ready, steady, shoot!
Presenting the Round Table India and Ladies Circle India National Photography Competition Final winners to be selected by internationally acclaimed National Geographic photographer Fritz Hoffmann.
Competition start date: 13th February, 2012
Last date for submissions: 3rd March, 2012
Early bird prizes for first 100 entries!
Categories: Tablers ,Circlers ,HTs ,Twinklers (over 10) ,Twinklers (under 10)
Lets see some of your best shots that you have to share on the themes identified for you!
First 100 entries will get a personalised coffee mug with their photo printed on it!
Prizes sponsor
Kodak Surat Green Round Table 209 Eastern Equipment & Engineers (P) Ltd
Area 3
Area 4 – Samson Lighting
Entry guidelines:
To ensure a easy and smooth process please make sure that your entries adhere to the following guidelines – You must email your entry to the following email address: photography.rti@gmail.com - You can send only one image per email – Mention your full name and age along with table / circle number – In case of twinkler, please mention name, age along with the name of the parents – You are allowed no more than 3 (three) entries – Your images must be in the 1024 pixels on the longer edge at 72 dpi resolution – Your image must be accompanied by a small caption about the image; no more than 30 words. Parents are encouraged to help the little twinklers with the entry processes but please let them get the captions. We would love to see their creativity with words also
Final winners to be selected by internationally acclaimed National Geographic Photographer Fritz Hoffmann.
About your Judge:
Fritz is an American photographer who has garnered international recognition for his documentary style narratives on a range of subjects that portray society, culture, the environment and global economics. Fritz is a frequent contributor to NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Magazine for which he has photographed features in China, Cambodia, Greenland and the U.S.A.
Fritz is recognized for his photography work in China, which he began in 1994. He was a resident accredited photojournalist based in Shanghai from 1995-2008. He studied Mandarin at East China University of Science and Technology and at Shanghai University Academy of Fine Art. He has photographed in each of China’s provinces and municipalities numerous times. China and the Chinese Diaspora continue to be a primary interest for Fritz.
Prior to China, Fritz established his place as a respected international photo-correspondent while working with JB PICTURES in New York. Under the JB banner, he moved his base of operations to Nashville, Tennessee just before the first term of US President Bill Clinton increased interest in the American South. He opened the NETWORK PHOTOGRAPHERS (UK), Shanghai bureau in 1997. In 2002, Fritz co-founded documentCHINA, a picture agency based in Shanghai with online distribution for documentary photography of China.
Fritz lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
The judging process:
In order to keep the judging process simple and democratic the competition is going to follow a very straight forward process that has been tried and tested in the past few photo competitions on the Round Table India Photography Facebook page. – All the entries need to be sent via email on photography.rti@gmail.com - Post deadline (3rd March, 2012) photos will be uploaded on RTI Photography Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pages/
Once all images are uploaded entire Round Table India and Ladies Circle India will be encouraged to vote on their favorite photographs under all the categories. – The top 3 photos in each category with the maximum “likes†will be selected as finalists. – Fritz Hoffmann will then select the top two winners from each category! – Winners will be announced shortly there after and the prizes will be shipped to them.
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