Hi everyone. It is time to wrap up the contest shooting. “Summer In My Town” has run from June 1 through the first 2 weeks of August. We now must collect the entries and get the site set up. Below are submission instructions.
Please send the images to me by Tuesday, August 16, 2011. It will take me a week to set up the site (hopefully less) as we have had 50 people sign up. An email went out yesterday and a second one last night. If you did not get the email last night, and you have already registered, let me know ASAP. Registration is closed at this point.
Submissions:
1. 6-8 images in the story. (No less than 6, no more than 8. No exceptions)
2. Text is optional. If there is accompanying text, it will be submitted as an email in text.
(Do not try to layout the pages or incorporate the text into the images. Just have the text ready to accompany the work for when you submit it.)
3. Photographs must be taken between June 1, 2011 and August 10, 2011.
4. Images must be 700 pixels on the largest side.
5. Every image must contain the photographer’s name on the lower left corner, horizontally (72 PPI, 11 point type).
6. Images are transferred electronically. Put them in a folder that is named firstname-lastname – zip it up and email it to me (or share it on your DropBox or use DropSend)
7. Images must be named with photographers last name, and order of presentation. Example “don-giannatti-img1.jpg” or “don-giannatti-1.jpg”. This is quite important so please follow these instructions.
LE will be granted the rights to show the images on the contest page, and on additional sites that may be linking to the contest page. No additional rights are transferred, no third party use of the images. Copyright remains with the photographer.
A HUGE SHOUT OUT to our sponsors for this contest. Thanks to all who were so kind as to provide awards for our first place winner. (Just like real life, one person gets the gig.)
First prize winner will receive:
1. Midwest Photo Exchange:
LP608 10ft stand, LP621 mini-boom and 42” 5-1 reflector.
$150 value.
2. ThinkTank
“Speed Racer” Model
$179 value
3. Amherst Media (6 books)
All Four from Kirk Tuck (Autographed) and
“Master Lighting Guide for Commercial Photographers” (link)
“Portrait Photographer’s Handbook, 3rd Edition” (link)
$200 value
4. Syl Arena’s Book, (Speedliter’s Handbook) Autographed.
$30 value
5. A custom Blog from WordPress Themes for Photographers
$80 value
6. Attendance at any LE workshop for 2011 and 2012
$550 value
7. A Medium Standbagger Model 8 from Standbagger.com.
$80 value
8. Selina Maitreya’s Platinum Package of Clarion Call I and Clarion Call II. The Clarion Call Platinum Package is HUGE. All of the information from the first Clarion Call plus all the info from Clarion Call II.
$300 value
9. My new book, “Lighting Essentials: Subject Centric Lighting for Digital Photographers” – autographed by me.
(Available as Pre-Order from Amazon, and will be shipped pre-release edition)
10. A full set of Tony Kuyper’s Luminosity Masks. These are my secret weapon, and I use them on most images. Enhance the contrast within specific luminosities easily and with tons of control.
That’s nearly $1400 in value for the winner. That’s pretty cool, eh?
Second and Third place will receive:
1. My new book, “Lighting Essentials: Subject Centric Lighting for Digital Photographers” – autographed by me.
(Available from Amazon on Pre-Order, and will be shipped pre-release edition)
2. A two hour consultation with me: can be used for portfolio review, or general review of marketing/online presence.
Thank you for all who entered. For those that didn’t, I imagine that there will be some amazing images to look through when we get the galleries up. You will have an opportunity to voice your opinions on selection as well, so stay tuned.
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