posted Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST
There’s nonetheless time to enter the 2022-2023 Nikon Photograph Contest. The competitors, which has been working since 1969, is open for entries till February 12.
The Nikon Photograph Contest is open to novice {and professional} photographers alike and contains classes for nonetheless images and brief movies. The photograph competitors’s theme is “Beloved” and contains single photograph and photograph story classes. The brief movie competitors is centered round “Subsequent Steps” and contains tremendous brief movie (20 to 40 seconds) and brief movie (180 to 300 seconds) classes.
There will likely be two grand prizes, one for stills and the opposite for the brief movie contest. The 2 winners will obtain 500,000 Japanese yen, simply shy of $4,000 at present conversion charges, a Nikon Z9 digital camera and a Nikkor Z lens (to be decided later by Nikon). There will likely be two “Excellence Awards” per class, for a complete of eight winners. The photograph winners will obtain a Nikon Z7 II digital camera and a Nikkor Z lens, whereas the video winners will get a Nikon Z6 II, lens and video equipment. 16 “Particular Encouragement Awards” will likely be given, with the winners receiving a Nikon Z fc or Z30 digital camera and Nikkor Z lens, plus video equipment for the brief movie winners. Lastly, a “Normal Public Award” will likely be given to 2 winners. These winners will obtain a Nikon Z50 and Nikkor Z lens. Winners will even be displayed on the Nikon Photograph Contest internet gallery, on social media, and at numerous exhibition venues hosted by Nikon all year long.
Whereas it is the Nikon Photograph Contest, and the prizes are, after all, Nikon cameras and lenses, there are not any gear necessities to enter. It doesn’t matter what gear you utilize, you possibly can enter the competition and win prizes. Click on right here to view the complete guidelines and rules and enter the competitors.
This yr’s contest is judged by a panel of completed photographers and videographers from all over the world, together with Sarah Leen, Rema Chaudhary, Andrew Esiebo, Ismail Ferdous, Esther Horvath, I Might By no means be a Dancer, Yolanda Escobar Jiménez, Jatenipat Ketpradit, Mikiko Kikuta, David Lombeida, Jing Ning and Nestor Pool. The ultimate judging analysis will happen in June, with winners notified by mid-July. The winners will likely be introduced by September. Try the FAQ web page for extra details about the competition.
If you would like to view prior winners, Nikon’s awards archive is complete, going again all the best way to the very first Nikon Photograph Contest in 1969. It is a particularly spectacular assortment of pictures, so remember to test it out.
