SINAMAY FESTIVAL 2008 Photography Contest

[sylar]

kanus-a man diay nang sinamay festival bro?

[pnoize]

Look at this:

15. All entries must be submitted on or before September 8, 2008 with duly accomplished entry forms all submitted entries shall become sole and exclusive property of the Municipality of Carmen and maybe reproduced and/or reprinted into any size for exhibition without seeking permission from the owner nor paying compensation for the acquisition of said photos.

what also gets to me is the fact that they collect 500 pesos, have the photographer drive a few hours to carmen and not even offer a place to stay in, and food? THEN, you lose your right to YOUR photos?!

Boycott this photo contest!

[glanz]

gud am pipz...

daghana negative comments oi hehehee!!!

ill pass your comments to people that can actually do something about it...

hang on for my reply and possible revisons

THNX for your comments and keep them flowing so that this will be a better photo contest

cencya namo pipz.. this is a pioneer festival

1st time pa ni siya so daghan jud ni mga sipyat

tnx to forums like this maka kuha ta ug authentic reactions and suggestions

THNX

[koto]

To those who are looking for someone to do work for free… please wake up and join the real world

Every day, there are more and more CL posts seeking “artists” for everything from auto graphics to comic books to corporate logo designs. More people are finding themselves in need of some form of illustrative service.

But what they’re NOT doing, unfortunately, is realizing how rare someone with these particular talents can be.

To those who are “seeking artists”, let me ask you; How many people do you know, personally, with the talent and skill to perform the services you need? A dozen? Five? One? …none?

More than likely, you don’t know any. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be posting on craigslist to find them.

And this is not really a surprise.

In this country, there are almost twice as many neurosurgeons as there are professional illustrators. There are eleven times as many certified mechanics. There are SEVENTY times as many people in the IT field.

So, given that they are less rare, and therefore less in demand, would it make sense to ask your mechanic to work on your car for free? Would you look him in the eye, with a straight face, and tell him that his compensation would be the ability to have his work shown to others as you drive down the street?

Would you offer a neurosurgeon the “opportunity” to add your name to his resume as payment for removing that pesky tumor? (Maybe you could offer him “a few bucks” for “materials”. What a deal!)

Would you be able to seriously even CONSIDER offering your web hosting service the chance to have people see their work, by viewing your website, as their payment for hosting you?

If you answered “yes” to ANY of the above, you’re obviously insane. If you answered “no”, then kudos to you for living in the real world.

But then tell me… why would you think it is okay to live out the same, delusional, ridiculous fantasy when seeking someone whose abilities are even less in supply than these folks?

Graphic artists, illustrators, painters, etc., are skilled tradesmen. As such, to consider them as, or deal with them as, anything less than professionals fully deserving of your respect is both insulting and a bad reflection on you as a sane, reasonable person. In short, it makes you look like a twit.

A few things you need to know;

1. It is not a “great opportunity” for an artist to have his work seen on your car/’zine/website/bedroom wall, etc. It IS a “great opportunity” for YOU to have their work there.

2. It is not clever to seek a “student” or “beginner” in an attempt to get work for free. It’s ignorant and insulting. They may be “students”, but that does not mean they don’t deserve to be paid for their hard work. You were a “student” once, too. Would you have taken that job at McDonalds with no pay, because you were learning essential job skills for the real world? Yes, your proposition it JUST as stupid.

3. The chance to have their name on something that is going to be seen by other people, whether it’s one or one million, is NOT a valid enticement. Neither is the right to add that work to their “portfolio”. They get to do those things ANYWAY, after being paid as they should. It’s not compensation. It’s their right, and it’s a given.

4. Stop thinking that you’re giving them some great chance to work. Once they skip over your silly ad, as they should, the next ad is usually for someone who lives in the real world, and as such, will pay them. There are far more jobs needing these skills than there are people who possess these skills.

5. Students DO need “experience”. But they do NOT need to get it by giving their work away. In fact, this does not even offer them the experience they need. Anyone who will not/can not pay them is obviously the type of person or business they should be ashamed to have on their resume anyway. Do you think professional contractors list the “experience” they got while nailing down a loose step at their grandmother’s house when they were seventeen?

If you your company or gig was worth listing as desired experience, it would be able to pay for the services it received. The only experience they will get doing free work for you is a lesson learned in what kinds of scrubs they should not lower themselves to deal with.

