If sweeping landscapes a la Ansel Adams or the action of the rodeo have captured your heart, express that to us with your best black and white photo. If those colorful characters you know translate to amazing black and white portraits, we want to see them! Show us your best black and white photos – landscapes, action shots, portraits, and more. With a different theme to guide you each month, the black and white possibilities are endless. To enter the contest, you have to like us on Facebook. If ... view more »
If sweeping landscapes a la Ansel Adams or the action of the rodeo have captured your heart, express that to us with your best black and white photo. If those colorful characters you know translate to amazing black and white portraits, we want to see them! Show us your best black and white photos – landscapes, action shots, portraits, and more. With a different theme to guide you each month, the black and white possibilities are endless. To enter the contest, you have to like us on Facebook. If you aren't already a fan, here is a link to the Eiteljorg's Facebook page. Good Luck!
THEMES:
March: Best Black & White Photo
Description: All black and white photo can be submitted.
April: Best Black & White Landscape Photo
Description: Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. (from Wikipedia)
May: Best Black & White Macro Photo
Descripition:
Macro photography is extreme close-up photography, usually of very small subjects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size. (From Wikipedia)
June: Best Black & White Action Photo
Description: Action photography shows action or movement – like a bird flying through the air, a child jumping, an athlete running, etc.
July: Best Black & White Portrait
Description: Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that displays the expression, personality, and mood of the subject. Like other types of portraiture, the focus of the photograph is usually the person's face, although the entire body and the background or context may be included. (From Wikipedia)
*Following the month of March, only photographs that reflect the current theme may be submitting to the contest. Photos that do not reflect the current theme will be deleted. Also, on the last of day of each month, we'll archive the photos submitted that month so the next month themed submissions can begin. Good Luck!
THE PRIZES:
One (1) Winner will be selected each month from March through July from all eligible entries via Facebook “likes” and jury decision.Each monthly winner will be announced via the Eiteljorg Museum E-Newsletter and will receive a $25 gift card to Roberts Camera. Monthly winners will also be entered into the final contest to win the grand prize.Grand Prize is one (1) Nikon P520 camera valued at $380 and a one-year family/grandparent membership to the Eiteljorg Museum valued at $65. Winning picture to be displayed on the Eiteljorg website and social media sites with proper credit given to the photographer.
Click on this link to download the Official Rules. – See more at: http://www.eiteljorg.org/explore/calendar/event/2014/03/01/default-calendar/-black-and-white-photo-contest#sthash.WUdtACAa.dpuf
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