Sevenoaks in Focus
We are excited to announce our brand new amateur digital photography competition ‘Sevenoaks in Focus’. Twelve photographs selected by our independent judges will appear in the Sevenoaks in Focus calendar for 2020 which will be sold by West Kent Mind.
The simple overall theme for our calendar is Sevenoaks, so we’re looking for interesting and eye-catching photos taken in the Sevenoaks District. These can be of places, people, events, seasons, in town or countryside, wide open spaces or small details, in colour or black & white. In fact anything that makes an original image which you feel is uniquely Sevenoaks. Use your imagination! Open to ALL ages.
Enter now for your chance to feature in the calendar! The closing date for submissions is 1 October, winners will be announced on World Mental Health day, 10 October.
Each photo must be submitted in digital format, together with a caption which must include the subject of the image, and the location where the photo was taken.
Important – because winning photos will be printed in our calendar, all photos must be in ‘landscape’ orientation. ‘Portrait’ orientation photos cannot be accepted!
We are excited to see your entries and snapshots of Sevenoaks so to avoid disappointment please read the rules, terms & conditions before submitting photos.
Rules, terms & conditions
Eligibility
Photos entered into the competition must:
- be submitted on or before 1 October 2019
- have been taken within the area of Sevenoaks District Council
- be in landscape format
- have been taken in the last 24 months
- not include watermarks, borders, or signatures
- be in JPEG format
- be at least 2500 pixels on the shortest side and at least 2mb in size.
Entrants must:
- not be professional photographers (for the purposes of this competition a professional photographer is anyone earning more than half their annual income from the sale of their photographs)
- be resident within the area of Sevenoaks District Council on the closing date of the competition
- be the sole owner of the copyright for each photo they submit
- submit no more than 4 images
- only submit their own work and must not infringe on any rights of a third party
- not submit images that involve human nudity, the wilful harassment of wildlife, damage to the environment by the photographer, put any individual or animal in danger, or infringe on the rights of any other photographer or person, as these will be disqualified.
Basic editing, including adjustment to contrast, colour enhancement and cropping is acceptable, but this should not affect the overall authenticity of the image. Advanced image manipulation, including the addition or removal of elements of an image, is not allowed. The judges may ask to see the original image file, as shot. If this cannot be provided, the judges may disqualify an image at their sole discretion.
The judges’ decision is final.
Data protection
If you include people in your photos, you are responsible for ensuring that they have given their consent for their images to appear in our calendar. If one of your photos is chosen for inclusion we will ask for evidence of consent, and if this is not provided the entry will be disqualified.
Use of images and copyright
By entering the competition, you are granting West Kent Mind a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to reproduce, publish and communicate your photo(s) to the public – this means your photo(s) could appear in our publications, web pages, e-mails, social media channels etc. You retain the copyright of your image(s). Where possible, we will credit the photo to you.
Once you have read the terms, you can upload your entries below:
Enter the competition!
The judges
Our thanks to our independent judges: Peter Fleming, Leader of Sevenoaks District Council, and Russell Harper, Sevenoaks photographer and director of Harper Photography.
Peter Fleming
Russell Harper
Our thanks also to Blue Motor Finance for supporting and sponsoring our 2020 calendar, and to the Catch A Fire agency for their time and creativity making flyers and logos.
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