Hello folks! Welcome to the February 2012 contest. We are happy to partner with 500px.com and they are awarding an annual account to the first prize winner each month in this series of the contest. The winner will also be featured in the Indie Spotlight at FuelYourPhotography.com. N.B. Submission to the Contest must be made by midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the month.
January Contest Winners
This months contest was the closest ever with 1st and 2nd place being separated by .20 of a point, unfortunately 2 entries were disqualified for not meeting the rule of having an active 500px.com account watermarked on the submission. That being said, congratulations are in order for our January 2012 Contest winners, Aaron Wilson – first place, Boris Frković – second place and Zoran Stanko – third place. The top photographs are also featured in this article. Special thanks also to our judges for the January contest Indie Spotlight Team Leader – Bryan Zimmerman, FYP writers, Amber Fife, Hafez Kamal and new to the FYP team Jaycee Crawford and Andrew Iles.
This Months Contest
This months theme is “Black & Whiteâ€, color is all around us but this month we’ll do a turnabout and go old school. We encourage you to experiment with tonal ranges and produce some stunning black & white submissions. Your submissions maybe any subject you wish as long as they are black & white. Remember to watermark your images with your email address and your 500px.com account!
Below is a brief highlight of the rules to get you started, however, a full copy of the rules including the judging criteria can be found as a document on the Facebook Group Page.
The Eligibility Rules
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The contest is open to both amateur and professional photographers from around the world.
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You certify that you are the legal owner of the work submitted.
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Entries are accepted up to midnight United States Eastern Standard Time on the 21st of the corresponding month.
The No-Holds-Barred Rule
Feel free to express your creative vision by any means: any type of camera or lens, subject, light, composition, perspective, processing techniques, and anything else you can think of to create a meaningful, impactful, and beautiful work is perfectly acceptable. Submitted images may be from any date and not necessarily limited to the contest period.
The Technical Rules
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All images must be submitted in JPEG format and should be clearly watermarked with your email address AND your active 500px.com site (IE http://500px.com/YOURNAMEHERE) at which you can be notified should you be the lucky winner.
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Images are to be submitted (in high resolution if available) by joining the “FYP Photography Contest†Facebook group page, and then uploading to the folder for the corresponding folder IE this month’s folder is “February 2011 contestâ€.
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Maximum of 2 Images to be submitted per person (submitting more may result in disqualification of all images).
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Photographs will be judged on: Impact, composition, technique, presentation, originality and viewer input (comments/likes)
The No-Rights-Grab Rule
By entering this contest, Fuel Your Photography to post your submitted image(s) on our respective sites and blogs, along with your name. You also agree to provide your name and mailing information in order to facilitate delivery of the prizes. You retain all other rights.
Judging Period
Judging starts on the 22nd of the month and winners are announced in the article posting the new theme on the 1st of the following month.
The Judges’ decision is FINAL
I’m looking forward to seeing some fantastic entries from you, good luck!
