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TNB Monthly Photo Contest - September
Monthly Photo Contest: September
Theme: "Everyday People" - People in their everyday environment
Deadline of Submission: September 18, 2010 - 11:59 pm
Prize: Bragging Rights
"Starting 12:01am September 1, 2010, we will be accepting your entries for the September Photo Contest"
"Everyday people" - People in their everyday environment
Taking pictures of people you don't know can be one of the most rewarding photographic experiences you'll ever have. Despite the odd horror story, street photography doesn't have to leave you feeling sly and the family stone-cold angry. This is your chance to explore what it is that makes us uniquely human.
Capturing pictures of people in their environment gives you the chance to explore how different perspectives and focal lengths can make someone feel closer or farther away, or allow you to tell a more complete story by including details that reveal something about your subject, such as a butcher's apron hanging on a wall.
You can find great portrait potential almost anywhere there are people – your high street, the beach, the train, even in your home (or their home, provided you're invited). Look for the 'defining moment' in your frame. Have your camera always pre-focused and ready. Do these things and you are more than halfway there. On the right we've offered some tips and information to help get you started.
Patience
If you're taking pictures of everyday people out on the street, the success of your image will depend on catching that small moment when a subject's feelings or personality are revealed.
It might be a shopkeeper expressing frustration at a customer, a woman hurrying her children, or this woman, who frowns when realising the man is staring at her. You will need patience, but these moments do reveal themselves.
Context
Close-ups of people are always good, but if you want to show their relationship to their environment you might want to think about using a wider focal length.
The more surrounding details you can include in your frame, the more it will put your subject in the context of his or her location and perhaps tell a story.
Get close
Of course, just as a wider angle gives you context of a location, a close-up reveals more emotion and the nature of your subject's relationships. This is because you are choosing to emphasize gestures and expressions.
RULES OF THE CONTEST
(yes there are rules and you HAVE to follow them)
Rules:
1. Photo must be any forms of human, people, person, you see on your everyday life
2. You may enter ONLY 1 Photo.
3. No inappropriate photos!
5. posting date of entries and voting is from September 19, 2010 - September 25, 2010
6. Posting of winners - September 26, 2010
7. the entry of the most number of votes will win, and the photograph will be featured in Monthly Photo Contest winners thread (this is the bragging rights photo contest).
8. Post Processing is allowed
9. you can vote only once
10. you can vote on your own photo
11. NO BORDERS, WATERMARKS AND SIGNATURES PLEASE
12. email your entries to: darktechsystem@yahoo.com with the subject of;
subject title: Team Nikon Bullies Monthly Photo contest - (Month of Contest) Entry e.g. Team Nikon Bullies Photo Contest September Entry
body of your email: your forum handle/name, title of your photo and some info(if there is any) like lighting setup, EXIF and etc.
13. Images must not exceed 800 pixels along its longest dimension.
Reminders:
- contest is open to cellphone cam, p&s and dslr.
- by submitting your photo to the contest, it means you're joining on your own free will and that you adhere to the rules of the contest (http://teamnikonbullies.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=contest&thread=100)
- this contest is just for fun so hopefully we won't have any sore losers who take away the fun
- this is not a post-processing contest
- Submit your best photo
Additional Reminders:
- Each photographer who submit his/her entries will automatically receive points on our league table and the photographer who has the highest points will be our photographer of the year.
photographers who won on our monthly photo contest will receive;
1st place - 15 point
2nd place - 10 points
3rd place - 5 points
Earn your points now!
cheers!!!
Monthly Photo Contest: September
Theme: "Everyday People" - People in their everyday environment
Deadline of Submission: September 18, 2010 - 11:59 pm
Prize: Bragging Rights
"Starting 12:01am September 1, 2010, we will be accepting your entries for the September Photo Contest"
"Everyday people" - People in their everyday environment
Taking pictures of people you don't know can be one of the most rewarding photographic experiences you'll ever have. Despite the odd horror story, street photography doesn't have to leave you feeling sly and the family stone-cold angry. This is your chance to explore what it is that makes us uniquely human.
Capturing pictures of people in their environment gives you the chance to explore how different perspectives and focal lengths can make someone feel closer or farther away, or allow you to tell a more complete story by including details that reveal something about your subject, such as a butcher's apron hanging on a wall.
You can find great portrait potential almost anywhere there are people – your high street, the beach, the train, even in your home (or their home, provided you're invited). Look for the 'defining moment' in your frame. Have your camera always pre-focused and ready. Do these things and you are more than halfway there. On the right we've offered some tips and information to help get you started.
Patience
If you're taking pictures of everyday people out on the street, the success of your image will depend on catching that small moment when a subject's feelings or personality are revealed.
It might be a shopkeeper expressing frustration at a customer, a woman hurrying her children, or this woman, who frowns when realising the man is staring at her. You will need patience, but these moments do reveal themselves.
Context
Close-ups of people are always good, but if you want to show their relationship to their environment you might want to think about using a wider focal length.
The more surrounding details you can include in your frame, the more it will put your subject in the context of his or her location and perhaps tell a story.
Get close
Of course, just as a wider angle gives you context of a location, a close-up reveals more emotion and the nature of your subject's relationships. This is because you are choosing to emphasize gestures and expressions.
RULES OF THE CONTEST
(yes there are rules and you HAVE to follow them)
Rules:
1. Photo must be any forms of human, people, person, you see on your everyday life
2. You may enter ONLY 1 Photo.
3. No inappropriate photos!
5. posting date of entries and voting is from September 19, 2010 - September 25, 2010
6. Posting of winners - September 26, 2010
7. the entry of the most number of votes will win, and the photograph will be featured in Monthly Photo Contest winners thread (this is the bragging rights photo contest).
8. Post Processing is allowed
9. you can vote only once
10. you can vote on your own photo
11. NO BORDERS, WATERMARKS AND SIGNATURES PLEASE
12. email your entries to: darktechsystem@yahoo.com with the subject of;
subject title: Team Nikon Bullies Monthly Photo contest - (Month of Contest) Entry e.g. Team Nikon Bullies Photo Contest September Entry
body of your email: your forum handle/name, title of your photo and some info(if there is any) like lighting setup, EXIF and etc.
13. Images must not exceed 800 pixels along its longest dimension.
Reminders:
- contest is open to cellphone cam, p&s and dslr.
- by submitting your photo to the contest, it means you're joining on your own free will and that you adhere to the rules of the contest (http://teamnikonbullies.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=contest&thread=100)
- this contest is just for fun so hopefully we won't have any sore losers who take away the fun
- this is not a post-processing contest
- Submit your best photo
Additional Reminders:
- Each photographer who submit his/her entries will automatically receive points on our league table and the photographer who has the highest points will be our photographer of the year.
photographers who won on our monthly photo contest will receive;
1st place - 15 point
2nd place - 10 points
3rd place - 5 points
Earn your points now!
cheers!!!