographs due to the following:
No photographs shall be published on the website if they contain nudity, implied nudity, exploitation of children or animals, morbid images (images depicting human death or mutilation), suggestive sexualisation of minors,
A refund will not be given if the entry is deemed by the judges to be in violation of the above criteria. The photograph will simply not be published on the site and no correspondence will be entered into.
If a photograph is entered into a competition and the entry is not processed for the current competition, the entry will be rolled over to the next week’s competition.
Contestants may enter any number of photographs into the weekly competition. Each photograph will incur the US $2.00 entry fee.
Contestants may enter the same photograph into the weekly competition as many times as desired. Entering the same photograph multiple times in the same week will not influence the judging in any way. Each time the photograph is entered it will incur the US $2.00 entry fee. Therefore it does not make sense to enter the same photograph multiple times in the same week, however;
Contestants may enter the same photograph into successive weekly competitions if desired. The results for the same photograph may vary from week to week depending on the competing entries.
The photographs will be judged by professional photographers with industry recognised experience, employed by weeklyphotocomp.com. The identity and credentials of the judges may remain anonymous. No correspondence will be entered into.
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The photographs will be judged according to the following criteria and weighting:
Composition – 10% (objective) Position – is the photograph centred or does it follow the rule of thirds, does the positioning of the subject work? Cropping – does the cropping enhance the photograph, is there too much empty space around the photograph or is too much of the subject cut off? Does the composition draw the viewers eye into the photograph if intended? Does the photo contain foreground, middle ground & background, particularly if it is a photo of landscape, depending on artistic intent?
Lighting – 10% (objective) Is the lighting used to good effect, if intended? Is the photo washed out due to too much light or too many light sources? Are some areas too dull or dark due to lack of lighting? Depends on artistic intent.
Correct exposure (may vary according to artistic intent) – 10% (objective) Is the photograph overexposed or underexposed & is there a good balance between the different areas of the photograph?
Focus / depth of field – 10% (objective) Is the subject in focus? Is the depth of field appropriate for the subject, e.g. shallow DOF for portraits & macro, deep DOF for landscapes etc. ay vary according to artistic intent.
Colour – 10% (objective) Are vibrant colours captured or is the photo dull, may vary according to intent and context. Are the colours too vivid or not vivid enough? If B&W, is there enough contrast / tonal range or is the photo all middle greys and washed out? Are the colours true to the subject and intent of the photo? May vary according to interpretation of artistic intent.
Originality – 10% (subjective) Is the subject and the way it is captured original or is it a typical theme or scene?
Vibe – 10% (subjective) How does the photograph make the viewer / judges feel? Is the viewer / judge instinctively moved by the photograph, does it stir some emotions?
Artistic Merit / interesting – 30% (subjective) Is the photograph interesting? Does it capture the intended theme, emotion, mood, character, style etc? Would the viewer / judge display it proudly in their own gallery or home as fine art?
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Each entry is given a unique number. The above criteria are judged for each entry and the results placed in a spreadsheet. Each weekly competition will have a new spreadsheet. The results will be compiled and the winner and top 50 determined from the total of all criteria.
The photographs and judging spreadsheets from each week will be backed up to external hard drives, with one copy kept off site for security.
The entrant retains the copyright of the photograph. By entering the photograph, the entrant gives permission for weeklyphotocomp.com to publish the photograph on the website only. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for anybody taking a copy of the photograph from the website and publishing that image. It is the entrant’s responsibility to take any action against the perpetrator directly if desired and not against weeklyphotocomp.com.
The entrant may request the photograph to be taken off the website and weeklyphotocomp.com will take all reasonable action to remove the photograph as soon as practical.
Photographs will remain published on the website for a maximum period of 1 year, after which time the archive for that week will be removed, if not before.
The entrant is to submit their own photographs only. The entrant is to take full responsibility for ensuring that their entry is their own original work. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for ensuring that the entry is the original work of the entrant.
Entrants under 16 must have parents consent to enter competition. Weeklyphotocomp.com cannot take responsibility for verifying age of person making payment or verifying permission of parent / cardholder. Entry to competition constitutes personal undertaking that entrant is over 16 or has permission of parent / guardian / cardholder.
All information regarding participants gathered as part of the competition entry process will be treated as confidential by weeklyphotocomp.com and will not be sold or forwarded to any third parties.
The only information about the entrant published will be the user name submitted with the entry and the location of the photograph.
The entrant may choose to use their real name as the user name or may choose to use an alias. The entrants real name will be required to be submitted as part of the entry process however this will not be published unless the entrant chooses to use their real name as the user name.
Model release forms are not required to be submitted with photographs of people because the photographs are not intended for commercial use. It is not the intention of Weekly Photo Comp Pty Ltd to publish the photographs for advertising purposes, linking the subject to any product or idea.
You are welcome to send photos. Winners of the competition receive cash prizes.
“Photokonkurs.com” runs regular photo competitions. We will add the new Contests with money prizes every 2-5 days. The red color with word “Prize” near thumbnail means the category is “money prize” category. The word “Jury” (or other name) means the prize will be given by Jury (or this person) choose.
Please register at the site by typing in the register window your REAL email address. After you register you will get an e-mail from us and click on the link in the e-mail. We also must have a way to contact you if you win a prize.
Please see the pictures in the archives. There you can see the quality of the selected and winning photos. Please realise that it is not relevant that you have such good memories when you see your photos (the first steps of your child or that adorable little boy you met during your vacation in Bangla Desh). The visitors of FotoSurf don’t have that good memories, they think a photo is good or not.
When you e-mail a photo, please do not send images larger then the maximum size of 400 kb. Please only use the Jpeg format as an attachment on your e-mail. Each contest has a deadline: the 25th of the month. But we can keep (good) pictures in stock for future use, so you can mail photos at any time! Please mail no more then 3 at the time. Mail to: photocontest@fotosurf.nl!
Earth
Shots is an ongoing Photo of the Day contest open
to photographers worldwide. It is a non-profit website created purely to
celebrate the beauty and diversity of our planet.
Win photo of the day three
times and you’ll get $50.
The Smithsonian Photography Initiative
invites you to contribute to click! photography changes
everything, a collection of commentaries by invited contributors and
visitors like you, exploring how photography shapes the way we understand the
world.
We shall start a competition for the best photos taken at our events. So fill your fuel tank, charge your batteries, bring your camera, and take some lovely pics. Then send them to mx5malta@gmail.com .
After they will be voted for by each member and the best voted for photo wins a Motul Gift.
We want your best photos, your favorite photos. Photos that you look at and think, you know, there’s something really special about this one, and I’d like to share it with other people who have a thing for photography.
The JPG Uploader will only accept photos that are at least 2200px wide or tall. This requirement is to make sure your photos look good in print! Please do not enlarge your photos to be larger, as it lowers the image quality dramatically.
Monthly Challenge is a friendly photography community (similar to a photography Club) which came about as a result of a number of photographers in Australia and New Zealand wanting to challenge their own creativity in an attempt to achieve inspirational images.On a monthly basis you compete against other photographers in the Monthly Challenge community with a set theme.
