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Movement Photography Competition

Written by Aaron Charlie – 03.12.12

This competition is now closed! Please check back on Friday 25th January when we will announce the winners.

Silicon Beach Training and Brighton Media Centre are excited to announce our first joint photography competition featuring an incredible prize for photographers!

Win a full day in the Brighton Media Centre Studio to use as you like, a 2-day Photoshop course at Silicon Beach to learn how to edit your images (alternative courses will be offered to those who already know photoshop) and a print of your choice to show off the finished product. All you need to supply is your own camera, tripod and subject! It’s a fantastic prize for both professional and amateur photographers alike. More details of the grand prize can be found below, and there are also prizes for the top 4 runners up.

The ‘Movement‘ theme allows you to be as creative as possible, with licence to interpret ‘movement’ as you like – we’re expecting some really interesting images as a result.

Judging the competition is local photographer Jean-Luc Brouard – a favourite here at Silicon Beach and popular in the Brighton Photography community. Read on to find out how to enter, but make sure you read the terms & conditions first.

Tim Andrews “The Red Ball” by Heather Buckley

In addition to the great prizes on offer, you will also gain a lot of exposure through our Twitter, Facebook and Google+ accounts – a great way to get your name out there!

What is the Theme of the Photography Competition?

The theme is ‘Movement‘, which is deliberately open to interpretation. It could be the movement of the subject or the camera, it could be a subject known for its movement (or lack of) or any idea at all that you have related to movement and photography.

Brighton Media Centre Studio

How do I Enter the Movement Photography Competition?

It’s incredibly easy to enter the competition, simply upload your entry to our dedicated Flickr group. If you don’t have an account just enter in the basic information to set one up, but make sure you use your real contact details or we won’t be able to let you know if you’ve won.

You can only enter one image, so think carefully before you upload because you only get one chance.

We would prefer it if you entered photographs taken specifically for the competition itself.

What do I Win?

As well as a fantastic complete photography experience for the grand prize we also have some prizes for the runners up. View the full details below.

Photo Competition Sponsors

Grand Prize

1 day studio shoot in the Brighton Media Centre Studio including:
- 770 sq feet of studio space
- 6 metre white infinity cove
- Colourama paper backgrounds
- 4 Elinchrom electronic flash heads (BX500RI)
- Stands
- Selection of modifiers
- Green room for comfort breaks
- Studio technician on hand to help out if needed
2-day Photoshop Training or Advanced Photoshop course in Brighton at Silicon Beach Training (don’t worry if you’re already a Photoshop pro, you can swap the prize for any of our public courses up to 2 days – including social media, SEO, email marketing and even our management courses)
One full colour print (up to 26″ x 17″) on an Epson Stylus Pro 4880 (unframed)

What is not included in the prize?

The winner must supply their own camera, tripod and whatever they want to shoot on the day.

They are also required to pay their own travel and accommodation costs if required.

Runner-Up

The top 4 runners-up will receive an unframed high quality full colour print of their entry.

Who is Judging the ‘Movement’ Photo Competition?

After heading overseas to Los Angeles for our last competition judge, we decided to stay local this time and ask one of our favourite Brighton photographers – Jean-Luc Brouard.

“Based in Brighton Jean-Luc provides images for a range of clients in the areas of Portraiture, Fashion and Still life.

More than happy to work in a studio his true love is location based work, where his willingness to go almost anywhere combined with a passion for controlled lighting means nowhere is out of bounds when it comes to getting the right shot.”

Jean-Luc Brouard Movement Competition Judge

You can reach Jean-Luc on Twitter and Tumblr, but don’t go offering any bribes!

When does the ‘Movement’ Photography Competition End?

The competition is now open, and runs until Friday 18th January at 5pm GMT.

Judging will then commence until Friday 25th January, and we will announce the winner shortly afterwards.

Please make sure you are contactable around that time, or let us know in advance if you aren’t. If we cannot contact the winner within 48 hours of the judge’s decision, the prize will move on to the second place entry.

What about the Boring Stuff? (Terms & Conditions)

This competition is open to anyone aged 16 years or over, except for employees of Silicon Beach Training or Brighton Media Centre, their families or anyone else associated with this competition.
All entrants must be able to travel to Brighton to attend the 1 day studio shoot and 2 day Photoshop course.
Travel and accommodation is not included in the prize. The winner must pay for any and all costs not explicitly listed in the prize details.
Entries must be submitted via the Flickr Group Pool and labelled with the entrants name and the name of the image. Images should be at least 1mb in size.
All entrants must be contactable via Flickr.
One entry per person. Your first entry is final and may not be swapped at a later date.
All images must be the sole property of the individual submitting them. Entries must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other competition. Photographers are responsible for asking the permission of the subject of the photo and must not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws. Images should not be of an offensive or explicit nature.
All entries must be received before the closing time and date (Friday 18th January 5pm GMT). Late entries will not be accepted.
The winning entry will be decided solely by the competition judge within one week of the competition closing.
The winner will be notified on Monday 28th January 2013. In the event that we cannot contact the winner within 48 hours, the grand prize will be passed down to second place.
One entrant shall win a 1 day studio shoot at Brighton Media Centre Studio, a 2 day Photoshop or Advanced Photoshop course at Silicon Beach Training, and 1 full colour print up to 26″ x 17″. All prizes are subject to availability.
The winner must provide their own camera, tripod and subject for the studio shoot. None of these will be provided.
Five runners-up will win 1 full colour print up to A4 size.
Prizes must be claimed within 3 months of the closing date of the competition, subject to availability.
Prizes are non transferable and there are no cash alternatives.
The winners may be asked to take part in publicity.
Entrants retain copyright in all images submitted to this competition. By entering the competition each entrant grants a licence to the promoters of the competition to use as publicity material in connection to the competition only.
Submission of an entry is taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions.