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Rotary District 1020 Young Photographer Competition 2010

Photo: 2009 overall winner Rachel Collingswood with Donna Niven and her winning entry entitled “Bag Free?"

Rotary Young Photographer 2010 now covers Scotland

If you are a budding young photographer, Rotary International’s three Scottish Districts and Keep Scotland Beautiful invite you to get snapping for their Young Photographer Competition 2010. We are working together to make this the best environmental photographic competition for young people in Scotland, with some outstanding prizes.

The theme, ‘Are we waste aware?’ allows a broad interpretation, so judges will be looking for imagination and style, as well as technical merit, content and composition.

Donna Niven, Programme Manager at Keep Scotland Beautiful, said, “Keep Scotland Beautiful is proud to be supporting the Rotary Young Photographer 2010 competition. This is the second year running we have been involved, and we were extremely impressed with the level of entrants in the 2009 competition.

It is great that the theme for both years focuses on our impact on the beautiful Scottish environment and hope that this will encourage more people to take pride in, and ownership of, the areas they live in.

We very much look forward to seeing the entries for the 2010 competition – so, get out there and get snapping!!”

Competition Closing Date

The closing date is Thursday 1st April 2010.

Competition Rules

• Entrants must be aged 18 years or younger on the 1st May 2010 and live within Scotland.
• Age categories Under 12 years 12-15 years 16-18 years.
• Photographs can be taken on digital or film cameras, and should be printed no larger than A4 size (including any border).
• Entries should be in print form and unmounted.
• You can print photographs yourself or use a commercial company such our partner print company - Jessops.
• Images can be cropped to any size (as long as the maximum dimension does not exceed A4 length or width) and software such as Photoshop can be used in the production of the final image.
• Each photograph must be accompanied by a completed copy of the entry form – photographers can enter as many pictures as they wish.

How to Enter

• You can download a copy of the entry form [PDF document 670Kb] from this link, or contact your local Rotary club for a form.
• Make sure your name is clearly written on the reverse side of the print.
• Entries should be submitted to your local Rotary Club, which will choose a winner for each age category to go forward for the Scotland final (closing date Saturday 1st May 2010).
• To find your local rotary club check the Rotary Club List further down this page.
• Winners in each category will go forward from the local Rotary club to the grand final for Scotland.

Judging

Local Rotary clubs will be responsible for the initial judging and they will select a winner from each age category to go through to the grand final.

Experienced judges for the grand final will be selected by The Scottish Photographic Federation and the judging panel will also include a representative from Keep Scotland Beautiful.

Judges will be looking for –

• Technical merit – correct exposure and sharpness of the image.
• Composition and choice of subject.
• Above all judges will be looking for imagination and flair in interpreting the competition theme.

Trophies and certificates donated by Keep Scotland Beautiful will be presented to the winners, this is in addition to any certificates and prizes from the local Rotary clubs.

Competition finalists can see their photographs featured on this web site and in a touring exhibition. The winning entries will be printed to exhibition standard by Jessops, and for the first time this year, the overall winner will be taken on a professional photo shoot with Maverick Photo Agency.

Copyright and use of images

Copyright of submitted photographs remains with the photographer but it is a condition of entry that the sponsoring Rotary Club, District 1020 and Keep Scotland Beautiful reserve the right to reproduce them without fee for exhibition, web, or other publicity purposes.

Written consent is required from the parent, guardian or carer of any recognisable person under the age of 18 or vulnerable adult who is included in the photograph.

Competition contact

Competition organiser for District 1020
Andy Bennetts (Haddington Rotary Club)
Tel 01620 823 973
Email bennetts@gotadsl.co.uk

Rotary Club List

North of Scotland – District 1010 North and East of Scotland.

Ranges from Fife in the South to Thurso in the North and includes the islands of Shetland, Orkney, Western Isles and Skye. http://www.rotary1010.co.uk/clubs.html

West of Scotland – District 1230

Most of the West of Scotland including Glasgow. http://www.rotary1230.org/ and follow the District Clubs link on the web page.

South of Scotland – District 1020

Southern Scotland including Edinburgh http://www.rotary1020.org.uk/directory.asp

About Our Sponsors

Keep Scotland Beautiful

Keep Scotland Beautiful has been running anti-litter campaigns under the Keep Scotland Tidy slogan for over 40 years. The charity tackles issues that have an impact on our local environment, including litter caused by fast food packaging, balloon releases, and smoking; as well as looking at ways to prevent marine and roadside litter. It also addresses the problems of dog fouling, graffiti, fly posting, fly tipping and abandoned vehicles.

If you are looking for ideas on what to photograph for the competition, why not use these themes as a starting point?

Keep Scotland Beautiful are sponsoring the competition for the second year, and are providing trophies and certificates for the winners as well as arranging the awards ceremony.

For further inspiration, visit www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org

Maverick Photo Agency

Founded by press photographers, Maverick Photo Agency is one of the UK's fastest growing and most dynamic providers of creative, high quality photography.

Their dedicated team has a wealth of industry experience encompassing national and international news events, magazine features, travel assignments and PR and corporate commissions – as well as excellent contacts at all key titles.

This expertise has allowed them to develop a winning track record in placing images and online content in the UK and world’s media from The Scotsman and Sunday Times to The Vancouver Sun and The New York Times.

Maverick Director Callum Bennetts said “We are delighted support the Rotary Young Photographer competition and look forward to seeing the talent our country has to offer. You never know we could be looking at our next generation of photographers”.

http://www.maverickphotoagency.com

To see a Maverick photo shoot click on http://vimeo.com/6316432

The Scottish Photographic Federation

The Scottish Photographic Federation was formed by an early consortium of photographic clubs in 1903. They are the governing body of Camera Clubs within Scotland, and in association with these clubs, organise photographic awards, competitions and exhibitions. Use the SPF Clubs link on the left hand side of the SPF home page to see if there is an affiliated club in your area – camera clubs are always ready to welcome new members.

The SPF are providing three independent accredited judges to view the finalists of the competition and select the winners.

http://www.scottish-photographic-federation.org/

Jessops

Jessops is the largest photographic retailer in the UK. It was founded in 1935, so a lot has changed since then. There are over 200 stores nationwide and apart from selling photographic equipment, they have print processing facilities in store and on line.

Jessops are our print partner, and you can access their on-line print service at http://photo.jessops.com

Jessops are printing all the winning entries to exhibition standard. The exhibition will be on display at the awards ceremony, and will tour the Scottish Rotary districts after the competition. Jessops are also presenting the winners in each category with gift vouchers.