Judging is done by the competing photographers and other members of the community at the end of each monthly contest.
The winner of the Monthly Challenge competition will have their image displayed on the front page of our site for the following month for the world to see.
Then browse to the competition gallery and select the current month’s album in the competition in which you wish to compete.
From there select the Add Items link (bottom left corner of page). If you don’t see this link either, you may not be logged, submissions are closed or you are not eligible to enter. For further information about the upload options take a look at the Uploading Images page.
Copyright: We may use any submitted images to promote the Monthly Challenge photography competitions and Monthly Challenge website on an ongoing basis free of any fees or charges.
All photos must incorporate pets to be considered for the contest. We cannot accept photos of non-companion animals.Winners will be selected on a monthly basis by a committee from AnimalAttraction.com. The winner will be selected from among the photos with the highest average rating from among the top 10 vote getters. The rating average is calculated by dividing the total score for an individual photo by the number of voters for that photo.
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General Guidelines
Photos must be in .jpg format and below 300K in size.
We can not accept photos of minors, unless accompanied by an adult.
Copyright: By posting information or content to any public area of Animal Attraction, you automatically grant to Animal Attraction and other Animal Attraction Members an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing.
Eligibility: 18+ years old
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthy
Your Portfolio In Focus (BBC) - Deadline: Ongoing
Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?
If so then we want you to send us between eight and 10 photographs with captions for presentation as a gallery on the In Pictures page.
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Photos:
Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it’s a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject’s environment, but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.
When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what is around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.
Words:
Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don’t need many words - no more than 40 per picture.
How to submit a picture
If you think you have an interesting set of photographs, send it to the BBC News website
Don’t forget to include your name and some background information and please put “My Portfolio” in the subject heading as this will increase your chances of selection.
Copyright: In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News and that if your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website.
At the Griffin Museum, we are constantly reviewing works by new photographers with an eye toward capturing who the next great artist will be. Our Emerging Artist Gallery is reserved specifically for showcasing these artists, providing a rare opportunity to view their work before they are widely known.
Thank you for your interest in submitting work to the Griffin Museum of Photography. Work is reviewed by the exhibition committee every two months. Responses are sent within roughly 2 - 3 months of receiving the submission.
The Nerve Amateur Photo Contest
photographers. That’s been great and all, but it leaves one small problem: There are lots of people who don’t happen to be among the best photographers in the world but still like to take sexy pictures. The Nerve Photo Contest is our way of welcoming the rest of you into our community of creative hedonists. Much more importantly, the contest is the excuse you’ve been waiting for — now you can ask that really hot girl/guy who lives down the block to pose for you.
The Prize: $500 for first place.
How to Enter:
Find a vaguely exhibitionist friend and a digital camera (or a regular camera and scanner).
Take some sexy photo of someone making a scary face.
After uploading photos, check your email (the email address you used for your Nerve account) and confirm your submission.
The Rules:
1. Images must be in JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) format, with dimensions between 200 and 640 pixels. File size must be no larger than 200 KB. 2. No more than three entries per person. 3. You must agree to the legal disclaimer on the photo submissions page, which means: - No photos of anyone under 18; - No photos of anyone who hasn’t consented to be photographed for the Nerve Photo Contest. 4. All entries are subject to the laws of the State of New York solely, regardless of the point of origin of the uploading computer or residence of the photographer or the subject of the photo.
In order to sumbit your photos you must sing up here.
Copyright: Not specified.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
FotoFanatic Monthly Competition - Deadline: Monthly
Welcome to FotoFanatic.com! There is a lot to do here, with ongoing photo contests, forums and critiques and other information just for photographers. If you are new to the site, and would like information about membership, please visit our Registration page for details.
Here are cash prizes associated with the monthly photo contests. The current cash prizes are $50 for first, $25 for second and $10 for third.
Anyone can post up to 4 photos for critique each month at no charge. Optional membership programs entitle you to more photo storage and access to the contests.
Enter your baby in the contest for a chance to win $2,500.The photo with the most votes received in a calendar month wins the Photo Contest. It is important that you vote often, and tell your friends to vote. The child being entered into the free online contest must be between 0 and 48 months old at the time he or she is entered into the contest. You can use older photos of a child as long as the child is presently within the age range for eligibility.
Copyright: You do not acquire ownership rights, other than those rights that you may already have, to any content, document, software, services or other materials viewed at or through the Website.
Eligibility: USA residents 18 years old and above
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
YourShot National Geograpgic Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Take your best shot—and send it to us. Your Shot features editors’ selections from photographs submitted online by our readers each month. Submit a favorite photo of your own, on any topic of your choosing, for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic.
Submit Your Photo Submit a favorite photo you’ve taken and see if we select it for publication.
The ADPOTD is selected from all the entries to the Monthly Theme categories, excluding the Featured Category, as this stands as a separate competition with it’s own prize.
Each weekday (excluding public holidays) unless otherwise noted, one image will be chosen from all category entries (excluding the Featured & International Categories) and be awarded as ADPOTD. This is a “blind” selection as the photographer’s name remains unknown during the selection process. At the end of each month unless otherwise noted, a panel of professional photographers will select one image from those displayed as ADPOTD and award it the title of Australian Digital Photo Of The Month (hereafter referred to as ADPOTM). This decision is based on all aspects of the image’s content and is final.
Images MUST be supplied at a minimum of 600 pixels on the longest side and in JPG format.
National Geographic My Shot - Deadline: Monthly
My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.
To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot.
Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com.
Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images.
Copyright: You grant to National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries and licensees ("NGS") the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivatives of the Photograph, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional and trade uses in connection with NGS Products. An NGS Product is defined as "a product of NGS, a corporate subsidiary, affiliate, joint venturer or licensee of NGS, in any language, which is associated with an NGS trademark and over which NGS has Editorial Control." For the purposes of this Agreement, "Editorial Control" means the right to review, consult regarding, formulate standards for, or to exercise a veto over the appearance, text, use, or promotion of the product. This license includes the nonexclusive right to make the Photograph available to third parties (i) for library or other research uses through microfiche, microfilm, or any other archival storage and retrieval form, including but not limited to electronic databases and document delivery services; and (ii) for distribution in connection with an NGS press conference or press release.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Graphics.com Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
A monthly contest devoted to photography, with the prize being a subscription to Photos.com. Each month the creator of the winning image, as picked by staff, receives a three-month subscription to the Photos.com stock photo subscription site.
Add your photo here, to enter the October Graphics.com Photography Contest—just one entry per month, please (click on Admin Options to upload). File size should be under 1 MB and photos should not have been submitted to previous Graphics.com Photography Contests. You must be a logged in Graphics.com member to upload an image or comment on other images. You can join or login here. Please read the rules and conditions before uploading an image. At the end of the month, Graphics.com staff will pick one winning image, based on its creativity and technical merit, the creator of which will receive a free 3 month subscription to Photos.com, providing subscription download access to over 350,000 professional stock photos.
