My last post here was in the month of September and I am ashamed to have vanished unannounced. Reasons are plenty. But they are not interesting enough to share with you all. However, the reason I am back today is indeed very exciting.
This month I am thrilled to have the honour of hosting the DMBLGiT (Does My Blog Look Good In This), the grandest food photography contest on the web, conceived by Andrew of Spittoon Extra. And by now, I am sure this event needs no introduction.
This month I am thrilled to have the honour of hosting the DMBLGiT (Does My Blog Look Good In This), the grandest food photography contest on the web, conceived by Andrew of Spittoon Extra. And by now, I am sure this event needs no introduction.
Following are the general DMBLGiT Rules:
- Only one food/drink photograph may be entered per person.
- The photograph must have been taken by you.
- The photograph must be text/watermark free.
- The photograph must have been posted on your blog between November 1st through November 30th, 2011.
- The deadline to submit your entry is December 20th, 2011 at midnight, whenever that is in your part of the world.
- Only one food/drink photograph may be entered per person.
- The photograph must have been taken by you.
- The photograph must be text/watermark free.
- The photograph must have been posted on your blog between November 1st through November 30th, 2011.
- The deadline to submit your entry is December 20th, 2011 at midnight, whenever that is in your part of the world.
About the Scoring part:
A panel of judges will be chosen, who will decide 6 winners based on the following criteria:
Aesthetics: composition, food styling, lighting, focus, etc.
Edibility: does the photo make us want to dive right into the food?
Originality: a photo that instantly catches our attention and makes us stop to look twice, and exclaim "Wow!"
Three overall winners will be selected plus one each from the 3 categories. Apart from this, one photo that stands out, but wasn’t selected as a winning one will also be chosen by me.
A panel of judges will be chosen, who will decide 6 winners based on the following criteria:
Aesthetics: composition, food styling, lighting, focus, etc.
Edibility: does the photo make us want to dive right into the food?
Originality: a photo that instantly catches our attention and makes us stop to look twice, and exclaim "Wow!"
Three overall winners will be selected plus one each from the 3 categories. Apart from this, one photo that stands out, but wasn’t selected as a winning one will also be chosen by me.
To enter DMBLGiT December 2011:
It's very simple. Just mail me one qualifying food/drink photograph with "DMBLGiT Entry" as the subject line to events@mysaffronkitchen.com.
Please remember that your email must include the following information:
- Your name
- Your blog's name and URL
- The title of your photograph
- The URL of the post containing the photograph
- The camera and lens used by you
- Your location
- An attachment of a single qualifying food or drink photo you’d like to send as your entry. It should be without any text/watermark and not more than 500 pixels in width
It's very simple. Just mail me one qualifying food/drink photograph with "DMBLGiT Entry" as the subject line to events@mysaffronkitchen.com.
Please remember that your email must include the following information:
- Your name
- Your blog's name and URL
- The title of your photograph
- The URL of the post containing the photograph
- The camera and lens used by you
- Your location
- An attachment of a single qualifying food or drink photo you’d like to send as your entry. It should be without any text/watermark and not more than 500 pixels in width
Please note that by submitting a photo, entrants agree to their photo being redisplayed and altered in size on the host’s page and on the SpittoonExtra DMBLGiT page.
DMBLGiT December 2011 Gallery:
The photographs sent to me will be added to this DMBLGiT Dec 2011 Picasa Album as and when I receive them. Please leave me a comment on this post if I mistakenly miss out anyone's photograph. Keep checking the album as all the creativity unfolds.
The photographs sent to me will be added to this DMBLGiT Dec 2011 Picasa Album as and when I receive them. Please leave me a comment on this post if I mistakenly miss out anyone's photograph. Keep checking the album as all the creativity unfolds.
The Judges:
I am not mentioning the names of the judges right now, but my intention is not to create any suspense. I simply want to write a separate post to introduce the judges for this edition of DMBLGiT. So, come back to check their names. They'll be up, soon!
I am not mentioning the names of the judges right now, but my intention is not to create any suspense. I simply want to write a separate post to introduce the judges for this edition of DMBLGiT. So, come back to check their names. They'll be up, soon!
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Lastly...
You can check out the beautiful photos clicked by last month's winners at Edible Garden, the host of the November 2011 edition.
If you're interested in hosting a future edition of DMBLGiT, send an email to Andrew with "DMBLGiT Host" as the subject line.
If you have any questions about the contest then leave a comment here or contact me. I look forward to your wonderful photographs. So, don't wait, start sending them to me. You have time till 20th of December, 2011. And on January 1st, 2012 I will be announcing the winners for this month. Excited? Then, Good luck!
You can check out the beautiful photos clicked by last month's winners at Edible Garden, the host of the November 2011 edition.
If you're interested in hosting a future edition of DMBLGiT, send an email to Andrew with "DMBLGiT Host" as the subject line.
If you have any questions about the contest then leave a comment here or contact me. I look forward to your wonderful photographs. So, don't wait, start sending them to me. You have time till 20th of December, 2011. And on January 1st, 2012 I will be announcing the winners for this month. Excited? Then, Good luck!
Can I ask why the photos have to be free of watermark? Everyone who hosts has this rule and I am just curious why.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathryn,
ReplyDeleteThis rule, that all photos must be watermark free was made by Andrew, who had conceived DMBLGiT. Hence, all hosts of this event have to follow it. I am not sure of the actual resaon behind it. :)
requesting you to acknowledge the received mail .. for confirmation purpose ..
ReplyDeleteHey... just mailed my entry to you :) Thanks!
ReplyDelete@ Shilpakiran & Chinmaye, thanks for your entries.
ReplyDeleteHi Arundhuti, I have sent you my entry last night :-) Thanks. Cheers!
ReplyDeletejust mailed you mine.
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