FORESTS NSW is encouraging amateur photographers with a passion and flair for forests and forest products to enter its 2010 photography competition.
Held every second year, the competition invites budding photographers and lovers of State forests everywhere to capture what forests mean to them.
This year the theme is ‘State forests – part of your everyday’.
Using this theme, photographers can interpret how forests inspire them in daily life, by either choosing any of the 700 forests State-wide to take photographs in, or taking a creative snap of an Australian forest product. A forest product could be a unique timber structure or something simple that you use everyday.
Judged by a panel of experts, prizes include 1st prize – $500, 2nd prize – $ 300 and 3rd – $150.
Winners will be announced at the Cumberland Forest Fair (in north-west Sydney) on 10 October. Winning images will also be featured in Bush Telegraph magazine and online.
Please note:
– the photograph must have been taken during the competition entry period of 1 March – 30 September 2010.
– the photograph must either be taken in a State forest (details on forest locations or depict a forest product).
– the photograph must have been taken by the person whose name appears on the entry form.
– each photograph must be submitted as a digital file (300dpi jpeg) no larger than 2 megabytes.
– the photographer has non-exclusive use of the photograph and Forests NSW may use it for future reproduction and exhibition.
– each photograph must be accompanied by a brief description of what is in the photograph and in which forest it was taken. Or in the case of a forest product, the type of timber that has been used. The orientation of the photograph must also be provided (landscape or portrait and top/bottom)
– the competition is open to all people, excluding staff of Forests NSW.
– a panel of judges will determine competition winners. Decisions made will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
– entries must be received by 5pm, 30 September 2010.