This is a monthly contest with the emphasis on pure photography, as opposed to heavily edited imagery. Membership to the Graphics.com site is required but this is free.
If you like taking photos, you may want to submit your best photograph and enter the competition to win a $500 prize. This may be your lucky day. So grab your camera, whether it’s an old favorite stand-by, a new digital camera, or merely a throw-way camera, to begin shooting photos at every opportunity. And use your creativity to enter the Caption Contest and write a clever caption for the featured photo. For that you don’t even need a camera!Each month new contests begin every other week. One starts on the 2nd of the month and the other on the 17th. Photos that are accepted by the Funny Photos Selection Committee will be displayed in a later contest, not the current one.
There are three contests. The primary contest for “Funny Photos” will display funny or amusing photos. The secondary contest for “Cute Photos” will display cute or unusual photos with the Funny Photos Selection Committee determining the appropriate category for each submission. The third contest gives viewers an opportunity to create a caption for the featured photo.
The winner of the “Funny Photos” $50 bi-weekly prize will be selected, by the FunnyPhotosContest.com Judges, from the FIVE photos receiving the most votes from website viewers. Every few days, the results of the voting will be displayed on the “Who’s Winning” page. At the end of each contest, the winning photo will appear on the “Winners” page. Each September and March, the winners from the previous six months will be judged and the winner will receive a $500 bonus prize.
Copyright: Funny Photo Contest LLC has the nonexclusive right to store and display the photograph indefinitely on its website and to use the photograph in all print and electronic media indefinitely
The Grand Prize each season includes a two night complimentary stay at the world renowned Jumeirah Essex House Hotel, just across the street form Central Park!
Only images taken of Central Park during the specific season being judged will be considered for the competition. For example a summer photo will not be considered during the winter season.
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Photos will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of the following:
How well the photo conveys the subject: Central Park; images may include natural beauty, architectural points of interest, people enjoying the park and or/any other images that reflect the unique and distinct character of Central Park.
How well the image conveys the season being judged.
Photographic quality.
Visual appeal.
Originality.
Entrants are allowed five submissions per season. Each season there will be one first place winner for a total of four equal first place prizes at the end of the year. Contestants may submit photos for all four seasons of the contest, however if the contestant wins the first place prize they may not enter the contest again.
Copyright: Winners will also be required to grant CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House use of the winning photo, together with their names, likenesses and biographical information, in advertising and publicity about the Contest or future contests without further compensation.
Eligibility: Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 years or older at time of entry.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Quarterly: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
Quantum Leap Strategies - Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Every month, we select one winning photograph for which the photographer receives a prize of $250. Plus, we donate $250 – in the Winner’s name – to the Winner’s choice of a charity organization that focuses on helping the blind. We do the latter because the focus of the Contest is to honor the blind, who are not able to see the beautiful images captured in submissions to this contest.
We also provide online visibility to other high quality submissions through our monthly Best of the Best awards and our postings in the ten photo categories. There are no cash awards for these postings, but we do pay tribute to your effort by listing your name and hometown.
All entries must be photographed by you and submitted electronically using the online Photo Submission Form in the Photo Contest Center.
To be considered, your photo must :
be in color; sorry no black and white, sepia, or other monotone;
be submitted in jpg/JPEG format only;
be between 640×480 to 800×600 pixels in size (larger images will be resized; smaller ones cannot be enlarged and will not be used if deemed too small.
And, your photo must :
NOT contain people;
NOT be larger than 200 KB;
NOT have watermarks (copyrights, names, or other text overlays);
NOT have digital camera time/date stamps;
NOT have decorative borders;
NOT need trimming, cropping or editing for image quality.
Only entries received by midnight (EST) the last day of the month will be included in the contest for that month. Please allow yourself adequate emailing time as we are not responsible for email delays no matter where they occur. Entries received after midnight will be included in the contest for the next month.
November 2007 theme is all about the Rule of Thirds.
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Proponents of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.
Upcoming Themes (order subject to change): Sports & Games | Old | Selective Desaturation | Kitchen | Visual Puns | Shallow Depth of Field
An image selected as a Photo of the Month may NOT be entered into any of our contests again, with the exception of an automatic entry into our Photo of the Quarter contest. All winning POTM images will always be available for viewing in our POTM archives.
You must be a member in good standing at the time any prize is awarded.
Prizes are awarded to all categories in our Photo of the Month contest. Certain partners have agreed to sponsor a particular category, while others leave it to our discretion. We will try and award prizes based on their value, with the more valuable prizes going to the top winners. Digital Image Cafe will not work out trades between members for prizes. Once the decision has been made and announced, it will be up to the member to negotiate a trade.
Photoburst is a travel photography daily contest site! Here you can submit either photos or bursts (sequences of photos).In both sections, there will be daily, weekly and monthly winners!
Monthly winners will be awarded with a B&H USD$100 gift certificate!
Copyright: You maintain the copyright on your photos and/or bursts submitted to Photoburst.net. By submitting your photos/bursts to Photoburst Travel Photography Daily Contest, you allow your image to be published on Photoburst.net. Your photos/bursts may also appear on other websites that syndicate Photoburst's photo/burst of the day.
Every month we will give the winner of our free contest their very own photography portfolio website. The site comes with a year of hosting, multiple templates, the ability to sell images via PayPal, and much much more.
The First Place winner receive an EcoSee powered website. This does not include the domain name which the winner is required to supply at their own cost. The prize is nontransferable, and no cash alternative is available. The winner may be required to make a zero dollar purchase with a credit card for proof of age.
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the subject of the photo.
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Entries are to be uploaded through our online entry as digital images and may be in color or black and white. Images should be submitted in JPG format. File sizes must be less than 2MB. Images must be in natural color, black and white, sepia tone, or duotone to be eligible. Digital images will not be returned. Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.
An individual may submit only one photo per contest. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
Copyright: Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on the ecosee.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that EcoSee may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery and may make and retain copies of the photograph for archival purposes.
Eligibility: Open to anyone who is aged 18 and above.
Photo must be a minimum of 600 pixels in length and 300 pixels in width. Higher resolutions are more desirable.
Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Whisper Poetry Staff Team.
Participants may submit entries at any time, however, only those submitted prior to the deadline, which is the 21st of each month at 11:59 PM GMT will be placed in the current contest. Later entries may enter the contest of the succeeding month.
Winner of a contest will not be eligible to enter another Photo of the Month Contest for the next three months, to ensure fairness and opportunity for other participants to win.
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Entries are only accepted through electronic mail (e-mail). Unless otherwise noted, only the following e-mail address should be used:
Australian Digital Photo Of The Day
(hereafter referred to as ADPOTD) and Monthly Theme Competition
are open to all Australian residents.
Those with more than 12 months active
membership, are granted "special" membership status,
should it become necessary to move off-shore. In recognition of
this prior membership, these members may continue to participate in
all areas of the POTD web site, including
competitions.
