ENTRANT ELIGIBILITY 

All categories are open to Young & Emerging photographers only. For the purposes of this competition a young & emerging photographers is defined as someone who has no more than 3 years of experience.

2. Young & Emerging  Music Photographer is open to citizens and residents of Australia. For the purposes of this competition a resident is described as someone who has lived in Australia for at least six months at the time of  entering this competition. 

In order to receive a prize, winners must supply an Australian mailing address. 

All elements must have been photographed by the entrant and images submitted must be 100% photographic in origin. The use of stock images or clip art is forbidden.

Images created wholly or in part with the assistance of artificial intelligence, 3D, or illustration processes may not be entered.

IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

Images must have been taken on or after 1 June 2023. If the EXIF data attached to an image shows the image was captured before 1 June 2023, the entry will be disqualified.

Images must be in JPEG (.jpg) format.

Individual images must be no larger than 5MB.

DIGITAL MANIPULATION

Images may be processed in post-production to adjust standard photographic variables such as cropping, noise, sharpness, colour, tone and contrast, including dodging and burning and black-and-white conversions. Lens and perspective corrections and minor cloning to remove distractions are allowed. Images must be single capture, not composites, with the following exceptions: stitched panoramas, focus stacks and HDR images (in these cases multiple images may be captured at the same location and merged to form a single image). Competition organisers reserve the right to disqualify an image if they feel it lacks authenticity due to over-manipulation.

Any post-production and editing must be the work of the entrant.

COPYRIGHT

The entrant must be the creator of any images they enter into the competition.

The entrant must be the copyright owner of any images they enter into the competition.

CLOSING DATE

13. Closing date for entries is 11.59pm (AEDT) on Thursday 25th July 2024.