posted Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM EST
There’s nonetheless time to enter the 2022-2023 Nikon Picture Contest. The competitors, which has been working since 1969, is open for entries till February 12.
The Nikon Picture Contest is open to newbie {and professional} photographers alike and contains classes for nonetheless photographs and quick movies. The picture competitors’s theme is “Beloved” and contains single picture and picture story classes. The quick movie competitors is centered round “Subsequent Steps” and contains tremendous quick movie (20 to 40 seconds) and quick movie (180 to 300 seconds) classes.
There will likely be two grand prizes, one for stills and the opposite for the quick movie contest. The 2 winners will obtain 500,000 Japanese yen, simply shy of $4,000 at present conversion charges, a Nikon Z9 digicam 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 picture winners will obtain a Nikon Z7 II digicam 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 digicam and Nikkor Z lens, plus video equipment for the quick 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 may also be displayed on the Nikon Picture Contest internet gallery, on social media, and at numerous exhibition venues hosted by Nikon all year long.
Whereas it is the Nikon Picture Contest, and the prizes are, after all, Nikon cameras and lenses, there aren’t 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 total guidelines and rules and enter the competitors.
This 12 months’s contest is judged by a panel of completed photographers and videographers from world wide, together with Sarah Leen, Rema Chaudhary, Andrew Esiebo, Ismail Ferdous, Esther Horvath, I May 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. Take a look at 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 way in which to the very first Nikon Picture Contest in 1969. It is an especially spectacular assortment of pictures, so make sure to test it out.
