Date: 18 Jun 2012
By: pictureline
Comment: 55

Photo Contest Series 2012

Starting today and finishing at the end of August, pictureline will be running a weekly photo contest on our facebook page! Now is your chance to show off your work and win up to $1250 and the title of “pictureline’s Top Photographer of 2012″.

Contest Details

Every Monday through the end of August we will post a new photo contest genre. You will have one week to submit your best photo followed by one week of voting. Vote once a day and share with your friends and family to increase your chances. Votes will then be tallied, and a weekly winner will be chosen from the top 10 with the most votes. The winner will win a $250 pictureline gift card redeemable online or in store. The winner will also have their photo featured on pictureline.com’s home page for that week. Enter as many weekly contest as desired. In addition, each weekly winner will be re-entered into a grand prize photo contest for a 1 in 8 shot at a $1000 gift card.

Prize
8 weekly winners will win a $250 pictureline gift card. One grand prize winner will win an additional $1000 pictureline gift card.

Weekly Contest Genres
Contest genres will include abstract, black & white, macro, pets, landscape, portrait, action, and iphone.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS

STEP 1: Like pictureline on facebookVisit facebook.com/pictureline and click on the “Summer Photo Contest” tab under our profile photo. if you aren’t a fan already you’ll have to “Like” pictureline to gain access to the contest.

STEP 2: Submit your photoEvery Monday will be open submission for the photo genre. You will have til Saturday to Submit your best photo and fill out the contest entry form with your name, email address, and which of our mailing lists you would like to subscribe to (optional). All email lists can be unsubscribed from at any time.
Submissions will close Saturday at midnight.

STEP 3: Vote DailyStarting the following Sunday, voting will start and run through the following Saturday until midnight. You can share your photo with friends and family for voting as much as you like. Votes are limited to once a day per Facebook account. If more than one of your photos makes it into the top 10, only your highest-voted photo will be counted! This is so we can keep things fair and give everyone a chance.

STEP 4: Win!The winner will win a $250 pictureline gift card redeemable online or in store. The winner will also have their photo featured on pictureline.com’s home page for that week. There will be a total of 8 contest with 8 winners. These winners will then compete with their images for a 1 in 8 chance to win a $1000 gift card.

Current Status
Landscape Complete: View Winners
iPhone/Mobile Complete: View Winners
Action Complete: View Winners
Portrait Complete: View Winners
Macro Complete: View Winners
Pets Complete: View Winners
B&W  Complete: View Winners
Abstract  Complete: View Winners
Grand Prize Voting!  Vote for your favorite!

Contestants must be at least 14 years of age to enter. pictureline will not verify receipt of entries. Incomplete entries are void. pictureline is not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incomplete, incomprehensible, illegible, damaged, undeliverable or delayed. We reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in the event that the original promised prize becomes unavailable. Grand prize pictureline gift card is valued at $1000.00, weekly gift card prizes valued at $250. Weekly winner will be selected from the top 10 most voted photos from that weeks genre. Weekly winners are ineligible from winning other weekly contest. Winners automatically grant the use of their name and likeness in the promotion of this and other pictureline contests, at any time, without any fee or other form of compensation. We reserve the right to disqualify users, without notice, and for any reason. This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Winners outside of the U.S.A. will be awarded with in-store credit. Obscene, provocative or otherwise questionable content will not be considered. We retain sole discretion as to what constitutes inappropriate content. All photos used to promote this contest are copyrighted by the original photographers.


  1. Ben Eckstein June 18, 2012 at 12:14 pm Reply
    How do I submit to the Photo Contest Series 2012 on Facebook?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 18, 2012 at 12:26 pm
      Follow the links in the instructions to our facebook page, and under our timeline photo click on the "photo contest series" tab to enter.
  2. Lane House June 18, 2012 at 10:33 pm Reply
    Do the images need to be taken during the contest dates, or can they be from earlier in the year?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 19, 2012 at 9:56 am
      Lane, the photo can be from any time and do not need to be taken during the contest
  3. jess sanderson June 19, 2012 at 1:08 am Reply
    When u say iPhone, is it a pic using a iPhone? Or of one? That one's kinda got me stumped. Ty
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 19, 2012 at 9:58 am
      Jess, the iphone category is meant for photos taken WITH an iphone (android and other camera phones can be used as well)
  4. shane June 19, 2012 at 10:12 am Reply
    Can you submit a different photo every week?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 19, 2012 at 11:31 am
      shane, each week starts a different photography genre, so each week you will be allowed to submit a different photo for that genre.
  5. T June 19, 2012 at 12:16 pm Reply
    Can you submit more than one photo per category/per week?
  6. John June 19, 2012 at 12:29 pm Reply
    Can photos be digitally altered?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 20, 2012 at 9:20 am
      Photos can be edited digitally, but are not allowed to be altered beyond removing unwanted elements and cleaning up the photo. The photos should still be seen as natural.
    • Onatopa June 25, 2012 at 8:36 pm
      Staff wrote: "Photos can be edited digitally, but are not allowed to be altered beyond removing unwanted elements and cleaning up the photo. The photos should still be seen as natural." So does that mean a composite image would be acceptable or not?
  7. Barbara June 19, 2012 at 4:58 pm Reply
    What are the specifications on the entries? Size and resolution? Thanks.
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 20, 2012 at 9:23 am
      There are no specific sizes for the entries, but photos should be large enough to be viewed properly. I would suggest a minimum of 500px wide.
  8. Andrew Seymour June 20, 2012 at 10:28 am Reply
    "Photos can be edited digitally, but are not allowed to be altered beyond removing unwanted elements and cleaning up the photo. The photos should still be seen as natural." What about HDR images? Should one include watermarks?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 20, 2012 at 12:03 pm
      Andrew, HDR is accepted, and watermarks can be included as long as they are non-invasive and do not detract from the photograph
  9. Amanda Miller June 20, 2012 at 11:21 am Reply
    How many photos can one person enter per contest?
  10. josh blumental June 20, 2012 at 11:37 am Reply
    Does anyone realize that once we upload to Facebook we grant them free, worldwide distribution of our images?? They OWN our work.
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 20, 2012 at 12:02 pm
      Josh, The fact that facebook OWNS your image is a misconception. According to facebooks legal terms, you still own your images. What you are granting facebook is a "non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use any IP content that you post on or in connection with Facebook". All this means is that facebook now has the right to have that photo displayed on facebook. Details are covered in section 2 of facebooks legal terms http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms
    • josh blumental June 20, 2012 at 1:29 pm
      I am very, very well aware of that legal contract. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but that seems to mean (to me and my IP attorney) that we relinquish all control, rights and ownership to whomever sees, downloads, copies, transfers, re-sells, shares, emails, reposts,or gifts the images. They are allowed to TRANSFER AND SUB-LICENCE the images correct? In other words, they OWN THEM!!! I would dare anyone try fight an infringement that arose from any image that was posted on FB and happened to end up somewhere unexpected. Posting on FB is a free-for all. "Take my work, PLEASE!"
    • josh blumental June 20, 2012 at 1:32 pm
      In fact, that very contract was part of my recent 4x1 show. It was one on of the images in my POACHED series. Care to guess why it was there???
    • charles uibel June 21, 2012 at 3:00 pm
      put a watermark on it and be grateful for the worldwide exposure
  11. charles uibel June 21, 2012 at 2:59 pm Reply
    The pictures are too small.
    • Onatopa June 25, 2012 at 9:00 pm
      No kidding the pictures are small!
  12. Gary June 21, 2012 at 5:16 pm Reply
    Are we allowed to enter more than one photo per week?
  13. roro June 25, 2012 at 7:10 am Reply
    please can someone tell me where I can fill the form or submit the pic ?
    • Onatopa June 25, 2012 at 8:59 pm
      Roro, if you are trying to submit for the Landscapes, that time has apparently past and only voting is now accepted, or that's the way I believe this is working.
  14. Onatopa June 25, 2012 at 8:56 pm Reply
    Staff wrote: "...a weekly winner will be chosen from the top 5 with the most votes." And then what happens? PictureLine will pick (judge) which image is best out of those 5?? This isn't a contest for people's best photos, but more of a popularity contest. It's a contest to see how many friends you have on facebook and if they are active enough to vote for your photo everyday! I doubt I'll enter again, it serves no purpose.
  15. shreya June 26, 2012 at 3:29 am Reply
    I think I will have to agree with you on that. I saw some really great photographs here but they hadn't managed to get more than 1-2 votes. It's really disappointing!
