Hinugyaw Festival 2023 Best Shots Photo Contest

ELIGIBILITY

The competition is open to all photography enthusiasts (both professionals and amateurs). aged 16 and up, regardless of residency.

Hinugyaw Festival: PHOTO SPECIFICATIONS

• Photographs must depict any of the festival’s events, happenings, decisive moments, rich cultural heritage or any other subject that takes place during the week-long celebration.
• Each contestant may submit a maximum of five (5) entries.
• Entries must be original material and have not been awarded by any other photo contests and/or commercially published whether for news, advertising or otherwise.
• For photo post-processing, only cropping, minor burning, dodging and color correction are acceptable. Watermarks, borders, high dynamic range images (HDR), and stitched panorama are not allowed. Over-processed photo entries shall be automatically disqualified.
• Photo must be in JPEG, TIFF, or PNC format not exceeding IOMB, with at least 300dpi.
• The organizer retains the right to use or reproduce the photographs. Also, the organizers reserve the right to exhibit the photos for public viewing after they have been reproduced.
• Winning photos will be exhibited @ www.koronadal.gov.ph and City Government of Koronadal Facebook page.

Hinugyaw Festival: REGISTRATION AND SUBMISSION

• To join the contest, participants must complete the 2023 HINUGYAW FESTIVAL BEST SHOTS REGISTRATION FORM, which is available at the link below between December 29, 2022 and January 3, 2023.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

• Participants will receive identification cards on January 4, 2023, making it easier for them to access any of the activities. On the specified date, kindly stop by the City Information Office.
• The deadline for the SUBMISSIONS OF ENTRIES January 17, 2023 (Tuesday), no later than 5 p.m. A Google Drive link will be provided for you to submit your entries. Entries submitted beyond the deadline shall not be accepted.
• Filename of the photo must be in the format “FULLNAME_PHOTO TITLE”.
• Contestants will be required to provide the following information upon submission of photo entries:
o Full Name:
o Photo Title
o Photo Caption: (1-2 sentences explaining/describing the photograph and its relevance to the theme)
o Date the photo was captured: (Month, Year)
o Location the photo was captured
o Camera Used
• Please send the aforementioned information to info.koronadalcity@gmail.com after submitting your entries to Google Drive.

JUDGING CRITERIA

Hinugyaw Festival PHOTO CONTEST:

5% – all other entries with at least 1 like after the top ten have been selected

0% – entries with zero (O) like

• Photos and videos will be posted at the City’s official facebook/fanpage (www.facebook.com/CityofKoronadaI) to solicit votes. Facebook users will be encouraged to vote and may only vote once. To acquire a vote, subscribers/viewers must click the LIKE/ HEART/CARE icon and automatically the vote will be credited to the photographer/videographer. Votes will be computed using the given percentage and will be added to the rest of the scores based on the criteria to get the final result.

•The decision of the Board of Judges is FINAL and non-appealable.

PRIZES

PHOTO CONTEST:

• Champion – P 10,000.00 cash + medal
• 1st Runner-up – P 7,000.00 cash + medal
• 2nd Runner-up – P 5,000.00 cash + medal
• Top 10 – P 2,000.00 cash each

JUDGING CRITERIA

• Quality of the Description and its relationship to the Photograph (10%)

• Overall Impression
• Is the photo able to grab the viewer’s attention and hold it?
• What is the ‘wow’ factor? Are there any special effects, or extras?

• The 20% will be based on the subscriber’s votes/likes/heart via facebook.

20% – photo with the highest number of likes among all photos posted

18% – photo with the second highest number of likes among all photos posted

17% – photo with the third highest number of likes among all photos posted

15% – next top 7 after the top 3 have been selected

*The next top 7 shall be ranked and rated as follows:

1. (highest likes) 15%

2.                      14%

3.                       13%

4.                       12%

5.                       11%

6.                       10%

7.                       9%

PHOTO EXHIBIT AND ONLINE VOTING

•December 29, 2022 up to January 3, 2023 – Registration via online

•January 4, 2023 – Releasing of identification card

•January 5-15, 2023 – Contest proper

•January 17, 2023 – Final submission of entries not later than 5 pm

•January 19-25, 2023 -Photo exhibit/online voting

•January 30, 2023 – Awarding of winners during the city employees Monday convocation

For inquiries, you may contact the City Information Office at (083) 887-1245.

JUDGING CRITERIA

PHOTO CONTEST:

80% of the score will be based on the following criteria:

• Photo ‘fit’ and relevance to category (10%)

• How well does the photo meet the criteria of the category it is in?

• Composition (10%)

• Are the items of interest placed well in the photo?
• Are there distracting elements?

• Creativity (30%)

• Is the subject matter pictured in a unique way or is a common item shown from an interesting point-of-view?
• Does the photo demonstrate originality?
• Has the photographer used light in interesting ways?

• Technical quality (20%)

• Is the photo in focus?
• Is lighting in balance?
• Is depth of field considered/used?