SurfWatch 2 Year Anniversary Photo Contest

SurfWatch is celebrating 2 years of watching the Second Life (SL) surf and SL surfer and renouned artist,  Bobbi Laval, will be coordinating a surf and beach photo contest!  Here's the information you  need to know:

How to enter:


Submit your photo on a prim to Bobbi Laval with modify and transfer permissions.

You may submit a texture instead, but it must have full perms and you must send it along with a notecard specifying what aspect ratio of photo is. Bobbi will send you an IM or notecard to verify that your entry has been recieved.

Make sure your full name is in the desciption of the prim or texture you enter.

Entry deadline will be midnight Febuary 20th at Midnight.

Entries are limited to first 20 entries received before midnight on the 20th.

Rules:
Photos must be surf or beach theme or related.

Manipulated or Photoshoped images are ok but the main image or concept must be based or have been taken in-world within SecondLife.

Photos must have been created by the person entering the contest.

Only one entry per person allowed.

All decisions by photo contest coordinator shall be final.

Judging will be done by a 3 person panel and by popular vote. Popular vote will count as one judges opinion.

In the case of a tie highest judges opinion will be the tie breaker.

After all entries are received they will be put on display at SurfWatch Headquarters and be available for viewing and voting.

Entrants may be disqualified if it becomes known they are trying to manipulate or stack votes.

Prizes:

Lindens and prizes will be awarded as follows;

$L 1000 for first place

$L 500 for second place

$L 250 for third place

Trophy plaques originally and specially designed by Bobbi Laval for top three places
Surf Watch commenorative watches for top three
Grand prize winner will also receive space in next show at Laval Photography Gallery
And finalists will receive mention and a write up in SurfWatch.

Judge Panel:

Bobbi Laval

Bobbi has been surfing and an active member of the surfing community since the first SLSA season in 2007. She has surfed in every SLSA event never finishing a season outside of the top 10. More recently, she has become known for her photography and conceptual art and digital paintings. She has shown her work at several major galleries around Second Life with very positive critical aclaim.

Zeno Ochs

Zeno Ochs, sculptor in RL Builder in SL and photgrapher in both, has been building and curating art galleries in SL since 2006. His island, Gemini Elysia, is home to eight resident artists, 20 showing artists and 9 galleries, forming the core of Vertex Art Group. Zeno loves good art, fast women, pounding surf, and pizza.

Lucy Eberhart
 
Lucy Eberhart is a Master Pro Photographer here in SL and is the PhotoLIFE team leader. She has been an active photographer for two years within SL. She has a background in graphic design in RL as well. Besides being a photographer she is also a producer for Metaverse Broadcasting Corporation and the entertainment editor for ICON magazine.

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