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02/09/2011 05:05:17 AM · #1 |
Recently found this link: //www.londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/competitions/street-photography-award/entry-information-open £30 (about 50 USD) to participate. What do you think? anybody have any experience of paying to enter a competition? Seems somehow wrong/dodgy to me.
Message edited by author 2011-02-09 05:22:21. |
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02/09/2011 05:20:33 AM · #2 |
clickable...//londonstreetphotographyfestival.org/competitions/street-photography-award/entry-information-open
there are many free contests and there are many pay-to-play contests. depending on who's putting it on, there may be marketing, judging, and facility expenses that necessitate entry fees to cover costs, prizes, and/or generate some return for the effort. if it's a recognizable competition and something you feel you would be competitive in, then go for it.
the thing that i shy away from are rights-grabbing corporate-sponsored contests where the fine print gives them rights not only to use your image to publish and market future contests (which is understandable and in some ways no different than the dpc TOS), but also gives them rights to resell and reuse your image for their own commercial interests without having to give you any compensation or credit! |
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02/09/2011 06:36:51 AM · #3 |
Yeah, I've done a pay to enter contest, but wasn't selected. You got a certain number of entries for $35 (it was either 3 or 5...). The one I entered is a seasonal one put on by a local art center, but which draws international entries. As  Skip noted, avoid the rights grabbers. This one involved having your work hang at the gallery, was judged by nationally established photographers, and involved prizes (zero rights agreements, just getting your name out there for the public, essentially). The rest of the money is put up to run the gallery/center, which I was totally cool with supporting with my entry money.
On the other side of things, there's a montly newspaper contest that irrevocably steals all rights to your photo in perpetuity for anything and everything they want. |
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02/09/2011 08:00:03 AM · #4 |
"Entry Fee: £30.00
SELECTED ENTRIES submitted will be projected during the Awards exhibition and profiled on the LSPF website.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS who enter will receive a £28.95 voucher to print your own book with Blurb."
So there's virtually 100% recovery in trade if you'd like to print your own book... |
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02/09/2011 08:15:51 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
"Entry Fee: £30.00
SELECTED ENTRIES submitted will be projected during the Awards exhibition and profiled on the LSPF website.
ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS who enter will receive a £28.95 voucher to print your own book with Blurb."
So there's virtually 100% recovery in trade if you'd like to print your own book... |
I saw that late, thanks, Bear_Music. Makes it seem much more attractive (without looking at the details of the photo book offer) |
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02/09/2011 08:23:06 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by ray_mefarso:
I saw that late, thanks, Bear_Music. Makes it seem much more attractive (without looking at the details of the photo book offer) |
It's actually pretty much the norm, out in the Real World, to pay to enter competitions. For example, a local photography group on the cape has an annual exhibition for non-members: they charge $25.00 to enter up to 3 images, and selected entries are hung in a gallery show. The winners receive cash prizes. A few years ago I entered, and took $200 for second place. That year, there were a couple hundred entries. so figure at best a $5,000 take by the club. From that they pay the winners, they compensate the gallery, they pay the expenses of the judges, and anything left over goes into the club's general fund.
Seems reasonable to me. It costs money to run these events. The book-publishing credit is a nice touch, a good bit of promotion by the printer that doesn't cost the sponsor anything yet generates business for the printer.
R. |
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