Please see the pictures in the archives. There you can see the quality of the selected and winning photos. Please realise that it is not relevant that you have such good memories when you see your photos (the first steps of your child or that adorable little boy you met during your vacation in Bangla Desh). The visitors of FotoSurf don’t have that good memories, they think a photo is good or not.
When you e-mail a photo, please do not send images larger then the maximum size of 400 kb. Please only use the Jpeg format as an attachment on your e-mail. Each contest has a deadline: the 25th of the month. But we can keep (good) pictures in stock for future use, so you can mail photos at any time! Please mail no more then 3 at the time. Mail to: photocontest@fotosurf.nl!
You are welcome to send photos. Winners of the competition receive cash prizes.
“Photokonkurs.com” runs regular photo competitions. We will add the new Contests with money prizes every 2-5 days. The red color with word “Prize” near thumbnail means the category is “money prize” category. The word “Jury” (or other name) means the prize will be given by Jury (or this person) choose.
Please register at the site by typing in the register window your REAL email address. After you register you will get an e-mail from us and click on the link in the e-mail. We also must have a way to contact you if you win a prize.
Everyone has a camera these days and we know you're taking some amazing photos! Let's see what you've got! Go SNAP those pics, then …
… SHARE your photos on your free WeSay profile page using our easy upload process. Others can view the photos on your profile and vote for them. The more votes you get …
… the higher your WeSay status grows, and our editors select the best images to feature on our site's homepage where you can SEE your photo views skyrocket!
Entry into the competition constitutes agreement to these terms and conditions.
Photo format and size
All photographs entered must conform to the following requirements:
in jpg format (file extension .jpg or .jpeg)
1mb or less in size
the larger side of the photograph to be no more than 1,000 pixels
Content and judging
The judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.
The judges maintain the right to refuse entry of any photograph into the top 100 displayed photographs due to the following:
No photographs shall be published on the website if they contain nudity, implied nudity, exploitation of children or animals, morbid images (images depicting human death or mutilation), suggestive sexualisation of minors,
A refund will not be given if the entry is deemed by the judges to be in violation of the above criteria. The photograph will simply not be published on the site and no correspondence will be entered into.
If a photograph is entered into a competition and the entry is not processed for the current competition, the entry will be rolled over to the next week’s competition.
Contestants may enter any number of photographs into the weekly competition. Each photograph will incur the US $2.00 entry fee.
Contestants may enter the same photograph into the weekly competition as many times as desired. Entering the same photograph multiple times in the same week will not influence the judging in any way. Each time the photograph is entered it will incur the US $2.00 entry fee. Therefore it does not make sense to enter the same photograph multiple times in the same week, however;
Contestants may enter the same photograph into successive weekly competitions if desired. The results for the same photograph may vary from week to week depending on the competing entries.
The photographs will be judged by professional photographers with industry recognised experience, employed by weeklyphotocomp.com. The identity and credentials of the judges may remain anonymous. No correspondence will be entered into.
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The photographs will be judged according to the following criteria and weighting:
Composition – 10% (objective) Position – is the photograph centred or does it follow the rule of thirds, does the positioning of the subject work? Cropping – does the cropping enhance the photograph, is there too much empty space around the photograph or is too much of the subject cut off? Does the composition draw the viewers eye into the photograph if intended? Does the photo contain foreground, middle ground & background, particularly if it is a photo of landscape, depending on artistic intent?
Lighting – 10% (objective) Is the lighting used to good effect, if intended? Is the photo washed out due to too much light or too many light sources? Are some areas too dull or dark due to lack of lighting? Depends on artistic intent.
Correct exposure (may vary according to artistic intent) – 10% (objective) Is the photograph overexposed or underexposed & is there a good balance between the different areas of the photograph?
Focus / depth of field – 10% (objective) Is the subject in focus? Is the depth of field appropriate for the subject, e.g. shallow DOF for portraits & macro, deep DOF for landscapes etc. ay vary according to artistic intent.
Colour – 10% (objective) Are vibrant colours captured or is the photo dull, may vary according to intent and context. Are the colours too vivid or not vivid enough? If B&W, is there enough contrast / tonal range or is the photo all middle greys and washed out? Are the colours true to the subject and intent of the photo? May vary according to interpretation of artistic intent.
Originality – 10% (subjective) Is the subject and the way it is captured original or is it a typical theme or scene?
Vibe – 10% (subjective) How does the photograph make the viewer / judges feel? Is the viewer / judge instinctively moved by the photograph, does it stir some emotions?
Artistic Merit / interesting – 30% (subjective) Is the photograph interesting? Does it capture the intended theme, emotion, mood, character, style etc? Would the viewer / judge display it proudly in their own gallery or home as fine art?
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Each entry is given a unique number. The above criteria are judged for each entry and the results placed in a spreadsheet. Each weekly competition will have a new spreadsheet. The results will be compiled and the winner and top 50 determined from the total of all criteria.
The photographs and judging spreadsheets from each week will be backed up to external hard drives, with one copy kept off site for security.
The entrant retains the copyright of the photograph. By entering the photograph, the entrant gives permission for weeklyphotocomp.com to publish the photograph on the website only. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for anybody taking a copy of the photograph from the website and publishing that image. It is the entrant’s responsibility to take any action against the perpetrator directly if desired and not against weeklyphotocomp.com.
The entrant may request the photograph to be taken off the website and weeklyphotocomp.com will take all reasonable action to remove the photograph as soon as practical.
Photographs will remain published on the website for a maximum period of 1 year, after which time the archive for that week will be removed, if not before.
The entrant is to submit their own photographs only. The entrant is to take full responsibility for ensuring that their entry is their own original work. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for ensuring that the entry is the original work of the entrant.
Entrants under 16 must have parents consent to enter competition. Weeklyphotocomp.com cannot take responsibility for verifying age of person making payment or verifying permission of parent / cardholder. Entry to competition constitutes personal undertaking that entrant is over 16 or has permission of parent / guardian / cardholder.
All information regarding participants gathered as part of the competition entry process will be treated as confidential by weeklyphotocomp.com and will not be sold or forwarded to any third parties.
The only information about the entrant published will be the user name submitted with the entry and the location of the photograph.
The entrant may choose to use their real name as the user name or may choose to use an alias. The entrants real name will be required to be submitted as part of the entry process however this will not be published unless the entrant chooses to use their real name as the user name.
Model release forms are not required to be submitted with photographs of people because the photographs are not intended for commercial use. It is not the intention of Weekly Photo Comp Pty Ltd to publish the photographs for advertising purposes, linking the subject to any product or idea.
Top three photo of the year winners will receive Certificate of Achievement through post.
Top three photo of the year winners will receive a Pro photographer Certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
15 Honorable entries will receive Certificate through e-mail
photo of the month winners
will get winning certificate through e-mail.
If a member wins three monthly contest in a year he will receive a pro photographer certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
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What to Enter
All Photographs must have been taken from a digital camera.
Photograph should be resized to 640*480 before uploading.
Images should only treated with basic sharpening, cropping and removal of dust spots. Images should contain only the subject matter as originally seen through the viewfinder.
Copyright: Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer.
