Just wanna share this to everyone, especially to enthusiast out there who didn't know about this photo contest. Peace ya'll!
Categories:
Cebuscapes - Vistas that show the beauty of Cebu's natural or cultural resources.
Changing Cebu - New or rarely-seen views of Cebu, including new buildings or structures.
General Rules and Guidelines:
1. Sun.Star Photo Contest is open to all amateur and professional photographers in the Philippines except direct employees of the company and their relatives to the 3rd degree of consanguinity.
2. To join, applicants are required to fill out entry forms which they can get from any Sun.Star Cebu branh. (P. del Rosario St., Fuente or Mandaue Branch)
3. Submitted photos for "Cebuscapes" and "Structures" must have a location, date, name of photographer, brief description and must be identifiably taken in any place of Cebu.
4. All photos submitted as entries must be taken within the contest dates, May - September 2010.
5. Pictures must be colored or black and white.
6. Photos must be shot in raw format. Entry pictures must be in 8x10 prints, free of any watermarks or any markings and submitted with corresponding JPG and RAW/NEF files inside a CD or DVD.
7. Digital manipulation acceptable is adjustments to color, contrast, brightness and sharpness; removal of dust and scratches; cropping; and black and white conversions. Not acceptable are photo composites (combination of two or more photos); the addition, duplication, deletion or moving of objects in the photos; Infrared photos are not allowed.
8. Only two (2) photos per category per month may be submitted free of charge per photographer. A charge of P100/photo will be imposed for additional entries up to a maximum of ten additional entries per category per month.
9. Photos submitted must have been unpublished and should not have been posted in any website or social networking sites.
10. Judging of monthly entries will be based on entry number and not by photographer's name.
11. Two entries per category will be chosen as winners every month and these will qualify for the grand finals on October 2010.
12. Entries per month must be submitted on or before the following dates: May 31, June 30, July 30, August 31 and September 30, 2010. Winning entries every month will be announced in the newspaper. Non-winning entries for the month will not qualify for the next month's judging.
13. The criteria for judging are on image quality (sharpness, exposure, and lighting), composition and relevance to the theme.
14. A special prize will be given to an entry that may be chosen as the cover of the Cebu Yearbook 2011 issue.
15. All winning entries will be published in the Cebu Yearbook 2011 issue.
16. The decision of the Board of Judges shall be final.
17. All entries judged as finalist and winners shall become the property of Sun.Star and cannot be reproduced or reprinted by any other publication without the permission of Sun.Star Cebu. Photographers will be given photo credits every time the picture will be published.
1st Prize: P40,000
2nd Prize: P25,000
3rd Prize: P15,000
Visit Sun.Star Cebu Photo Contest at Facebook. For more info call 254.6100 loc. 103.
Sun.Star Photo Contest
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