PHOTO PHACTORY

Photography is all about taking an image, freezing a moment and revealing how beautiful the reality is! Come on now, lit life up, with your cameras!

RULES :

Individual event. Open to all professional and amateur photographers.
A maximum of three participants per school.
Participants should bring their own camera for the event (a DSLR is suggested but the participants can bring any digital camera of their choice)
There must not be any watermarks, text/graphic, border(s), logo(s), copyright marks, identifying marks, or any other visible references and/or marks on the image. Avoid significant over or under color saturation.
Dodging (to brighten shadows) or burning (to darken highlights) is not allowed.
Advanced editing used to create illusions, deceptions and/or manipulations, and the adding and removing of significant elements within the frame is prohibited.
Images should not exceed 8 MB in size.
Mobile photography is strictly not allowed.
The participant must assemble with his/her camera 30 minutes before the commencement of the event.
The image should be submitted through your SD card (should be empty before the event) or through USB (to be brought by the participants)
You are required to provide a unique title & description for each image submitted.
Judging will be based on the originality, technical excellence, composition, overall impact, artistic merit and extent to which the photograph captures the essence of the reality.
Photos that portray or otherwise include inappropriate and/or offensive content, including provocative nudity, violence, human rights and/or environmental violation, and/or any other contents deemed to be contrary to the law, religious, cultural & moral traditions and practices of India, are strictly prohibited and will be immediately discarded.
There are 4 genres on the whole. A winner will be selected from each genre of this photo contest. Tripods, external flash etc are required to be brought by the participants if necessary.

Genres

Architectural photography:

Capturing an interesting form, shape or color of the structure can be visually appealing. Therefore visuals of buildings that are interesting fall under this genre. One can include interiors or exteriors of buildings and even an interesting element of the design. The two challenging aspects for photographers while shooting buildings are: Lighting and image distortion. You have only natural light while capturing the building and you have to make the best use of it to bring out the glamorous aspect.

Nature and landscape photography:

Amazing and beautiful landscapes are all around us, they are a joy to experience, but a challenge to capture in a simple photo. This class is designed to explain the tools and techniques required for succeeding in this inspiring but demanding discipline. With the visual learner in mind, this class utilizes illustrations, animations, and of course lots and lots of photos, from local parks to iconic destinations around the world.

Macro photography:

Can you show us things extremely detailed? Macro photography is extreme close-up photography usually of very small subjects and living organisms like insects, in which the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size.

Documentary photography: (SPECIAL EVENT)

Manual pictures that form a photo story come under this style. It is about a particular subject or a story that a photographer wants to highlight. This can be in a form of slide. The topic of this documentary event will be announced on the spot.