Mt. Olive Spring/Summer

Photo Contest 2010

Celebrating what makes Mt. Olive a Great Place to Live!

Contest Dates: April 1, 2010 - September 1, 2010.
Entries for the Mt. Olive Spring/Summer 2010 Contest must be received by
Weds., Sept. 1, 2010, at 11:59pm EST.
Award Ceremony Information TBA

Spring/ Summer 2010 Sponsors

 

	SPORTSCRAFT LTD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES

$5 per peron entry fee , 5 photo's per person

CLICK HERE to download contest rules (adobe acrobat)

Artist Release form(adobe acrobat)

Photo Eligibility

To enter, you must live, work or play in the greater Mount Olive area.

Categories for entrants:

Under 18 years old

Amateur Adult

Exempt from prizes: Mt. Olive Township employees, appointees, elected officials; prize sponsors' families, employees and the panel of judges, their families or employees. May receive Honorable Mention, and have submissions posted on-line, etc.
All photos must be in color and taken in Mt. Olive within the last two years.

The photo subject must be relevant to

Spring/Summer in Mount Olive:

A Great Place to Live!

in one of the following contest subjects:

*Mount Olive Outdoors: Landscapes, Wildlife, Nature

*Mount Olive's Most Innovative - Make your picture inventive using different software styles.

*Mount Olive Celebrations

*Mount Olive Recreation

*Mount Olive Humorous

*Any photos which include people must be submitted with a signed release form(s)

 

 

Photo Formats

Entries should be submitted as a digital image,
emailed to recdept@mtolivetwp.org. . Black and white images are not eligible. Please read the specific guidelines for submitting digital photos.

 

Photographer/Copyright

 

Entries must be submitted by the original photographer. Do not submit a photo taken by someone other than yourself. You must be the sole owner of the copyright of any image submitted. Your submission of the photo and entry email is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo.

 

Number of Entries

 

An individual may submit up to 5 photos
Photo Subject Restrictions
Photos must be appropriate for posting on a public government website. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. Mt. Olive Township retains sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content. Entries with photos containing recognizable people must be accompanied by a signed artist release form.

 

Return of Photos

 

Photos, regardless of the medium, will not be returned. Please do not send your only copy of a photo.

 

Ownership/Use Rights

 

Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph(s) displayed on the mountolivetownship.com website without any fee or other form of compensation, and agree that Mount Olive Township may display photos in an electronic photo gallery, display any printed submissions at the municipal building and may make
and retain copies of the photograph(s) for future Mt. Olive Recreation Department use. Posted photos will be subject to the mountolivetownship.com photo use policy. Photos will be credited to the photographer named in the entry form. Entries (including non-winning entries) may be selected for display or use in other Mount Olive government web pages. Entries become the property of Mount Olive Recreation. In the event that ownership of any photograph submitted to Mount Olive Recreation is contested in any manner, Mount Olive Recreation retains the discretion to disqualify that photograph and discontinue use of the photograph.

 

How to Enter

 

Digital photos should be submitted by email.

In the subject line, please write "Spring/Summer Photo Contest".
In the text of the e-mail include:

Information about the photographer:
Name ¸ Age ¸Amateur or Under 18¸Email address ¸Phone number

Title of Picture Contest Subject:

*Mount Olive Outdoors: Landscapes, Wildlife, Nature

*Mount Olive's Most Innovative - Make your picture inventive using different software styles.

*Mount Olive Celebrations

*Mount Olive Recreation

*Mount Olive Humorous

Description of 25 words or less (Location, date, significance of picture).

Attach photo as a .jpg, no more than 3.0 mb in size.

Multiple entries: Send a separate email per submission. Entries must be received by Monday, MArch 1, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Photos may also be submitted by disc, and mailed to Mt. Olive Recreation, P.O. Box 450, Budd Lake, NJ 07828. Include the information listed above regarding Photographer, Category, and Description. If more than one submission is on the disc, clearly indicate which information goes with each photo.

CLICK HERE to submit entry

Multiple entries

 

Send a separate email per submission.
Entries must be received by Weds., Sept. 1, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

 

Photos may also be submitted by disc, and mailed to Mt. Olive Recreation, P.O. Box 450, Budd Lake, NJ 07828. Include the information listed above regarding Photographer, Category, and Description. If more than one submission is on the disc, clearly indicate which information goes with each photo.

 

Print Photos

 

In addition to the email submission, if you are submitting a printed, mounted photo (no more than 8 ½" x 11" in size) for display in the Municipal Building, write on the back of it the photographer's name, phone number and email address, so can match it up with your emailed information.

