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OD Photo Prize 2023
Artists selected for OD Photo Prize 2023 will receive the following support and opportunities:
- Having their work produced for a group exhibition hosted by Open Doors Gallery in London, 30Nov–2Dec, 2023
- Exhibited in London and also online gaining exposure to the Open Doors Gallery collector base
- Exhibition exposure to a substantial number of visual arts professionals and the media
- Inclusion in the gallery website announcement and dedicated newsletter
- Their projects viewed and considered by our panel of leading industry experts
- Their work shared with our 95,000+ social media following
- Inclusion in an ongoing community and support network facilitated by Open Doors Gallery
- All exhibting finalists will have at least one image published in the hand made exhibition zine. Available at the Winter Exhibition [See examples below]
In addition, the Jurors in consultation with Open Doors Gallery will award the following prizes:
Grand Prize:
- £2,000 prize
- Includes £500 cash prize supported by Open Doors Gallery
- Includes £500 print credit supported by Metro Imaging
- Includes £500 print credit supported by Hahnemuhle
- Includes £500 credit supported by MPB
- Long term mentorship through Open Doors Gallery
- Listed on the OD Artist page & Artsy platform for at least one year, presenting available artworks from their submitted projects
2 x Runners-Up:
- Long term mentorship through Open Doors Gallery
- Listed on the OD Artist page & Artsy platform for at least one year, presenting available artworks from their submitted projects
Metro Imaging Mentorship Award:
- Tailored mentorship programme designed to support the awarded artist through any aspect of their career development which they deem vital
- A unique opportunity to gain ongoing 1:1 advice and guidance from Professor Steve Macleod, Creative Director at Metro Imaging, to help nurture and expand their practice
Juror’s Choice Award:
- Spotlight by an individual Juror in recognition of the strength of an artist’s work
- A dedicated text by their respective Juror published on our website
Successful entrants will be notified by email in mid-September 2023 with information regarding the following steps towards publication and exhibition.
Online submission of digital images via the website. Only 6-15 images per project submission is permitted.
Online submission format: JPG
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FOR YOU:
When you are picking your camera settings, it is critical to avoid overexposing highlights in a photo. The reason? It’s simply impossible to recover any detail from white areas of a photo. Personally, I prefer the sky in my photos to have nice texture and color, rather than being just a big, featureless blob, and I bet you do too. It’s pretty easy to keep your highlights intact. But this is where shutter speed, aperture, and ISO are so important. These are the only camera settings that directly affect the brightness of a photo (ignoring flash settings, of course). Even exposure compensation – an important setting itself – just tells your camera to change one or more of these three variables. When you’re taking photos, watch the camera screen to see if there is any overexposure. If there is, the first thing you should do is lower your ISO to its base value (usually ISO 100). If it’s already there, use a faster shutter speed. That will take care of the issue. As for aperture, make sure it isn’t set to a crazy value (f/32, f/45, etc.) and you’ll be good. If your camera is mirrorless and has a histogram or zebras, enable them. These tools allow you to check your exposure and more easily get a properly-exposed photograph.
When you are picking your camera settings, it is critical to avoid overexposing highlights in a photo. The reason? It’s simply impossible to recover any detail from white areas of a photo. Personally, I prefer the sky in my photos to have nice texture and color, rather than being just a big, featureless blob, and I bet you do too. It’s pretty easy to keep your highlights intact. But this is where shutter speed, aperture, and ISO are so important. These are the only camera settings that directly affect the brightness of a photo (ignoring flash settings, of course). Even exposure compensation – an important setting itself – just tells your camera to change one or more of these three variables. When you’re taking photos, watch the camera screen to see if there is any overexposure. If there is, the first thing you should do is lower your ISO to its base value (usually ISO 100). If it’s already there, use a faster shutter speed. That will take care of the issue. As for aperture, make sure it isn’t set to a crazy value (f/32, f/45, etc.) and you’ll be good. If your camera is mirrorless and has a histogram or zebras, enable them. These tools allow you to check your exposure and more easily get a properly-exposed photograph.