For 2019 we are looking to celebrate new and emerging forms of photography. Starting in February we are looking to celebrate the New Zealand summer with the camera you always have with you, your smartphone!
The Competition & Requirements:
Deadline: Feb 28th, 2019 5pm
Entries are open to photographers using a Smartphone or tablet to take images in the Wellington region.
Posts on personal accounts (Instagram) are also eligible. The photos should not be altered in any desktop image processing program such as Photoshop. It is OK to use mobile editing apps.
The use of any mobile app for editing is permissible. In some cases we may ask for the original image to verify that it’s taken with a phone. Photos which cannot be verified will be disqualified.
Categories:
Open & Summer in the city
Uploading & Preparing your images:
You can enter up to 3 photos for each theme taken with a mobile phone until the deadline of 5pm, 28th of February 2019.
It’s free to participate!
Prizes:
All entries compete for the overall grand prizes
The work of the winners and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place Winners on each category and selected others will be published on WPS website and FB page and other published WPS materials.
- Honorable Mentions: Our judges will award several Honorable Mention to entries to acknowledge talent as they deem fit.
- Judging Criteria: Members of the judging panel will review all entries and judge images on the basis of artistic merit, originality, subject, and style and ultimately decide the winners. The Prizes will be awarded by a panel of 6 of various photographers with recognized merit in general photography, and mobile photography in particular.
Entry Fees
Entry is free, but images must be taken within the Wellington region.
Disclaimer:
Participants represent and warrant that (1) the Photographs are original and that they own the rights to their Photographs, (2) the Photographs do not violate the rights of any third party, (3) the Photographs do not convey a false or misleading impression, and (4) any additional information they submit about the Photographs is accurate.
Use of images disclaimer
Copyright and all other rights remain that of the photographer. Any photograph used by WPS shall carry the photographer’s credit line. Use may include publication in any WPS media and sponsor publications.
All entrants understand and agree that any image submitted to the competition may be used by WPS to use for marketing and promotional purposes including in any media such as our Webpage, Impact Magazine and our social media channels. And other digital media directly related to the competition.
Winner Notification
All winners will be announced online two weeks after the final submission deadline. Only top winners in each categories will be notified before the official announcement.
Entry Deadline: Feb 28th, 5pm, 2019