 

Judging

 

Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, photographic quality, and effectiveness in conveying the beauty and/or unique character of Mount Olive Township in one of the contest subjects. A Mt. Olive Recreation panel will judge the entries and all contest decisions are final. Entries that fail to comply with the Official Contest Rules will be disqualified. The Mt. Olive Recreation panel will include professionals from the fields of photographic art, graphic design, website design, website development, marketing and public relations.

 

Winners

 

Judges will select a First Place (best over-all), Best and Runner-up winning photo for each of the contest categories (Photographer categories). If fewer than ten eligible photographs are entered in a category, Mt. Olive Recreation may choose to name only a first place winner, or may cancel that category. In addition, one or more honorable mention winners may be selected in categories with especially large numbers of entries, at the discretion of the judging panel. Winners will be notified approximately 2-3 weeks after the contest deadline by phone and email using the information in the email submission. Winning photographs, along with the photographer's name, email address (optional) and information about the photo, will be displayed on the mountolivetownship.com website for 6 weeks after the contest.

 

Submitting Digital Images

 

Digital images should be submitted as an attachment to your submission email.. Panoramic photos are not eligible.
Images should be submitted in JPG (at high quality) or TIFF format.
File sizes must be no more than 3.0 Mb per image.
Images must be in natural color. Black and white, sepia tone, and duotone images are not eligible. Digital images will not be returned.

 

Image Modifications:

Minor digital enhancement is permitted, but images that have been significantly modified or appear unnatural will be disqualified.

Not Permitted:

No borders or frames may be added to images.

No watermarks, signatures, or copyright notices may be added to images. All winning images will be displayed with the photographer's name.

Adding or replacing elements in an image is not permitted.

Artistic filters are not permitted.

 

Permitted Modifications:

 

Images may be cropped and rotated as necessary as long as the rectangular format is maintained and the size is within the specifications above.

Images may be resized as long as the aspect ratio is maintained

Red-eye removal and spot editing

One-step enhancement
(such as "AutoFix", "QuickFix", "Auto Levels", etc.)

Use of filters to sharpen, soften, blur, despeckle, or remove noise.

Use of corrective functions to improve the natural appearance of the image, such as levels, contrast, brightness, curves, intensity, tone, hue, saturation, lightness, value, color balance, and tint.

 

Additional Terms and Conditions

 

Mt. Olive Recreation is not responsible for computer system, hardware, software, or program malfunctions or other errors, failures, or delayed computer transactions or network connections that are human or technical in nature. Furthermore, Mt. Olive Recreation is not responsible for: (i) lost, misdirected, misplaced, illegible, unintelligible, incomplete, or late entries or (ii) any act, failure to act, or delay regarding the transmitting or processing of entries. Mt. Olive Recreation reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend all or any portion of this contest without notice if factors beyond Mt. Olive
Recreation 's control, including technical difficulties, disrupt or corrupt the fair or secure administration or operation of the contest.
Void where prohibited.
Mt. Olive Recreation is entitled to interpret these rules as needed and its decisions are final. Mt. Olive Recreation reserves the right to disqualify any entrant that Mt. Olive Recreation has reason to believe is not the original work of entrant, or does not otherwise meet the contest rules. If a winner is disqualified or determined to be ineligible, an alternate winner will be selected using the same judging process/criteria described above. Alternate winners are subject to all requirements set forth in these Official Rules.
By participating in the contest, you agree to release and hold harmless Mt. Olive Township Recreation and its employees, officers, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies from any and all damages, injuries, claims, causes of actions, or losses of any kind resulting from your participation in this contest, including infringement of intellectual property rights. Mt. Olive Recreation and its employees, officers, affiliates, agents, and advertising and promotional agencies assume no responsibility or liability for any damages, injuries, claims, causes of actions, or losses of any kind arising in whole or in part from this contest.

 

 

Mt. Olive Recreation Photo Use Policy

 

Photos displayed on the mountolivetownship.com website are copyrighted by the photographer.
Permission to use the photographs is granted to the public for the following limited uses:

1. Photos may be printed from a web browser for personal, non-commercial uses.
2. Photos may be downloaded/copied electronically from a web browser for personal, non-commercial uses, with the following limitations:
3. Photos may not be altered in any way, including resizing or cropping.
4. Photo credits must be provided.
5. Credit should be given as follows: "Photograph by [photographer's name]. Used by permission from www.mountolivetownship.com."

Photos may not be sold or used in any way for profit or commercial purposes, including use in commercial or professional websites or printed materials. Photos may not be used to suggest endorsement by the Township of Mount Olive for a product or service.
Requests for alternate formats or additional uses/rights should be sent to the photographer using the email link provided next to each photo on the Winners Page. Mt. Olive Recreation reserves the right to deny such requests at its discretion. Some requests may be subject to a fee for graphic design services from the photographer.