Eligibility: Open to all photographers, of any age.
Entry fee: Single entry in monthly contest is FREE to all our members for uploading additional entry members should pay $2 per entry. Photo of the year contest - $10 per entry.
Weekly Prize: The name of each weekly winner will be published in the Digital Focus column on the PC World Web site, along with a link to the winning photo. Monthly Prize: Each monthly winner will receive a gift from PC World, such as a PC World CD carrying case. The monthly prizes may vary each month and will be determined by the Judges, but in no event shall the estimated retail price of any monthly prize be less than $15 or exceed $50.
Entrants may only enter the Contest in the following way:
Send via e-mail one digital photograph in JPEG format at a resolution no larger than 640 by 480 pixels, along with the title of the photo, a short description of the photo, and your name, e-mail address, and postal address (collectively, an “Entry”), to the author of the Digital Focus newsletter at hotpic@pcworld.com.
Enter the weekly digital Photo Contest by submitting two of your best photos and you may receive valuable feedback on your work from a friendly digital photography community. If you are selected as a Photo Contest winner you will get some serious recognition on your digital photography skills by having the winning photo displayed, and viewed by thousands every day, in the digital photography forums and the front page here at BytePhoto.com.
Prize: A copy of ACDseePro to each weeks winner for the next 24 weeks
BabyZone Weekly Photo Contest - Deadline: Weekly (00:00)
Each week BabyZone hosts four photo contests for the best baby, pre-schooler, and child photos. Each contest features eight to sixteen candidates and the weekly winners go on to compete in the final round at the end of each month. These four monthly photo winners then become eligible to participate in our year-end Grand Finale.
Baby (0-12 Months)
Toddler (13 Mon. - 3 Yrs)
Preschooler (3-5 Years)
Child (5-13 Year)
BabyZone’s staff screens submissions based on photo quality, composition, and creativity of image. Up to 12 images will be displayed weekly, and the baby, toddler, preschooler, and child receiving the most votes each week will be selected to compete against other weekly winners for the monthly grand prize of having a “cover shot” in BabyZone’s national newsletter and on the home page of BabyZone during the subsequent month.
All finalists go on to a year-end finale, and each winner of the finale will receive a $100 prize.
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Upload your child’s photo to our server via our website. Please keep images close to 80K in file size.
The parent or guardian of the child in the photo must be the person submitting the photo/JPEG.
Only one image per contestant will be considered; however, you can submit a photo of your child for the following months as long as it is a different image than what was previously entered.
Copyright: All winning photos become the property of BabyZone, Inc., and as such may not be published elsewhere (including but not limited to other Internet websites and print publications) without the express written consent of BabyZone, Inc.
Earth
Shots is an ongoing Photo of the Day contest open
to photographers worldwide. It is a non-profit website created purely to
celebrate the beauty and diversity of our planet.
Win photo of the day three
times and you’ll get $50.
The Smithsonian Photography Initiative
invites you to contribute to click! photography changes
everything, a collection of commentaries by invited contributors and
visitors like you, exploring how photography shapes the way we understand the
world.
Your Portfolio In Focus (BBC) - Deadline: Ongoing
Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?
If so then we want you to send us between eight and 10 photographs with captions for presentation as a gallery on the In Pictures page.
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Photos:
Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it’s a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.
Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject’s environment, but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.
When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what is around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.
The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.
Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.
Words:
Each picture will need a caption.
Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.
We don’t need many words - no more than 40 per picture.
How to submit a picture
If you think you have an interesting set of photographs, send it to the BBC News website
Don’t forget to include your name and some background information and please put “My Portfolio” in the subject heading as this will increase your chances of selection.
Copyright: In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News and that if your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website.
Enter your baby in the contest for a chance to win $2,500.The photo with the most votes received in a calendar month wins the Photo Contest. It is important that you vote often, and tell your friends to vote. The child being entered into the free online contest must be between 0 and 48 months old at the time he or she is entered into the contest. You can use older photos of a child as long as the child is presently within the age range for eligibility.
Copyright: You do not acquire ownership rights, other than those rights that you may already have, to any content, document, software, services or other materials viewed at or through the Website.
Eligibility: USA residents 18 years old and above
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
YourShot National Geograpgic Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Take your best shot—and send it to us. Your Shot features editors’ selections from photographs submitted online by our readers each month. Submit a favorite photo of your own, on any topic of your choosing, for possible publication in an upcoming issue of National Geographic.
Submit Your Photo Submit a favorite photo you’ve taken and see if we select it for publication.
The Nerve Amateur Photo Contest
photographers. That’s been great and all, but it leaves one small problem: There are lots of people who don’t happen to be among the best photographers in the world but still like to take sexy pictures. The Nerve Photo Contest is our way of welcoming the rest of you into our community of creative hedonists. Much more importantly, the contest is the excuse you’ve been waiting for — now you can ask that really hot girl/guy who lives down the block to pose for you.
The Prize: $500 for first place.
How to Enter:
Find a vaguely exhibitionist friend and a digital camera (or a regular camera and scanner).
Take some sexy photo of someone making a scary face.
After uploading photos, check your email (the email address you used for your Nerve account) and confirm your submission.
The Rules:
1. Images must be in JPEG (.jpeg, .jpg) format, with dimensions between 200 and 640 pixels. File size must be no larger than 200 KB. 2. No more than three entries per person. 3. You must agree to the legal disclaimer on the photo submissions page, which means: - No photos of anyone under 18; - No photos of anyone who hasn’t consented to be photographed for the Nerve Photo Contest. 4. All entries are subject to the laws of the State of New York solely, regardless of the point of origin of the uploading computer or residence of the photographer or the subject of the photo.
In order to sumbit your photos you must sing up here.
Copyright: Not specified.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
FotoFanatic Monthly Competition - Deadline: Monthly
Welcome to FotoFanatic.com! There is a lot to do here, with ongoing photo contests, forums and critiques and other information just for photographers. If you are new to the site, and would like information about membership, please visit our Registration page for details.
Here are cash prizes associated with the monthly photo contests. The current cash prizes are $50 for first, $25 for second and $10 for third.
Anyone can post up to 4 photos for critique each month at no charge. Optional membership programs entitle you to more photo storage and access to the contests.
At the Griffin Museum, we are constantly reviewing works by new photographers with an eye toward capturing who the next great artist will be. Our Emerging Artist Gallery is reserved specifically for showcasing these artists, providing a rare opportunity to view their work before they are widely known.
Thank you for your interest in submitting work to the Griffin Museum of Photography. Work is reviewed by the exhibition committee every two months. Responses are sent within roughly 2 - 3 months of receiving the submission.
If you like taking photos, you may want to submit your best photograph and enter the competition to win a $500 prize. This may be your lucky day. So grab your camera, whether it’s an old favorite stand-by, a new digital camera, or merely a throw-way camera, to begin shooting photos at every opportunity. And use your creativity to enter the Caption Contest and write a clever caption for the featured photo. For that you don’t even need a camera!Each month new contests begin every other week. One starts on the 2nd of the month and the other on the 17th. Photos that are accepted by the Funny Photos Selection Committee will be displayed in a later contest, not the current one.