  16. Sarah June 26, 2012 at 3:38 pm Reply
    How many pictures can be submitted? This has been asked several times but never answered.
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline June 27, 2012 at 9:11 am
      Sarah, you are allowed to submit as many photos as you would like, but we ask that you be conservative with your numbers. due to the nature of the contest, it is within your best interest to keep your numbers low so you have a more manageable time promoting your photographs.
  17. Ziaur Rahman June 29, 2012 at 12:02 pm Reply
    I have published two photos with wrong place info, state is correct but the city name is wrong. How do I delete a file and change it again? Thanks Zia
  18. Deb June 29, 2012 at 4:23 pm Reply
    Definitely a "popularity of friends" contest ... nothing to do with talent or skills.
  19. Dan Peters June 30, 2012 at 7:00 pm Reply
    How do you go about telling friends how to find your pic so they can vote? Thanks,
  20. Dominique Granger July 2, 2012 at 11:17 am Reply
    Hi! I entered the contest but I do not see how to share my picture to get people to vote for it. If I click on my picture, it brings me back to the photo contest main page. Can someone light my lantern? Thanks!
  21. John Smith July 2, 2012 at 12:53 pm Reply
    I am very interested as to why there is no response from Staff as to the worthlessness of this "photo contest". As stated by several others, this has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with talent and everything to do with one's number of friends on FB. Why not run a juried contest and stop this juvenile exercise?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline July 6, 2012 at 2:40 pm
      John, Our summer photo contest series was created as a peoples contest, and as a fun thing for photographers of all skill types to participate in, with the idea that anyone could approach the contest feeling like they could have a chance. That said, we are not negligent to the many frustrations voiced by those looking for a true juried contest, and will be providing a contest for them in the near future.
  22. L'aura B July 6, 2012 at 3:06 pm Reply
    It is a popularity contest, but isn't that photography? Half of being successful is marketing. I've seen some mediocre photos taken by great marketers and some great photos overlooked because the photographer was a recluse.
  23. Sherry B. July 8, 2012 at 2:14 pm Reply
    Are composites allowed? This question was asked previously, but I could not find the response to it. Thank you.
  24. Joe Cox July 9, 2012 at 8:21 am Reply
    I must be reading/doing something wrong...how do I submit a photo? The tab for submitting a photo will not open up for me. I have already liked the f/b page.
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline July 9, 2012 at 12:07 pm
      Joe, the easiest way to get directly to the contest pages is by the links at the end of this article, they will take you directly to the submission form.
  25. Kris drouillard July 9, 2012 at 6:36 pm Reply
    Is there a limit of the amount of pictures we can put up
  26. Richard B July 9, 2012 at 9:11 pm Reply
    I was distracted and posted a photo from a totally wrong category -- can I remove it somehow?
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline July 10, 2012 at 10:01 am
      Richard, if you'd like to tell me the details and description of the image i can go in and delete it out manually. Right now only the portrait category is accepting submissions, so if the image is for a different category you will need to wait until the week that category goes live and submit it then.
  27. amber July 10, 2012 at 10:56 am Reply
    trying to change description for uploaded picture...I can't seem to find where to go to edit the description. Thank you
    • Riley Onyon
      pictureline July 12, 2012 at 2:17 pm
      amber. the only way you can edit your description after submission is if you "linked" the photo to your account. it had to be done during submission, and if by chance you missed it we can delete the photo and allow you to resubmit your entry (only if it's still during the submission phase of the contest)
  28. April Jimenez July 17, 2012 at 3:34 pm Reply
    I submitted a entry under another topic. How can I delete it in order to post the right picture?
  29. Denita July 18, 2012 at 2:03 pm Reply
    Can I enter photos in the middle of the contest and still be in running for the prizes?? The only contest I have entered in is the macro one, cause I saw this whole website and contest too late to enter in the beginning of the contest. If somebody could tell me that would be great, thanks.

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  31. Shane M July 19, 2012 at 9:19 am Reply
    I tried to get people from my work to vote, but we were only allowed one vote from our network a day. Is that normal and if so why (just curious on this 2nd part)?
  32. jason Thibeault July 29, 2012 at 9:42 am Reply
    This web page has a button that says "accepting submissions" for pets. I'd like to submit. But when I click on the button it takes me to FB page (which I already like) and the "submit an entry" tab is unavailable. Thanks, Jason
  33. daline July 30, 2012 at 12:59 am Reply
    finding the entries is hard how can i share my submission to friends and families to vote quicker?
  34. Anas August 12, 2012 at 3:25 pm Reply
    When is the last date for submitting photos for Abstract theme?
  35. Frank August 17, 2012 at 4:42 pm Reply
    There are several images in the Abstract Category which are not Abstract whatsoever and yet they are winning the popularity/friends/family contest. I went to said persons page and noticed that his friends are using multiple networks to Vote, more than once daily.
  36. krish August 30, 2012 at 2:43 am Reply
    I am from India. If we won the prize how will you deliver to us?

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