The first Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year competition has been launched, in association with Island Lifestyles 2020 and the IWDIG they intend to make it an ongoing annual event.
This competition is open to all Isle of Wight resident photographers of all ages and abilities and it will afford all of the Island's photographers, both amateur and professional, the opportunity to enter for this prestigious award, thus showing what a great mix of digital imagers and photographers we have here on the Isle of Wight.
Registration and Entry to the Competition is free, a maximum of 3 Images per entrant are allowed and must have been taken within one year prior to the closing date of the competition.
This is an Open Theme Photography Competition; as such images entered can be of anything of your choosing. Whether Island related or not the World's your oyster, with such diversity be it black or white, colour, or manipulated as long as the images are within the realms of decency there is really no limit to their content.
Shortly after the close of the competition all entrants will be invited to attend the Final Awards Presentation evening of the Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year 2006, in November (date to be finalised), where the winning images, photographers will be announced and the prizes awarded.
Have you taken any good digital photos this Bank Holiday weekend?
A maximum of 3 Images per entrant of which these Images must have been taken within one year prior to the closing date of the competition.
Images that have previously won any other competition or that have been used for commercial purposes for obvious reasons will not be acceptable.
The closing date for entries will be midnight the 18th October 2006 the short-listed entries will be displayed in the online Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year 2006 Gallery within 14 days after the competition closes. All entrants will be invited to attend the Final Awards evening of the Isle of Wight Photographer of the Year 2006 in November.
Copyright & Liability
Each entrant must be the sole author and owner of copyright in all pictures entered. It is the legal responsibility of the entrant, and not the organisers, to ensure they comply with these ownership and copyright requirements and own the rights to reproduce their images. The copyright will remain with the photographer. Images that are discovered to not fulfil these criteria will be deemed ineligible and disqualified.
Go to http://www.iwpoy.iwdig.org/