There are three contests. The primary contest for “Funny Photos” will display funny or amusing photos. The secondary contest for “Cute Photos” will display cute or unusual photos with the Funny Photos Selection Committee determining the appropriate category for each submission. The third contest gives viewers an opportunity to create a caption for the featured photo.
The winner of the “Funny Photos” $50 bi-weekly prize will be selected, by the FunnyPhotosContest.com Judges, from the FIVE photos receiving the most votes from website viewers. Every few days, the results of the voting will be displayed on the “Who’s Winning” page. At the end of each contest, the winning photo will appear on the “Winners” page. Each September and March, the winners from the previous six months will be judged and the winner will receive a $500 bonus prize.
Copyright: Funny Photo Contest LLC has the nonexclusive right to store and display the photograph indefinitely on its website and to use the photograph in all print and electronic media indefinitely
The ADPOTD is selected from all the entries to the Monthly Theme categories, excluding the Featured Category, as this stands as a separate competition with it’s own prize.
Each weekday (excluding public holidays) unless otherwise noted, one image will be chosen from all category entries (excluding the Featured & International Categories) and be awarded as ADPOTD. This is a “blind” selection as the photographer’s name remains unknown during the selection process. At the end of each month unless otherwise noted, a panel of professional photographers will select one image from those displayed as ADPOTD and award it the title of Australian Digital Photo Of The Month (hereafter referred to as ADPOTM). This decision is based on all aspects of the image’s content and is final.
Images MUST be supplied at a minimum of 600 pixels on the longest side and in JPG format.
Monthly Challenge is a friendly photography community (similar to a photography Club) which came about as a result of a number of photographers in Australia and New Zealand wanting to challenge their own creativity in an attempt to achieve inspirational images.On a monthly basis you compete against other photographers in the Monthly Challenge community with a set theme.
Judging is done by the competing photographers and other members of the community at the end of each monthly contest.
The winner of the Monthly Challenge competition will have their image displayed on the front page of our site for the following month for the world to see.
Then browse to the competition gallery and select the current month’s album in the competition in which you wish to compete.
From there select the Add Items link (bottom left corner of page). If you don’t see this link either, you may not be logged, submissions are closed or you are not eligible to enter. For further information about the upload options take a look at the Uploading Images page.
Copyright: We may use any submitted images to promote the Monthly Challenge photography competitions and Monthly Challenge website on an ongoing basis free of any fees or charges.
The Grand Prize each season includes a two night complimentary stay at the world renowned Jumeirah Essex House Hotel, just across the street form Central Park!
Only images taken of Central Park during the specific season being judged will be considered for the competition. For example a summer photo will not be considered during the winter season.
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Photos will be judged by a qualified panel of judges on the basis of the following:
How well the photo conveys the subject: Central Park; images may include natural beauty, architectural points of interest, people enjoying the park and or/any other images that reflect the unique and distinct character of Central Park.
How well the image conveys the season being judged.
Photographic quality.
Visual appeal.
Originality.
Entrants are allowed five submissions per season. Each season there will be one first place winner for a total of four equal first place prizes at the end of the year. Contestants may submit photos for all four seasons of the contest, however if the contestant wins the first place prize they may not enter the contest again.
Copyright: Winners will also be required to grant CentralPark.com and Jumeirah Essex House use of the winning photo, together with their names, likenesses and biographical information, in advertising and publicity about the Contest or future contests without further compensation.
Eligibility: Contest open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and Washington, D.C., 18 years or older at time of entry.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Quarterly: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
National Geographic My Shot - Deadline: Monthly
My Shot is your chance to have your own National Geographic web page. Here you can create and share albums, puzzles, and games based on photos you upload.
To get your own My Shot page, start by submitting your best photo to Your Shot.
Two photos are selected for publication each month in National Geographic and 12 are published daily at ngm.com.
Once you upload a photo, you can create a My Shot page. Begin by uploading up to 100 of your favorite images.
Copyright: You grant to National Geographic Society and its subsidiaries and licensees ("NGS") the following rights: a royalty-free, worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce and create derivatives of the Photograph, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional and trade uses in connection with NGS Products. An NGS Product is defined as "a product of NGS, a corporate subsidiary, affiliate, joint venturer or licensee of NGS, in any language, which is associated with an NGS trademark and over which NGS has Editorial Control." For the purposes of this Agreement, "Editorial Control" means the right to review, consult regarding, formulate standards for, or to exercise a veto over the appearance, text, use, or promotion of the product. This license includes the nonexclusive right to make the Photograph available to third parties (i) for library or other research uses through microfiche, microfilm, or any other archival storage and retrieval form, including but not limited to electronic databases and document delivery services; and (ii) for distribution in connection with an NGS press conference or press release.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
Quantum Leap Strategies - Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
Every month, we select one winning photograph for which the photographer receives a prize of $250. Plus, we donate $250 – in the Winner’s name – to the Winner’s choice of a charity organization that focuses on helping the blind. We do the latter because the focus of the Contest is to honor the blind, who are not able to see the beautiful images captured in submissions to this contest.
We also provide online visibility to other high quality submissions through our monthly Best of the Best awards and our postings in the ten photo categories. There are no cash awards for these postings, but we do pay tribute to your effort by listing your name and hometown.
All entries must be photographed by you and submitted electronically using the online Photo Submission Form in the Photo Contest Center.
To be considered, your photo must :
be in color; sorry no black and white, sepia, or other monotone;
be submitted in jpg/JPEG format only;
be between 640×480 to 800×600 pixels in size (larger images will be resized; smaller ones cannot be enlarged and will not be used if deemed too small.
And, your photo must :
NOT contain people;
NOT be larger than 200 KB;
NOT have watermarks (copyrights, names, or other text overlays);
NOT have digital camera time/date stamps;
NOT have decorative borders;
NOT need trimming, cropping or editing for image quality.
Only entries received by midnight (EST) the last day of the month will be included in the contest for that month. Please allow yourself adequate emailing time as we are not responsible for email delays no matter where they occur. Entries received after midnight will be included in the contest for the next month.
Photo must be a minimum of 600 pixels in length and 300 pixels in width. Higher resolutions are more desirable.
Photo must not had been tampered, manipulated, or distorted. Quality of photo is to be determined by Whisper Poetry Staff Team.
Participants may submit entries at any time, however, only those submitted prior to the deadline, which is the 21st of each month at 11:59 PM GMT will be placed in the current contest. Later entries may enter the contest of the succeeding month.
Winner of a contest will not be eligible to enter another Photo of the Month Contest for the next three months, to ensure fairness and opportunity for other participants to win.
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Entries are only accepted through electronic mail (e-mail). Unless otherwise noted, only the following e-mail address should be used:
November 2007 theme is all about the Rule of Thirds.
The rule of thirds is a compositional rule of thumb in photography. The rule states that an image can be divided into nine equal parts by two equally-spaced horizontal lines and two equally-spaced vertical lines. The four points formed by the intersections of these lines can be used to align features in the photograph. Proponents of this technique claim that aligning a photograph with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the photo than simply centering the feature would.
