From: Robert Hanashiro <bert@sportsshooter.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:54:08 -0800
To: Robert Hanashiro<bert@sportsshooter.com>
Subject: Sports Shooter Newsletter Contest
SPORTS SHOOTER NEWSLETTER ANNUAL CONTEST
Just a reminder that the deadline for the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest is approaching quickly: SUPER BOWL SUNDAY FEBRUARY 7, 2010.
This year's Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest will feature five categories, plus the Photograph of the Year:
1) Best Action Photo
2) Best No Pro, No College
3) Best Sports feature
4) Best Sports Picture Story
5) Best Student Sports Photo
6) Photograph of the Year
The top winners of the Sports Shooter Annual Contest will win a cool prize from Think Tank Photo.
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http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/ai-low-divider-set.aspx
CATEGORY DETAILS
The Best Action Photo is any image depicting peak game action on the field of play or within the arena or stadium holding the event.
Best No Pro, No College entries should be images from a sports event that does not involve a professional or major college team. The spirit of this category is to recognize work produced from non-major sports, leagues or teams. This could be high school, junior college or even little league events.
Sports Feature entries can be any image that does not center on game action. This category should include photographs of jubilation and dejection, as well as portraits.
The Best Student Sports Photo category is open to FULL-TIME students or students working in an internship and at the time the entry were made. Entries for this category can be any sports - related images, action or feature.
Best Sports Picture Story entries should contain no more than 10 photographs and should have a defined story related to sports or athletes. Photographs should be ordered (labeled) in the way the photographer wants the entry to be viewed. Complete captions are important. "Photo essays" are also eligible to be entered in this category.
The Photo of the Year entries will be gathered from the winners of the other categories and will receive the top prize from Sports Shooter. YOU DO NOT SEND ENTRIES IN FOR THIS CATEGORY.
All entries must have been taken during calendar year 2009.
The deadline for submitting entries for the Sports Shooter Newsletter Annual Contest is midnight pacific time, Super Bowl Sunday February 7, 2010.
WHO CAN ENTER
The Sports Shooter Contest is open to Sports Shooter Newsletter subscribers, members of SportsShooter.com and alums of the Sports Shooter Academy workshops.
If you receive the monthly e-mail version of the Sports Shooter Newsletter or you're a member of SportsShooter.com, you are eligible to enter the contest. If you've been reading Sports Shooter on the web only, you can subscribe via the website (http://www.sportsshooter.com/subscribe_newsletter.html) and request to be placed on the mailing list. SportsShooter.com members in good standing are also eligible to enter as well as participants in any of the Sports Shooter Academy Workshops.
ENTRY PREPARATION
SIZE:
We recommend all images be prepared in Adobe Photoshop. Images should be sized at a resolution of 72 PPI, with the largest dimension 16-19 inches. Files should be saved as JPEGs at a quality setting of 8 (or medium).
Picture of the Year 2007: Pepperdine's Jason Walberg, #12, gouges the eyes of Brigham Young University's Jonathan Tavernari, #45, during the first half of the game. No foul was called on the play.
FILE NAMING:
Decide on a unique photographer's code of 4 to 6 letters, to be used to label each of your entries. Your entries should be first labeled with the number of the category: 1 - Best Action Photo; 2 - No Pro, No College; 3 - No Ball; 4 - Sports Picture Story; 5 - Student Sports Photo --- followed by your unique code; followed by sequential two-digit numbers corresponding to the number of photos you are entering in that category.
EXAMPLE:
3rodmar01.jpg ("3" = Feature Category; "rodmar" is the unique photographer code; "01" indicates it is your first entry in this category.)
ANOTHER EXAMPLE:
4bradm07.jpg ("4" = Sports Picture Story category; "bradm" is the unique photographer code; "07" is the number of the photograph in the picture story.)
Entries that do not follow the naming convention will be rejected.
CAPTIONS
A complete caption is required for each entry. Your caption should include the location the photo was taken, the date it was shot, ID's and your byline. This information should be written in the "File Info" portion of the image in Photoshop.
CAPTION EXAMPLE:
FRESNO, CA - 11/07/2009: University of Hawaii quarterback Inoke Funaki celebrates with teammates after throwing a 28-yard touchdown against Fresno State in the 3rd quarter at Bulldog Stadium. Hawaii went on to a 32-29 overtime win over the Bulldogs.
Photo by Jordan Murph, Sports Shooter
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT
In the "File info" of your entry, make sure you type your full name in the "Author" field and your email address in the "Author Title" field. (If you have an older version of Photoshop or are using a different image editing software, make sure this info is listed somewhere in the "File Info".)
SUBMITTING ENTRIES
Entries are to be submitted by e-mail and must be received by midnight (Pacific Time) on Feb. 7, 2010, Super Bowl Sunday. Entries are limited to 12 per photographer. A picture story counts as a single entry.
In the "Subject" field of the email header, type in "Contest Entry" followed by the number of entries attached to the email. For instance if you have 3 entries attached out of 6 total, type in the Subject field: "Contest Entry 3 of 6".
You can enter an image in just one category. For instance, you cannot enter your cool prep football photograph in both the "Best Action" category and " Best No Pro, No College ".
Failure to follow the rules for labeling, captioning and preparing entries will result in disqualification. Files that are sized too large will not be accepted.
DOUBLE CHECK YOUR ENTRIES
Before e-mailing your entries, please take a few minutes to double check that you've sized your images correctly, have a complete caption in the file info and the entry is labeled correctly. ALSO: Please virus-scan your entry.
Email entries to: SportsShooterContest@gmail.com.
Failure to follow any of the entry rules will result in the disqualification of your entry. Also if you submit an entry into the wrong category, it is up to the judges' discretion to move it to the appropriate category.
You can see all of the winning entries in the previous contests on SportsShooter.com:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/2008_contest_winners/index.html
To view a video made during the 2006 contest judging, click on this link:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/special_feature/2005_contest_vid/index2.html
