Shoot the Chef Photography Competition

[Geoff]

Win a flight to Europe by entering this competition.

More info can be found at http://events.smh.com.au/view_event.asp?intid=50

Here's the details:

Welcome to the eighth annual The Sydney Morning Herald Shoot the Chef! photographic competition, where we ask photographers to, quite simply, shoot a chef.

It could be a three hat chef or the local take-away cook around the corner, or perhaps someone more personal. Your interpretation can be as broad as your mind will stretch.

First prize for professional and student photographers is two economy return flights to Europe.

Finalists will be exhibited during Good Food Month from October 2 – 31, 2007 and a selection of portraits will also be featured in Good Living.

This year we are only accepting A4 image, jpeg format, on disc for judging. If you are shortlisted you will be given the opportunity to supply your image in the way you would like it displayed.

The deadline for image entry is 5pm on Friday, August 24, 2007. Image entries submitted after this date will not be accepted.

Download an entry form.

A. Criteria

Selection 1
- Please supply an A4 image, jpeg format, on disc for judging.
- The deadline for image entry is 5pm on Friday, August 24, 2007. Image entries submitted after this date will not be accepted

Selection 2
- If your entry is selected, then you will be given the opportunity to supply your image in the way you would like it displayed. The print should be a minimum print size of 12” x 16” (30cm x 40cm) and maximum size of 60” x 40” (150cm x 1m). We’ll pick up the framing costs if you are chosen for the final exhibition.
- The deadline for print entry is 5pm on Thursday, September 13, 2007. Print entries submitted after this date will not be accepted.

B. To Enter
Delivery Dates of Image Entries & Application Form Between Monday, August 20 and Friday, August 24, 2007.

C. Entries and a Completed Application Form should be addressed to:
Shoot the Chef! Exhibition
Herald Marketing
Level 20, 201 Sussex Street
Sydney NSW 2000

(Delivery by hand should be made to the Loading Dock of 201 Sussex Street, Sydney.)

D. Student Entry
Students will need to prove they are currently enrolled in a photographic course.

E. Inquiries
Inquiries email ggalimam@mail.fairfax.com.au

F. Terms and Conditions of Entry
The information on how to enter this competition and details about the prize forms part of these terms and conditions of entry. Submission of a photograph in this competition is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.

Shoot the Chef! Photographic Competition.

• This is a Game of Skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners.

• This competition is only open to residents of NSW and ACT.

• Only one photograph per person may be entered.

• To enter this competition you must be either a professional photographer or a photography student. Entrants in the student category will need to prove that they are currently enrolled in a photographic course.

• The person entering the photograph in this competition must have taken the photograph. By entering this competition, you warrant that the photograph you submit as part of this competition will not infringe the intellectual property rights of a third party and you indemnify John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd in respect of a breach of this warranty.

• Photographs will not be returned.

• Entrants must initially supply a colour or black and white A4 image, jpeg format, image and thereafter if chosen, supply a print with a minimum size of 12” x 16” and maximum size of 60” x 40” (150cm x 1m), unframed. Entrants must declare in the Application form if digital manipulation of an image has taken place.

• Competition closes last mail received on Friday, August 24, 2007.

• This competition will be judged at the sole discretion of representatives of John Fairfax Publications. Judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

• Selection 1 - Post or deliver image entries between Monday, August 20 and Friday, August 24, to Shoot the Chef! Herald Marketing, L20, 201 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000.

• Selection 2 – Post or deliver print entries between Monday September 10 and Thursday, September 13, to Shoot the Chef! Herald Marketing, L20, 201 Sussex St, Sydney NSW 2000.

• Finalists will be notified by phone and email.

• Winners’ names will be published in Good Living on Tuesday, September 25, 2007.

• By entering this competition, you consent to your photographs being exhibited between October 2 to 31, 2007.