Upcoming Themes (order subject to change): Sports & Games | Old | Selective Desaturation | Kitchen | Visual Puns | Shallow Depth of Field
An image selected as a Photo of the Month may NOT be entered into any of our contests again, with the exception of an automatic entry into our Photo of the Quarter contest. All winning POTM images will always be available for viewing in our POTM archives.
You must be a member in good standing at the time any prize is awarded.
Prizes are awarded to all categories in our Photo of the Month contest. Certain partners have agreed to sponsor a particular category, while others leave it to our discretion. We will try and award prizes based on their value, with the more valuable prizes going to the top winners. Digital Image Cafe will not work out trades between members for prizes. Once the decision has been made and announced, it will be up to the member to negotiate a trade.
Photoburst is a travel photography daily contest site! Here you can submit either photos or bursts (sequences of photos).In both sections, there will be daily, weekly and monthly winners!
Monthly winners will be awarded with a B&H USD$100 gift certificate!
Copyright: You maintain the copyright on your photos and/or bursts submitted to Photoburst.net. By submitting your photos/bursts to Photoburst Travel Photography Daily Contest, you allow your image to be published on Photoburst.net. Your photos/bursts may also appear on other websites that syndicate Photoburst's photo/burst of the day.
Every month we will give the winner of our free contest their very own photography portfolio website. The site comes with a year of hosting, multiple templates, the ability to sell images via PayPal, and much much more.
The First Place winner receive an EcoSee powered website. This does not include the domain name which the winner is required to supply at their own cost. The prize is nontransferable, and no cash alternative is available. The winner may be required to make a zero dollar purchase with a credit card for proof of age.
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the subject of the photo.
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Entries are to be uploaded through our online entry as digital images and may be in color or black and white. Images should be submitted in JPG format. File sizes must be less than 2MB. Images must be in natural color, black and white, sepia tone, or duotone to be eligible. Digital images will not be returned. Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.
An individual may submit only one photo per contest. Multiple entries will result in disqualification.
Copyright: Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed on the ecosee.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that EcoSee may display winning photos in a "past winners" photo gallery and may make and retain copies of the photograph for archival purposes.
Eligibility: Open to anyone who is aged 18 and above.
We want your best photos, your favorite photos. Photos that you look at and think, you know, there’s something really special about this one, and I’d like to share it with other people who have a thing for photography.
The JPG Uploader will only accept photos that are at least 2200px wide or tall. This requirement is to make sure your photos look good in print! Please do not enlarge your photos to be larger, as it lowers the image quality dramatically.
Copyright: JPG Magazine respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same.
Entry fee: Free
Entry deadline: Monthly
The Graphics.com Photography Contest - Deadline: Monthly
A monthly contest devoted to photography, with the prize being a subscription to Photos.com. Each month the creator of the winning image, as picked by staff, receives a three-month subscription to the Photos.com stock photo subscription site.
Add your photo here, to enter the October Graphics.com Photography Contest—just one entry per month, please (click on Admin Options to upload). File size should be under 1 MB and photos should not have been submitted to previous Graphics.com Photography Contests. You must be a logged in Graphics.com member to upload an image or comment on other images. You can join or login here. Please read the rules and conditions before uploading an image. At the end of the month, Graphics.com staff will pick one winning image, based on its creativity and technical merit, the creator of which will receive a free 3 month subscription to Photos.com, providing subscription download access to over 350,000 professional stock photos.
This is a monthly contest with the emphasis on pure photography, as opposed to heavily edited imagery. Membership to the Graphics.com site is required but this is free.
All photos must incorporate pets to be considered for the contest. We cannot accept photos of non-companion animals.Winners will be selected on a monthly basis by a committee from AnimalAttraction.com. The winner will be selected from among the photos with the highest average rating from among the top 10 vote getters. The rating average is calculated by dividing the total score for an individual photo by the number of voters for that photo.
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General Guidelines
Photos must be in .jpg format and below 300K in size.
We can not accept photos of minors, unless accompanied by an adult.
Copyright: By posting information or content to any public area of Animal Attraction, you automatically grant to Animal Attraction and other Animal Attraction Members an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, fully-paid, worldwide license to use, copy, perform, display and distribute such information and content and to prepare derivative works of, or incorporate into other works, such information and content, and to grant and authorize sub-licenses of the foregoing.
Australian Digital Photo Of The Day
(hereafter referred to as ADPOTD) and Monthly Theme Competition
are open to all Australian residents.
Those with more than 12 months active
membership, are granted "special" membership status,
should it become necessary to move off-shore. In recognition of
this prior membership, these members may continue to participate in
all areas of the POTD web site, including
competitions.
Please see the pictures in the archives. There you can see the quality of the selected and winning photos. Please realise that it is not relevant that you have such good memories when you see your photos (the first steps of your child or that adorable little boy you met during your vacation in Bangla Desh). The visitors of FotoSurf don’t have that good memories, they think a photo is good or not.
When you e-mail a photo, please do not send images larger then the maximum size of 400 kb. Please only use the Jpeg format as an attachment on your e-mail. Each contest has a deadline: the 25th of the month. But we can keep (good) pictures in stock for future use, so you can mail photos at any time! Please mail no more then 3 at the time. Mail to: photocontest@fotosurf.nl!
Top three photo of the year winners will receive Certificate of Achievement through post.
Top three photo of the year winners will receive a Pro photographer Certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
15 Honorable entries will receive Certificate through e-mail
photo of the month winners
will get winning certificate through e-mail.
If a member wins three monthly contest in a year he will receive a pro photographer certificate from The Aperture Light through post.
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What to Enter
All Photographs must have been taken from a digital camera.
Photograph should be resized to 640*480 before uploading.
Images should only treated with basic sharpening, cropping and removal of dust spots. Images should contain only the subject matter as originally seen through the viewfinder.
Copyright: Copyright of the image remains the property of the photographer.
Eligibility: Open to all photographers, of any age.
Entry fee: Single entry in monthly contest is FREE to all our members for uploading additional entry members should pay $2 per entry. Photo of the year contest - $10 per entry.
Weekly Prize: The name of each weekly winner will be published in the Digital Focus column on the PC World Web site, along with a link to the winning photo. Monthly Prize: Each monthly winner will receive a gift from PC World, such as a PC World CD carrying case. The monthly prizes may vary each month and will be determined by the Judges, but in no event shall the estimated retail price of any monthly prize be less than $15 or exceed $50.
Entrants may only enter the Contest in the following way:
Send via e-mail one digital photograph in JPEG format at a resolution no larger than 640 by 480 pixels, along with the title of the photo, a short description of the photo, and your name, e-mail address, and postal address (collectively, an “Entry”), to the author of the Digital Focus newsletter at hotpic@pcworld.com.
