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PHOTO CONTEST Show us why you LIKE2LOVE MIAMI BEACH!With your best photos, help us highlight everything that makes Miami Beach a great place to live, work and play. Get a chance to win exciting prizes.Your photos may be featured in Miami Beach promotional materials including but not limited to print, broadcast, web and social media. The contest is free to all and will be judged by visual and communications arts professionals. During the competition, the judges will select three first-place winners and the public will select one grand prizewinner. Entering the contest | How to Enter | Contest Rules | Judging/Criteria | Prizes | EligibilityEntering the contest is easy!You can begin entering as many photos taken in Miami Beach as you’d like in one of the below categories starting on September 1, 2012 through our http://www.flickr.com/groups/2006854@N21/ (LIKE2LOVE MIAMI BEACH photo contest Flickr page). Last day to enter: September 30, 2012.• Outdoor Public Activities• Cultural Arts/Festivals and Events • Landscapes/Places/ArchitectureHow to Enter:Visit Miami Beach’s Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2006854@N21/ Enter your photos using your own Flickr/Yahoo ID. If you don’t have one, it’s easy to sign up. Once you visit the page, you will be asked to sign up for a Flickr account for free. Join – To enter the contest, you must join the http://www.flickr.com/groups/2006854@N21/ (LIKE2LOVE MIAMI BEACH photo contest group). If you aren't already a member, join by clicking "Join this Group?" on the group's homepage. Upload – Once you have logged on, upload the photos you want to enter in the contest to your account. Do this by clicking on the blue letters that say "upload photos and videos" and follow the prompts. Add – From your photo stream, select the photo you wish to enter in the contest. Use the "Send to Group" function above the image to add your photo to the LIKE2LOVE MIAMI BEACH photo contest group photo pool. Tag it! – Once added to the group, you’ll need to add three tags to each photo. First, tag them with LikeMBContest2012 using the "tag" feature in the right-hand column of the individual photo's page. This identifies your photo as a contest entry and distinguishes it from existing photos in the group. Next, tag them with the category name (outdoor/cultural arts/landscapes, etc.) that best fits your photo. Lastly, tag them with the location in Miami Beach (Ocean Drive/Collins Avenue/South Pointe Park/Bandshell in North Beach, etc.) where the picture was taken so we can ensure that it was taken within the city. Click here for Contest Rules Judging/Criteria A team of Miami Beach visual and communications arts professionals with backgrounds in arts, photography, design, communications and tourism will judge the contest. The team will select three finalists in each category from all contest submissions, and one grand prizewinner who will be selected on Facebook. The finalists will be notified of their status by Flickr mail during the first week of October. Then, we'll need a little help from you. You will have the chance to help us choose the grand prizewinner (to be announced on October 17) by voting on your favorite photo on Facebook. Visit us back here for updates, or follow our updates on Facebook and Twitter. Use hashtag #LikeMBContest12. We'll keep you posted. Different factors will guide the judges in deciding which photos are worthy of being selected. This criteria includes: Relevancy to Topic – The photo must have been taken in Miami Beach in the last three years. Composition / Arrangement - Are the objects in the photo arranged in a meaningful, pleasing manner or are they haphazard? Did the photographer use the best angle or otherwise interesting perspective? Focus / Sharpness - Is the object of the photo in focus? If not in sharp focus, does it appear to be an intentional effect to enhance the image in some artistic way Lighting - Did the photographer use proper lighting of the subject matter? Do any extremes of darkness or brightness lend to or detract from the image content Creativity - Does the photographer show some creative thought or original idea in the making of this image? Prizes The grand prize is a weekend stay for two at the Catalina Hotel and Beach Club on Miami Beach. Other prizes may include a gift certificate for a day at the beach on our beautiful Miami Beach including two chairs, an umbrella or cabana and one-hour of wave-runner fun for one or two, courtesy of Boucher Brothers, $50.00 certificate to Five 5 Napkin Burger on South Beach, and $25.00 gift cards to receive free fruit arrangements from Edible Arrangements. The grand prizewinner will be announced on October 17, 2012. Eligibility The LIKE2LOVE MIAMI BEACH Photo Contest is open to the entire community, including Miami Beach employees. All photos entered in the contest must have been taken within the city limits of Miami Beach in the last three years. Photo entries become property of the City of Miami Beach and may be used for promotional purposes in various mediums. Entries not permitted: photographs of artwork or of other photographs. The City of Miami Beach reserves the right to disqualify entries considered unacceptable or inappropriate for the public viewing.
How to Enter:Visit Miami Beach’s Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/groups/2006854@N21/
Click here for Contest Rules
Judging/Criteria A team of Miami Beach visual and communications arts professionals with backgrounds in arts, photography, design, communications and tourism will judge the contest. The team will select three finalists in each category from all contest submissions, and one grand prizewinner who will be selected on Facebook.
The finalists will be notified of their status by Flickr mail during the first week of October.
Then, we'll need a little help from you. You will have the chance to help us choose the grand prizewinner (to be announced on October 17) by voting on your favorite photo on Facebook.
Visit us back here for updates, or follow our updates on Facebook and Twitter. Use hashtag #LikeMBContest12. We'll keep you posted.
Different factors will guide the judges in deciding which photos are worthy of being selected. This criteria includes:
Prizes The grand prize is a weekend stay for two at the Catalina Hotel and Beach Club on Miami Beach.
Other prizes may include a gift certificate for a day at the beach on our beautiful Miami Beach including two chairs, an umbrella or cabana and one-hour of wave-runner fun for one or two, courtesy of Boucher Brothers, $50.00 certificate to Five 5 Napkin Burger on South Beach, and $25.00 gift cards to receive free fruit arrangements from Edible Arrangements.
The grand prizewinner will be announced on October 17, 2012.
Eligibility The LIKE2LOVE MIAMI BEACH Photo Contest is open to the entire community, including Miami Beach employees. All photos entered in the contest must have been taken within the city limits of Miami Beach in the last three years.
Photo entries become property of the City of Miami Beach and may be used for promotional purposes in various mediums.
Entries not permitted: photographs of artwork or of other photographs. The City of Miami Beach reserves the right to disqualify entries considered unacceptable or inappropriate for the public viewing.