Ready for a summer of fun? If so, then I'm happy to announce our biggest contest to date. We invite you to go "On Assignment with Towner Jones Photography"... to find your vision, and capture it!
Starting today (May 22nd) and running through August 31st we invite you to sign up and start taking pictures. Want the details? We'll here goes.
The contest, like always, is open to amateur and professional photographers alike. However, that's about the only thing it has in common with our regular monthly contest.
The biggest difference is - you get to choose your theme. The goal is for you to pick something that you can get excited about. And... something that will inspire you to take multiple pictures. You see, another key difference with this contest is that we're looking for a series of photos, instead of a single shot.
To participate, you'll need to send an email to onassignment@townerjones.com with your name, address, and "theme of choice" no later than June 30th. Once you submit, your theme will be reviewed and upon approval you're "On Assignment" to capture 10 to 20 images related to your theme! (Only images captured during the contest dates qualify)
Next, on July 31, you'll submit one of your photos (from your themed collection) to give the rest of us a "sneak peak" of what you've been working on. (Actually, we'll be posting some selected photos from the "sneak peak" on the web - but three months is a long time to wait and we'll be excited to see you're great work, you've got to give us something!)
Finally, on August 31, you'll submit all of your final photos for final review. (Details for submission will be emailed to all our registered contestants)
Photos will be judged on three categories: General Appeal (50%), Creativity (25%), and Relation to Theme (25%)
I'm putting together a special team of judges that will be sure to make things even more exciting, but we'll save that information for another post.
So... you want to know about the prizes, don't you?
In support of our contest, we're lucky to have some awesome corporate sponsors!
WHCC is a professional photographic and press printing partner providing stunning quality products and outstanding customer service to the photography community.
WHCC is providing a 10x10 or 8.5x11 Press Printed Book with 40 sides (20 pages/sheets) on standard hinged paper with a custom photo cover!
onOne Software makes award-winning Adobe Photoshop plugins that solve the most common Photoshop problems like enlarging, adding professional photographic effects, edges and adornments, masking, and easily correcting color. Our plug-ins help photographers maximize the power of Photoshop, making digital photography easier, faster, and better.
onOne Software is providing a FULL VERSION of their Plug-In Suite 4.5
2BrightSparks - a software company that develops simple yet powerful applications including SyncBackPro for backing up and synchronizing files on a local drive, network drive, FTP server, ZIP archive, or removable media.
2BrightSparks is providing a copy of SyncBackPro, their award winning backup software!
HDRSoft develops innovative software in the field of High Dynamic Range imaging for photography.
HDRSoft is providing a copy of its award-winning Photomatix Pro HDR Software Tool!
BorrowLenses.com is one of the largest camera gear and lens rental stores in the USA.
BorrowLenses.com is providing a one week rental to our winner!
(One small caveat, right now they only ship to the USA, so this prize can only go to a winner here in the States.)
And as always, Towner Jones Photography will be throwing in a B&H Photo Gift Card, but this time it'll be for $100!
You can find general rules related to TJP contests, here.
So are you ready to get started?!? We're looking forward to seeing your emails come in soon (onassignment@townerjones.com). Best of luck to everybody!
Updated: June 1, 2009
