Google+ Photographers Photo Competition

To celebrate my Google+ Photographers Community reaching 10,000 members I’m running a worldwide photo competition!

Entry is FREE and you even will have the chance to win 1 of 3 Sony Digital Still Cameras!

To enter the photo competition simply visit the Google+ Event and follow the Conditions of Entry (information about the competition can be seen below or on the Google+ Event).

The details of the Google+ Photographers Competition are as follows:

Event is open Friday, Feb 1, 1:00am (Hong Kong Time) and closes Saturday, April 27, 6:00pm (Hong Kong Time)

You can only enter this competition on Google+

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1. Add Leigh Diprose or F Stop Lounge to your circles
2. Be a member of the Google+ Photographers Community
3. Enter only ONE photo to the event – it has to be your best photo.
4. Share this event with your circles

HOW DO I ENTER?

Follow the CONDITIONS OF ENTRY and
Say you are going to this event and then enter ONE photo to this event.

WHAT IS THE THEME?

There is no theme. Simply enter only ONE of your best photos.

WHAT ARE THE PRIZES?

The Top THREE photos selected by the judges will each receive
1x Sony DSC TX20 Digital Still Camera.
See the specs here: http://www.dpreview.com/products/sony/compacts/sony_dsctx20/specification

HOW WILL THE PHOTOS BE JUDGED?

There will be 10 judges.
Each of the 10 judges will choose their favourite photo.
The photos selected will form the finalists.

The selected finalists will then be judged on a Judges Google+ Hangout and be given a score out of 100 on the following criteria –

How creative, original and what the technical quality is like in the photograph.

HOW WILL THE TOP THREE PHOTOS BE CHOSEN?

The three photos that receive the highest score from the judges will be selected as the winning three photos. These three finalists will be announced LIVE on a Google+ On Air Hangout on Leigh Diprose’s YouTube Channel.

In the event the winner is disqualified for any reason, the photograph that received the next highest total score will be chosen as one of the winning photos.

REMEMBER TO WIN A PRIZE YOU MUST FOLLOW THE CONDITIONS OF ENTRY (located at the top)

WHO ARE THE JUDGES?

The Judges will be announced shortly.

THE LITTLE LEGAL SECTION – THE SMALL TEXT

1. You acknowledge that is Your responsibility for protecting your entry against image misuse by any third party. Leigh Diprose assumes no responsibility and will not be liable for any image misuse.

2. There are no alternatives available for the prize winner.

3. The winners photo will be published online on www.fstoplounge.com; the F Stop Lounge Google+ page, F Stop Lounge Facebook page and the Google+ Photographers Community.

4. Photoshop and other editing techniques are allowed.

5 The prize will be sent to you within a reasonable time.

6. Your submission must not contain content, material or any element that is unlawful, or otherwise in violation of or contrary to all applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws and regulations the laws or regulations in any state where the Photographs were created.

7. The judges have the right to disqualify anyone who submits multiple entries or is found to be cheating.

Who is the sponsor of the prize?
Sponsored by Leigh Diprose

Good Luck Everyone!

To see the winner of the last Google+ Photographers Photo Competition check out the Judges Google+ Hangout where myself and the judges announced the winner live on my YouTube channel.

Until Next Time – Happy Shooting!

Worldwide Google+ Photographers Photo Competition

Dec22

Another successful worldwide photo competition has finished and the winner has been selected!

The entries into the Google+ Photographers Competition were outstanding! I couldn’t believe the quality of work that was submitted on Google+. Certainly is the best place for photographers. For the full details on how the competition worked click on the banner below:

Now to the important details – the winning image!

The winning photograph was a beautiful black and white photo of a sheep by Gerald Fischer. The post process carried out of the image was superb. Gerald won himself a $100.00 B&H voucher for winning the competition!

Gerald Fischer

The images which made the finalists were:

Helena Martins – Stairs To The Past

Markus Landsmann – The Colognebay

Mathieu Archambault

Máximo Panés – Jump

Micah Burke – Eclipse Montage

All of the finalist photographs were judged on the following criteria. Each photo was awarded a score out of 100 points:

1. (25 points) How creative the photograph is.

2. (25 points) How original the photograph is.

3. (25 points) What the technical photographic quality is like.

4. (25 points) How good is the Post Processing Techniques?

The winner was selected from the highest total combined score from all the judges.

Here are the total scores for the above images:

Do you agree with the judge’s verdict? Lets see what the people’s choice would have been: Vote below in the poll:

The judging of the final image was broadcast LIVE via my YouTube channel. Check out the full recorded On Air Google+ Hangout below and watch what the judges had to say about the image.

A big shout out to all the international judges for their dedication to photography and their time.

Matt Granger – That Nikon Guy , André Appel, Joshua Fisher, Don Noll, Andy Gray, Jack Salzke and Helen Sotiriadis.

If you are an imaging wholesaler or photography store and wish to promote your social media and reach online please get in contact with me via leighdiprosephotography@yahoo.com to find out how I can promote your business through one of my photo competitions.

Until next time – Happy Shooting!

Photography Competition – Hey, Hot Shot!

Oct19

After working on a recent wedding most of the night I decided to take a break and enter a photography competition. I found myself catching up on emails after being distracted from a photo competition search on google. To my surprise I opened an email from Photojojo and found a link to a Jen Bekman Project called Hey, Hot Shot.

With a competition name like Hey, Hot Shot I knew that this photography challenge was going to be a little different.

I had a quick read of the main page and was surprised to hear that this was more than an ordinary photography competition – “Hey, Hot Shot! provides an ongoing platform for photographers at all stages of their career by providing unrivaled exposure, support and recognition through Bekman Projects (which also includes Jen Bekman Gallery and 20×200).” I continued reading…”Each year, one talented image maker will receive a $10,000 honorarium, in addition to the hallmark awards Bekman Projects offers.”

I was sold. I had to enter! I decided to visit the archives for this competition. Below are the five photos which formed one entry into the competition.The competition closes the 14th November 2012. For more information check out the Hey, Hot Shot website.

“Hudor Calme”

“Chroma”

“Kinesis”

“Aurum”

“Sumarlina”

Parts of this text forming this post were taken from Hey, Hot Shots! website.

Until next time – Happy Shooting!

Winner Announced – F Stop Lounge Photo Competition

Oct9

I must say this was the first photography competition which I have conducted and what a success! A huge thank you to all the photographers for getting behind this free competition by submitting their motion themed entry! There certainly is some very talented photographers out there! We had over 144 entries which were accepted across the month-long competition.

This competition would not have happened if it wasn’t for the amazing judges who put in a huge effort to get this competition launched. Thanks to André Appel, Suzanne Clements, Andy Gray, Kev Isabeth, Paul Pichugin, Jack Salzke and Helen Sotiriadis for donating your time and photographic insight. Also a huge shout out for Don Noll for administrating the entire event. You all are truly amazing photographers, judges and wonderful people so from the bottom of my heart I thank you for all your help.

Below you can see the photos which made the finals as well as the top three photos. Congratulations to Nicola Davidson for the amazing photo which took out first place.

For your information this is how the judging was conducted:

Each of the 8 judges chose their favourite three entries from all the entered photographs. These selected entries formed the finalists.

From the selected finalists the photographs were judged individually and were scored out of 100 on the following criteria –

1. How well the photo fits the theme of motion.

2. How creative the photograph is.

3. How original the photograph is.

4. What the technical photographic quality is like.

Once an image had been individually scored the judges scores for that image were combined to give a final score. The finalist that received the highest overall score was selected as the winner.

Images which made it to the finals: