3rd Quarter BPAi Dragon Boat Regatta
Photography Competition
2014
CONTEST MECHANICS
A. CONTEST THEME
The 3rd Quarter BPAi
Dragon Boat Regatta Photography Competition 2014 will adopt the theme: “Bugsay na Bai! (Let's Paddle, Buddy)”.
Entries must strictly
adhere to the competition’s
theme. Photographs should be able to capture the varied facets of this water
sport that promotes discipline, unity, teamwork, symmetry & balance.
Images
should therefore depict not only the joy & excitement of dragon boating but
also the drama, the agony & the intensity as reflected in the faces & body language of the paddlers
& spectators.
Submitted entries must
be photographs taken during the 3rd Quarter BPAi Dragon Boat Regatta on Saturday,
October 25.
B. WHO CAN JOIN
• Participants must be at least 13 years old.
• The contest is open to all professional & amateur
photographers and hobbyists.
• BPAi members are disqualified from joining the competition
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
1) Each submitted entry must
be entrant's original creation.
2) Each participant is
allowed to submit a MAXIMUM OF TEN (10) ENTRIES ONLY.
5) The entry cannot have
been submitted previously in a promotion of any kind or exhibited or displayed
publicly through any means
6)The entry must demonstrate
& depict the contest theme
A PARTICIPANT IS
NOT ALLOWED TO
USE MULTIPLE E‐MAIL
ADDRESSES IN SENDING
THEIR ENTRIES. A
PARTICIPANT WHO SUBMITS HIS/HER ENTRIES
USING MULTIPLE OR
DIFFERENT E‐MAIL ADDRESSES
WILL BE
DISQUALIFIED FROM THE COMPETITION.
PHOTO & IMAGE REQUIREMENTS
1) Photographs should be in digital
format/file. Only photos/images emailed
to boholpaddlers@gmail.com will be accepted
2) Photographs to be
submitted should have no watermark. There should be no identifying mark on the
images to eliminate any bias during the screening and judging of the submitted
photos.
3) All submitted digital
files must be 300 dpi (dots per inch), in JPEG or JPG format, and at least 1,000
pixels on one side (whether image is vertical or horizontal).
4) Submitted entries
must be in full color. Photos in Black
& White or Sepia
are not allowed.
5) The entry
to be submitted
should be an
image/photo with a
corresponding “photo title”. A photo caption is optional. If a caption is included, the caption must indicate the
place where the image was taken, and must have an accurate description of what
the photo is about.
6) Each photo entry
shall be provided with the following information: (i) title (caption is optional) , (ii)
name of photographer.
7) The following
photographs or images are disqualified:
o Photographs that have been previously submitted or have won
in any local or international photography contest.
o Photographs that violate a person’s
rights including, but not limited to copyright and privacy.
o Photographs that contain obscene, sexually explicit,
offensive or any other objectionable or inappropriate content.
o BPAi will
disqualify photos that
are digitally enhanced
or altered for
creative purposes. Altered images
refer to photographs
manipulated and applied with
special effects (colorizing, toning, collage, photo
composites, stitched panoramas, high dynamic range or HDR images, etc.).
Only
minor adjustments acceptable to BPAi
in the
color, sharpness, contrast
or digital equivalents are allowed.
BPAi reserves
the right to
disqualify any photograph
or image at any
time for any cause.
HOW TO ENTER:
Step 1: Log on to your Facebook account and
visit the group’s
Official Fan Page “BOHOL Paddlers Association INC. ”
& click on the LIKE icon.
Step 2: After LIKING & SHARING the
page, submit your complete name, age & email address as private message in
the page’s
inbox. This will serve as your entry for future raffle draws done through
electronic means
DEADLINE FOR ENTRY SUBMISSION
Deadline for
the online submission
of entries is
on October 25, 2014 (Saturday)
at 6:00 p.m. Entries
submitted after the set deadline will be rejected.
SCREENING OF ENTRIES/PHOTOGRAPHS
BPAi will form an
executive committee that will review all submitted entries and, in its sole
discretion, choose the top ten finalist photographs from the submissions
received.
CRITERIA FOR JUDGING
The top ten finalist
photographs will be chosen based on the following criteria:
• Adherence to theme/Content
• Creativity and Originality
• Photographic Quality
• Visual Impact
HOW THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN
1) BPAi will then post the
Top Ten Finalist Photographs at its Official FB Page “BOHOL Paddlers
Association INC.”
2) Page visitors shall
immediately vote for their favorite photo by clicking on the LIKE & SHARE
icons that corresponds with their photo of choice.
3) Each site visitor may
vote only once.
4) The winning
photograph shall be the photograph that receives the most LIKES from visitors
to the FB Page during the period identified by BPAi.
VOTING DURATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
Start & end of voting
will be announced right after the Top Ten Finalist Photographs have been
determined.
PRIZES AT STAKE
One Grand Prize winner
will be declared from among the Top Ten Finalist Photographs and will receive Three
Thousand Pesos (P3,000.oo), a Trophy & a special news feature
OTHER CONTEST PROVISIONS/CONDITIONS
BPAi shall have the
exclusive use of the photo entries of the Top Ten Finalists for the group’s various
marketing collaterals and communication.
This means that the
Grand Winner/Photo Owner of
the winning entry & the rest of the top ten finalist
photographs cannot resell or make use of his/her photo for other purposes except for his/her official portfolio.
The photos of the Top Ten automatically becomes the property of BPAi.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
Winners will be
announced on BPAi’s
Official Facebook Fan Page exactly two weeks after the top ten finalist
photographs have been posted in the page.
Date of awarding of prizes and other details will be announced later.
The decision of the Board of Judges is Final.
The organizer shall have the right not to entertain any protest or complaint
after the final decision of winners has been made.
CATCH THE FEVER AND EXCITEMENT! BE THERE WHEN
IT HAPPENS!
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