• The winners of both the professional and student categories will receive two return economy class flight tickets from Sydney to Europe. All travel must be completed by October 1, 2008 and will not be extended under any circumstance. The winners must be an Australian resident, 18 years and over, and must hold a valid passport at the time of travel. The prize is subject to availability at the time of booking and cannot be availed in peak periods ie school holidays (nationwide), Easter, Christmas or public holidays. The winners and their companion are not eligible to accrue Frequent Flyers points in respect of their air tickets won in this competition. The winners and their companion must fly economy class and cannot purchase an upgrade on their ticket with cash, credit or Frequent Flyer points. Tickets will not be exchanged for other departures or destinations. The prize does not include any accommodation, travel or other insurance, taxes, passports, visas, meals, ground transportation or any other costs of a personal nature not already stated. The cost of travel for Australian residents to Sydney for departure, any overnight accommodation or other expenses prior to departure or after return to Sydney will not be met by the airline nor Fairfax. The prize must be taken as stated and no compensation will be payable if a winner is unable to use the prize as stated. Compliance with any health or other government requirements are the responsibility of the prize-winners and companion. Changes are not permitted once tickets are issued. The prize is not transferable to another person. A minimum of four (4) weeks’ notice is required to ensure your preferred travel dates are available. John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd accepts no responsibility for any transfer costs, departure tax, loss, damages, ancillary costs, or injury incurred in connection with taking up the prize.

• The prizes are not transferable, exchangeable or redeemable for cash or kind.

• By entering this competition, you grant to John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd an irrevocable licence to publish the photograph in any newspaper, magazine, website or other publication owned or published by John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd or its related bodies corporate (as defined in the Corporations Act 2001).

• The personal information submitted with entries is collected by the promoter, John Fairfax Publications Pty Ltd, of GPO Box 506, Sydney, NSW 2001, and will be used for the distribution of prizes. You are able to gain access to your personal information by contacting the Fairfax Privacy officer at GPO Box 506, Sydney, NSW 2001.

• Fairfax reserves the right at any time to disqualify any individual who Fairfax reasonably believes has breached any of the conditions set out above or engaged in any unlawful or other improper conduct calculated to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the competition or Fairfax’s interests.

[Grev]

I want to shoot with Gordon Ramsey please.

This sounds difficult...

[Steffen]

Hmm, sounds like a grab for cheap stock photos again. You grant all publication rights to Fairfax by entering...

Cheers
Steffen.

[drifter]

Hmm, sounds like a grab for cheap stock photos again. You grant all publication rights to Fairfax by entering...

Cheers
Steffen.

Build a bridge and get over it ! They are offering a lot in return for very little .(one photo) .I can't believe how uptight some of you guys get over a damn photograph.
If you don't like the conditions don't enter .Very simple .

[sirhc55]

• To enter this competition you must be either a professional photographer or a photography student. Entrants in the student category will need to prove that they are currently enrolled in a photographic course.

This would preclude most ”ordinary” people from entering - and that means most people on this forum

[Geoff]

• To enter this competition you must be either a professional photographer or a photography student. Entrants in the student category will need to prove that they are currently enrolled in a photographic course.

This would preclude most ”ordinary” people from entering - and that means most people on this forum

I was wondering about that. If you're not a student, then what is their definition of a 'professional' photographer.

I have emailed and asked the question.

[Geoff]

This was their (quick) response:

Hi Geoff
Somebody who does it for a living. It earns money for them to live on.
cheers
Gail

[sirhc55]

This was their (quick) response:

Hi Geoff
Somebody who does it for a living. It earns money for them to live on.
cheers
Gail

Exactly what I thought, hence my post above. Now, let me see, I photograph things for a living plus I love cooking - ipso facto - I won’t be entering

[Steffen]

They are offering a lot in return for very little .(one photo) .

Hmm, I read it the other way around: they're getting a lot (lots of quality photographs - no amateurs please!) for very little (airfares worth maybe $3000, probably less, and publication of some shots in their own media).

Beats having to hire photographers or buying images from stock agencies.

I can't believe how uptight some of you guys get over a damn photograph.
If you don't like the conditions don't enter .Very simple .

Heh, the conditions won't allow me to enter, anyway.

Cheers
Steffen.

[Bugeyes]

• This competition is only open to residents of NSW and ACT.

doh.....