E: 31/07? Win An iPad & More (Facebook/Photo Effort)

Lakshmi7

Blenheim Palace

MaineBlue

Quite a bit of effort here
You have to break into Blenheim Palce and take a photograph from the 'unseen' and 'unusual' angle

Blenheim Palace Photographic Competition Rules 2013 ‘Blenheim Palace Photography competition 2013 in association with Studio8 Photography’ ‘Hidden Blenheim’

1 The subject for the Blenheim Palace Photographic Competition 2013 is ‘Hidden Blenheim’. The theme is open to individual interpretation and judges are looking for your photographs that capture the unseen or unusual of Blenheim Palace. The public will be able to then vote for their favourite image during a specified voting period. The top 50 finalists will be selected by public vote which can be placed via Blenheim Palace’s Facebook page and website, the winning shot and runners up will be selected by the panel of judges including Blenheim Palace and Studio8.

2. Entries must be taken at Blenheim Palace.

3. Entrants can submit only one photo via facebook.com/blenheimpalace or the Blenheim Palace website, in colour or black and white.

4. Images may be digitally enhanced as required. Entrants can enhance the picture to make it brighter, clearer etc, but not manipulate the content. Blenheim Palace and the judges reserve the right to exclude any image they believe may have been excessively treated so as to alter its authenticity.

5. The competition is open to anyone from any country. Employees of Blenheim Palace, as well as their immediate families are not eligible to enter. Entrants must be 13 years or older to enter.

6. Entrants must not be professional photographers and, for the purposes of this competition, a professional photographer will be considered to be someone who makes more than half their annual income from the sale of their photographs.

7. Each entry should be associated with a facebook account at which you may be contacted if entering via the facebook page. You can also enter via BlenheimPalace.com

8. Entries should be uploaded to the facebook competition gallery at facebook.com/blenheimpalace where possible.

9. The competition closes at midnight on 31st October 2013 .

10. No entries can be made via post - all must be submitted digitally at a high resolution.

11. All entries will be judged by a panel of judges. The judges will select a shortlist of twenty photographs (15 Finalist, Five Runners Up, One winner) which, in their opinion, best illustrates the theme of the competition. They will consider a range of factors including composition, technical ability, originality, interpretation of the brief and the commercial appeal of the photographs. The winner will receive an iPad 16gb model plus a One on One Photography Course at Studio8 www.studio-8.com , a Blenheim Palace Annual Pass and ‘goodie bag’. The Finalists photographs to be selected from the entrants by the judges and/or Blenheim Palace shall appear on the Blenheim Palace Website. The prize is as stated. There is no cash alternative and it cannot be sold or transferred. Runners up will receive a Blenheim Palace Annual Pass and a Blenheim Palace ‘goodie bag’ including vouchers from Studio8.

12. In the event of a technical problem or evidence of impropriety with regard to the public' vote, the judges shall have the final decision. The judges' decisions will be final and no correspondence can be entered into.

13. All entries must be the original work of the entrant and must not infringe the rights of any other party. The entrants must be the sole owner of copyright in all photographs entered. Further, entrants must not have breached any laws when taking their photographs.

14. Prior to submission, entrants must not have offered any of their entries for sale, been paid for any publication of any of their entries or won or been a runner up in any other photographic competition with any of their entries.

15. Entrants will retain copyright in the photographs that they submit to Blenheim Palace. By entering the competition all entrants grant to Blenheim Palace the right to publish and exhibit their photographs on Blenheim Palace and Studio8’s websites and any other associated promotional and marketing material. Entrants whose photographs are one of the Finalists or selected to appear in Blenheim Palace/Studio8‘’s marketing channels including web and print pursuant to paragraph 11 above grant to Blenheim Palace (including other publishers authorised by Blenheim Palace) the further rights to publish and exhibit their photographs in print, on their respective websites or in any other media. Should Blenheim Palace choose to create products from the finalists photos we will contact the owner of the image and discuss any commercial rights and fees at that time. Entrants whose photographs are one of the finalists also agree to take part in post-competition publicity. While we make every effort to credit photographers, including in printed reproductions of their work, we cannot guarantee that every use of the photographs will include photographers’ names.

16. By entering, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by these rules and Blenheim Palace reserves the right to exclude any entry from the competition at any time and in its absolute discretion if Blenheim Palace has reason to believe that an entrant has breached these rules.

17. Blenheim Palace reserves the right to cancel this competition or alter any of the rules at any stage, if deemed necessary in its opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of its control.

18. If the winner is unable to be contacted after reasonable attempts have been made, Blenheim Palace reserves the right to either offer the prize to a runner up or to re-offer the prize in any future competition.

19. These rules are governed by the laws of England and Wales. This competition is administered by Blenheim Palace.