Any enquiries about the rules and regulations or other details of this photo shooting contest, please feel free to leave your question in this post.
Please notice that the fifth rules in Photograph requirements should be amended to:
5. Photographs can be taken by any equipment, but the submitted digital and print files must be in JPEG (.jpeg) format and size of 148mm x 210mm (A5).
2.9.2009 Rules and Regulation Update:
1. All photos should be printed in 148mm*210mm（A5 size），but the organizer would accept photos printed in 6R（152mm*203mm）for the convenience of entrants.
2. For the same contestant handing in other photos for more entries, he/she is allowed to photostate the official entry form for the rest of his/her entries. However, the masthead of Oriental Daily or Shihua Daily News should still be original cut from newspaper. All photos could be burnt in same CD/DVD, and sent to the appointed address in one envelope.
Organized by Full Record of Environment
Rules and Regulation for
Faces of Malaysia 2009, the nationwide photo shooting contest
Organizer : Full Record of Environment
Supported by : Malaysia Tourism
Supporting Unit : Oriental Daily, See Hua Daily News, Chen’s Studio, FM98.8
Sponsor Unit : Canon, Save our Seahorses (S.O.S.)
Rules and Regulations:
I. Entry Requirements
- This contest is open to all Malaysians.
- Employees and immediate family members of the judging unit are not eligible.
- No entrance fee needed for this contest.
- Entrants are permitted to submit unlimited entries, but the same entrant is to win a single prize only.
- By entering the contest, the entrant confirms that the information provided is valid.
- By entering the contest, the entrant clarify that his/her works are original creation and no other party has the right to claim the copyright of the photograph.
- By entering the contest, the entrant agrees that all photos and digital images entered become property of Full Record of Environment and will not be returned. The organizer is authorized to freely use the photos in business and publication.
- For each entry, Full Record of Environment will donate RM1 to Save Our Seahorses (S.O.S.) as subsidies of local environment conservation.
II. Photograph Requirements
- Black & white and color photos are both accepted.
- Photographs should be taken in year 2008-2009, and have never been previously published in any media or publication.
- All works should be submitted in a group of 3 photos, and the contents should fit the theme of this contest.
- Theme of contest: Entrants can capture anything within the borders of Malaysia, but the photo must include people and local environment as background, showing stories, memorable moments, or any contrast and conflicts.
- Photographs can be taken by any equipment, but the submitted digital and print files must be in JPEG (.jpeg) format and a size of 148mm x 210mm (A5).
- Special adjustments such as photosynth are not allowed in this contest, except for hue and brightness adjustments.
- A brief description and photo shooting venue for each submitted photos is needed, and should not be more than 60 words (written in Chinese, English or Malays).
III. Submission guidelines
- Please confirm the following are properly attached per entry: 3 print photos in appointed A5 size ; A CD or DVD burned with the appointed digital files ; Full Record of Environment Official entry form with required information (FROE can be purchased from bookstores and organizer ; A piece of masthead of Oriental Daily or Shi Hua Daily News.
- The deadline for submitting the entry is September 25th, 2009. Entries received after the deadline will not be eligible to participate in the contest.
- Please submit your entry to the appointed address:
Faces of Malaysia 2009
the nationwide photo shooting contest
19-3, Jalan Puteri 4/1,
Bandar Puteri Puchong,
47100 Puchong,
Selangor, Malaysia.
V. Judging
- The judging panel is made up from the following units: Full Record of Environment, Oriental Daily, Chen‘s Studio and Canon.
- Grading:Each entry will be judge for the contents (80%) and the caption (20%) of each photo. Entrants who get the closest score to 300 will be the grand prize winner. Judges will make their final decision on who has the better works if any two entries meet the same highest scores.
- The results will be published in October 15th, 2009 in Oriental Daily.
- Winners will be contacted by telephone. All prizes should be collected within two month as soon as the result is exposed.
- Prizes
- Grand Prize: Canon EOS 450D 18-55mm IS camera worth Rm2, 999; one year free subscription to FROE; 2 tickets for seahorses’ exploration; certificate of Faces of Malaysia.
- Second Prize: Canon PowerShot A1100 IS camera worth Rm639; one year free subscription to FROE; 2 tickets for seahorses’ exploration; certificate of Faces of Malaysia.
- Third Prize: Canon PowerShot A480 camera worth Rm449; one year free subscription to FROE; 2 tickets for seahorses’ exploration; certificate of Faces of Malaysia.
- Special Prize: Canon vouchers worth Rm100; one year free subscription to FROE; certificate of Faces of Malaysia.
- Consolation Prize: S.O.S T-shirt and one year free subscription to FROE; certificate of Faces of Malaysia.
