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Wedding TraditionalWin this fantastic Epson R2400 printer

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Monthly Competition
FREE ENTRY FOR ALL SWPP & BPPA MEMBERS

NEW WEB BASED MONTHLY PRINT COMPETITION CLICK HERE FOR THE GUIDELINES

CLICK HERE TO ENTER

The competition is judged the first week of each month, therefore entries need to be received by  the final week of the preceding month. Fuji S5

Images submitted for competition may be used for promotional use by the SWPP & BPPA, unless otherwise agreed.

 We reserve the right to: change or modified the rules without notice.

Applicants agree that any entered photograph may be used by SWPP & BPPA and or Professional Imagemaker in any of the publications, printed materials, or electronic media

No identifying marks may appear on the front of the entry Nikon D3

Prizes will not be awarded if the winner does not attend the annual awards presentation or provides an acceptable reason for absence.

Scoring system for monthly image competition

All images will marked as follows

Gold - Silver - Bronze - Unclassified

Gold: Awards will go forward to the annual judging and are deemed to be images of the highest standard and will be published in Professional Imagemaker

Silver: Above standard. These images will be reviewed every three months and have the potential of being reclassified as Gold.

Bronze: Acceptable competent image.

Unclassified: Below acceptable standard for a competition image.

Additional prizes

New monthly additional prize 'judges prize'  Fujifilm’s FinePix Z20fd

 

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Previous Competition Winners

Competition 2008

2007

2006

See the winning images from 2007

2008 20 x 16  Illustrative  The Natural World  Wedding  Portraiture  Sport  

2007 Overseas  Traditional Wedding  Contemporary Wedding  Bridal Portraiture  Traditional Portrait  Contemporary Portrait  Fine Art  Family Portrait & Groups  Environmental Portrait  Children  Pets  Digital Art  Commercial  Fashion & Beauty  Glamour  Pictorial  Monochrome  Landscape  Science & Nature  Wildlife  Sport  Press & PR  Architectural  

2007 UK  Traditional Wedding  Contemporary Wedding  Bridal Portraiture  Traditional Portrait  Contemporary Portrait  Fine Art  Family Portraits & Groups  Environmental Portrait  Children  Pets  Digital Art  Commercial  Fashion & Beauty  Glamour  Pictorial  Monochrome  Landscape  Science & Nature  Wildlife  Sport  Press & PR  Architectural  

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The SWPP 2008 Convention was an outstanding success,
we have 7 days to get ready for the 2009 convention - which starts on January 14, 2009

Photo Quote: Keep it simple. - Alfred Eisenstaedt