Photocompete

• Copyright: Entrants will retain copyright in the photographs that they submit to IPA. By entering the competition, all entrants grant IPA the right to publish and exhibit their photographs on our website and those of our sponsors.
• Entry fee: Free
• Entry deadline: 30th November 2010
• Who can enter: Open to residents from the United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

 

The theme is open to individual interpretation, but photos should be what you consider some of your best shots, either film or digital. They may be photos of better times, uplifting moments, wonderful experiences, the good times, exciting things you have seen or interesting people, it is wide open, so have fun picking the ones you feel are your favorites. Photographs may feature landscapes, people, animals, plants, activities or just about anything.

Categories:

• Amateur
• Professional

Prizes:

• Total value $8,000

Judging criteria:

• Composition
• Technical ability
• Originality
• Interpretation of our theme
• Commercial and aesthetic appeal

Entrants may submit up to three photos as digital files, in color, black and white or a toned image. Only one photo by any individual entrant can be included in the final shortlist. Printed images cannot be accepted and all entries must be emailed to us and be saved at 72 dpi and not larger then 700 pixels in its largest side. For our main contest, images may be digitally enhanced to remove spots or scratches, cropped, level and color adjustments and minor photo retouching is acceptable, but they should not be manipulated to the extent that it they no longer represent the original photo and then starts to become an illustration or work of art.  Conversion of a color image to black and white or a tone will also be acceptable.

 Official website: internationalpress.com/blog/photo-contests