V. Others
- For further enquiries of Faces of Malaysia 2009, please contact the organizer Miss Lee: 016-2612832.
- The organizer reserves the right to change the contest and rules at any time.
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November 8, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Andy Chia
hi i was away during the contest result on the paper, how do i view who is the winners?
November 9, 2009 at 2:18 pm
froe2u
Hi, Andy. The result is revealed in this blog too. Please check out: http://froe2u.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/%E3%80%90%E5%A4%A7%E9%A9%AC%E8%84%B8%E8%B0%B12009%E3%80%91%E5%85%A8%E5%9B%BD%E6%91%84%E5%BD%B1%E8%B5%9B%E5%BE%97%E5%A5%96%E5%90%8D%E5%8D%95/
September 7, 2009 at 9:15 pm
mervyn leong
” Entry requirements:
7.By entering the contest, the entrant agrees that all photos and digital images entered become property of Full Record of Environment and will not be returned. The organizer is authorized to freely use the photos in business and publication. ”
this is against creative commons… the organizing body should not FREELY reuse the photos submitted for business & publication.
They can reuse for blogging about the winner or putting the image in the SOS web… but NOT reuse commercially without consulting the photographer… since the photographer owns full copyright to the material
September 8, 2009 at 9:41 am
froe2u
Hi, Mervyn. Great thanks for your reminder.
We would reserve the right for the “By entering the contest, the entrant agrees that all photos and digital images entered become property of Full Record of Environment and will not be returned.” . For this, you could choose not to participate if you don’t agree with this rule.
And we will consider to put both digital and print photos into good use, but not in a commercial way. This rule will be amended once the working team comes to an agreement.
September 7, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Nature Lover
Theme of contest: …. photo must include people and local environment as background….
What if the background has only either people or local environment? Or must have both?
September 7, 2009 at 4:59 pm
froe2u
Hi, nature lover. Both of them is needed. Since this contest is about Malaysia, that’s why “people living on this land” is vital element.
August 29, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Andy Chia
hi , I just wonder why A5 is choose as a printing size because A5 is not the standard photo size like 3R,4R,5R and so on. A5 is a paper size. So i have to crop my pictures to A5 which is 148x210mm and ask them to print in 6R. So all my 3 pictures will have a white frame on the size because photo printer cannot print A5 the closest is 6R which is slightly bigger.
So my question is since you want the A5 148x210mm should i cut the white frame out or keep it in 6R photo size?
September 1, 2009 at 10:35 am
froe2u
Hi Andy Chia,
You don’t need to cut the white frame out, since your “photo” part is already cropped and printed in A5 size. Anyway, we will consider these inconveniences and make improvements in [Faces of Malaysia 2010]. Thanks Andy!
August 28, 2009 at 11:35 am
kok leong
how much we need to pay per entry??
August 28, 2009 at 12:43 pm
froe2u
You don’t need to pay entry fee for this contest; but you may need to purchase Full Record of Environment in bookstore for the official entry form is published inside magazine
August 27, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Forest
I don’t like joining contest which we need to submit printed copies. It will be a wastage (for the environment) as photo which are not qualify will be thrown away….and here we are talking about environment!
August 28, 2009 at 9:52 am
froe2u
Hi Forest. Thanks for your comment which we will take into consideration. The printed copies and CD copies will be put into different use, the former will be collected for the open exhibition, while the latter will be resources for publication (in magazine). We shall do our best to fully exploit all resources we receive.
August 19, 2009 at 8:28 pm
hitomi
photosynth, what does it mean by that?? brightness & contrast?? filtering??
the photo print will be 3 photos in one or 3 separate A5?
Last but not least, published in my own blog is it considered published in any media or publication??
August 20, 2009 at 9:37 am
froe2u
Hi, hitomi.
1. photosynth: that means you cannot composite any two picture into one. But if you can adjust the brightness of the photo (for some might want to show the subject clearer.)
2. 3 photos should be print separately. That means you will hand in three A5 size photo prints.
3. It will be fine if your blog is not for commercial use, just for sharing; but you have to make sure the photos are your own creations.
Thanks for joining, and feel free to post here if you have other questions.
August 7, 2009 at 4:56 pm
BRENDEN CHIN
The photo shotthing, can take any kind of photo for the contast, fill like joinning tis contest!
August 11, 2009 at 9:52 am
froe2u
Hi, actually here is the theme of this contest, but it is still kinda free for everyone like you and me, since you only need to capture any people in the borders of Malaysia.
II. Photograph Requirements
4. Theme of contest: Entrants can capture anything within the borders of Malaysia, but the photo must include people and local environment as background, showing stories, memorable moments, or any contrast and conflicts.
Feel free to contact us, if you have any problem. and drop us question if you come across with shooting problems.