6. (This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention.) Some will ask you to “submit work for consideration”. They may even be posing as some sort of “contest”. These are almost always scams. They will take the work submitted by many artists seeking to win the “contest”, or be “chosen” for the gig, and find what they like most. They will then usually have someone who works for them, or someone who works incredibly cheap because they have no originality or talent of their own, reproduce that same work, or even just make slight modifications to it, and claim it as their own. You will NOT be paid, you will NOT win the contest. The only people who win, here, are the underhanded folks who run these ads. This is speculative, or “spec”, work. It’s risky at best, and a complete scam at worst. I urge you to avoid it, completely. For more information on this subject, please visit NO!SPEC.

So to artists/designers/illustrators looking for work, do everyone a favor, ESPECIALLY yourselves, and avoid people who do not intend to pay you. Whether they are “spec” gigs, or just some guy who wants a free mural on his living room walls. They need you. You do NOT need them.

And for those who are looking for someone to do work for free… please wake up and join the real world. The only thing you’re accomplishing is to insult those with the skills you need. Get a clue.

DISCLAIMER: Apparently this well written post has been floating around on CraigsList. I first ran across it when Steph Doyle’s post I Wish I Had Written This came across my google alerts.

He got it from HOWmag forum where Cal posted before they could take it off CL (thanks Cal!).

The attempts to locate the author have failed. If you are the author, please contact us.

[JIGS]

unsa nang sinamay festival asa man ni e held??

[glanz]

After thorough discussion with the organizers, ISSUES
and COMMENTS ON THE PHOTO CONTEST were addressed and
answered:


1. REGISTRATION FEE OF P 500.00: it was lowered down
to P 350.00 per contestant and no additional
entries beyond the allowable 6 entries

2. PRIZE: this is not a money making scheme nor we
believe is a money-generating activity for
the contestants. We believe due recognition is
important to the winners, thus, money generated
from this contest is geared towards publicity of
achievement of winners through newspaper clipping
(something that the winners can really
boast) and trophies and awards using
the Sinamay products which is also a world-class
product.

3. WINNING PHOTOS: Winning photos will be exhibited.
Winning photographers' name will be posted
below their corresponding photos during the
exhibit This would be a great
honorarium to the winners.




4. CONTACT NOS AND CONTACT PERSONS:

A typo error on the contact number (032)
253-0009 instead of (032) 254-0009 at Planet Mars
Cafe in Andres Abellana, Guadalupe. Full names
of contact persons were previously given.
You may look for: JEPEN or WINGKLE (nicknames).

5. FESTIVAL DATE AND SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:

As previously posted, Grand Coronation Night
is on 27 August 2008 and Talents night is on
23 August 2008. The 1 week activity during
the fiesta week will be posted soon since we
are still finalizing it.


Lastly, Sinamay Festival Queen 2008 photo contest is
the first ever in the Municipality of Carmen. This
is also the first year that the Municipality of
Carmen will launch its Sinamay products and will be
the official theme of their Fiesta for many years to
come. A lot of firsts will be happening this year in
Carmen, even coming up of a Jingle for their
Festival.

Whoever wins the photo contest will also be the
pioneer winner. This contest is open only to those
who are dedicated and willing to capture beautiful
pictures of Carmen. We are not expecting a big
number of registrants or contestants due to location
but we can assure winners will be well acknowledged
and be given due recognition.

THANK YOU and GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONTESTANTS!

Sincerely,


VANESSA BAMI PUA-ABELGAS
Sinamay Festival Coordinator

[lomotel]

no free transpo and lodging?

[koto]

no free transpo and lodging?

yup same question sad nai transpo and lodging i mean its p350 for the registration dako ghapon na

[agoroy]

pag jeep lang padung ngadto kung mo shoot na ka ... same gihapon na kung sinulog ... kung asa man ka gikan na lugar moplete gihapon ka aron maka shoot.

offer man na sa organizer. it's either mo apil ka ani or dili. naa ra jud na nato kung mosupport ta ani or dili.

ka notice mo sa pattern sa mga festival photo contest ron? daghan man moapil so mao na. nindut man tingali ni kung di lang ta moapil .. ug dili sad ta mo shoot.

anyway of all festivals that i've been to, mura raman sad sinulog ang mga choreo and i've been through a lot of festival in different parts of the country for me it's not interesting anymore.


mas maayo unta kung ilang approach kay lahi na sad ba.

"we invite everyone to please help us (our municipality and first festival) on our information drive to reach others through various mediums (photos, videos ..etc) .... chuva ek ek"

[makusama]

hehehehe good luck ninyo tanan