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Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
First Annual BPL Reader Photo Contest on 10/12/2009 16:42:19 MDT Print View

Topics: Open

Dates: NOW through 10/31/2009

Prizes:
1st = Lifetime Membership + $100 GC
2nd = Lifetime Membership + $50 GC
3rd = Lifetime Membership

Submit photo, 800 pixels on longest edge, as an UNCOMPRESSED JPG attachment to publisher@backpackinglight.com with "2009 BPL PHOTO CONTEST" in the subject line. The body of the email should have 100 words or less as a photo caption, and identification of the camera make and model (exposure information optional) used to capture the image. Nothing else in the body.

BPL will publish all winners and submissions in November.
Adrian B
(adrianb) - MLife

Locale: Auckland, New Zealand
Re: First Annual BPL Reader Photo Contest on 10/14/2009 13:50:28 MDT Print View

Are multiple submissions allowed?
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
Submissions on 10/14/2009 14:28:03 MDT Print View

Multiple submissions: you bet!
David Johnston
(dsjtecserv) - MLife
 		Subject matter guidance? on 10/14/2009 20:18:32 MDT Print View

Any expectations as far as subject matter, theme, etc. Do you want to highlight gear, backpacking/camping activities, locations, jaw-dropping scenery....or any and all of the above?

Also -- must it have been taken while backpacking?

Dave

Edited by dsjtecserv on 10/14/2009 21:31:59 MDT.
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
Subject matter on 10/15/2009 09:37:52 MDT Print View

David: OPEN topics. You pick whichever theme or subject that makes your heart beat faster!
Bradley Danyluk
(dasbin) - MLife
 		JPG on 10/15/2009 13:54:22 MDT Print View

What do you mean by "UNCOMPRESSED" JPG? JPG is by its very nature lossily compressed and there is no way to make it not so.
If you want uncompressed you need to ask for TIFF files instead.
Jack H.
(Found) - F

Locale: Sacramento, CA
Re: First Annual BPL Reader Photo Contest on 10/16/2009 01:33:10 MDT Print View

What happens with the rights for the photos?
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
Rights on 10/16/2009 14:25:58 MDT Print View

Photographers maintain the rights to their work. Thanks!
Addie
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
Compression on 10/19/2009 13:20:37 MDT Print View

Ok, Bradley - I'm sorry about the delay!

Please output your JPGs at your software's "100% compression
quality" setting.
David Booth
(davidbooth) - M

Locale: Australia
How to Enter? on 10/21/2009 15:42:34 MDT Print View

What is the email address to enter the Photo Contest?
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
How to enter on 10/21/2009 15:47:43 MDT Print View

David: it's in the instructions!

publisher @ backpackinglight . com
John Fisher
(jfisherca) - M
Acknowledge Submissions? on 10/21/2009 16:00:15 MDT Print View

Will you notify us that our submissions have been received?
Thanks,
J,
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
Acknowledge submissions on 10/21/2009 16:08:10 MDT Print View

Hmm. Probably. But I'm not sure when - that email address doesn't come to me!
Thanks,
Addie
David Booth
(davidbooth) - M

Locale: Australia
How to Enter? on 10/21/2009 16:15:10 MDT Print View

Its OK I found the email address.
Sean Mahoney
(cutlassdude70) - MLife

Locale: Southern California
Photo Creation Date on 10/23/2009 00:14:03 MDT Print View

So does the photo have to be taken between the date the contest was announced and October 31st or can it be a photo that we've previously taken?
Addie Bedford
(addiebedford) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Montana
Photo Creation Date on 10/23/2009 13:04:26 MDT Print View

This doesn't matter - the deadline does! So send in what you've got, as we're not trying to send you out on assignment (unless that's what you want to tell the boss to get a day or two off).