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Middletown
Digital Photo Contest
DEADLINE JULY 31, 2008
Do you take great photos in Middletown with your digital camera? Submit them to Middletown’s very first Digital Photo Contest! We are seeking digital photographs that showcase Middletown’s beautifully diverse landscape, history, and people.
Winning photographs will be used in a photo gallery on Middletown’s home page at www.middletownnj.org. The name of the photographer and the photo’s location will accompany each photo.
All photographs that meet contest guidelines will be included in a resident photo gallery on the township website to showcase the incredibly talented digital photographers we have in Middletown.
Middletown reserves the right to use images in township information resources including Middletown Matters, the township’s newsletter, and on municipal television station on cable channel 20 without compensation. However, we are VERY proud of our talented residents so we’ll be sure to include a photo credit with any image we use!
 Photo Categories
Guidelines
Photo Format
Photo Submission - In Person, Postal Mail or E-mail
Entry Forms
PHOTO CATEGORIES
NATURE
Photo subjects should depict the natural beauty, natural environment, agriculture, wildlife, landscapes, and waterscapes found within Middletown’s 42-square miles. Photos from all four seasons are encouraged.
LANDMARKS
Photo subjects should depict modern or historic landmarks that help positively define the landscape of Middletown. Examples include bridges, churches, historic buildings, and picturesque roadways.
TOWNSHIP EVENTS
Photo subjects should depict the family fun found at township-sponsored events such as Middletown Day, Holiday Train Ride, Fishing Derby, Summer Concert Series and the Halloween Hullabaloo.
GUIDELINES
The contest is open to Middletown residents only. Photographers under the age of 18 need a parent or guardian’s permission to submit photographs.
Only color photographs taken within the boundaries of Middletown Township will be accepted. With 42 square miles, 300 miles of road, scores of parks, two beaches, and dozens of township events, we’re sure there will be no shortage of beautiful subjects for photographers to select!
Photographers must have demonstrable permission to use the image of any person included in a photograph. Photographs must be family-friendly. A model release is not required.
Each photo submitted must include photographer's name, address, phone number, email address, and where the photo was taken.
Photographs must be released for use on the website and in other township information resources. However, photographers maintain personal rights to their photograph; the township is not licensed to sell the image to a third party.
A maximum of five photographs will be accepted from one entrant. Photos can be from one or more than one categories.
Format/Size
Digital prints need to be in JPEG format. Photos of 800 pixels x 600 pixels up to 1024 pixels x 768 pixels are preferred. Landscape or portrait formats accepted.
Photographs must have been taken by the entrant within the past three years. (since January 1, 2005).
Minor adjustments, including spotting, dodging and burning, contrast and slight color adjustment or the digital equivalents, are acceptable for all categories. If our judges see that a photographer has obviously altered his or her photo, they reserve the right to disqualify it.
Cropped photographs are acceptable in all categories.
PHOTO SUBMISSION
Entry Forms
MAIL/IN-PERSON
A CD along with the completed photo release(s) can be mailed to: Digital Photo Contest, Attn: Cindy Herrschaft, 1 Kings Highway, Middletown, NJ 07748 or dropped off in-person to Town Hall.
E-MAIL
Photos can be e-mailed to photocontest@middletownnj.org. Please attach a copy of the completed entry form. E-mails should not exceed 1.5 mb to ensure they can be received through the e-mail system. Please send multiple e-mails if you are sending multiple photos and total e-mail size would exceed 1.5mb. DO NOT ZIP FILES.
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE JULY 31, 2008.
Questions? Call Public Information Officer Cindy Herrschaft 732-615-2287. Good Luck!!
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