Mittsommer Photo Contest - Nov 16th - 30th 2012

[Duckie Dickins]

Calling all Second Life Photographers! The owners of Mittsommer 1986, an 80's era roleplay sim, are seeking city photos for use in promotional ads and informational material for our sim. We are hosting a photography contest and are awarding prize money for the top three photos chosen by us in exchange for exclusive use rights of the winners submissions

 

We are seeking all styles of photos featuring the city and city living that . Let your photos tell a story. Photos with and without people are acceptable. The rezzing of props are also allowed however it will be up to you to contend with our 10 minute auto return set on the parcels. Any props which are rezzed MUST fit the city environment. No visible wood cubes used as light sources. Keep any rezzed props under a total of 100 prims. Please note that there may be others in the sim roleplaying, touring, and/or taking photographs who may wandering into the scene you are trying to photograph.

 

Submissions will be accepted between November 16th and November 30. All submissions are to be posted to our Flickr Group for public viewing. Winning photos will be selected by Duckie Dickins and Lexbot Sinister on December 1st and winners will be contacted and awarded their prize money. Winning announcement will also be posted at www.mittsommer.net along with the winning photos. Please be sure to list the photographer's name as well as the names of any models with appear in the submitted photo. These should be placed in the description field of the uploaded photograph, especially if the flickr account name does not match your second life name.

 

Mittsommer 1986 SLURL: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Red%20Windsor/170/179/1913

Mittsommer 1986 Website: http://www.mittsommer.net/

Mittsommer 1986 Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mittsommer1986/

Mittsommer Inworld Group: secondlife:///app/group/a551389c-1e42-ae3e-d424-c7bacd37e442/about

 

The Rules

1. Submissions must be made by avatars whose account is at least 90 days old by the starting submission date of November 16th.
2. Submissions must be posted to the Mittsommer 1986 Flickr group listed above.
3. There is a limit of five photos submitted per photographer. Photographers are only eligible to one one of the three prizes.
4. Photos must be a minimum resolution of 1024x1024 pixels. High Resolution is preferred
   
5. All photography must take place within the city of Mittsommer. Images that appear to lack the city as part of the background shall be disqualified.
6. Photos must have limited post processing. No Text. No borders, no composite photographs.
7. Photos which use models must include their names in the description when posted to Flickr. Mittsommer 1986 shall assume that models depicted in any submitted photos have released photographic rights to the photographer for use of their image in this contest and also (the models) acknowledge that their image usage rights will be transferred to the owners of Mittsommer should the image be selected as a winner.

Disclaimer

 

1. Mittsommer 1986 is seeking to receive submission from a minimum of 20 different photographers. This is to ensure an adequate pool of photographs to select prize winners from. Mittsommer 1986 reserves the right to extend the submission period until the minimum quota of 20 different photographers is met or an additional 2 weeks have passed.

 

[Chic Aeon]

Just wanted to say thanks for the mention of 20 photographers needed. There are currently a lot of contests that somehow disappear and never pick a "winner" of late -- possibly because there aren't enough entries. So mentioning your plan in the rules is appreciated by those who have worked hard with no rewards. Being clear is good . 

Hope your contest is a good one!

[Duckie Dickins]

The plan is to get at least 20 photographers to enter. If not, then we'll extend the entry time for 2 more weeks and then pick a winner at that time despite how many entries we end up with. We aren't going to pull the entire contest due to lack of interest.. Wouldn't be fair to the ones who did enter.

[Lexbot Sinister]

Thank you for your comment!

Hopefully enough people will join from the start, so it's not too long of a wait to crown the winner.

I'm pretty excited to see the comming entries!

 

The contest rules are based on what i've been told that others enjoy in a contest - being clear about the rules was one criteria.

Another important point is that nobody is required to pay anything, to be competing. Not even uploads inworld. It's not a popularity contest either, so no need to make your friends and alts to vote.

You will only have to rely on our (hopefully) good taste :smileyvery-happy:

[Lexbot Sinister]

It's ON!

or as Dire Straits would have said it:

"That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Money for nothin' and chicks for free"

 

 

Well, we can't really guarantee the chicks....