Photocompete

• Copyright: You will retain all rights to any photograph you submit. Winning images may be used by the Organizers in connection with the current and any future Photo Contest for promotion.
• Entry fee: $40 for three images and $10 for each additional image over three.
• Entry deadline: 31st March 2011
• Who can enter: Open to photographers of any level who are at least 18 years of age, worldwide.

Theme: Light: natural, studio, low key, high key, long exposures or explorations in light graffiti — how you see the light is up to you.

Prizes (total value of over $12,000):

• Grand Prize
  • The workshop of your choice in Santa Fe including tuition, fees, meals, and on-campus housing
  • Dynalite RP400 W/S Power Pack and a RH1050 Flash Head
  • Blurb gift certificate for $500
  • Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3 software
  • Canson Baryta Photographique Paper, four boxes (25 sheets per box), 8.5 x 11-inch
  • National Geographic Traveler one-year subscription
• Second Prize
  • Santa Fe Photographic Workshops $500 gift certificate
  • Chimera Medium (36×48") Super PRO (choice of white or silver interior), and Strobe Speed Ring of your choice
  • Sekonic L-358 Flash Master Light Meter
  • Kodak Ektar 100 film, 25 rolls
  • National Geographic Traveler one-year subscription
• Third Prize
  • Nikon Coolpix L110 Camera with HD (720p) video recording/stereo sound
  • Canson Baryta Photographique Paper, four boxes (25 sheets per box), 8.5 x 11-inch
  • National Geographic Traveler one-yea r subscription
• The Workshop’s Director’s Award
  • The workshop of your choice in Santa Fe including tuition, fees, and meals
  • Calumet new model Genesis 200 2-Light Kit
  • Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 3 software
  • Kodak Ektar 100 film, 25 rolls
  • National Geographic Traveler one-year subscription
• Honorable Mention
  • The Inspirational Series from Santa Fe Photographic Workshops – a 2-disc DVD set.
  • A copy of LIGHT, a Blurb book of the 50 winning Contest photographs.

50 winning photographs will be announced on May 4, 2011

Each entry consists of an entry form, an entry fee, and up to three images. Additional images may be submitted for additional fees. There is no limit to the number of submissions per entrant.

Image requirements:

• 72 ppi resolution
• 1,280 pixels on the longest side
• sRGB or RGB color space (standard) with layers flattened
• 8 bit mode
• JPG format with compression at level 7 (at minimum)
• less than 2MB total size
• Finalists may be asked to submit a high-resolution file of at least 300dpi at 5×7 inches.

Official website: www.santafeworkshops.com/contest/