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212 Photography Competition
Prizes:
- The 10 winners of competition will earn the right to have their work be part of an exhibition under 212 Foto?raf ?stanbul / 212 Photography Istanbul
- One winner of the International 212 Photography Competition will receive a 5000 Euro cash prize as well as a feature in the upcoming edition in 212 Magazine, an international biannual magazine focusing on arts, culture & society.
The winners are going to be announced on October 5th, 2023 at the start of the festival.
Online submission of digital images via the website. Upload your selection of at least 5, maximum 10 image
Image requirements: JPEG format. Photos should be submitted either in a single PDF file or a compressed ZIP file. All entries submitted to the Competition should be 1500 pixels at the longest dimension and be no larger than 3 MB. No watermarks, stencil, borders or signatures on the image file itself. On the second round high resolution files may be requested from entrants who have been selected by the judges and files should be in TIFF format if possible, or JPEG. and should be in 8-bit Adobe RGB. Image manipulation of digital files that include, HDR, focus stacking, noise reduction, dodging, burning, dust spot removal, sharpening, contrast, tone, and multiple exposure layering (provided that they were all taken in the same session in the same location) are permitted. Details must be provided in the caption at the time of entry for all of the above.
PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS FOR YOU:
Silhouettes are probably one of the best things you can shoot in monochrome photography because you think about film noir and the sense of mystery. One of the easiest ways to get good silhouettes is to look for a strong light source to place your subject against, and to underexpose your subject and expose for the background. If you don’t mind the details when placing and/or posing your subject, the object or person you’re photographing may not appear as originally intended in silhouette form. For example, stray hair in a close-up shot of a female model may look like an unruly beard when silhouetted. Loose clothing may further obscure your subject’s shape as well. If you want to recognize the people you’re transforming into silhouettes, turn them to the side for a profile shot. If you’re photographing more than one person, be sure to separate them enough to leave their shape or outline clearly defined. We’re already minimizing the details in our frame, so the details we keep need to count. Mind the details.
Silhouettes are probably one of the best things you can shoot in monochrome photography because you think about film noir and the sense of mystery. One of the easiest ways to get good silhouettes is to look for a strong light source to place your subject against, and to underexpose your subject and expose for the background. If you don’t mind the details when placing and/or posing your subject, the object or person you’re photographing may not appear as originally intended in silhouette form. For example, stray hair in a close-up shot of a female model may look like an unruly beard when silhouetted. Loose clothing may further obscure your subject’s shape as well. If you want to recognize the people you’re transforming into silhouettes, turn them to the side for a profile shot. If you’re photographing more than one person, be sure to separate them enough to leave their shape or outline clearly defined. We’re already minimizing the details in our frame, so the details we keep need to count. Mind the details.