Photography Competition – win £100 in vouchers!

Take the Greener Kirkcaldy Photo Challenge, get your skills noticed and win £100 in vouchers.

We all love to see our own photographs published – here’s your chance! Greener Kirkcaldy has teamed up with the Kirkcaldy Photographic Society to launch a photo competition. We’d like to invite local photographers of all levels of ability (apart from professional photographers) to submit a maximum of three beautiful and unusual images which display your interpretation of ‘Greener Kirkcaldy’.

The competition will be run in two categories (Under 16 and Adult) with a winner and finalists in each. The deadline for entries is 10th September 2010.

How to enter

Submit up to 3 (up to 2Mb) photographs reflecting your interpretation of ‘Greener Kirkcaldy’.  Email your entries to info@greenerkirkcaldy.org.uk or send digital images on a CD to: Greener Kirkcaldy, 222 High Street, Kirkcaldy KY1 1JT marked ‘photo competition’. Please make sure that each entry is labelled with your name, address, telephone number and email. Also provide a title and a brief description of what you have photographed, where the shot was taken and its relevance to our environment.

The closing date for entries is 10th September 2010. Images will be judged by a panel consisting of members of Kirkcaldy Photographic Society and Greener Kirkcaldy.

Competition Rules

  1. An entrant can submit a maximum of 3 photos.
  2. In the spirit of the competition, it is suggested that photos should have been taken locally, or have local significance.
  3. All images must be submitted as digital files in jpeg format.
  4. Digital images should be of high resolution and be submitted by email (maximum file size 2MB), or on CD.
  5. Images should be enhanced only to remove spots or scratches and not be manufactured by photo-imaging programs.
  6. Entrants must be the sole author and owner of copyright of all images entered. Copies of other peoples photos will not be allowed.
  7. Copyright of all images submitted remains with the respective entrants. Where Greener Kirkcaldy use an image, the photographer will be credited. The purpose of the competition is promoting the understanding of green issues in the area. Consequently it must be understood that each entrant grants Greener Kirkcaldy a licence to feature competition entries in its publications or website, for a period of no more than five years.
  8. The competition is not open to employees of Greener Kirkcaldy.
  9. All entries are submitted at the owners risk. Greener Kirkcaldy cannot accept responsibility for damage or loss. Entries will not be returned to entrants.
  10. Winners will be notified by 24th September 2010.
  11. Greener Kirkcaldy reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules if necessary.
  12. If the winner proves to be non-contactable after reasonable attempts to do so, Greener Kirkcaldy reserves the right to either offer a prize to a runner-up or to re-offer the prize in a later competition.
  13. These rules are governed by the laws of Scotland.
  14. The decision of the judges is final.

Types of photograph permitted – any photo that highlights the positive or negative consequences of our actions towards our planet. Composite or trick photos are not allowed and may be disqualified if detected. Spots and scratches may be edited out and brightness and contrast may be adjusted. However, cropping, cloning and photo-manipulation by means of programs such as Photoshop or Paintshop Pro, will be considered to be against the spirit of the competition.

The main objective of this competition is to raise awareness amongst the entrants and the people of the Kirkcaldy area, about our local environment and the greater environmental issues faced by our society. The competition also has the objective of instilling passion in the fascinating hobby that is photography.