Enter the weekly digital Photo Contest by submitting two of your best photos and you may receive valuable feedback on your work from a friendly digital photography community. If you are selected as a Photo Contest winner you will get some serious recognition on your digital photography skills by having the winning photo displayed, and viewed by thousands every day, in the digital photography forums and the front page here at BytePhoto.com.
Prize: A copy of ACDseePro to each weeks winner for the next 24 weeks
BabyZone Weekly Photo Contest - Deadline: Weekly
Each week BabyZone hosts four photo contests for the best baby, pre-schooler, and child photos. Each contest features eight to sixteen candidates and the weekly winners go on to compete in the final round at the end of each month. These four monthly photo winners then become eligible to participate in our year-end Grand Finale.
Baby (0-12 Months)
Toddler (13 Mon. - 3 Yrs)
Preschooler (3-5 Years)
Child (5-13 Year)
BabyZone’s staff screens submissions based on photo quality, composition, and creativity of image. Up to 12 images will be displayed weekly, and the baby, toddler, preschooler, and child receiving the most votes each week will be selected to compete against other weekly winners for the monthly grand prize of having a “cover shot” in BabyZone’s national newsletter and on the home page of BabyZone during the subsequent month.
All finalists go on to a year-end finale, and each winner of the finale will receive a $100 prize.
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Upload your child’s photo to our server via our website. Please keep images close to 80K in file size.
The parent or guardian of the child in the photo must be the person submitting the photo/JPEG.
Only one image per contestant will be considered; however, you can submit a photo of your child for the following months as long as it is a different image than what was previously entered.
Copyright: All winning photos become the property of BabyZone, Inc., and as such may not be published elsewhere (including but not limited to other Internet websites and print publications) without the express written consent of BabyZone, Inc.
Everyone has a camera these days and we know you're taking some amazing photos! Let's see what you've got! Go SNAP those pics, then …
… SHARE your photos on your free WeSay profile page using our easy upload process. Others can view the photos on your profile and vote for them. The more votes you get …
… the higher your WeSay status grows, and our editors select the best images to feature on our site's homepage where you can SEE your photo views skyrocket!
Entry into the competition constitutes agreement to these terms and conditions.
Photo format and size
All photographs entered must conform to the following requirements:
in jpg format (file extension .jpg or .jpeg)
1mb or less in size
the larger side of the photograph to be no more than 1,000 pixels
Content and judging
The judges decision is final, no correspondence will be entered into.
The judges maintain the right to refuse entry of any photograph into the top 100 displayed photographs due to the following:
No photographs shall be published on the website if they contain nudity, implied nudity, exploitation of children or animals, morbid images (images depicting human death or mutilation), suggestive sexualisation of minors,
A refund will not be given if the entry is deemed by the judges to be in violation of the above criteria. The photograph will simply not be published on the site and no correspondence will be entered into.
If a photograph is entered into a competition and the entry is not processed for the current competition, the entry will be rolled over to the next week’s competition.
Contestants may enter any number of photographs into the weekly competition. Each photograph will incur the US $2.00 entry fee.
Contestants may enter the same photograph into the weekly competition as many times as desired. Entering the same photograph multiple times in the same week will not influence the judging in any way. Each time the photograph is entered it will incur the US $2.00 entry fee. Therefore it does not make sense to enter the same photograph multiple times in the same week, however;
Contestants may enter the same photograph into successive weekly competitions if desired. The results for the same photograph may vary from week to week depending on the competing entries.
The photographs will be judged by professional photographers with industry recognised experience, employed by weeklyphotocomp.com. The identity and credentials of the judges may remain anonymous. No correspondence will be entered into.
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The photographs will be judged according to the following criteria and weighting:
Composition – 10% (objective) Position – is the photograph centred or does it follow the rule of thirds, does the positioning of the subject work? Cropping – does the cropping enhance the photograph, is there too much empty space around the photograph or is too much of the subject cut off? Does the composition draw the viewers eye into the photograph if intended? Does the photo contain foreground, middle ground & background, particularly if it is a photo of landscape, depending on artistic intent?
Lighting – 10% (objective) Is the lighting used to good effect, if intended? Is the photo washed out due to too much light or too many light sources? Are some areas too dull or dark due to lack of lighting? Depends on artistic intent.
Correct exposure (may vary according to artistic intent) – 10% (objective) Is the photograph overexposed or underexposed & is there a good balance between the different areas of the photograph?
Focus / depth of field – 10% (objective) Is the subject in focus? Is the depth of field appropriate for the subject, e.g. shallow DOF for portraits & macro, deep DOF for landscapes etc. ay vary according to artistic intent.
Colour – 10% (objective) Are vibrant colours captured or is the photo dull, may vary according to intent and context. Are the colours too vivid or not vivid enough? If B&W, is there enough contrast / tonal range or is the photo all middle greys and washed out? Are the colours true to the subject and intent of the photo? May vary according to interpretation of artistic intent.
Originality – 10% (subjective) Is the subject and the way it is captured original or is it a typical theme or scene?
Vibe – 10% (subjective) How does the photograph make the viewer / judges feel? Is the viewer / judge instinctively moved by the photograph, does it stir some emotions?
Artistic Merit / interesting – 30% (subjective) Is the photograph interesting? Does it capture the intended theme, emotion, mood, character, style etc? Would the viewer / judge display it proudly in their own gallery or home as fine art?
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Each entry is given a unique number. The above criteria are judged for each entry and the results placed in a spreadsheet. Each weekly competition will have a new spreadsheet. The results will be compiled and the winner and top 50 determined from the total of all criteria.
The photographs and judging spreadsheets from each week will be backed up to external hard drives, with one copy kept off site for security.
The entrant retains the copyright of the photograph. By entering the photograph, the entrant gives permission for weeklyphotocomp.com to publish the photograph on the website only. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for anybody taking a copy of the photograph from the website and publishing that image. It is the entrant’s responsibility to take any action against the perpetrator directly if desired and not against weeklyphotocomp.com.
The entrant may request the photograph to be taken off the website and weeklyphotocomp.com will take all reasonable action to remove the photograph as soon as practical.
Photographs will remain published on the website for a maximum period of 1 year, after which time the archive for that week will be removed, if not before.
The entrant is to submit their own photographs only. The entrant is to take full responsibility for ensuring that their entry is their own original work. Weeklyphotocomp.com takes no responsibility for ensuring that the entry is the original work of the entrant.
Entrants under 16 must have parents consent to enter competition. Weeklyphotocomp.com cannot take responsibility for verifying age of person making payment or verifying permission of parent / cardholder. Entry to competition constitutes personal undertaking that entrant is over 16 or has permission of parent / guardian / cardholder.
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The only information about the entrant published will be the user name submitted with the entry and the location of the photograph.
The entrant may choose to use their real name as the user name or may choose to use an alias. The entrants real name will be required to be submitted as part of the entry process however this will not be published unless the entrant chooses to use their real name as the user name.
Model release forms are not required to be submitted with photographs of people because the photographs are not intended for commercial use. It is not the intention of Weekly Photo Comp Pty Ltd to publish the photographs for advertising purposes, linking the subject to any product or id
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