Top 100 Photo Contest (Microsoft and Canon)

Free Photo Contest:
Microsoft and Canon have put together a Top 100 Photo Contest. The contest site uses Microsoft Virtual Earth to promote what it calls the Top 100 Iconic Photo Locations.

Copyright: By submitting an entry, each entrant grants to Sponsor and its designees a worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual license to use, modify, crop and distribute the entry and all elements of such entry, including, without limitation, entrant’s photograph and entrant’s name and city and state of residence, for purposes of promotion of this Contest and/or future Contest publicity and advertising, and to promote Sponsor and Sponsor’s website, in any and all media now or hereafter known, including in PCPhoto magazine and an online gallery on Sponsor’s website, without further compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.
Eligibility: open to 18+ year-old residents of the 50 United States and District of Columbia.
Entry deadline: August 15, 2008

Photography is an adventure in discovery. Check out our Top 100 Iconic Photo Locations, or use our Microsoft Virtual Earth map to explore your own favorite photo locations in amazing detail. Whether you find your favorite subjects in distant and exotic locations or in the cultures and people nearer to home, we want to see your ultimate shots.

Submit photos to the Top 100 Photo Contest for a chance to win $1,000 cash, the Canon 5D D-SLR Camera and the Microsoft Photo Workflow software package—along with publication of your winning image in PCPhoto!

All photos must be submitted online by August 15, 2008. Click here to enter!

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Free Photo Contest: The Everyman

Free Photo Contest :

The Everyman believes that anyone who has ever taken pictures in their life, has taken good pictures. One of the primary differences between professionals and non-professionals is how reliably they can get the good shot.

Copyright: By entering a photo to the Everyman Contest, you give the contest's sponsor, Troy DeArmitt, permission to post the submission on this website at the contest's conclusion or hang your photo in his home. He will satisfy any matting or framing requirements he deems appropriate in this presentation.
Eligibility: Amateur
Entry deadline: September 1, 2008

because, photography, like any art, is meant to capture a moment, convey a feeling, tell a story, it is erroneous to believe that in order for a photo to be effective or artistic it must have formal composition, ideal lighting or, and most importantly, be taken by a professional.

while i can appreciate the honed prowess of a skilled photographer, i also enjoy the work of amatuer photogs. a great problem though is that adequate forums do not exist to showcase and reward the efforts of these less involved owners of cameras. professional photographers sometimes take bad pictures and occasional photographers sometimes take great pictures. The Everyman contest offers a space to showcase the work of the latter category.

have i mentioned yet that it doesn't cost anything to enter.

or that if your photo finishes in the top three of any of the categories you win cool, hard, american lucre.

i've tried to make this as easy as possible and am open to suggestions on how it could be improved, but truth told, would rather you used the time to send me a picture than your thoughts on how you would run a photo contest if you had a website, were bored and needed things to hang on the walls of your home.

for the true beginnings of the everyman, you can read this.

if you still have questions after that, they may possibly be answered here.

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Your Portfolio in Focus (BBC)

Free Photo Contest :
Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?

Copyright: In contributing to BBC News you agree to grant us a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to publish and otherwise use the material in any way that we want, and in any media worldwide. It's important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to everything you contribute to BBC News and that if your image and/or video is accepted, we will endeavour to publish your name alongside it on the BBC News website.
Eligibility: Anyone
Entry deadline: Ongoing

Have you been to an unusual event? Do you want to shed light on a subject or place that you are interested in, or would you just like to show off your best pictures?

If so then we want you to send us between eight and 10 photographs with captions for presentation as a gallery on the In Pictures page.

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Photos:

Ideally, you should aim to take a variety of photographs - it’s a good idea to plan the story before you start. A good first photo would be one that introduces the subject to the readers.

Make sure you take some close-up photos as well as some wider pictures to show the subject’s environment, but remember to include something in the foreground to add impact.

When you take the picture, remember to look up or down to see what is around you. You might get a better shot if you kneel, or find a position to look down from.

The completed photo essay will have no more than 10 photographs, but you can send us more to choose from.

Make sure you have permission from anyone pictured before submitting the photographs.

Words:

Each picture will need a caption.

Who, what, why, where and when is a good place to start when gathering information for the caption, but where possible quotes from those pictured and a description of how you are feeling will help bring the essay to life.

We don’t need many words - no more than 40 per picture.

How to submit a picture

If you think you have an interesting set of photographs, send it to the BBC News website

If you want to e-mail it to us, send it to yourpics@bbc.co.uk

Don’t forget to include your name and some background information and please put “My Portfolio” in the subject heading as this will increase your chances of selection.

Official web site: Your Portfolio in Focus (BBC)

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JPG Magazine Competition

Free Photo Contest :
Become a JPG member, upload your photos and have a chance to win a one year subscription and $100 if your photo is published.


Copyright: JPG Magazine respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same.
Entry deadline: Monthly

Become a JPG member, upload your photos and have a chance to win a one year subscription and $100 if your photo is published.

We want your best photos, your favorite photos. Photos that you look at and think, you know, there’s something really special about this one, and I’d like to share it with other people who have a thing for photography.


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